:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphWi_GOIao

On topic: I use Steam but never buy from there nor do I buy elsewhere games tied to Steam but I accept gifts. Also, I think I have already said as much at some point in this or a similar thread.

@Foxstab it was a worthy thread for necro'ing. :)

On topic: I do not boycott steam, but I hardly buy anything on it anymore, other than modern games I don't get for my PS4 or Switch (Typically PC exclusives, what little they are, that I know won't come to GOG)

I will buy on GOG every time possible, unless the deal is too good to pass up. Example: $5 for a newer title.

Since I got a Switch and PS4, I don't buy many pc games anymore, though. I would rather support the dev through a console purchase, where it's not assumed I'm online 24/7, than on Steam, because they don't value us here at GOG enough.

I think a better question to ask this community is: How long have you been here since you found out that quite a few games don't get regular updates on GOG? It was just within the past couple of years I noticed it was getting bad. Some people will tell you it's not bad, but there's quite a few games on here missing content, and/or patches. Also, several games have been pulled from sale over the years, some of which, notably Armello, because their devs would not update the GOG version. IIRC the Armello devs cited "difficulty in implenting patches and DLC in a DRM free environment" as their excuse.

Yes, I'm still bitter, but they are only one dev of many who treat us like shit here at GOG, and GOG, it seems, is powerless to stop them rubbing our noses in said shit.

It happens to the best of us...

The best way would be to reward devs who care and ignore devs who treat us like second class customers. But often you simply can't know beforehand.

I really wish GOG would be more strict and de-list games which end up unsupported (they did that before, but only in rare cases). But I guess with the overwhelming market dominance of Steam even that would by only a small dent in the devs' revenue in comparison...

I mostly boycott Steam. I can't bear to shell out real money in exchange for renting a game. But very rarely I might make an exception for a game with excellent multiplayer that is only available on Steam. Other than that, no way is Steam getting any money from me.

6 years later and this thread is still going.
Will this thread outllast Steam?
:)

While I consider Steam to be the lesser of many evils, Steam-exclusive games are still a no-go for me. I do have a Steam account, but the few games I have on it are DRM-free and do not require the Steam client to play.

My 2cents: unfortunately, I can't blame people for being suspect of GOG games that might not receive updates, thus using Steam for new games.

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GoG and other hosting sites "monitor" time spent "ingame" and your purchase preference... (dunn dun Dunnn) Just like Steam.
What I don't like about Steam is the popular games get the Attention while older games are dropped and no support is given at all, their like "oh you still play Fable? (snicker) umm you could try Some Randome useless action to get it to work or you could just Buy This shiny new Bethesda game for 70$ right now!!! come on you know you wanna buy it!!!" that and their "discovery queue is total Bulls..... No I don't want to buy that japanaese anime porn game.... why did it pop up in my Queue 70 times?

I buy games on Steam because it allows to do so with money from trading cards. And there are far more giveaways there.

There's neither a strong intent to punish nor to protest, so it's not even a "boycott" of sorts.

Valve and I, we just go our separate ways.

Definitely true, and it's a real shame that GOG (or the devs) have dropped the ball in this area. There's been a few games (in particular indie ones) I've bought on GOG on release day and the bug fix updates have been substantially delayed compared to the Steam versions. It's made me wary of buying new games on GOG, because if I'm buying something on release day the chances are that I'm going to want to play it straight away, and waiting extra days/weeks for GOG to get patches is a real buzzkill. If they can improve in this regard then I'd buy the GOG version every time, but until then...

I will start using Steam the very same minute Valve makes Steam-client optional and allows DRM-Free downloads via browser. But until then -- no money from me.

My problem with Steam is that I have never seen an official statement of what would happen if Steam were to close. The only answer, by non-Steam employees, is "That's not going to happen" or "There is a procedure by which all the games will lose the DRM".

Why I love gog - free games (more than ea is giving).
There's also great discounts, sometimes better than steam discounts.
Gog sells icewind dale 2 and other games unavailable to steam.


Above two/three reasons are the only one why I have 65 games in my gog library.

Of course, drm free content is absolute plus, but I won't boycott steam because of that, I never experienced problems with drm (I think) and I really don't mind if I need to open a steam client to play.

So..., that it.