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Activate already owned (e. g. on Steam) games on GOG
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Evgeniuz I really like <a <a href="href="http://GOG.com"" class="light_un" target="_blank">href="http://GOG.com"</a> class="light_un" target="_blank">GOG.com</a> and want to buy games here, but I have already many games on Steam and many of them exist here too. It would be really awesome if there was a way to transfer my games here without buying them again at full price. I like the way how iTunes Match working — you pay 25 bucks a year and all your prepurchased music is available in Store. Is such system possible?
Plaid_Gloves That's silly. I would never expect one store to give me a free shirt because I had purchased a similar shirt from one of its competitors. Why would GOG pat you on the back for giving your money to Steam? That just makes no business sense for either platform.
Barryua Unreal, delusional wish.
GOG, Steam, ESG etc. are stores. It's like, you want to get free item (eg. headphones) in one store, just because you already bought the same item in another store and you still have this item.
GOG should never fullfill that wish. Especially because on Steam you pay for "right to install game" (license), not for game - it was always like this, but now it is officially mentioned in every Steam "purchase" checkout (it is required by law).
BlackStar42X Be realistic. Neither GOG nor Steam would benefit from "transferring" your game collection from one platform to the other. So why would they do it.
Also, just considering Steam in this wish would be a little bit unfair towards everyone who bought the game on a different platform or even in physical form. Keep in mind that especially those people who bought the physical copy of an old game are those people who made the game successful and allowed it to be listed today on GOG. And they are supposed to pay the whole price while some thrifty Steam user is privileged? Not going to happen, I hope!
footage_de_gueule add a way to buy a game you own on steam for 30% of the price would be cool and reasonable i think.
sfonor How do I back out of this?
You know this wish is dumb as GOG is alive due to sales? Stop being greedy fucks and stop being entitled and stop being spoiled. Please remove my vote from this dumb idea.
capt-scarecrow Best way is to stop buying games on other platforms and only buy on GOG and encourage all your friends to buy from GOG as well.
capt-scarecrow This would not be easily possible. As it's not in the hands of GOG rather it's in the park of Steam or other platforms.
And this is something which would probably never happen. Why would those other platforms want you to leave and also they do not support or condone Offline DRM free games.
CBRider +1
Fuguss @SargonAelther
No intention of purchasing games I already own a second time at full price or even 10% of it.
Nice troll attempt though.
SargonAelther @Fuguss Buy the game again. That's your "fee".
CasualMatt I would really like it if I could import what I could to GOG, and then GOG makes more of an effort to woo/entice/etc current indy and AAA games that aren't porn VNs
tctr +1
Fuguss Get example, if they offered me the ability to transfer my collection over for around 5 cents per game that I don't already own on both, that would be almost $100 from me for my full collection and I would likely pay it just for the benefit of the offline installers and no longer needing to boot an online client to play single player games.
Fuguss @SargonAelther
It wouldn't have to be a free process. They could easily charge a fee for it and many would gladly play for it so long as it was reasonable.
SargonAelther As nice as this would be, I don't see any benefit for GOG to do this on a large scale. If they did, everyone would continue to buy on Steam and then import to GOG for free.
Fuguss I have a steam collection of 1900+ games that I have been building up long before I learned GoG existed as I have had it over 15 years now.
I understand that any feature they included like this they would need to clear with the developer first but would gladly pay a few to transfer my collection of what I can over as I love the off-line ability to play many games and the offline installers.
Many don't realize just how much they miss that functionality till their internet goes down for a bit and the last few PCs I have made doesn't include a disc drive anymore either so my old Quake and Command and Conquer discs aren't much good like that, let alone any compatibility issues with the newer Operating systems.
But definitely support the ability to pay to import my collections over from Steam, Origin, and Uplay. I have epic too but the collection there isn't as extensive and since I got much of it for free, would seem a bit cheap.
Shahius I wouldn't mind to pay some reasonable one-time fee to transfer my Steam Library to GOG.
But I have to say, I am not going to pay subscription for that.
Kaltenstein23 I'd love to move from Steam to GOG where possible, since I just want to get away from it(Steam) where possible.
Paparis I'd be more than happy to pay some fee (be it a service or per-title charge, preferably) to transfer my games from Steam to GOG. Seriously, if it's bad business doing it for free, add some reasonable charge and people will do it. I will do it.
Steam is completely unscrupulous and I avoid logging in to their spyware of a platform unless I absolutely have to. I even have a massive library there.
If you can manage such a feature, it would give you a huge competitive advantage. Most people keep using steam because that's where all their games are.
casedistorted This is the main reason why I don't purchase much on GOG. I would love to! But owning 1,700 games on Steam means I have most everything there. I tend to only buy games that I can't get on Steam or don't own already, so it would be nice to be able to activate my steam games here.
EtaYorius This was great while it lasted, sadly only a few selected titles supported this feature. It was a nice gesture from GOG and the Developers/Publishers of such titles. I don't see this coming back anytime soon.
##@@##@@ Ah, for the commenters below - you have the right to not pay for the same thing twice. The game creator/studio/company/whoever-made-it already got your money for your copy of their product. At least that's what the law should be if the platform (in this case PC) is the same. They literally get and distribute the same package from the manufacturer, no additional coding or labour. An option to permanently transfer your games for a reasonable fee per each is a perfectly valid idea.
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I have just a few games both on Steam and Epic Store altogether. But it would be nice to make GOG my only game place/store. Since I really don't want any additional app installed or obligatory internet connection just to run a game.
Telika "in progress" :-/
M4XXST3IN Maybe they will bring back a feature like GOG connect
M4XXST3IN +1
RoqueNE That would mean GOG giving away games for free and making a loss. Not going to happen.
MladyVlk I do not see any reason why GOG should support the games you bought somewhere else. Big no from me.
TestGirlFan GOG giving you games for free just because you own them on Steam? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is so hillarious, just like that abandoned "GOG Connect" promo crap (I wish they deleted the advertising of it on the main page already). If you want GOG DRM free versions of your Steam games, don't be cheap and support GOG rebuying them, or if you are cheap, just put yourself an eyepatch and go sail to the seven seas to look for it lol
Destroy666 Who the hell is upvoting this? I imagine a bunch of chimpanzees clicking on the button. No other way this is real, it's beyond being unreasonable.
But let me try to explain in as simple words as possible. GOG is ran by a different company than Steam. They are not only not working together with them, but they have rivarly for customers. Do you udnerstand now why this is completely pointless? This will NEVER happen...
moonglaive I get where the desire to be able to transfer games between platforms you enjoy, but it is an unreasonable business request for GoG to be losing money because a customer purchased the product elsewhere and wants a free transfer.
jackpines I think this is a great idea, much like the MoviesAnywhere feature (I helped implement) in Microsoft Store and elsewhere. I'd like to add something that may be even easier. I already let GOG Galaxy connect to all the other stores I can so it can show me all the games I own. I'd love the ability to permit that information to be sent to GOG Store so it would know that I needn't repurchase, for example, any of the Tomb Raider series. :D
Floyd_Hamilton Utilize UNIVERSAL CURRENCY, "CRYPTOCURRENCY."
Sh4d0w66-----lID Please do this ASAP or Steam may allow GOG games on their platform some day :D
Fejdu I'm in charge, alone on Steam I have more than 100 titles that I would like to be on my account gog.com. I believe that this is a feature without which the GOG GALAXY 2.0 application can not be released officially.
rjhopkinsiii if you add the steam client through galaxy you can see that you own it on steam plus the developers are the ones that have to give out the key like they do with GOG connect, that's all them not GOG
Hiron1968 they cant do all
Fejdu +1
Fraudrin68 guys I would love this feature too but they can't legally do that without permission from each individual developer they do have have GOG Connect though were developers can do just that if they wish www.gog.com/connect
WalimWTo A least for games you bought before thiers GoG release.
WalimWTo Yes, please! I could start buying further DLC from GoG! (im looking at you Stellaris)
NickSkiesRealm I definitely agree with the people saying there should be a fee for this process because not only is that more realistic, it also helps support GOG
NuffCatnip We really need a button to downvote wishlist entries. :P
I know I would downvote this one.
sanitydrop please, i beg for this one. it would make me want to use gog way more
Celka123 I will make any of your videos 60 fps. www.fiverr.com/share/9dzW5e
SuperBetter1 I would also be willing to pay some fee for a "transfer" of my games from Steam. Even a discounted price close enough to the historic minimum GOG offered the given title for, would be in my opinion a good deal. Especially if pretty much every game was eligible for this at all times (no more time-limited offers). I don't see any reason why GOG Connect should be completely free of charge. In fact, it hurts GOG's business when people (myself included), keep waiting for a game to become eligible in the current free-of-charge GOG Connect, instead of buying them for the second time when on sale. I am not a big-time gamer, yet I have more than twenty titles sitting in my Steam library that I wish I bought on GOG instead. I'd like to "transfer" them, I am willing to pay something for it and I am clearly not alone. Do it for your own good, GOG, it will be worth it! :)
Avanglion I don't want to buy the same product four times (physical copy, MS Store, Steam and GOG) but I want it on my favourite platform (GOG). Sadly it is the last one to list said product (Why???)
Sure need money to operate. Charge me a fee then, let's say equal to the profit they expected from the sale anyway, but NOT the full retail price of a game I already paid for several times before that.
Katanamochi i agree with RAMAO_pc and others, GOG is not a charity while being customer focused they are still a business, To solve this i would be willing to pay a small fee to move my collection from steam/others to GOG.
RAMAO_pc I disagree with this one. GOG is not a charity, they need to make some money too, or go bankrupt.
Davin478 I wish there was a way to trade-in or surrender a game on Steam in exchange for GOG. So many games just came to Steam first and it's such a shame. :/
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