Why is GOG not as succesful as a Gaming Alternative?

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨RetroHax@feddit.org⁩ to ⁨gog@lemmy.world⁩

Now i am someone whos a Huge Fan of DRM Free Gaming (well im in GOG Community go figure :P) and basically what i was always wondering as as to why DRM seems to be so popular still among Gamers considering StarForce and such? >.>

DRM Free Gaming is probably mostly a Thing that probably comes into Old Gamers Minds more than newer ones considering that StarForce and SafeDisc are more or less RetroDRMs that i doubt many Newer Gamers cant phatom really? >.>

But what surprises me the most is that the Voice arent “louder” for even just removing Basic Denuvo after 6 Months off Steam or so >.>
Like for me itd be honestly fine to make a Trade off them just having Denuvo on a New Release for 6 - 12 Months and then removing it honestly as itd love to buy Games such as the Persona Games instead of having to emulate them honestly :P
Where i was wondering as to Why is GOG not the most Popular Gaming Platform?

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CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
Gamers just don’t care about non-intrusive DRM. The ideological downside of losing access to a game at some unknown point in the future just isn’t real enough for many people to care about. If there were more examples of it happening (e.g. The Crew) I think we’d start seeing a culture shift. I do think there are a fair number of gamers who will skip buying games just because they include worse DRM like Denuvo, but games that ship with Denuvo are typically also just bad games, so the intention of “voting against DRM with your wallet” gets a bit diluted.

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Draegur@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
i figure it’s a momentum thing.

Valve benefited from being First To Market with this model. They were already well established before anyone else tried to make their own.

epic games store, ubisoft connect, and also whatever used to be origin, all these launchers were HEAVILY marketed and users were shoehorned into them as a mandatory condition of playing a game, and they are all floundering.

GOG, though? No marketing. No coercion. Mostly it’s word of mouth and good will. And they are doing pretty alright. I’d say that, for NOT being first to market, and for NOT wasting loads and loads of cash trying to push themselves onto people–hell, you buy a game from GOG and you don’t even NEED to install their launcher! All their game installers function perfectly STAND-ALONE!

I’d say, with all that in mind, GOG is literally doing better than anyone that isn’t Steam.

And in my view, they are ever improving, even now.

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- MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I think this is missing one other crucial factor in GOG becoming established: they targeted a niche.
  
  Seems like a lot of people don’t really know this any more, but GOG’s ‘thing’ didn’t used to be a focus on being DRM-free, it was a focus on making old games accessible again.
  
  GOG used to stand for Good Old Games.
  
  Until GOG came along, publishers had next to no interest in making their older games available - things like Doom, Monkey Island, System Shock, Star Wars Dark Forces, etc.
  
  Hard to believe now, but none of these games used to be available to buy anywhere - if you wanted to play them you had to either find a torrent or visit a dodgy abandonware site. It was GOG who identified that gap in the market and established themselves as the store for legally owning digital copies of these old games for the first time.
  
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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  yea thats something i can get behind honestly! :D
  Like i said i do really love their Installers but i just wish more People would use them over Steam or similiar launchers :(
  
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dantel@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Eh, GOG is doing alright. I switched almost completely. If there is a GOG version, I buy it even if it is more expensive - which it very often isn’t or just very slightly. And I’m saying this as someone who is playing all of this on a SteamDeck.

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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  i can get behind this honestly :P
  tho i gotta be honest i reallyo nly buy Games nowadays if theyre on Sale (which is also most often the Case XD) due to mebing not the wealtiest and not liking also to buy 60+ Euro Games :P
  
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Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
GOG is missing critical convenience features. Like the ability to buy and gift games. Or even just buy a gift card for their games. This would be a yearly buy for my nieces and nephews but there’s no availability. I keep asking. It keeps not being there.

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- Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s not right.
  
  I have totally gifted Games via GOG in the past.
  E.g. my nephew got KSP from me last birthday.
  
  On the Game page it prominently shows a “buy as present” button.
  Recipient doesn’t even need his own GOG account.
  
  Perhaps some regional block?
  Where are you from?
  
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  - Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Is this a new feature? USA.
    
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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  “Like the ability to buy and gift games” uh wut? >.>
  Now maybe theres a misunderstanding in English but i can gif Games to my Wife and she aslo to me and we never had Issues really even tho were from different Continents :P
  But i do agree with the Gift Card Abbility considering that even Steam has such -.-
  
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Bonesince1997@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
GOG also has a partnership with Amazon Luna. You can play some games you own on their service (like through a fire tv stick). It’s a smaller library than what all is available on GOG. And it requires an Amazon Prime subscription. (I know some people don’t like Amazon, and for good reasons. Still thought I’d mention.)

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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  For me i never tried Amazon Luna tho i did recieve the Free GOG Games because of my Parents having Amazon Prime :P
  
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GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I switched to gog, but with the steam deck it's more convenient to have games on steam so I switched back since I bought it.
Also I like indie games and there are
many missing titles on gog

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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  For me i use mostly itch io for Indie Games rather than Steam actually XD
  which is for example also how i bought Celeste :P
  
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6nk06@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I prefer GOG too but Steam is simple, no installation needed for the games, has more games at the same price.

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- stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Both Steam and GOG requires installing a zgame to play it.
  
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  - halcyoncmdr@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Maybe they’re referring to playing remotely from their home computer? That often doesn’t require a local install.
    
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- RetroHax@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  eh i mean i can defently see that as i also use Steam of course but i do prefer GOG over Steam anyday really! :P
  Just the Fact that i can backup my Games easily without having to first use Goldberg on my Steam Games makes it much more Convenient imo to use over Steam :D
  But i can obviously see your Arguments with the Amount of Games just basically being non existent especially with the whole JRPG Gaming Category being basically Steam Only :P
  Even tho i pray that changes due to the Final Fantasys now being on GOG XD
  
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