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PayPalWhile Steam continues to do well with it being the most popular games store, it seems CD PROJEKT Group's store GOG is really starting to struggle.
CD PROJEKT recently released their latest financial results, along with a call with investors that went over how the whole business is doing. It's not all bad news for them, since they saw overall 38% more sales revenue compared to the third quarter of last year. On the GOG side though, it posted increasing losses and so it's going to be restructured.
Over the current year to date it appears GOG has seen losses of about $2.21 million, which is pretty bad considering the 1.37 million they gained during the same period last year.
They've said that GOG "should focus more on its core business activity - which means offering a handpicked selection of games with its unique DRM- free philosophy" and so there's going to be some changes to the GOG team, with some moving over instead to CD PROJEKT RED. Additionally, they've "initiated reorganization of GOG’s operations" to focus on the "core business" and they're hoping this will "improve its financial effectiveness in 2022".
It's not really surprising, when you think that Epic Games continue to desperately try and turn a profit by pulling more customers to their store and even they don't expect to turn a profit until at least 2024.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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sudoer 2 Dec 2021
Last edited by sudoer on 2 Dec 2021 at 6:37 pm UTC
"GOG: DRM-free games from a company that seemingly doesn't give two shits about Linux gaming."
"STEAM: DRM-filled games from a company that actively promotes Linux gaming."
scaine 4 Dec 2021
Quoting: oldrocker99I once saw the "sweaty guy deciding between two buttons" meme withThat's not a "sweaty guy" decision for me. Especially when I realise that not all Steam games actually have DRM. I guess we're all different though, which is no bad thing.
"GOG: DRM-free games from a company that seemingly doesn't give two shits about Linux gaming."
"STEAM: DRM-filled games from a company that actively promotes Linux gaming."
Quoting: scaineI have the same annoyance when the Humble Choice comes out each month, because while Humble allows Steam linking for redeeming the games, there's no library search function. So I have to grab the title, visit steampowered.com, enter it and see if I own it. Doing that for 10-12 games... it's just a bit tedious.The Augmented Steam extension has a feature that adds a "Search Steam Store for <marked text>" entry to the right click menu. You can't use it everywhere (for example when you can't (easily) select text on a website), but it's usually pretty convenient and saves a lot of time.
But you're right of course, 3rd-party stores should have library syncing and (or at least) links to Steam.
wit_as_a_riddle 6 Apr 2022
Quoting: GuestValve's stranglehold on PC gamingSeems to me more like Valve's plush pillow upon which PC gaming is comfortably enjoying itself.
wit_as_a_riddle 6 Apr 2022
Quoting: mao_dze_dunGOG and by extension - GOG Galaxy, offers a better experience on Windows than Steam.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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