To give the developers the whole price of the game instead of 1/3 to Steam. And to really own the game (the installers executables). GOG has sales of the Witcher games all the time.
Do you have a source on how to do this? I keep seeing that you have to use Heroic Launcher or Lutis. I just want to buy games on GOG and then play them on my steam deck, but haven’t had time to figure out the best way to go about it
Also, do GOG games only save to internal memory and not the SD card? I read that it one article, but don’t know if that’s still true.
I’m still figuring out everything I can do with my steam deck, I just don’t have as much time as I used to, to REALLY tinker around with it
I’m not a tech guru, but pretty familiar with linux and ok with using CLI (though I’ve never needed it on steam deck, just a point of reference for my comfortability)
Point it at the executable you want to add (you can select multiple programs from the big list if it automatically shows up, or manually look for it from the button at the bottom)
Boom. It’s on Steam now. You can then go to SteamGridDB and get art assets to make it look nicer than a plain gray rectangle with the default font.
orochi02@feddit.org 1 year ago
I Like gog but is there any reason why to prefer the gog Version over the Steam one?
Artopal@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
To give the developers the whole price of the game instead of 1/3 to Steam. And to really own the game (the installers executables). GOG has sales of the Witcher games all the time.
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
100% of money goes to cdpr
underline960@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If you prefer the Steam launcher (I do), you can always buy with GOG and launch with Steam.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
PSA: Steam version is also DRM-free.
MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Do you have a source on how to do this? I keep seeing that you have to use Heroic Launcher or Lutis. I just want to buy games on GOG and then play them on my steam deck, but haven’t had time to figure out the best way to go about it
Also, do GOG games only save to internal memory and not the SD card? I read that it one article, but don’t know if that’s still true.
I’m still figuring out everything I can do with my steam deck, I just don’t have as much time as I used to, to REALLY tinker around with it
I’m not a tech guru, but pretty familiar with linux and ok with using CLI (though I’ve never needed it on steam deck, just a point of reference for my comfortability)
PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From Steam’s main interface:
Games>Add non-steam game to library
Point it at the executable you want to add (you can select multiple programs from the big list if it automatically shows up, or manually look for it from the button at the bottom)
Boom. It’s on Steam now. You can then go to SteamGridDB and get art assets to make it look nicer than a plain gray rectangle with the default font.
underline960@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If you set your Steam Deck to desktop mode, the process is the same as on Windows.
Click on “Games” in the top menu bar, then click “Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library.”
orochi02@feddit.org 1 year ago
I dont mean poliethical reasons I meant actual technical(?) reasons like more content or better support for something or Idk. Good arguments tho