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If the same game is available and on sale on GOG and Steam, on which platform you rather buy it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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I've had this question looking at the Quake con sale, and Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth is for sale on both platforms. I ended up buying it on GOG. What is your opinion?

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[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Steam for a few reasons:

Ease of use with the Steam deck
Prices are often cheaper, albeit often through sites like Fanatical/ Humble
Synergizes with my only subscription, Humble Choice
There is a lot of content missing from games on GOG compared to Steam. Most of it is trivial, but sometimes it is substantial. It has created a rhetoric about GOG customers being treated as second class citizens. Google Sheets

I used to try to buy my games at GOG where there wasn't a significant financial difference. I liked what they were doing, especially with GOG Galaxy at the time. The pendulum swung back to Steam over time, and now I'm just not buying games any more.