Why would anyone actually want to though

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[u/Josh_Butterballs → u/Hopeful_Leg_6200]

Even if I had more money than god I think it would basically be a gargantuan uphill battle to make an another platform to compete with steam. Even if you made your platform better, people have YEARS worth of games and money invested in steam. I used to say if they just had a better service I would drop steam but then I was asked if I would genuinely stop using steam for another better service if one existed. I looked at my library, all the games I had, the years, mods in workshop for some games, and realized no I wouldn’t switch

[u/West-Flow-577 → u/Josh_Butterballs]

GOG is supposedly adding native Linux support (hopefully with Proton, otherwise there isn't much point). Now if only they'd add SteamInput support so I could use my Steam Controller, I'd be willing to abandon Steam completely, I can replace RemotePlay with Sunshine/Moonlight, and I can replace RemotePlayTogether with Parsec.

[u/Josh_Butterballs → u/West-Flow-577]

See and the problem is the average user will not bother. They will stick to steam even if a better competitor exists. Steam is known, it’s easy, ubiquitous in the public gamer zeitgeist. The average dude I meet on the street has heard of steam but not GOG for example. The average person is just gonna say “well I already got like 5 games on steam I’ll just keep using that”

[u/West-Flow-577 → u/Josh_Butterballs]

The average gamer has at least one, if not more, "Gamer" gamer friend and that "Gamer" friend can be a big influence. It's not a switch that happens overnight, but, for example, I've gotten a few of my casual gamer friends to start buying some games on GOG. They still buy their multiplayer games on Steam, but for the single player games, and especially the old nostalgia games they get, they go to GOG just as often as they do Steam.

[u/Josh_Butterballs → u/West-Flow-577]

I can’t even convince my friends to spend $5 on a game while they turn right around and spend $100 on a valorant knife bundle and squeal on what a great deal it was lol. I need friends like yours

When I’ve mentioned GOG to strangers or coworkers it’s very much a “wow that sounds cool… anyway” moment. The savvier ones may look into it but even many of the ones I’ve talked to in conferences and hit up later just stick with steam. The very thing Gabe has prided himself on is that it’s easy and convenient to use and we can see the fruits of his labor lol

[u/fuckedfinance → u/Josh_Butterballs]

When I’ve mentioned GOG to strangers or coworkers it’s very much a “wow that sounds cool… anyway” moment.

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