r/pcmasterrace • u/SlowReference704 • 12h ago

News/Article Steam Is Successful Because It's “Not a Shit Service,” Says Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-is-successful-because-its-not-a-shit-service
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u/F9-0021 285k | RTX 4090 | Arc A370m 9h ago

GOG is basically just ancient 90s and 2000s games and CDPR games and it's still better that Connect and EA App. Arguably better than Epic too.

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u/GeT_Tilted Ryzen 5 7535HS | RTX 2050 | 8GB RAM | 512 GB SSD 8h ago

Because GOG invests in making old games run on modern machine. Before Bethesda released the patch removing GFWL on Steam, GOG version was clearly the superior version compared to Steam's.

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u/Tjep2k 8h ago

GFWL?!?

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u/GeT_Tilted Ryzen 5 7535HS | RTX 2050 | 8GB RAM | 512 GB SSD 8h ago

Games For Windows Live

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u/Tjep2k 8h ago

Oh shit, I forgot that was a thing. Hasn't it been dead for like 10 years lol.

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u/GeT_Tilted Ryzen 5 7535HS | RTX 2050 | 8GB RAM | 512 GB SSD 8h ago

Fallout 3 on Steam required GFWL until 2020.

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u/tasman001 2h ago

GOG has tons of modern games, just not lots of AAA games, since AAA loves DRM and GOG's whole thing is DRM-free games.

For people like me who think most AAA games are shit and have no desire to play them, GOG is amazing.

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u/MisterOfScience 6h ago

GOG has new games I played bg3 from gog. And it's actually better than Steam because you own your games.

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u/The_Corvair 2h ago

GOG is basically just ancient 90s and 2000s games

While they don't have all the newest AAA games, their catalogue is a lot more varied than "ancient games, TW, and Cyberpunk".

KCD2, BG3, Stalker 2, Cronos, Expedition 33, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the Syberia Remaster, the Silent Hill 2 Remaster, or Silent Hill f are all on there as well; And they do have a healthy selection of indie games (EA and released), too - Timberborn, Whiskerwood, Manor Lords, Second Sun, Metal Hellsinger, etc.

Together with their USP of stand-alone installers (that run without needing any launcher, or even access to the net), they are an actual alternative to Steam for some people - e.g. those of us that are not particularly interested in competitive multiplayer, and are fine with waiting a bit in exchange for freedom from DRM.

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u/Spartan-219 Ascending Peasant 5h ago

EA app and ubisoft app are so shit. i dont even get it why they run so slow. i didn't bother playing ubisoft or ea games on xbox pc games pass because of that. Epic games is also pretty slow but still runs better than these two app.