• m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I haven’t spent a single dollars on EGS, only collecting the freebies since it launched.
    I do buy games on GOG whenever possible, as their core mission (make classic games DRM-free) is appealing to me.

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      For real GOG supports actual game ownership. Steam supports game flexiabilty of OS with all their linux support (and now arm!). I Patron/Librepay indies/foss devs. EGS’s biggest proclaimed difference is that offer less to devs/customera and offer big studios better margins.

      Like why the hell would this convince me?

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      7 hours ago

      Same. But not only that, I know a few instances where I played a free epic game, liked it and went ahead and bought the game on steam or GOG.

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      Yeah I don’t even see gog and steam as direct competitors (obviously they are)

      classic games I expect to run standalone thru a .exe exclusively bought on gog

      games with integrated multiplayer/social stuff exclusively bought on steam

      That’s basically the entire market 🤷‍♀️