GOG asking for more donations from gamers with the new GOG Patrons program

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• Peasley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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

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  • Marafon@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Check out Heroic Games Launcher maybe. I think it’s the unofficial GOG for Linux

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    • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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  • derin@lemmy.beru.co ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.)

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  • MyScreenName@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I use Lutris, works pretty well for me.

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  • Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • Peasley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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

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• etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They also bring old games back so they work on modern computers. Like Breath of Fire IV.

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve heard it’s 30%, or whatever the same as Steam is

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