Comment on Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?
Rose@lemmy.zip 2 days agoGOG’s market share being around 1% compared to Steam’s 80% only proves the point that no amount of great features or love by gamers is enough to challenge the monopoly.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 1 day ago
That’s because for the vast majority of gamers their games aren’t on GOG. From the top 50 sellers on Steam only Rimworld, Baldurs Gate 3, No Man’s Sky, Tainted Grail and Kerbal Space Program are sold on GOG. 90% of the top sellers on Steam aren’t on GOG. GOG has a lot of great features but when GOG doesn’t have the games people want to spend money on there’s very little reason for those people to use GOG.
Rose@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
They would be more if more people used GOG, but even so, I’m not sure I agree with your premise, because what do most people do when they want a game that’s on Steam and on GOG and even has achievements on both?
Goodeye8@piefed.social 1 day ago
I imagine most people don’t even know when a new release releases on GOG platforms because 90% of the time that’s not the case. I know I don’t check GOG every time a new game releases. I’d have to know before-hand for me to buy there.
And that was kinda my point. When most of the games don’t release on GOG there’s very little point in trying to build a library on GOG because you can’t depend solely on GOG. You’re going to have to split your library and most people prefer to have all their games in one place.
ChristerMLB@piefed.social 1 day ago
I guess ideally we should have an open standard for software “storefronts” that should allow for multiple stores to be plugged into the same app.