Steam or GOG.com?

[a198x]

Wich one is better, STEAM or GOG. com (considering their games, prices and others, like communities, cloud saves and goodies)?

[LowJack_VA1]

I like GOG over Steam just for the free stuff like wallpapers & even soundtracks sometimes. If I can get a game on GOG and it's available on Steam also, I'll only buy it on GOG. I'm in the process of rebuying Steam games when they become available on GOG.

[a198x]

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

I like GOG over Steam just for the free stuff like wallpapers & even soundtracks sometimes. If I can get a game on GOG and it's available on Steam also, I'll only buy it on GOG. I'm in the process of rebuying Steam games when they become available on GOG.

Me either

[Snapjak]

For a lot of the older games, GOG by far and away. For more modern games, whichever.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Each got their own perks.

I like GOG for having all the classic games, getting extra things like wallpaper, etc, you don't need a client to get your games, and that it's DRM free.

Steam holds lots of major titles, has lots of free to play games compare to GOG, is a better community media platform, plus the fact Steam has been doing it a lot longer than GOG, for having friends, custom groups, and etc...

GOG simple, and nice.
Steam hot, and trending.

- When it comes to prices, that's not going to be easy to answer, as you can't compare games if one isn't on the other to begin with, also they generally have huge sales around the same month, or few weeks apart from each other, also usually the prices might be the same, or for a buck, or two less on one, or the other platform. Not really something to compare on which one better for pricing.

- When comparing communities, this would vary, but IMO I think GOG is better when comes to older games, while Steam for modern games, but each game sub forum is different.

[Derpy Moo]

Both

[Start_Running]

I lean towards STeam. mostly because their prices are the same. The products are more or less the same (yeah those wall paper, and sound tracks. they can often befound in the steam version as well if you dig in the file trees a bit.

The simple truth is I've bought all the classic games GoG had to offer that interested me. And when it comes to more current games I go with steam because the prices are usually the same and the convenience of it.

DRM is a bit of a non issue sisnce any game that is shared between GoG and STeam from my experience, does not require the steam application to launch

[Kargor]

As far as I'm concerned, many games that I have played aren't on GoG.

Steam "DRM" is a non-issue -- it's a minor thing that pretty much only hits casual pirating. With just one exception -- Steam refusing to run a second instance of the same game on the same computer (I did that with Borderlands, to trade items between chars) -- I've never felt Steam getting in the way of anything.

Also, the Steam client might have massive security flaws -- but I'm aware of that, and they don't affect me in my use case: I'm in a one-person household, so there simply aren't any accounts on my boxes that aren't mine anyway. So, Steam credentials (and preferences) leaking into other accounts is another non-issue for me.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Kargor:

As far as I'm concerned, many games that I have played aren't on GoG.

Steam "DRM" is a non-issue -- it's a minor thing that pretty much only hits casual pirating. With just one exception -- Steam refusing to run a second instance of the same game on the same computer (I did that with Borderlands, to trade items between chars) -- I've never felt Steam getting in the way of anything.

Also, the Steam client might have massive security flaws -- but I'm aware of that, and they don't affect me in my use case: I'm in a one-person household, so there simply aren't any accounts on my boxes that aren't mine anyway. So, Steam credentials (and preferences) leaking into other accounts is another non-issue for me.

The GOG galaxy client is probably full of security holes as well as their website

It’s just that no one bothers to try to find them because no one wants GOG accounts. The last time hackers cared was when they figured out how to abuse GOG gifting policy for the Witcher 3. Which their response was basically to become Madagascar and shut it all down. Since then GOG accounts and games have no value which is why no one cares. The second anyone figures out some kind of way to extract value hackers will be all over it.

Hackers didn’t care about itch.io up until they figured out how to abuse their integration with isthereanydeal and the ability to get paid immediately from posting a fake version of popular games at discounted prices

[Longhaul]

I like both.
GOG for remaking the real old games (c64 games) but also because they seem to be able to re-release Fo3 and other games that runs no problem on newer windows, Unlike Steam where they do not work at all!

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Daynox:

I like both.
GOG for remaking the real old games (c64 games) but also because they seem to be able to re-release Fo3 and other games that runs no problem on newer windows, Unlike Steam where they do not work at all!

Fo3 works pretty well on newer windows. SOme people simply have problems and there are workarounds for those problems.

[Longhaul]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Daynox:

I like both.
GOG for remaking the real old games (c64 games) but also because they seem to be able to re-release Fo3 and other games that runs no problem on newer windows, Unlike Steam where they do not work at all!

Fo3 works pretty well on newer windows. SOme people simply have problems and there are workarounds for those problems.

That is the point. GOG version you do not need any "work arounds"... works out of the box. Steam version you have to "do this" and "do that" to get it to run.

[AbedsBrother]

Assuming everything is exactly the same on each platform for a particular game, GOG. I like the fact that the client is optional.

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

Steam.
Steam is my main go-to client for PC gaming.

I do have Assassins Creed Steam titles which require Steam/Uplay integration.
I have a few Steam EA games that also require a EA login and the sign-in works better with Origin. I also have a GFWL client for several Steam Windows games, e.g., Dirt 2 & Dirt 3.

Non-Steam client games, I have the Blizzard Battle.net client for my StarCraft trilogy games. I have Overwatch and a few other Blizzard titles.

I haven't heard of GOG before, but I do sub to Humble Bundle monthly.

Activated on Steam = Buy
Not Activated on Steam = No Buy

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Daynox:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Fo3 works pretty well on newer windows. SOme people simply have problems and there are workarounds for those problems.

That is the point. GOG version you do not need any "work arounds"... works out of the box. Steam version you have to "do this" and "do that" to get it to run.

Better you say.. you didn't need any work arounds. I'm quite sure there are people who have had to employ one work around or the other. I remember the headache I had with getting their version of Signal ops to run.

I don't even think the Fo3 was even a long lasting issue.

Not saying I don't like goG. i wouldn't have 50+ games on their platform if I didn't but the problem is, The STeam version is simply more convenient. Then there's the fact that GoG is rather slow to pick up the games I'm interested in.

[76561198001062896]

i would only consider gog for games that arent avalaible on steam, for everything else it offers me nothing more than steam already does.

and no, the whole "but its drm free!!" isnt exactly a selling point for me, especially because steam/ denuvo so far has yet to have stopped me from playing my legitimately bought games.

price wise, gog has a long way to go, because i can still find cheaper on steam/ third party sites.

its a shame that they seem to have been focusing less on getting old games unavalaible to purchase legally anywhere and more on mimicking steam, especially because the "good old games" part is what i personally care about.