No steam achievementsNo steam forumsNo steam rewindNo steam reviewsNo nothingWorse than pirating
>>736240231Then just use Steam retard
>>736240231>No steam dick up your assworth
>achievementsKill yourself.>forumsThere's forums and Steam forums are public.>Steam rewindSee first.>Steam reviewsSteam reviews are public and there's reviews on GOG.
>No forced updatesand that already is slowly making steam drop toward my second biggest legal library.But to be fair: all the unpalatable AAA wokeslop releasing mostly on Steam has an impact on that too
>>736240231I'm falling to see the downsides
>>736240231so you don't play games for yourself, you play for others to know you're playing them?
It's amazing how console converts always out themselves with their obsession with achievements.
>>736240231all of those just make it more appealing than using steam
>>736240308>>736240415>>736240447>>736240479>>736240515>>736240542>>736240618>>736240695Pathetic
>>736240231>no drmits simply the best store for digital games>b-but it has no games!all the good games are there
>>736240231>Calls themselves "Good Old Games">Makes a huge deal about "game preservation" and "DRM-free">Makes a huge deal about the "Dreamlist">Instead of doing any of that, they copy Steam with a way shittier DRM launcher that crashes nonstop and just prioritize putting modern new games on their store with less consistent updates and support than Steam>Most old games are broken or don't run on modern machines without fixes you still have to find yourself despite their claimsGenuinely no reason to support this company. They'd rather put low hanging fruit like LEGO Star Wars and Marvel on their store than actual classics like Freelancer or Mechwarrior 3 and 4.
>>736240814one word>optionalyou dont need to use the launcheri have never used the launcher and never willalso>most old games are broken or dont run on modern machineswerks on my machine
>>736240231>not a social media platform I've seen enough. GoG wins.
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsNo useless dogshit? I'm in
>>736240231holy fuck gog sounds amazing
>realistically can go under in the next couple of years>slow downloads on the launcher>even slower downloads for the installers>includes usually out of date or broken patches for old games, so you have to cut off the scar tissue to be able to start from scratch>lots of games aren't at update or feature parity with Steam>has a fraction of the games Steam has>what they DO have is available on Steam, downloadable at high speeds and relatively untouched for haxability>begs for money from multiple angles>cult-level surveys asking about how much GOG is part of your identity>can't legally share gamesWhy would I use GOG again? Oh yeah, "ownership" of my games so I can bequeath them as my only asset to 40 smelly brown children, even though I legally can't do that.
>>736240231but it has achievements, forums, and reviewsand it probably has a retrospective but who cares
>>736240917>>736240814>wahh Galaxy bad!Well I do use it, and I like it.Worst problem I've seen with it is that sometimes the "XYX from your wishlist is on offer now!" pop-ups seem stuck and need to be clicked away
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsI don't give a shit about that.They have DRM free installers I can back up. I either buy on GoG or pirate.
>>736240231>No steam achievementsFalse>No steam forumsFalse>No steam rewindTrue, but genuinely, who care?>No steam reviewsFalse>No nothingIt has a big market for old great games that /v/ keeps shilling about that is NOT on steam>Worse than piratingDilate
Almost positive everyone who types it "GoG" doesn't actually use GOG.
>>736240231What's the difference between steam achievements and gog achievements?
I'm glad that turd worlders are mindbroken even over GoG.
>>736240231>steam achievementsgog has achievements>steam forumsgog has forums>rewindwho the fuck uses that>reviewsthere's a literal review section>worse than piratingDRM-free just as if you had pirated it, and steam is FAR WORSE than pirating since you pay and for DRM though
>>736240231I just want the fucking game and the ability to update when I want
Nothing but positives, but I'm not giving money to CDPR
>>736240231>if i cant fund another yatch for gayben then it's not worth!kys
Why do steamies want these social media features over game ownership
>>736241481>FalseHe means le heckin "dis da best gayme ever" 0.4 hours played reviews
>>736241707because they are normalNIGGERS
>>736241559Pirating at least gets you the up to date game with all the content. It's not guaranteed the developer will look at GOG again after dumping a broken game there.
>>736241707Why do GOGlems pay for out of date shit that's released in better forms on a superior store?
>>736240231NOOOOOO I need social stuff to get validation from other people even though none gives a shit about what I do
>>736241743>It's not guaranteedOkay and where do you have the notified contract from Gabe that he will?
>>736241743because the pirated versions of random indie games are maintained with parity to the official release
GOG is superior, sweaty. :3>>736241891If they release a patch, Steam is where it's going. That's the guarantee. When has a Steam version ever been behind other stores on PC? I'll wait.>but when has the GOG version been behind?About this many times: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zjwUN1mtJdCkgtTDRB2IoFp7PP41fraY-oFNY00fEkI/edit?usp=sharing
>>736240231>no nothingPerfect. Just give me an exe and let me play my fucking game in peace.
>>736241815How is it a superior store if you don't own the games, thats inferior
>>736242048/thread
>>736242048So if I "own" it (even though GOG says they license it) and it's broken, that's better than not "owning" it and the game is up to date and working?
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsAll worthless, drone
>>736242114GOG puts in more effort to make their games up to date and working, steam will sell whatever even if it doesn't work on modern hardware easily
>>736242245GOG uses things that are easily found on PCGW, and when they prehack it, it actually makes things harder to mess with.
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsHoly based, you sold it for me.
>>736241978>ruining your skyrim mods is good, goy! LMAO
>>736242356That's not even true for most of them. Only a handful use fan fixes and most of them are just running in dosbox
>>736241815Steam is selling working versions of might and magic?
>>736242424>ignores the memory leak exclusive to the GOG version>>736242425Another issue, they use original DOSbox on a lot of stuff, which is heavily broken on modern versions of Windows.>>736242485I'd bet PCGW can get them working.
>>736240231>No steam achievementsBased>No steam forumsNice>No steam rewindAwesome >No steam reviewsBest
>>736240231>nooo everybody must know i spend hours clicking on a door handle 1000 times to get this epic gaymer acheivment>what do you mean there is no le epic gaymer level on my profile? how will others know that i spend hundreds of dollars on useless shit nobody cares about just for some number to go up?>I actually have to use my brain and cant just shift tab to open a guide? NIGGERMAN SAVE ME ahhhh
>>736242527>Another issue, they use original DOSbox on a lot of stuff,Because that was THE only way to play Dos games for years. >Inb4 DosX or stagingNeither existed for years when GoG was new and neither started until it was clear the OG dosbox devs pretty much abandoned the emulator. They've been updating them specifically to address this.
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsB-B-BASED, TOTALLY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT POSTERi bet you're handsome too
Why the fuck would I ever buy from GOG when pirates get the same experience for free???
>>736242527Dunno, I'll take a memory leak over waiting months for every horseanus animation mod I forgot to cut from a recommended list to updateGabe will not easily give me that option without doing node fuckery again
>>736242776why would you from steam when pirates get the same experience for free?
>>736242776You can say the same thing for steam or literally anything that isn't an console that has no emulation yet like switch 2 or PS5
>>736240231Worst of all, no player numbers or Steam Charts.Imagine of gog became the standard and nobody could compare numbers anymore
>>736242854I don't mod it, but I definitely don't want my games crashing.
but it does have offline installers, which I think people start to value more and more nowadays, with the rise of gaas/online only stuff.I backed upp all my GOG games on my external so that I know my games are mine to keep
Why would I pay for the few games I want more of instead of treating everything like ubislop?Maybe you'll understand when you grow up
>>736242884>>736242947Steam has a massive featureset that adds value to any purchase. If I don't care about Steams platform features, then piracy is the alternative, not GOG.
>Exist>Creates seething among people who refuse to believe GoG can still exist despite everything bad happening to it (cyberpunk, being forced into DEI shit etc etc)
>>736243076What features? Oh wow I can read a shitty meme review? You're just too stupid to exist without steam.
>>736240231how does any of this prevent you to play fucking video games?
>>736243136Steam workshopIn home streamingAuto game updatesWeb streaming to phoneCommunity ProfilesBest review systemCuratorsHoliday sales eventsCommunity profilesGroup chatVoice chatSteam overlayBig picture modeBest controller supportBest game library toolsPlay specific game versionsRemote play togetherBest friends listAchievementsFranchise pagesScreenshots and cloud storageCloud savesMobile appMobile chat appLivestreamingStreaming featuresCommunity guidesCommunity forumsSteam marketplaceNews hubStore discoveryMusic playerSteam OSSteam DeckFamily game sharingOpen about game metricsSteam inventoryCD key generation supportSteamVRProtonGamescopeSteam Datagram RelayAMD driver improvementsGift cardsWalletLinux SupportNon-steam game / pirated game support
>>736243048>but it does have offline installers, which I think people start to value more and more nowadays, with the rise of gaas/online only stuff.SHUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP STEAM AND THAT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR GABEN AND HIS ONLINE ACCOUNT DRM!
>>736243191Almost all worthless besides guides and workshops and even then PCGW beats themthanks for playing
>>736240231>achievementssounds gay>forumssounds gay>reviewsgo to metacriticsmetacritics is gay>piratingheterosexual
>>736243048Even pirating GOG shit is a hassle, because I have to keep up with updates. BG3 issued the "final patch" like a year ago, but hotfixes it practically weekly.
>>736243191thanks grok
>>736240814>>736241428Currently I see no reason to touch Galaxy when the Heroic games launcher exists. Fully open-source, works on windows and linux (also makes proton management easy). The fact that it consolidates gog, amazon and epic is also a nice bonus.
>>736243229Are the fixes important and urgent?
>>736243225>A-A-A-almost a-a-al-all w-wworthlessI command you continue to cope and seethe about being BTFO so hard.>If I don't care about Steams platform features, then piracy is the alternative, not GOG.Thanks for playing, you already lost though. Countered your shitty non-argument before you even posted it, that's how ahead of you I am.
GOG is a even worse trigger for the company tribalwarriors than Steam.By just existing it proves Steam is not a monopoly which makes their shoddily constructed arguments worthless
>>736243229Outdated patches is definitely not a Gog only issue. There's plenty of steam only games that get new patches out of nowhere for after years of getting nothing all the cracks have the outdated version
>>736243353I accept your concession
>>736243191>all this blowatware shiti just want to play a fucking video game
>>736243346It depends, but I'd rather be current.>>736243362When retail was a thing, sure, but developers are Steam first now. If a PC patch comes out, it'll be on Steam if anything.
>>736243191>workshopdrm>streaming, web streaming to phoneyou're adding input lag. disgusting>auto game updatesthat's a con, not a pro retard>community profilesSOCIAL MEDIA SHIT IS A CON YOU RETARD>review systemgog has one too>curatorswho gives a shit about self-important ecelebs>holiday sales eventspeople only give a shit about discounts>group chat, voice chatjust use mumble like a normal person>overlaynever use that shit. it affects performance>big picture modeimagine being retarded enough to use your computer with a controller>community forumsgog has that too>protonwine is literally right theregod I'm not gonna bother with the rest. you're a retard swayed by useless bells and whistles
>>736243191And nobody lets me opt-out of having all that pointless shit installed, terrible
>>736240231gog is better. only reason to support steam is they put money into wine/proton dev and other ancillary Linux shit. That's it.
>>736243406Yep, you're completely decimated >>736243421>>736243437>>736243470Like I said already, if you don't like platform features then pirate. I don't know why you're bothering typing these replies to me.
>>736243191Holy bloat batmanmeanwhile with gog>Go download offline installer>Play game>happyThat's literally all I want
>>736243528Says the man anally devastated
>>736243528kill yourself
>>736243541>Paying for the same experience as a pirateActual retard lmao
>>736243528I hate DRM. I don't want DRM. steam has DRM, therefore steam is bad for gaming
>>736243568>>736243571I have completely and utterly raped you into submission. I now command you to continue to seethe.
Its funny steamies probably mock normies and social media sites like Facebook meanwhile they want more social media features>I NEED TO SHOW OTHERS MY STEAM REWIND OK!?!?!??!
>>736243613>Like I said already, if you don't like platform features then pirate. I don't know why you're bothering typing these replies to me.Why are you telling me this?
>>736243576Cope. I don't careI'd pay for any service that doesn't treat me like an invalid.
>>736243615>I have completely and utterly raped you into submissionsays the fag that has Gabe's jew dick up his ass
>>736243576>paying for the same experience as a pirate but you got heckin steam achievements you can show off on redditNow that's worth the money!
>>736243541>download installer on GOG at ADSL speeds over the course of half an hour or more>install game, which takes even more time>install every DLC one by one, which takes even more time>don't want to play game anymoremeanwhile with steam>right click game, choose install>game downloads in seconds to minutes with all DLC and current patch>play game>happy
>>736243647>just pirateif you do that they're gonna slap denuvo, enigma, or some other shit that rapes your computer retard. besides, if the game doesn't sell the studio won't make any more games
>>736243712Stop living in timbuck 2 clettus. I never had a problem with downloading
>>736243615Says the man raped and gaped by gabe.
>>736243670>>736243692I'm literally telling you to pirate if you don't value steams features you colosal retard.>>736243731So what, you're going to buy the game on an objectively inferior platform? The numbers don't lie anon. People buy on Steam because its the best platform.
tbqh i stopped buying from gog after they kept spamming me with their patron program shit.they also barely add any games nowadays. once a blue moon they manage to snag some old capcom game, but that's about it.
>>736241743>Pirating at least gets you the up to date game with all the contentNot what happens in reality. You have to hope a pirate will be nice enough to upload the newest version. Most don't care, especially with indies.
>>736243789Good boy, do exactly as I command again.
are steamies really this retarded or is it just a falseflagger?
>are steamies really this retarded or is it just a falseflagger?
>>736243764Here's an attempt to download from GOG just now. That's just one 4GB chunk.
>>736240231Do steamfags actually use that shit? Not even consolefags use shit like that. They play the game then shut off the system when they’re done
>>736242776Because GoG actually has to give me a satisfactory service and will never attempt to fuck me over. Piracy is literally just choosing to believe the guy on the other end means well and won't screw you over lmao.
>>736243826Raped.
>>736243798>you should pirate if you don't want these bloatware features, bloatware is worth the pricelol
>>736243883>Only six minutes Pussy
>>736243764>>736243883Now here's the whole game on Steam.
>>736243880Most steamies are Chinese, literally half of them are
>>736243945Steam has shit downloads for massive games. Worse then GoG
>>736243528>then pirateNope, I want to place money where my next 1000h game is likely to come from.Silly boomer habit I won't break with, just as not giving any at all to wokeshitter devs
>>736243905>>736243924>Because GoG actually has to give me a satisfactory service and will never attempt to fuck me over.Steam provides a better service than GOG. GOG is so bad that pirates get the same experience for free.>>736243907Yes you've been raped into submission I agree.>>736243983Yeah, which is why chinks are seething over it because they can't compete.
I don't even understand the point of this thread? I have accounts both on GoG and Steam. They both have their uses - Steam as my main gaming platform and GoG for old games, I also have extra copies of some of my games there just in case.I genuinely have no idea why turd worlders have to turn EVERYTHING into retarded tribalism bullshit.
>>736240231>is the reason you can pirate most games in the first placeretard status on OP?
>>736243986I get 1.5-2.5Gbit almost all the time, though the local CDN is less than 10 miles from me.
>>736240231Don't careDon't careYou can find reviews anywhere, retard.The only nothing is what's going on between your ears.
>>736244024GoG gives me games without having to believe random browns that they're going to give me a working, up to date version of a game without any viruses or crypto miners or other bullshit AND that they won't rugpull me or go insane/get compromised. Sorry but in the end piracy is a charity and I don't consider charity from browns and russians trustworthy.
>>736244042OP got VAC banned in September 2023, and lost access to his portfolio of CSGO JPEGs that he invested in. He's been bitching about Valve and Steam ever since.
>>736244185I'm sorry you are too tech illiterate to download using a VM and checking MD5 sums before copying to host.
>>736244042Because that is often only communication that people like Op have in a day.Or at least the only one that does not put them at significant risk of a bloody nose
>>736243436If I have a game on my machine, surely I should be able to enjoy playing it to the end. If not and there's a game breaking bug, surely if I get a month's worth of updates, it's good. The game's fixed by now, right? No?Do you notice how this is all a bunch of FOMO psychological tricks to distract you from the game?
Shit no one cares about except a handful of autistics No one cares about your game achievements
>>736244271Ooooor I could just skip all that and get my games from a reliable source I can actually trust & which also would suffer actual consequences if they ever tried to screw me over.
Insomnia sale when?
>>736244024Steam provides a worse experience than piracy.
>>736240231And i will still keep using GOG.
>>736240231>No steam achievementsAchievements are so gay.Console bull shit that never should have come to pc.
>>736240231>No steam achievementsfuck off console faggot
>>736245126I don't see how. I always get the latest version, my downloads are fast and stable, I have easy access to mods and multiplayer, and Gabe never gave me a virus. Hell, when one random shovelware game among thousands that get put on Steam weekly has malware in it people make a huge deal out of it.
GOGbros, ready for Pragmata?
>>736245352But he is not feeling like he is sticking to the man, man!
>>736245352If I pirate the game, I don't have to deal with or even look at all this shit belowSteam workshopIn home streamingAuto game updatesWeb streaming to phoneCommunity ProfilesBest review systemCuratorsHoliday sales eventsCommunity profilesGroup chatVoice chatSteam overlayBig picture modeBest controller supportBest game library toolsPlay specific game versionsRemote play togetherBest friends listAchievementsFranchise pagesScreenshots and cloud storageCloud savesMobile appMobile chat appLivestreamingStreaming featuresCommunity guidesCommunity forumsSteam marketplaceNews hubStore discoveryMusic playerSteam OSSteam DeckFamily game sharingOpen about game metricsSteam inventoryCD key generation supportSteamVRProtonGamescopeSteam Datagram RelayAMD driver improvementsGift cardsWalletThat's how.
>>736241292Most of these are a (((You))) problem
>>736246287No, they're literally a problem with the service.
>>736243898no. just reviews to look out for issues (e.g. game-breaking glitches, shitty updates that ruin the game, company greed ruining the game, DRM/anti-cheat), forums when there's an issue (e.g. region lock, glitches, japanese language is missing, DRM/anti-cheat), and guides that should be external on sites like gamefaqs in the first place
>>736245352>I don't see howthe more disingenuous you act, the more I hate valve. congratulations shill-kun
>>736246802Why would you need any of that? GOG is staffed by good people who are looking out for your best interests.
The games have already been reviewed decades ago. With Steam, it will get sold to Microsoft eventually. Then the subscription, online and download fees will begin along with who knows what other horrors. It's going to suck. Enjoy Steam while it lasts.
>>736246878Okay, cool. Just saying, I'm not really the kind of guy who just goes "wow okay :D" when a russian tells me to run a EXE file as admin.
>>736240231>for the gamers guiseeee!!>removed Devotion from their store due to Chink screechingKek
>>736246883>Why would you need any of that?gog has all that though?>reviews>forums>guides and useful patches in forum threads
>>736240231the biggest problem about gog for me is that its cloud service only has a 200mb capacity for each game
>>736243048>it has offline installers that you need to be online to downloadLmao
>>736247218I turn off cloud saves, achievements and time tracking and GOG is the best place to buy game IMO. I use Galaxy only for autoupdates.
>>736246802Thank Gaben for inventing reviews...I wouldn't know about gamefaqs and stackoverflow if it weren't for him. He descended down to Earth and on that day gamefaqs along with forums came into existence. We would all be helpless without His intervention. I can't go into free forum pages without paying him first.
>>736244042I agree. Literally every day there's dumbass pointless threads like this. I literally use multiple services (mainly Steam, GOG, itch) AND I pirate when I want to. How is that hard to understand.Also, to retards in this thread who the FUCK gives a shit about social features on a launcher. It's cool they exist but why is that required? Retards.
>>736247250I mean, do you think they should mail them to you like netflix in the early 2000s?
>>736240231>No steam achievements>No steam forums>No steam rewind>No steam reviewsTrue. But they've unironically got GOG achievementsGOG forumsGOG rewindGOG reviews All of itFuck achievements though.
