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steam vs gog, which game store to buy from? (szmer.info)
submitted 5 days ago by Igilq@szmer.info to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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Hey, so for some time now i had this problem... I have been buying games from both gog and steam... No drm option is good on gog but there are some festures missing from what steam has, for example being able to buy games from trading cards... What should i do? Focuse on buying games from gog and if there isnt a game then buy it on steam? Or maybe just buy games on steam?

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[-] GriffinClaw@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

Honestly, it depends on you, what matters to you more.

For their stance on DRM free and game preservation, Id buy from/support GOG every day of the damn week.

Problem is, that I'm from a third world country, with recent and very high inflation. Dollar is way too expensive here. (With a gov tax on converting the local currency to dollar on top of that 🤮)

So the above + regional pricing means I'm stuck to Steam + piracy.

If budget is tight, I'd say, stick to Steam. Otherwise, go GOG

[-] Igilq@szmer.info 1 points 5 days ago

Well for me price isnt a problem since for me on both platforms games cost similiar, gog for me is local buying though

[-] dukemirage@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

well if there'd be a local digital game store for me that's as good as GOG I'd exclusively buy there.

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