sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·3 days agoIdeologically, gog is the winner for me… EXCEPT they refuse to have a native linux client, so i stick with steam
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoI find heroic games launcher works great as a gog launcher.
minus-squaregalaxy_nova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoWasn’t there some ado about them getting a native Linux client soonish? https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-has-already-started-working-on-linux-gaming-as-it-says-theyre-a-big-fan-of-the-os/ My issue is of course that I hate having two launchers but yeah gog does seem ideologically superior… for now.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThey promised one back in 2014. I think 12 years is much longer than “soonish”
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoPretty late… there was a linux request on the gog forum almost 10 years ago. I gave up on gog shortly after their negative response to the idea of a linux client
minus-squareiknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI just download and install games.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoand the problem is, that, as a developer, you can’t just go and release your stuff on gog
Ideologically, gog is the winner for me… EXCEPT they refuse to have a native linux client, so i stick with steam
I find heroic games launcher works great as a gog launcher.
Wasn’t there some ado about them getting a native Linux client soonish? https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-has-already-started-working-on-linux-gaming-as-it-says-theyre-a-big-fan-of-the-os/
My issue is of course that I hate having two launchers but yeah gog does seem ideologically superior… for now.
They promised one back in 2014.
I think 12 years is much longer than “soonish”
Pretty late… there was a linux request on the gog forum almost 10 years ago. I gave up on gog shortly after their negative response to the idea of a linux client
I just download and install games.
and the problem is, that, as a developer, you can’t just go and release your stuff on gog