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Why is GOG not as succesful as a Gaming Alternative?
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this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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@RetroHax EN : Because it's “neither here nor there.” They preach ethics but only do things halfway, with old games that have bugs that make them unplayable and missing features (fewer languages) without any rational explanation. But they could go further and attract a certain audience thanks to this:
stop one-off sales and instead offer a steady reduction to a reasonable price that doesn't change, more Linux games, free games...
eh? >.>
I am honestly a bit confused as to where your coming from with this >.>
i personally would not say i have noticed some kind of Game Breaking Bug in a lot of Older Games to be honest >.>
Major Factor is maybe no Controller support in some Old Games but i suppose i just let that Fly really since as long as my Game works and i can get it DRM Free i gladly pay the Price honestly :P
But i also wouldnt mind obviously discussing it more with you :P
Especially considering that i dont understand the “neither here nor there.” Thing of yours >.>
@RetroHax Do you have an example of a game that won't support controllers?
Well mostly Old Games like the FlatOut Series (both 1 and 2) wouldnt work but i dont mind that to be fair >.>
considering on what Time they came out and DInput just basically bebing the Standard and XInput iirc not existed yet :P
@RetroHax An example https://www.gog.com/forum/blood/_bowl/_series/blood/_bowl/_chaos/_edition/_bug/_issues/page1
ah shite! -.-
Yea i can see that but also considering that it just affects Multiplayer from my Readings i do not really see the Issue as long as the SIngle Player Game isnt broken per se >.>
But i can 100% see and understand that being quite a annoying Bitch to work with :(
Atleast it doesnt seem to be common obviously but these outliers obviously hurt to see :(
@RetroHax same game, other issue : https://www.gog.com/forum/blood/_bowl/_series/timer/_adjustment/_in/_game/_is/_broken/_and/_not/_working
It's not the only game with issues, sorry I don't dig further but I've encountered this often. (And I refuse to buy on steam)