• auzy@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    People use steam because it’s good service, and a good product.

    In fact, they also gave Linux a boost

    They also have things like cloud saving

    Developers use them because apparently they have some awesome features too for things like multiplayer and such and a great API

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    19 days ago

    100% agreed. just wish GOG was more linux friendly.

    best of both worlds: piracy.

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      18 days ago

      Lutris lets you add your GOG account and download/install games directly. its not Galaxy, but its pretty flawless.

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        18 days ago

        Lutris is awesome.
        Open source games, games with their own launcher, games on steam, gog, etc are all in it. Can pick to run things natively on Linux, use proton (pick your version or just use latest), wine, or choose from others, and it does it seamlessly. For games you already have installed on steam, you don’t need to reinstall them, it finds them and makes them runnable from within lutris once you connect your steam account, you can also install games that you own on any of your connected launchers, and browse/download your undownloaded games from them

        Examples for some of the stuff I have all in it now:
        Catacyslm: DDA catapult launcher (free and open source game - highly recommend you try it out. Takes some getting used to, but there isn’t much you can’t do. Also, make sure you get cataclysm-tiles or use a launcher. ASCII is pure, but hard to get used to. Also, DO NOT buy it on steam.)
        All of my installed steam games
        Cyberpunk 2077 and the witcher 3 via gog
        FFXIV (the official launcher, not steam)
        Vintage story (open source but not free - highly recommend if you like open world survival crafting games with a big emphasis on survival)

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      18 days ago

      Heroic Game Launcher is pretty cool. It does game save sync with GOG games too.

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      18 days ago

      I feel you. Installing Fallout London was such a pain in the ass for Linux.

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      18 days ago

      Many of their games do have native linux versions, and a lot do work under wine or proton, which can be used as a Non-steam game in Steam or even without Steam.

      Their launcher doesn’t yet have a native linux version but it’s completely optional, and does still run under wine if you really want it.

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        18 days ago

        If I’m not going to use their game manager, then why would I buy the game from them instead of just buying it directly from the game studio? I guess because game studios rarely distribute their own games anymore?

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          18 days ago

          Exactly, the game publishers and distributors are often not the developers themselves. Only one to distribute direct in recent memory was World Of Goo 2, and even that was sold primarily through the Epic store.

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    18 days ago

    NGL This feels disingenuous coming from GOG, Yes, you can keep the installers, but you do NOT own the game.

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      18 days ago

      Plus, unless the installers have the full package, it’ll still require an internet connection. Usually installers download the files and then install them.

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        18 days ago

        I’ll give gog this, I have never seen an installer from them that needed an internet connection, That being said, they actively call it licensing in their own agreement

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    18 days ago

    As long as you understand the terms of your agreement with Steam as a platform, everything is fine. Physical media for games are outdated anyway, especially with frequent updates, patches, and DLC releases. Regarding older titles that are no longer supported, well, as the saying goes: “If buying isn’t owing…”

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    18 days ago

    Okay steam, if its just a digital license and not ownership… Then surely you’ll be significantly lowering prices, Since you charge full ownership prices for games, not license prices… Right?

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      18 days ago

      G*mers really don’t want the industry to evaluate the $60 price point and apply inflationary adjustments going back to when it became the standard.

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        18 days ago

        The $60 was based on 55%+ going to distribution channels, +physical media costs, so it could be down from there.

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          18 days ago

          regular reminder that digital distribution was sold to us under the false promise that games would be cheaper, because they wouldnt have to pay for printing boxes, CDs, manuals, greebles, Wouldnt have to pay for shipping or storage, or any other burden addition of physical media.

          That we’d be able to buy games for 30 dollars, and that that the developers and everyone involved would make more money than they would have paying 50 for a physical game.

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            18 days ago

            Yeah, this is the original sin, they just banked the cost the whole time until they could cry that they need to charge more because of inflation.

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              18 days ago

              and now, they are wanting to sell games for 70-80 bucks for AAA titles.

              Its not cause the games are 50 dollars that they arent making enough hundreds of millions. The only reason these AAA games arent making bank is because they’re shit

              Can anyone honestly remember the last AAA title that wasnt an absolute dog pile?

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    18 days ago

    Unpopular opinion: if I have to fudge with Wine instead of Proton, I simply will not bother. It’s 2024. I’m not going to fiddle with configs, or get a setup together just to play a single game. That’s ridiculous. A game should 100% be one click to run, whether it’s native or not. and if that’s not what is expected in 2024, Linux get it together. sincerely: a full time Linux gamer that is a single parent and doesn’t have time to fiddle just to play a game. Wine and most of its front ends need a major overhaul.

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      Then just use Proton? You don’t need Steam for it. And sitting there and demanding “Linux” to get it “together” because it is 2024 is rather ignorant due to the fact that it is not Linux’ fault that the software in question needs additional workarounds in order to make it run. People out there are using their freetime to come up with solutions for problems caused by corporations using proprietary libraries and software. I don’t think that your opinion is unpopular. I get what you want, I do wish the same, and a lot of peoole would agree with it as well, but the context in which we operate here matters a lot.

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      18 days ago

      Heroic is decent imo. It lets you download Wine, manage prefixes, enable/disable dxvk/vkd3d, configure gamescope & mangohud and so on.

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      18 days ago

      Linux get it together

      Who are you making demands to, precisely?