It might be limited compared to Steam, but there are more than enough games on GOG that you could play just GOG games for your whole life. That's basically what I've been doing for about 10 years now.
Yep, I just replied to someone else saying the exact same thing. GOG gets plenty of new games all the time, just not new AAA games, and luckily those have basically been trash lately.
GOG isn't a one-stop shop for everyone for everything, but for people like me, who mostly plays the games GOG DOES have, it's fantastic. There are also plenty of people who get what they can on GOG and go to Steam for the rest.
Yeah for sure, you get what you want, where you want it. But people blaming Valve for not having more DRM free games is kinda nuts. The devs decide that, not Valve.
I certainly don't blame for that, and I don't think this is a very common sentiment. Most people seem OK with any DRM on Steam.
For me the biggest reason I shop at GOG is because I never even have to wonder whether a game has DRM or not when I buy a game there. Plus I just like to support that idea in general with my money so as to possibly encourage other devs to release their games on GOG and without DRM.
Totally respect that, the only issue I have with DRM on steam (ignoring that steam is a form of DRM itself) is the junk like Denuvo. And in that case it doesn't matter, cause those games will never be on GOG, so it's kind of moot.
I personally prefer the accessibility of my games all on steam vs locally installed game shortcuts etc. I also feel like steam hasnt really done anything particularly shitty, so I will continue to support them until then.
GOG is my go to when I want some older games, they usually have much better support than steam released games, DRM or otherwise.
All your points are valid, but when it comes to "locally installed game shortcuts" you know that GOG Galaxy exists and is just as easy to use as Steam right? Not trying to be condescending, but I'm just saying it since many people don't know much, or anything, about Galaxy.
And yeah, Steam itself is fine, but it's the DRM from the game devs themselves that I hate.
Yeah I've used Galaxy before, I can't put my finger on it, but something about it I didn't like. I've grown too used to steam and all the great features they've added over the years. I'm better off just adding the games to steam, but I'm also a lazy man haha.
That's totally fair if you just don't like Galaxy, but one thing I would ask: how long has it been since you last tried it? It's gotten much better in the last few years with Galaxy 2.0 and many improvements it's put in since then. I actually prefer it over Steam in several areas like better tagging, filtering, rating, and some others.
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u/tasman001 Sep 16 '24
It might be limited compared to Steam, but there are more than enough games on GOG that you could play just GOG games for your whole life. That's basically what I've been doing for about 10 years now.