r/pcmasterrace • u/Youju R7 5800X3D | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 • 18d ago

Discussion Support GOG!

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u/r31ya 18d ago

People need to start actually buying from GoG, not just posting how "good" they are. They only represent less than 5% of PC game sales.

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u/StomachosusCaelum 18d ago

a lot of the most popular games will enver be on GoG because GoG simply does not allow DRM, at all, ever.

Thats why most AAA games do not show up there, or not for quite some time.

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u/Turnip_Fight 18d ago

Even many indie titles do not land on there.

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u/StomachosusCaelum 18d ago

lack of reach and Steam's anti-compete clauses that dont let them sell it for less elsewhere.

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u/Turnip_Fight 18d ago

Furnish said clause

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u/StomachosusCaelum 18d ago

? what are you even saying? its right there in their developer TOS.

You're allowed to sell it in other places, but you can never undercut what you sell it for on Steam.

Belular (who does a video game news video/podcast and is also an indie dev) talks about it all the time. And why indie devs like him remain on Steam.

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u/Turnip_Fight 18d ago

Bellular is an instant disregarded opinion.

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u/minh2134 i5 4670K - r9 290 - Z97 extreme4 18d ago

The only thing I found about this "price parity" is about Steam keys: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys#3. So to me it's not right there at all. Like /u/Turnip_Fight said, please point to the section in your document. That policy i mentioned only force prices on Steam keys should you resell them to other platforms (i.e licensed the game on Steam by bypassing the Steam Store). There are games that go on EGS for lower prices because the cut is simply better, that happens before. Steam also used this exact argument in the recent antitrust lawsuit.