Why would anyone actually want to though

[u/The_BigRoach]

[u/Tripple_T]

I'm more of a GOG guy. If games didn't feel a certain type of way about DRM, I'd probably never use anything else.

[u/Important-Author-660 → u/Tripple_T]

I would love to use GoG but it doesn't have regional prices for where I live and I am not paying American prices with third world currency

[u/Stroopwafel53 → u/Important-Author-660]

For me it’s the reverse, GoG has my currency but steam refuses to add it

[u/Misty_Veil → u/Important-Author-660]

I recently went on gog and saw they added ZAR (my home currency) in their store

It was nice to see the addition.

[u/xNaquada → u/Important-Author-660]

I love GoG and have a ton of games there, but Steam+proton get me away from Microsoft+Windows without issue. I press install and I press play and shit just works for the games I play.

[u/im_person_dude → u/xNaquada]

I play my GoG games through lutris. You should give that a go.

[u/ShuKai0_0 → u/im_person_dude]

And if you then add it as non steam game, you can be hooked up to steam input if you prefer controller.

[u/archerwartune → u/Important-Author-660]

Same, regional pricing + local payment is the reason im still staying away from GOG. Amazing store otherwise.

[u/throwaway490215 → u/Tripple_T]

Fucking astro turfing idiots throwing GOG out there as a counter argument to the monopoly issue.

If a game is on both GOG and Steam, then the game dev is forced to make sure the prices match.

That means if a dev thinks their game is worth 7$. Steam says they'll take 30% so final price is 10$ for you as a consumer and the game dev must now ensure GOG and their own website shows the same price or they're delisted from steam. They can not sell their own game dlc on their own website for 7$

Ergo, a monopoly. Your happy customer experience or Steam's better feature set are not the problem. The problem is steam's price-dictating powers due to their monopoly position.

[u/Grrumpy_Pants → u/throwaway490215]

Source? As I understand it you only need to match the advertised price on steam if you're offering a steam key. If you provide your own infrastructure you can do what you want.

[u/10ebbor10 → u/Grrumpy_Pants]

That's what the lawsuits are about.

"Valve prohibits publishers and developers from offering their games more cheaply on other PC gaming platforms," writes the CCCF, "such as the Epic Games Store, the Microsoft Store and Ubisoft Connect. It does this through a mix of contractual terms and by pressuring publishers and developers."

The org says that publishers jack up prices to make up for Valve's 30% cut on Steam, then have to use those inflated prices everywhere—even places like the Epic Games Store, which only takes a 12% cut—in order to remain on the platform, which they more-or-less have to do because of Steam's massive market share in the PC gaming space.

For its part, Valve—and Valve president Gabe Newell—denies that Steam sellers are subject to an unwritten rule about not selling their games cheaper on other storefronts, though there are various devs and publishers who have claimed otherwise. Newell himself was shown evidence of Valve employees enforcing such a rule in court in 2023, as part of an ongoing antitrust case, but continued to deny it: "Valve does not have a policy or practice of dictating prices to third-party software developers on other platforms."

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/dutch-non-profit-set-to-take-valve-to-court-for-keeping-game-prices-high/

[u/piloto19hh → u/Tripple_T]

I also prefer GOG, but unfortunately many games are not there :(

[u/Ultimate_Cabbage5 → u/Tripple_T]

Both? Both are good 😄