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GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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[–] 15 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I don't know what they could put on the table except for something like Big Picture, which is not nearly as fleshed out on Heroic.

And even then, Big Picture is already available for most gamers, because Steam is already installed.

I think it would've been a better use of resources to just officially support Heroic. GOG support exists because of their open distribution system. So why make use of that software?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Heroic is ultimately outside of GOG's sphere of influence. If you decide to officially lean on them and they decide to drop GOG or Herioc development entirely they'd have to scramble for a replacement.

    And honestly I only use Herioc to interface with GOG, i'd probably prefer use the official application if there was any.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah I get from a user's perspective why they would like an official client. But I personally don't believe it would attract enough new users to make maintaining a Linux version worthwhile from the firms perspective. Especially managing game compatibility on Linux seems like a nightmare. (I take this back, I was thinking about it and I haven't had any issues with Proton for a while now.) But hey, their board probably already weighted this out before making the decision so I might just be underestimating the crowd it would attract

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Linux gaming has been in the lift for a good while now and is getting increasingly difficult write off as insignificant, I'm not sure the intent here is to attract users as much as to just service those the made the switch.

    Could also be long game. Ideally this keeps growing and everyone (including the anti-cheat developers that are the sole reason some games still don't work) are giong to have to take this seriously.

    And we don't know how much actual additional work there is here, it could be relatively trivial to get the client working on Linux.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Idk, some user here who otherwise is supremely anti-corporation, anti-DRM and anti-closed source said they absolutely can NOT use GOG over Steam because there's no native Linux client. Apparently that's a complete showstopper for some people, despite the existence of Heroic and many other tools you could use. "The games just don't work"

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I can think of a couple of valid reasons someone would like to use an officially supported client, like inherent trust, ease of use, and a soft guarantee for support. But for people you're calling supremely anti-corporation and anti-closed source it doesn't make sense to use either. Both are owned by firms and are closed source. And if you count Steam games requiring the Steam client to run, then Steam also has DRM on all games

    Using GOG Galaxy also won't fix the game related issues people have with Heroic. Heroic pulls the same files Galaxy on Linux would. Hence if game doesn't work, it would likely be a Wine or Proton specific issue. Heroic also automatically applies known fixes to games using Proton. So I don't know what Galaxy could do to provide a more stable experience.

    Edit: missing word (use)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Heroic exists independently of GOG, which limits them to the decision of an independent developer. Essentially, they are at the mercy of Heroic dev to support GOG.

    Porting their own application ensures they maintain control over software stack and also get improved security.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I used to run GOG Galaxy through Lutris to play Cyberpunk 2077 to use cloud saves.

    Other than that, yeah, Lutris and Heroic are probably a better experience if you just need an installer and you don't want to download dozens of packages through their website.

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