no, why the fuck would you?

>>737990806
>good old games cum on me

>>737990857
It's (Van) Gogh cum

>>737990806
I did. Anything I can get on a different platform, I use

>>737990839
Oh no seething paypiggie knows his games are all getting deleted when steam shuts down

>>737991206
>when steam shuts down
And when's that happening? Before or after global thermonuclear war?

>>737990806
They just gave me XCOM with all the DLC For Free.

>>737990806
If you only single player games and can afford a decent NAS, Sure. For everyone else not really.

It also strongly depends on where you are in the world with a potential war looming. There is a possibility that internet infrastructure is going to targeted by foreign adversary or in Iran's case internally. I would wager this is unlikely you lose access to the internet stateside. It is a non zero possibility. If does happen you will grateful not be reliant on the cloud.

>>737990806
GOG for all single-player games or games that generally don't need to connect to servers for online play. Steam for games that aren't on GOG or games that rely heavily on multiplayer for gameplay. Easy.

>>737991206
i have all my games backed up, so no

>>737991304
it's the only cope they have which is funny

>>737991304
>>737991916
>>737992139
>projects about coping that his entire library doesn't belong to him
kekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk holy fuck you cattle are so retarded
>milk me gaben@reddit.com milk me!!!!!!!!!!!!
fucking lmao

Not particularly. It has worse deals, worse bundles, sometimes worse updates, missing content, and some games never even make it to GoG. Some anons like having a choice whether to update their games or not, tho.

>>737992425
how do i not own my games? they are all right there on my external drive and i can play them anytime i want.

Oh darn, I can only log in to one storefront so I guess I'll stay on steam.

>>737992556
yeah, as someone who has wow launcher, steam, other mmos installed on my pc in early 2010's seeing people lean into one side loyalty rituals when it comes to launchers is a bit insane

>>737990806
Do you want offline backups of installers?

I get more value from my purchases on Steam because Steam is objectively the best platform.
Why would I spend money on GOG when pirates get the same experience for free??

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>>737992672
Almost there, bud.

"people" only care about gog because of gog-games

>>737992495
sure thing oinker whatever you say

>>737990806
Just use whatever you want. Goddamn, brand cultists are fucking annoying. Literal cattle.

>>737992743
i don't like steam. fuck gaben. but i don't see why you wouldn't make an actual argument for why steam sucks and instead do this retarded screeching, denying reality and pretending to be slick. it's lame as fuck and got played out years ago

>>737992495
I'd pay good money to see the look on your face when you finally figure it out.

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>>737992873
the games work perfectly fine without steam.
what's there to figure out?

GOG is very inconsistent with what they claimed is "preserved". Sometimes they will install a fan patch and sometimes they won't. Sometimes they will make their own little patch that doesn't even fix everything so you have to get fan patches anyway. What if I want a different fan patch or a different version of the patch?

This isn't an argument for Steam, just a complaint against GOG.

>>737992495
Can you install a game with no connection to Steam?

>>737990806
I'm using it and Steam simultaneously.
This for games that are not on Steam specifically (and there is a good number of them).

>>737993503
Diablo 1 is on gog but not steam for some reason, but Diablo 2 (remastered) is on steam but not gog.
Is Blizzard retarded?

>>737993443
yes

>>737993548
How?

>>737993535
A lot even. And WCII and I were on GOG until they pulled both of them due to the inferior remasters.

>>737993568
i open my backup file and click install

>>737993535
Diablo 2 on Steam still requires the blizzshit launcher so it's worthless.

>>737993589
How did you acquire the backup file?

>>737993637
downloaded it earlier

>>737993637
Watch out guys, here comes the very smart poster who'll claim it's a "gotcha" that you need to download a game when you buy it online.

>>737992862
nice try goldberg

>>737993692
Where from?

>>737993716
steam

>>737993734
This is a lie. Steam does not provide installers.

>>737990806
Not really
>b-but what if Steam dies
I pirate the games when I want to play them
>b-but what if internet dies
I fix the internet
>b-but what if no internet
I fix the world

>>737993745
and?

>>737993769
>>737993443

>>737993745
>>737993769
>>737993791
what's so significant about the installers that you had to point that out?

>>737993864
You are dependent on Steam every time you want to install anything. With GOG you only need one download when you make your purchase and you're completely independent afterwards.

>>737993898
Functionally false. You will need to download the new GOG installer that they make that works on Windows (X), unless you plan on keeping the same computer and OS forever then fair enough, hope it never degrades.

>>737993898
why would i want to install anything when i can just run the game right out the box?
>With GOG you only need one download when you make your purchase and you're completely independent afterwards
same on steam. buy game, copy files from folder. there, i can now play the game anytime.

>>737992672
Pirates get a better experience than Steam users.

>>737993940
>this sheer fucking amount of goycattle cope
kek award winning levels of best goy

>>737990806
they recently sold out
they'll change for the worse within the next year
i would not invest

>>737994007
Not an argument.

>>737994024
yeah I heard that too recently steam has been doing really well and I think we should support them!

>>737994024
Didn't they do the opposite? Go independent?

>>737990806
It's not something you switch to b

>>737994086
gog's business model is not sustainable and they only survived this long because of cpr
without them they will have to introduce predatory shit or they'll fail and get bought by china
they are fucked eitherway

>>737994160
Isn't that why they're patreon begging?

another valvetranny coping thread

>>737994160
>>737994178
you're so right they're on their last legs there isn't anything they can do. we all need to just give steam an honest try.
while we're at it we should just stop complaining and upgrade to win11, seriously.

>>737994282
these are exact opposites
there's no reason to use GOG because steam exists
there's no reason to use win11 because win10 already exists

Already did so years ago. Ownership feels good.

>>737990806
Just actually use it and you'll see it isn't. And offline installers are a meme that no one in the current day ever needs. Maybe if you're a tech hoarder with a ton of external drive space.

>>737990806
I haven't fully switched but I buy games on GOG if they are there, otherwise I purchase them on Steam. Multiplayer games I always buy on Steam though

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>ask steam for a refund
>automatically processed in half an hour, no questions asked

>ask gog for a refund
>"um achshually we can't do that because [legal pilpul that breaks EU consumer law]"

I fucking love ownership!!

>>737994651
and just like that the anti-steam spammer vanished into thin air lol

>>737990806
No good reason really. I know doomsday preppers will tell you all kinds of end of steam/internet apocalypse stories but these people are idiots and companies like gog prey on their paranoia.

why "switch"? what's wrong with using more than one platform?

>>737994651
it's honestly great how fast steam refunds are with no questions asked

>>737994840
It's really great I've done it probably a hundred times by now and never been denied. I doubt a human is involved and a bot just checks the time played and approves it.

>>737994821
i always thought the anti-steam people are all trolls. i find it hard to believe they'd argue so badly otherwise

>>737994339
No, everyone agrees that we all need to upgrade to Windows 11 as soon as possible and definitely get on Steam! Honestly it's time we just all stopped complaining about Steam and Windows 11 and did the right thing. Don't think about it anymore, just get on Steam and Windows 11.

>>737995012
nah i think i will stay on my superior win10 and use my superior steam

>>737990806
you don't "switch over", you use it alongside steam.

>>737995110
Do the right thing. You are putting everyone at risk by not upgrading to Windows 11 immediately. You already have the Windows 11 of gaming platforms by using Steam, now get the real Windows 11 and become part of the #Upgrade. #Upgrade to Windows 11 and Steam today.

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>>737990806
It's worth switching to gog-games.to

>>737995361
>win11 of gaming platforms
>steam
no lol that would be xbox. how is steam anything like win11?

>>737995413
Steam is the right choice for real gamers, just like #Windows11. #Upgrade now!

>>737995476
penis vagina

>>737994651
1) you've never asked for a refund in gog
2) a dev can do a rug pull in steam and you're fucked so its "no questions asked"

>>737995494
Enjoy your mandatory #Upgrade

>>737990806
Their entire gimmick is built on a lie, you don't actually own any of the games you buy in there, it's just the same license shit you see everywhere. Their rabbid cultists will swear that they're the best and even if GoG goes bankrupt, you'll still get to keep your games, but this is not true, it's a blatant lie that people are buying into because GoG played into their wishful thinking.
The concept of game ownership in itself was never really a thing, not even in the Atari days did you own your games, it was all just licenses and more licenses. It's a myth that is exploited by malicious actors, like GoG, to fool gullible people into using their shitty service.
At the end of the day the only good service to use is Steam, yes they also only sell licenses, but at least they don't try to bullshit you and their service is actually good.

>>737993960
If they did, nobody would be buying on Steam you fucking moron.

>>737995564
YOU TELL THEM SISTER WE HAVE THEM ON THE RUN THEY'RE GOING TO USE STEAM TOMORROW BECAUSE THE GAMES THEY DOWNLOADED FROM GOG WILL BE REMOVED FROM THEIR HARD DRIVES JUST LIKE STEAM ONE DAY AND THEY CAN'T STOP IT!

>>737995564
EU is about to stomp that bullshit to the ground. A digital product is still a product, you don't get to wiggle yourself out of this with legalese about loicenses.

>>737990806
GOG lacks a huge chunk of games. Switching to GOG means you don't actually care because those grapes are sour anyway.
GOG's download speeds are pathetic. They're faster with Galaxy, but still third world speeds.
GOG releases have things intentionally stripped like multiplayer, and aren't at feature/fix parity with Steam releases in a lot of cases. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zjwUN1mtJdCkgtTDRB2IoFp7PP41fraY-oFNY00fEkI/edit?usp=sharing for more info
GOG may realistically go under in the forseeable future, so you need to hoard your games locally.

It's not worth the trouble unless you see yourself as some kind of revolutionary, and only faggots do that.

>>737995665
That's right #resist #nokings

>>737995564
You literally do keep your games. I'm really trying to understand this slander but maybe you're just stupid

>>737995624
>EU is about to stomp that bullshit to the ground
meaning, no more videogames for the EU

imagine being a buyfag
do you guys pay for streaming too?

>>737995689
It's funny they had No Kings Day, but we keep having King's Day on the third Monday of January.

>>737995713
>nigger proud of stealing

I already made the switch but on freegoggames, its nice that they have 2 versions of the same website

>>737995712
Ok, make sure to remember it and laugh at us when your prediction becomes true.

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idk, to me buying a game is walking into the store, getting a box, paying for it, and taking it home and then installing the game from CDs. i never believed in things like steam

>>737995918
What, and making a phone call is going to a phonebox or something? Take off your nostalgia goggles and explain the value in that.

>>737995918
>spend 15-20 minutes installing game
>go to sites like 3dfiles to find updates
>downloads are on fileplanet
>wait in queue to download incremental patch
>3 more to go, so wait in queue 3 more times
>install each incremental patch
or
>download from Steam at likely your max download speed barring like a 10gbit connection
>it's fully updated and installed on download
>play in minutes

>>737990806
I only go to GOG for games I can't buy on steam, such as Rayman 2 and 3

>>737995991
the difference is you had to go to the store to get the game, whereas with steam, you dont need steam to get the game

>>737995991
NTA but i can understand the appeal. there is something good about the experience of going to a store and buying a game for some people. knowing the game is actually written there on your disc in your hands- the whole experience of going to get it and going home. i think it makes one more appreciate the game if they just bought it, i do sometimes purchase like 10 games on a sale on steam and suddenly dont really feel like playing them.
only buying from stores is obviously retarded but i see the principle.

>>737995991
>spend 15-20 minutes installing game
>go to sites like 3dfiles to find updates
are you downloading a direct copy of the original release or something? why is it taking you 15 minutes to install a game that fit on 1/3rd of a CD rom? what in the fuck am I reading?

>>737996123
>he's never played a full disc game that's heavily compressed, dealing with imperfections in the disc or the laser
You never lived back then. You don't know the hell of disc-based games.

>>737990806
Not really, it's good if you don't want to use Steam but it's bad if you want to play new games, both big and small.

>>737996042
>maek account
>give away personal information
>check email for verification code
>log in to 3rd party software to play my game
>ads for the latest wokeslop shoved in my face
>overlays on by default
>have to fiddle around with menus
>distant server records my playing time and every action
>download slow as fuck compared to p2p

vs.

>double-click on .exe

>>737996281
Wait isnt the first one just a regular EA game? i feel like I'm getting baited here

>>737996101
That is a difference you're right. But that's not what I asked.
>>737996107
>i think it makes one more appreciate the game if they just bought it
I can understand this, you're more likely to be invested if it requires effort. But buying PC games from brick and mortar shops has always been just as bad if not worse experience. The moment you take off that cellophane wrap, you can't return it. Having to download updates from third party sites, that often have queues, having to put the disk in, or applying some no-CD crack to get around it.
I lived through that era myself, the last physical game I bought was Brink. I'm glad its gone.

>>737993443
Yes. GOG installers are the go-to way to pirate most games these days and more and more new titles are coming out on GOG simultaneously with steam releases.

>>737996281
>slow as fuck compared to P2P
I've never seen a P2P download faster than 100MB/s, and that's third world speed.

>>737990806
I get everything I can from GOG. GOG sales parallel the main Steam sales except game prices are either equal or cheaper on GOG, I've never seen a game on sale on both platforms where Steam is cheaper.

For me I prefer owning my game fully instead of a license that can be revoked.

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>>737991891

You don't need to "switch to" GOG. You can just buy the things you want from there and keep them while using other stores.

>>737990806
Why *switching*? Just use it, christ, is your hdd 512mb?

>>737999464
The personality test they gave me said my operating thetans will suffer if I don't wholeheartedly accept Xenu and GOG.

>>737990806
>switching
Just get games on gog if they're available
there is no switching

>>737990806
I'm not sure what you mean by "switching to GOG".
You don't need special hardware to run GOG.
You don't need special programs to play GOG games.
You just get games that aren't part of the Steam installer program and don't require it to play.

If you're interested, go ahead. It's nice being able to just click on a game and play it, rather than worry about logins and updates and if the servers are up.

>>737990806
So far all my games from gog works perfect. But i'm forced to switch fallout 4 from gog to steam cause the gog version fucks up mcm and there are fucking lots of mods depending on mcm to run.

>>738001593
You just download them slowly and don't worry about updates because a lot of publishers ignore the game on GOG after release.

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>>737992794

>>737990806
>Is it worth switching to GOG?
Depends. Do you have the money to buy the extra external drives needed to take full benefits of GOG and its offline installers? I guess even you are not taking advantage of the offline installers it is still better to support GOG because that woy you will be funding more DRM free games for the future. I personally swapped to GOG 10 years ago and have an external drive, DVDs and a few flash dives to keep my GOG offline installers in case the internet cuts off(which actually happened to me after a storm where i had no internet for almost 2 weeks and the only games i could play were my GOG games).

>>738002746
Funny. I can play my Steam games without an internet connection, but I'll never be without one for an extended period of time because I'm American.

>>738002803
When I worked tech support for US customers and someone had an error in their wifi the repairman would sometimes take 1-2 weeks to arrive.

>>737994651
Why tell lies on the internet? What, you think that in this thread nobody has refunded a game on GOG before?

>>738002903
I don't know. I barely use WiFi.

>>737991304
>And when's that happening? Before or after global thermonuclear war?
You know it'll be an absolute miracle if Steam isn't bought out, shut down or becomes subscription based when Gabe dies, right?

How much longer do you think a 63 year old who has spent almost his entire life being clinically obese has left? Five years?

>>738002803
>I can play my Steam games without an internet connection
Can you now. Lurk more and you'll learn that Steam games with certain third party DRM become unplayable if they don't phone back to a server avery few days. It happened to me with Conan Exiles when the developers had added Denuvo after release and the game became unplayable for me in singleplayer since my internet was down. This is when i cut ties with Steam. Them allowing developers to add third party DRM to the game i bought and that DRM bricking it was the final straw. People that defend Steam are just young and have not used it enough. I used it but i use it no more. Got burned by Gay Bens faggy store too many times.

Gog cultists are so lame

>nogaems
You don't own digital anyway, if it has no DRM there's no point in paying.

>>738003129
That has nothing to do with Steam, though.

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>>738003129
This reminds me of a small happening back in the day. People have already forgotten, i guess. Steam is cancer for not controlling the shit developers can add to their game.

>>738003228
>That has nothing to do with Steam, though.
It has everything to do with Steam. Steam allows this crap. Stop deepthroating Gay Ben's shitty store.

>>738002803
>I can play my Steam games without an internet connection
This simply isn't true. Lots of games require an active connection to steam to launch and run, obviously all of them require it to install.

>but I'll never be without one
The point is you shouldn't need one you fucking retard.

>because I'm American.
Only guarantees your lack of foreskin, lack of healthcare, obesity and subservience to israel.

>>738003279
Well, your cult has no games, and that's a result of your cult's disgusting anti-DRM practices.
>>738003302
>/pol/ack detected
Tell me how you're preserving the white race, Paolo Duarte.

>>738003078
>How much longer do you think a 63 year old who has spent almost his entire life being clinically obese has left?
>Five years?
people have been saying he's going to die in 5 years for the past 15 years

>>738003432
He's 63, how long do you think he's going to live?

>underage poorfags who never earned money in their short lives
Don't know what I was expecting from a video game forum

>>737990806
when Silksong released, I was able to get it from gog, download it and play while steamie cucks couldn't even buy it.
if the game is on gog, I buy it from gog. if it's on steam only, I think long and hard before buying.

>>737990806
>Switching
Are you incapable of using both like everyone else?

>>738003848
based and GOGpilled

>>738003302
>Only guarantees your lack of foreskin, lack of healthcare, obesity and subservience to israel.
You forgot brown and nigger worshipping, but pretty spot on.

>>738003359
He's not wrong, the US is already behind third world countries in a lot of areas, especially infrastructure.

I'm GOGging my shit while my glasses STEAM up rn

>>737990806
GOG for single player, Steam for multiplayer. That's the way to go.

>>738004301
I bought Pragmata on GOG because they let me own it.

>>738003190
What does this even mean? gog stays out of my way. I get an exe, run it and move on. No launcher retardation, no broke ass software that crashes the launcher because they misuse setenv() like the retards they are and no embedded chromium browser to eat memory doing fuck all. Claim gog people are zealots when it's an objectively better experience, unless you're a cheevo completionist whore, is insane.

>>738004696
>slower downloads
>fewer games
>crippled games
>have to download games in 4GB chunks because some faggot might still have fat32 partitions
>better experience

>>738004696
you can cut to the chase and just torrent gog rips for free though? whiteoids are mentally ill

>>737990806
It entirely depends on what your goal is because some GOG versions are out of date or updated very irregularly, multiplayer modes are either broken or not really well integrated into GOG Galaxy, and if you're not using GOG Galaxy you have to manually download patches and don't know when a dev has provided a patch without manually checking your games.

I think you should solely do it for older games exclusively (Anything prior to like 2008 or so) and anything past that you figure out what's important to you because a lot of stuff past that point is when patches are released somewhat regularly or it has some weird issue GOG might have that something like Steam doesn't. But if you are really committed to offline installers then yes, opt for it as much as possible.

There's also rare cases where it's objectively better to get the installer from them like Fallout 3 for example as the Steam one is broken.

>>738005754
Dude this goes for some Steam versions of games too. Have you already forgotten when Fallout 3 was broken on Steam and only the GOG version was working? The current version of Warlords 3 on Steam is fucked and the GOG version is the proper one. It's a meme that Steam has the better versions of games.

>>738006310
>ave you already forgotten when Fallout 3 was broken on Steam and only the GOG version was working?
Did you not read my full post because I directly mentioned that? It's just more often than not the Steam version is the working one, the GOG one being better is more of a rarer case-by-case basis.

One thing GOG does really well is packaged major mod releases though, that was a genius idea. Having a one-click installer for something like Fallout London or Enderal is genius.

>>738006413
Enderal has an entry on steam though https://store.steampowered.com/app/976620/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories_Special_Edition/
and I think they had the option to host total-conversion mods as a store entry for a long time now. It's just a rarely used option I think. I don't really know what's the process for it and I'm not sure if I ever saw it for something else than Enderal and some source mods so maybe it's some bespoke individual thing?

Gog has drm so as an anti drm purist I won't use it

>>738007806
GOG offers it as its own separate offline installer which is the main advantage, and they're actively trying to get new total conversions regularly compared to Steam. I know Steam has it but it's not as convenient as how GOG offers it and pursues it.

>>738005754
A big thing is that if you get an early access game on gog you sort of need to do galaxy because you'd go insane otherwise and because some devs like keeping new updates as "beta" branches for long periods of time before they merge it into main version. And while gog has that functionality (at least in galaxy) not everyone uses it and that can cause the game on gog to be live from half a year ago when everyone knows you are supposed to play the beta/experimental/whatever branch so it's technically "up to date" but it can leave you out of the loop if someone abuses branches a lot and doesn't update other platforms.

>>738008865
Fair, I did not know gog has been putting more effort into that nowadays.

Absolutely.
Switching to GOG is playing the long game.

>>737995918
Good luck with that, I still have a copy of Thief 1, Thief Gold, Thief 2 and Thief 2 Gold, but not everybody these days can just go out and buy these, and modern PCs don't even have disc drives, although I have one.

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>>737995918
>replaces the disc in your DVD case with a piece of paper and a steam code
Psssshhhh, nothing personal

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>>737990806
>Is it worth switching to GOG?
GOG until very recently was owned by woke CD Projekt Red.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com

All the money from GoG was going to them and they hate you, but love your money being funnelled to them.

>>738004139
ok thirdie

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Looking to add to my GOG friends list.
Feel free to add me, maybe we can play some Quake or something sometime.
Username is Inkerlink