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Anon delivers a prophecy (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 hours ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 4 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

If it actually got bad - would physical media come back full-force? Or would GOG be the go too?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    GOG is always the go-to. Steam only if you can't wait to play it or its multi-player.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    Probably GoG, itch.io, or just direct sales. A lot of companies aren’t set up for physical distribution, aren’t big enough to get their product into the retail channels, and/or would have a hard time selling internationally. Steam didn’t invent digital game sales, they just made it a little easier. I think the first game I bought online was around 2000 or 2001. It was DX-Ball 2 from Longbow Digital Arts (RIP Seumas McNally), along with a screensaver I loved that they’ve open sourced and I wish I could get it running on macOS and Linux. I was still in high school and didn’t have a credit card, so I paid using a postal money order. If developers were selling directly in the ’90s they can make it work again.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Forgive my ignorance, and I might come off as snobby.

    I see itch.io referenced often as an alternate game store but all I see on there are games that are super amateurish like a few notches above 2000s flash games. Am I not looking hard enough or are people happy playing those kinds of games?

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