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In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront' (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 83 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

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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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    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 🤷‍♀️

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    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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