While it hasn't been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate.
  • etchinghillside@reddthat.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not familiar with their business model beyond the DRM thing. What % are they taking from publishers/developers who buy from them?

  • Peasley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    i’d buy way more games if they had a Linux version of their Galaxy client. I already spend way too much on Steam

    • Derin@lemmy.beru.coEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They used to support Linux as a platform, but they ended up dropping it because the userbase was too small to warrant the additional development efforts. I think it was around 2015 they added Linux versions of their games, only to remove them in 2018ish?

      Either way, it meant switching to Steam for me. I understand that it was a business decision, but it was a damn shame…

      (All of this was pre-Galaxy.)

    • Onyxonblack@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I don’t understand the hype and desire for launchers, even the galaxy client. Capitalism is bad, social media is bad. I’m far more preferable to my GOG offline installers from the regular webpage. The client is a downgrade! Achievements?? Like I’m a 10yr old with his first skinner box? I left steam for crying out loud, why would I want to run to another launcher of any sort?

      But thats just me I suppose. I hate people, I’m a Misanthropic Anti-Natalist that wishes the planet got hit by a massive rock and just explodes. My Nihilism knows no bounds. Fucking launchers. Cancer I say! Burn your offline GOG installers onto M-Disc storage media. Disconnect your computer from the world. Enjoy gaming in peace.

      • Peasley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        For one it’s nice to have a way of managing/installing the sofware.

        Try installing an older Linux native game from GOG, it’s a huge pain in the ass: ancient dependencies you have to install by hand, cryptic error messages, debugging controller support for every game separately. And good luck uninstalling.

        Compare to Steam: you click “install”, wait a bit, click “play” and you are playing. uninstalling is also trivially easy

      • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        While Heroic is nice, it would be even better if GOG themselves put some effort into supporting Linux, as they do sell Linux native games.

        • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It’d be enough even if they just contributed to Heroic, the way Valve started contributing to wine/proton.

          It’s mind boggling to me that they remained completely silent on linux, even as SteamDeck took off.

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, I can confirm Heroic works well on Linux. Just finished up my GOG-purchased Silksong play-through this week. :)

        • doughless@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I was halfway through silksong before I realized cloud saves and achievements only work with the Windows version. Fortunately, copying the Linux save folder on top of the Windows one kept my progress, but I’m still missing most of my achievements. Guess I’ll just have to play again from the beginning.

          • wizzim@infosec.pubEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Heroic supports GOG achivements through Comet, which is enabled by default in the latest versions.

            However there is no overlay so you need to check the GOG achievements webpage to see what you achieved/unlocked.

            • doughless@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Yes, but the achievements wouldn’t sync with the native Linux installation, I had to switch to the Windows install of Silksong before they started to sync to my GOG profile.

            • doughless@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Heroic will let you install the native Linux game (if available), or the Windows version that runs on Wine/Proton. But like moody said, GOG will only allow cloud saves for the Windows versions of your games.