I use steam, but I moved the files out for games that will still work, as well as buy games on gog and download installers. I dont use gog galaxy cause? wont I have to be online to use my games?
All my backups are on a drive
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Am I crazy to demand another store for PC gaming ?
But this time it should be a lovechild of steam & GOG but FOSS like Itch.io
Don't you people think us gamers deserve better stores ?
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Having worked in an international environment for over a decade makes me 99% sure that OP speaks Portuguese.
I'm confused as to how people with English as a second language even learn the word "costumer". It's reasonably obscure!
Who made that spelling and the pronunciation though? Seems like two separate people. Gets me every time.
GOG just localize your prices PLEASE.
Nope! I'll horde steam and gog both, now i shame you into flossing your feet and brushing your butt.
So, where can I purchase Nine Sols on GOG?
It's ridiculous that Nine Sols will get a Nintendo Switch release before going on GOG. I guess "many gamers" aren't asking for it - oh wait: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/nine_sols https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/nine-sols-2024
A marketplace that is all DRM-free is good, but when they begin to concede on censorship for the political agendas of certain countries because it might affect their Chinese releases because they have far more of a horse in the race than Valve as a developer does in the Chinese market, you have to balance what you consider a bigger issue: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1809540/Nine_Sols/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/555220/Detention/
It only affects a very small minority of games, so it's up to you whether you consider the censorship a deal breaker. Would a game with an Easter egg criticizing any other country's politics caused the uproar Devotion did? There's no shortage of games that do, and as a central plot element as opposed to a simple Easter egg. Then there's also the fact that GOG insulted people's intelligence with the excuse of "many gamers", specially given their continued silence on other Red Candle Game releases that have no similar issues.
If an art form cannot be used as a means of criticism, then it is not one that is free.
https://artandmedialaw.com/artistic-expression-and-free-speech/
When fundamentals like this are so easily violated under ridiculous premises, further capitulation isn't far behind.
What did Steam do to offend you?