Rivdoric: ...Beside, my biggest concern about gog is : Will there be more recent AAA games in the future like old assassin's creed games up to black flag or unity, more recent Tomb Raider like Underworld, maybe other publishers like square enix for Just Cause 2 or Final Fantasy etc... etc.. ...

JMich: Nope. Quite a few exes are the exact same game exes you get from GOG, down to the bit. There is a thread with a list of said games if you want a list.

Trilarion: For the AAA games on Steam it is however often if not always so. The OP seems to be quite interested in them.

Vythonaut: Play the games you bought on Steam and just don't buy anymore from there if you don't want to. But it will be quite difficult to do if you want to play most newer AAA games that will take so long to be released on GOG or may not arrive at all. It would be madness to re-purchase any game you have already on Steam, unless you have so much money that you don't know what to do with.

Personally I have 7-8 games on Steam that I know they won't arrive on GOG (well, Metro 2033 is here already so what do I know?) but I bought them cheap (like -90%, one of them was gifted to me too) enough to justify the defect, the DRM I mean. When they all come here, I'll buy them eventually so I can finally open the window for the Steam to go away! ;) But of course we are speaking of 7-8 games, not hundreds..

Whatever you do, have fun!

mindblast: Well, here's my take. Buy whatever games you want on whatever platform you think it's more cheap, maybe take benefit of sales, or, go old-school, buy a game, play it, finish it, play it few more times, then pick your next game.

Today, as we're one click away from cheap games, it's hard to resist all bundles and price drops, but, a lot of games, at full price, especially on Steam, they are very overpriced. I mean, on many few years older games that are still available in physical stores, prices on Steam are even 10 times higher than what i would pay for an physical CD.

Now, other thing as a comparison is how the game is patched in order for you to play it. And this apply mostly to older games. With Steam, that patch it's pretty much nonexistent. You kinda get the game as it is on CD. You might need to use DOSBox or to modify the game in order to adjust it for your needs. GoG, on the other hand, patches the game for you. On older games, you have DOSBox included in the package, linked to the game executable, so you don't need to hassle with it. From my experience, any game i tried on GoG worked flawless. On Steam, on the other hand, i had encountered a bunch of games that were not running, i needed to either modify the game files or just to abandon trying playing those games. Now, lucky for me, i got a lot of games due to promotions and bundles, but, if i would have payed the full price, i would have been very mad.

Then, there are the extras. On many games, GoG offers all kind of cool stuff beside manuals. Wallpapers, artwork, soundtrack, books, maps, etc. Steam does not care about those. They even sell the soundtracks separately for many games, while on GoG you often find hem included in the original package, that is, most of the times, at the same price as it is on Steam.

Now, not to bash Steam too much, it's a popular platform. You find a lot of deals there or through bundles, that seem to prefer that platform. I personally don't have the problem with their DRM. Also, a lot of new small, indie titles, are promoted through Greenlight and released on Steam. There are some gems that were launched due to Steam and i'm grateful to them for that.

To cut story short, i would say don't bother too much. Use both platforms. If i would want to buy a game and i would have to pick between GoG and Steam, if they are roughly on the same price, i would pick GoG right now. But other than that, if i find good deals on Steam, i get them there, especially on newer games.

Theoclymenus: Regarding the extras you speak of (soundtracks, wallpapers etc.), these things are more than welcome as freebies but not as DLC in a so-called "Deluxe" (or whatever) version of a game. They are just fluff. Most people don't download them anyway and would rather not be treated like idiots. To charge extra for them is more than just a bit cheeky.

mindblast: Well, depends on what kind of extras are we talking about. Take Pillars of Eternity for example, they have books, ringtones, almanac, documentary, FLAC soundtrack, all kinds of goodies in their "Royal Edition". It's hard to give those things for free. But small stuff like MP3 soundtracks, that are often included on the CD, they should be included on Steam buy, but, most of the times aren't.

Rivdoric: I was wondering if some people were or are in my situation when they thought they had to choose to stay with Steam or leave it behind for a more "consumer friendly" platform like GoG is.
GoG seems to be the perfect platform for digital simply because it doesn't require multiple DRM, spying software or anything else to enjoy what you rightfully paid for.

amok: Why does it have to be either or? Why not use both?

synfresh: ...Plus there are simply too many games out there that do not launch here for a variety of reasons. It's not just AAA games either. Even indie games (Braid, Super Meat Boy, Binding of Issac, etc.) don't always show up here.

monkeydelarge: I'm probably going to stop buying Steam(and Origin) games because in the end, you are getting a bad deal with this kind of DRM. So many people think, the internet and services like Steam are going to be around forever but this is just wishful thinking. Nothing lasts forever. And in the end, it is going to be people with the massive collections of backed up GOGs who will have something to show from all the money they spent on games.