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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

meanwhile ive finally stopped using steam! very happy and proud to say i only purchase on itch and GOG now! (as well as a few indie stores) hope i can get a few friends to join me.

edit: i do not think less of people for using steam! i just like the idea of having friends who share my personal philosophies. im aware that im abnormal, lol.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

hope i can get a few friends to join me.

Maybe if CD Project put their big Witcher and Cyberpunk money into Wine, SDL, DXVK, Linux HDR support, etc. instead of licensing Unreal Engine from Epic for upcoming games...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup. If they just port GOG Galaxy to Linux and provide a decent way to manage Proton/WINE versions, they'd get way more of my money. As it stands, I've only gotten their games through bundles, so they've made something like $20 from me, whereas Steam gets hundreds every year.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

they’d get way more of my money.

Which they'd better invest into improving the Linux technology stack, just like Valve does.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

That's not a requirement, my only requirement is that playing their games on Linux is a good experience.

I'd probably keep buying many games through Steam because:

GOG doesn't have everything I want to play
GOG probably wouldn't work as nicely on my Steam Deck

But if GOG worked well on my desktop, I'd prefer buying games from them when they have it and the experience is smooth.

[–] virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

haha lutris is more than satisfactory for me

[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

whats your reason(s) to ditch steam? (honest question)

[–] virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Philosophically, obviously I'm against DRM blah blah and no matter how easy it is to crack I just don't really like the idea of spending money on a license to play something instead of the something itself. I also don't really like contributing to the online services monopoly steam seems to be maintaining. There's a myriad smaller stuff that drives me away from steam that I don't really feel like explaining, but those two are the main philosophical reasons.

Practically, for reasons I obviously won't disclose, my account is at risk of spontaneous termination if they wanted to, so its not really worth investing more money into my walking time bomb of an account.

I get why steam makes sense for most people and I don't have any intention to shame people for... well, being normal where I'm not. I just like having friends who share my personal preferences!