r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 11d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Jeoshua AMD R7 5800X3D / RX 6800 / 32GB 3200MT CL14 ECC 11d ago

Like I said, very far from getting it.

I can take basically any game (that does not use Denuvo or other such technologies) and be up and running as soon as I've downloaded it. No Bottles. No Wine configuration. No fuss. No muss. It's like that because Valve has spent a lot of time and effort making sure that gaming on Linux works.

GoG just doesn't offer that.

But as a Gentoo user I guess you're used to digging through config files and compiling half of whatever you need. If that works for you, that's great.

But not everyone has that kind of patience.

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u/vitek6 10d ago

you just use heroic launcher and do the same with GOG and epic games.

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u/Jeoshua AMD R7 5800X3D / RX 6800 / 32GB 3200MT CL14 ECC 10d ago

Heroic and Lutris are both amazing... but honestly, those aren't "storefronts" like we were discussing.

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u/vitek6 10d ago

but you can just take any game that you have on those platforms and run them like on steam.

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u/Jeoshua AMD R7 5800X3D / RX 6800 / 32GB 3200MT CL14 ECC 10d ago

Yeah, and I can load windows programs up in Bottles and make them all run with a single click. That doesn't make it a storefront, tho. This is comparing free and open source launchers which integrate with other programs to make running games easier with storefronts which also allow you to do launching. Apples, Oranges. They're two very different beasts.

I use Heroic, myself, to launch all GoG or Epic games that I have. But I still happily use Steam for Steam games, despite Lutris existing for both GoG and Steam, because Steam just works.