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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 37 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I remember hating the idea, during the age when games came in boxes. Now i support Steam with the tremendous support they've given the Linux platform. Most games i have are games on Steam, but i do have a bunch on GoG, as well as Itch.io. Don't keep all your eggs in one basket, but have to admit the Steam basket is humongous.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

GOG is pretty good but they have zero Linux support that I'm aware of. Had to return a game I bought off there last year. Bought it through Steam and it worked seamlessly.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Some of their games have Linux support but also it seems very much that they do not care about going out of their way for Linux so it gets forgotten about for most titles

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

In GOG's defense, they don't have the resources that Steam does but it's still pretty annoying. I have no plans to personally seriously use Windows ever again for personal use but Linux desktop usage is low and not something I'd expect a company that's GOGs size to spend much time on yet. Steam can and does. I respect that a lot.

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

GOG actually has a relatively good selection of Linux games.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Relatively is the key word. I haven't had a serious issue with anything running on Proton and the way Steam implements it. I've had one issue out of one trying to play a game on GOG. Don't get me wrong, I think GOG is great though.