GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you | GOG.COM
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Hey everyone, GOG Team here.

So… Is this a good thing? Bad thing? Gut reaction says that probably not the greatest for GOG, being detached from a huge publisher like CD Projekt probably isn’t great for a niche marketplace. In their faqs it states that GOG had a strong year financially but they would of course bill it that way. The question about why the new owner did so also just sounded disingenuous.

Interested to see where this goes from here. While I love gog and am a patron, their Linux support leaves a lot to be desired. The sole fact that cloud saves are such a pain to get working has led me to switch back to steam. I hope with these changes they can maybe get some support on Linux.

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    14·
    17 hours ago

    I think Gog is more popular then ever, because people start recognizing that buying from GOG is like buying organic produce and has it’s worth - they are in a pretty good market position with this image, and i fully believe them when they write that “[they] have seen more enthusiasm from gamers towards [their] mission than ever before”.

      • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Well Heroic Launcher works fine for my GOG Library, so that’s not so much of an issue for me. What i miss much more is Playnite, which integrated pretty much everything from steam to GOG, Epic, Amazon and Emulators for pretty much everything.

    • mirshafie@europe.pubEnglish
      8·
      13 hours ago

      I prefer GOG over Steam for the simple reason that I’m not forced to use a launcher if I don’t want to.

    • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      I do too, but imagine the drop in donations/subscriptions if they were to pull a stunt like the one with steam/mastercard and porn games. Or if they were to not want to remove a game that features, say, the gaza genocide but on israel’s side, or some other extremely divisive issue.