Posted December 31, 2022
So I got the Hot or Not survey in my email a while ago, and decided I needed some long form responses to s9me of these questions. I know about the other topic, but it quickly devolved into a single issue argument, so I'm making a new topic.
Let me start with the fact that I've switched to using the Steam Deck as my only PC. It is a fantastic gaming device and great if you have the majority of your library on Steam. Unfortunately it's a major hassle if you have games anywhere other than Steam.
Something that you could do on the galaxy launcher is to download, install, and launch games from Steam from the galaxy launcher. It was a little awkward, as the Steam Launcher still opens and runs in the background, but it means that you can have all your games in one place. GOG needs to work with Valve to give this capability to their Steam deck ui. Valve has already acknowledged the difficulty of installing games outside of Steam on Steam deck.
Oddly enough, steam will recognize games that aren't from Steam. When I had my Non-Steam folder in the Steamapps folder, Steam was able to recognize my GOG installation of Arkham City, but it was very buggy.
Second, the talk about a subscription service. A while ago I got a subscription of Playstation Now by accident. I ended up using it to try out a few games that I later bought outright. This is probably my best case scenario for a GOG subscription service. Any games on their service can be played for a limited time for a small fee. This enables you not only to make sure the game runs on your setup, but also if you actually enjoy playing the game.
Finally, I asked that GOG try to maintain parity of game versions on their platform compared to others. If GOG is going to gave a game on its service that has a mac or linux version on another store, they need to have those versions as well.
Let me start with the fact that I've switched to using the Steam Deck as my only PC. It is a fantastic gaming device and great if you have the majority of your library on Steam. Unfortunately it's a major hassle if you have games anywhere other than Steam.
Something that you could do on the galaxy launcher is to download, install, and launch games from Steam from the galaxy launcher. It was a little awkward, as the Steam Launcher still opens and runs in the background, but it means that you can have all your games in one place. GOG needs to work with Valve to give this capability to their Steam deck ui. Valve has already acknowledged the difficulty of installing games outside of Steam on Steam deck.
Oddly enough, steam will recognize games that aren't from Steam. When I had my Non-Steam folder in the Steamapps folder, Steam was able to recognize my GOG installation of Arkham City, but it was very buggy.
Second, the talk about a subscription service. A while ago I got a subscription of Playstation Now by accident. I ended up using it to try out a few games that I later bought outright. This is probably my best case scenario for a GOG subscription service. Any games on their service can be played for a limited time for a small fee. This enables you not only to make sure the game runs on your setup, but also if you actually enjoy playing the game.
Finally, I asked that GOG try to maintain parity of game versions on their platform compared to others. If GOG is going to gave a game on its service that has a mac or linux version on another store, they need to have those versions as well.