Roman5: If OP is having problems running his fallout copies from Steam and comes here for help then that's totally fine and I'm glad some people posted some helpful info, however when he makes threads with ridiculous titles like that, then it's not fine
Why on earth would ANYONE think that you can transfer your game licenses like that between different companies?
I already made an example in my previous post, another example would be "Hey guys, I bought this Voucher to shop at LIDL, can I transfer it to shop at Tesco?"
That would be like me making a thread and asking "Hey guys, My Wii broke down, can I call Playstation Support for help?"
It's Ridiculous and can easily be classified as a "Troll thread"
johnny_gog: Roman
You are an a**hole.
Are you aware that there are many titles which can be purchased on Green Man Games, Impuse, and GamersGate that can be activated on Steam and vice versa?
I can't believe you have the audacity (or is it irony) to call me a troll.
Do not post in my thread anymore. You are hijacking it with your useless posts.
To the mods on GOG and the community: It was not my intention to start an argument with my first thread. I apologize.
You didn't start it and didn't get into the middle of it, so even if someone does happen to notice the thread they wouldn't tie you to it.
But yeah, the big short version is that GOG has no affiliation with Steam, Origin, Ubisoft or any other distribution network or online physical materials distribution. A bunch of users in here do use steam or gamer's gate or desura or whatever, but otherwise there's little interaction. If you look around you'll spot some giveaways for indie games, usually for Steam if you'd like to try and get something back for the recent purchases. That does mean that any title you've bought elsewhere would have to be-repurchased here. The difference between GOG and other networks however is that the content doesn't have Digital Rights Management, meaning that nobody can take away your game or refuse your usage and copy of it. Also, there's a group of people who work at getting the games running on a platform that you can use. For many older games, they're mounted onto a copy of Dosbox, which is basically an emulation program of the Windows DOS program, one of the first operating systems on Windows computers.
Now, that's not to say everything works without issue. There's always going to be unexpected issues between hardware, downloads, and sometimes the game itself. The community is pretty good about looking for fixes however, and finding them. Because of how the deals are created though, GOG isn't allowed to include fan-made patches in the downloads, but we're free to share patches for each other to use. I'm still looking for a solution to one of my games, but at the moment I'm still working my way through the sub forum for that game.
