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I became a bit more wary of GOG when I learned they are incorporated in Cyprus.
by pdknsk 13y ago
I became a bit more wary of GOG when I learned they are incorporated in Cyprus.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoWhy? Buy your games, stash installers, they'll be with you forever. The whole point of no DRM is you not having to care where they are incorporated and whether they're ever going under.
- asb 13y agoWhy? Are you also wary of digital sellers set up in Luxembourg for tax purposes (e.g. Amazon)? EDIT: GOG also claim that laws regarding signing international contracts are more favourable in Cyprus than Poland http://www.gog.com/forum/general/my_credit_card_companies_starting_charging_fees_for_gog_purchases/post7 http://www.gog.com/forum/general/my_credit_card_companies_st...
- GravityWell 13y agoThis is the main point why GOG is great. Just save your install media and you can reinstall in 10yrs if GOG goes away, regardless of where GOG is hosted. The same is not necessarily true for Steam. I've also been getting tired of the lag in starting up Steam just to play a few minutes of a game.
- tuzemec 13y agoYeah, I can't remember when TF2 started for under 5 mins... :( I play like 3-4 times a month and every single time I've got steam update, tf2 update, long logging times and apart of that the steam client became really heavy on my (probably above average) machine.
- GravityWell 13y agoI was going to mention some of those other things that have been bugging me about Steam over the years, and it's been getting worse and it seems more bloated. I didn't really understand GOG at first, but once I realized how it worked, I'm less enthusiastic about Steam. For titles available on both, I wish I could return the Steam versions and use only GOG :)