I really like GOG so it would be highly unfortunate to see them go under. I guess we really can't have nice things in this day and age.
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This makes me sad. I wanna believe in gog. The last bastion of hope for gaming.
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I hope they stick around they are great for gaming. I need to buy off there more often.
Shit I really like GOG as it's the only competition to steam
There's also itch.io, which is great. It does have a lack of game selection, but we're comparing it to GOG, so...
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Too bad, I use Steam and it works wonderfully on Linux, but i don't want it to be the only option.
i don’t want it to be the only option.
Neither do I but it is. GOG doesn't support Linux. Heroic is a 3rd party community effort. Valve is currently the only company making financial investments into Linux gaming.
It does support Linux: it lets you download Linux installer for games that have a Linux port.
The lack of GOG Galaxy on Linux just means you have to manually manage your games.
It does support Linux: it lets you download Linux installer for games that have a Linux port.
GOG lets publishers upload various installers but GOG does nothing to support them, let alone offer something like Proton (which is open source, so they could take and integrate it for free).
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GOG is the only big option if you want to own the games you purchase.
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The former employee knew what they were doing with their choice of words.
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“GOG regularly adapts its structure to its strategy and ongoing projects, sometimes this means eliminating certain roles — as was the case recently.”
Yeah, but firing 30% of your entire contract workforce reveals that you don't give a flying fuck about sustaining the lifespan of the storefront and prefer to pad the executives golden parachutes from the stock valuation.
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I'm really happy with my experience with GOG, but they put a lot of effort into their Windows app and i ws pretty blunt with my feedback, it is pretty useless to me and I find it unhelpful. Heroic game launcher on Linux great and cost GOG $0.00. My thought is that they have been focusing on the wrong things, fundamentally I love their strong DRM stance and when I am travelling internationally,the games I bought off GOG work, unlike Steam😡😡😡😡. So if they have come to this realization, then nothing about these changes are disturbing as a customer, but sad to hear their employees taking the hit. 😢
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Unfortunate. Competition is generally good for the consumer and I'd hate to see one of more more customer-friendly storefronts go away.
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Running out of steam
Lol
The word choice is certainly not accidental.
I see what they did there. groan.
"no pun intended"
I'd certainly love to hear that they're at least turning a profit. It's my default store now, but given the ambiguity of what I'm buying in the multiplayer space, and the lesser experience I get as a Linux customer, they're not making it easy.
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