I’m fairly sure the update cadence is set by the game dev/publisher, not GoG.
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoWhy do you want a launcher? I have a few GoG games and I don’t really feel like a launcher is something I need.
What I do want is games to actually update on GoG at the same time as steam, not over a week later. X4 7.0 came out and it was over a week longer for the GoG version to update, in the end I refunded and bought it on steam instead.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They might have to grease some wheels somehow then. Some kind of incentive structure to make sure they do it.
Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
… and Steam is more important to them than GOG
trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Because I use a Steam Deck and having a launcher for third-party stores is the easiest way to install games.
Additionally, the reasons mentioned in the other comments.
stardust@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Cloud saves, achievements, and tracking hours is something I do like. I have over a 100 GOG games, so individually managing exe files isn’t something I really want to do.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I backup my own saves, don’t really trust someone elses computer to do as good of a job as I can myself. Wrote a script to automate it.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do you not have to update that script every time you play a new game? Cloud saves are pretty automatic, and regardless of platform, they’ve been pretty reliable too. It also fits that use case that you go to a friend’s place and want to show them something in your save file on a whim.
overload@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Syncthing?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Typing
backup “Game” “/path/to/files”is pretty simple though. I wouldn’t complain about cloud saves existing, but I won’t rely on them and absolutely wouldn’t pay for them.tauren@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
That’s great, but maybe we should stop talking about you. People pay for Steam, Netflix and many other services because they don’t want to write scripts. They want something convenient and easy to use. They also want additional functionality. You said how you back up save files, but nothing about achievements, time tracking, friends, screenshots sharing, etc.
M137@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And you just ignored the rest of the reasons, and to add to those: automatic updates.
metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
You don’t need to manage the exe files. Just ideal heroic launcher. You can access and install your whole GOG library from there, and you can configure each game with different versions of wine, if you need to.
You can even sync the game saves as well, although last time I tried the save sync was a bit clunky.
stardust@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah I’ve used heroic launcher, but a native launcher is still preferred. I like the GOG launcher on windows.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Because there is no linix client some games that use these features do not release their linux version on gog due to their company’s feature parity policies.