Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option

Surp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• octoblade@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  With the Steam Deck getting more popular and more SteamOS handhelds on the way, it has never been a better time for game companies to support Linux. GOG does already sell some games that have Linux support, they just don’t have a convenient way to download and install them.

  GOG galaxy appears to use CEF and Qt, as well as some parts (such as plugins) that use python. All of those are cross platform. So I doubt it would be incredibly difficult to port to Linux. The fact that there is already a macOS version indicates that it can be made cross platform and can run on Unix-based systems.

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• blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Making porting gog to linux a priority which has by far the smallest market share for computer gaming is the dumbest thing anyone in this thread is saying

  Building a bridge across the river is totally stupid, because no one crosses that river to get to where they are going.

  Building a house on that hill is dumb, because no one lives there.

  Creating that new type of device is a waste of time, because no one has ever bought one like that.

  …

  You see the point, right? Not that I’m trying to give business advice. I’m just saying that these things aren’t necessarily as stupid as you seem to think.

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• DigDoug@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  and its not linux or mac

  Except there’s already a Mac version of GOG Galaxy.

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• JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  While I agree, it’s also a chicken and egg problem. How can more money flow if they don’t make it easy? Even just endorsing Heroic and providing them some APIs would work

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• Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is a future proofing measure. With the enshittification of Windows there is a reasonably sizable share that is looking to migrate. Making an API/front end functional on the platform is just good business. I for one will be switching 95% to Linux the instant Microsoft acts on their patant for putting a mandatory advertising ticket on the screen. Literally the only thing I will use it for is programming things for work.

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• PushButton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Or, you know, they could make the client portable, like so many software…

  A Linux or Mac client doesn’t need to be a different thing than a Windows client.

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• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What if most of the people that want to pay a GOG membership are Linux gamers that would be willing to pay for official Linux support?

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• Contemporarium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lmao you have people seizing it’s hilarious

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