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Isn't GOG already starting to compete with Steam? (Of course, from the DRM-free angle). They're an ever growing market, backed by a publisher with a strong lin
by kuschku 9y ago
Isn't GOG already starting to compete with Steam? (Of course, from the DRM-free angle).
They're an ever growing market, backed by a publisher with a strong lineup, just like Steam was in its early days.
- larsiusprime 9y ago(Author here) GOG is a great service; their main limitations is that many AAA publishers absolutely refuse to release without DRM, though this is sloooooowly eroding, somewhat. GOG can't go back on their DRM-free promise without a revolt from their audience, but it also limits what big-ticket games they can sign. I like GOG a lot, they've carved out a nice niche for themselves, but from every developer I've talked to, they're still a fraction of Steam's market share. I don't expect them to take over anytime soon, but I'll always support them and hope they continue to grow.
- ajuc 9y agoI think from financial POV gog makes sense for CD Projekt even if it's never becoming big - simply because they can publish their games there and get 100% instead of 70% of the price. They have lots of fanboys (me included ;) ), and on PC they sold more through gog than through steam (at least in 2015, haven't seen later data). I hope they never go back on no-DRM, it's not worth it.
- earenndil 9y ago> many AAA publishers absolutely refuse to release without DRM Why, though? It doesn't even work. Denuvo sort of worked, had a GIANT performance hit due to running on a VM, and even it was cracked before long.