Quoting: torkel104I just found out about this dev's anti-consumer practices which made me lose all interest in this game

Are you referring to the fact that GeForce Now put Hinterland's game up on their platform without a written agreement? I guess, technically, you can say it's "anti-consumer". But Nvidia were in the wrong here, not Hinterland. This would be like Netflix just putting a Disney film on their service and then people getting mad at Disney when they pull it. Sure, get mad, I guess, but this is how consumerism works, obviously.

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Quoting: EMO GANGSTERI love the game and I own it but why is this still in Alpha it came out in 2013

It's not in Alpha, by any stretch. They just stuck with the terminology for some reason. Still, 8 years of continual updates - incredible commitment. I know quite a few dev outfits that would have put out A16 four years ago and drawn a line under it. Indeed, thanks to the legal fiasco that occurred when Tell Tale went under, it's still A16 you'll get on the Xbox and PS4.

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Quoting: ixnariI'm excited to play the 1.0 release, but considering this game is still in alpha after all these years, I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever get to play it.

Every alpha since A14 has been a 1.0 release for me. So A20 is like 1.6. It's an amazing game that they just keep adding more to.

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Quoting: oldrocker99I once saw the "sweaty guy deciding between two buttons" meme with

"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."

That'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.

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Quoting: kuhpunkt

Quoting: MalOh come on. Don't point the exception to the rule and call it the norm. :D

Even if true - it still has nothing to do with your claim that Valve lowered the fees for big publishers. They didn't. They still have a 30%/70% share.

But they did. In 2018, they reduced their fees for big publishers (technically any game over $10M sales is reduced). What am I missing here?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18120577/valve-steam-game-marketplace-revenue-split-new-rules-competition [External Link]

Edit:

Wait, just re-read - are you (kuhpunkt) suggesting that it's technically not a price reduction for big publishers because like 2 indies managed to make $10M of sales!?!

Haha - okay then. Yeah, I'm with Mal. They reduced their prices for big publishers, make no mistake. The fact that a couple of indie lottery winners benefited as well is of no relevance. It was done to appease the big guns and honestly, it's probably the only reason we're seeing Origin games back on Steam. I also believe it's the only reason we're seeing some Sony titles on there too. Their motivation here was clear. I'm gobsmacked you're arguing such a technicality.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThis won't happen.
But, wouldn't it be cool if this were installed on the Steam Deck by default, Valve could get some of the developers of these games to put them up for sale on Steam (just ones that work pretty well), and the games kind-of-automatically used this the way Windows games use Proton, or at least it could be picked as an option like Boxtron? Maybe with a game-view option that would let you look through just PS3 games if you wanted?

Yeah, that would be cool. And you have to kind of think that Valve do have this idea at the back of their minds, since the "Force Compatibility Tool" lets you choose various options, such as Luxtorpeda. It would be great to see the older Uncharted games just sold normally, but behind the scenes, they're calling an RPCS3 back-end engine.

I suppose their biggest hurdle might be making this feasible on Windows. Or, as you suggest, making it a Steam Deck exclusive, which they are dead-set against.

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Quoting: mao_dze_dunOh, come on. Did you just blame Epic for GOG's troubles? Liam, please :D.

What... what did you read? Where did you read that?

Are you referring to where Liam notes that EVEN EPIC can't succeed with their millions of dollars, exclusives and free games, and somehow, in your head, turned that into "Liam blaming Epic" for GOG's failure?

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: scaineNot as bad as Itch though, which lets you re-buy games you already own with no warning whatsoever. Just buy it over and over again, no problem. So flawed. And of course, since there's no way to see what you own on Itch.... nah, I gave up. It might be an open source client, but it hasn't evolved significantly at all in the years since it arrived. Just such a shame.

https://itch.io/my-purchases [External Link]

Do not thank me. :)

Ha! Yeah, I saw they'd added that a while back, but it only works for games you've bought directly from a game's page (and the list, oddly, doesn't show you platform support). But at least it match what you see in "Library / Owned Games" in the Itch client.

But I've bought two bundles on Itch, which amounts to several hundred games/tools, and while I page through, or search those titles on that same page, there's no way to see them in the client. You have to go to the game's web page and activate it somehow - I forget how now, but when I realised I'd have to do so for 59 pages of games, I gave up.

But as I say, my main gripe is that while I bought, say, Nuclear Throne, on Itch about 3 years ago, I can still buy it again, while logged in, with no warning at all that I already own it. Now extend that to 59 pages of bundles... yeech.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: The_Aquabatnot surpised since Cyberpunk is a pretty bad game.

Not sure what you mean. I've been playing it for a while (close to completing it) and it's a very good game. It feels smaller than the Witcher 3 in scope though.

Yeah - CyberPunk is actually pretty superb. Poor launch, of course. But since the 1.3 patch, it's been an excellent experience. Great graphics, decent story, excellent side-missions and most important of all, fun.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: SeegrasI mostly stopped buying from other stores (except itch.io; and the rare DOS-game on gog) simply because I lost the overview on what I already have.

If I can't crosscheck whether I already have it on steam, it's too much a hassle.

....you can't login to gog.com and view what games are in your library? I find that difficult to believe. I'm hoping I'm missing something here, or that you're not explaining it clearly enough, because otherwise this is a prime example of making up things to justify wanting to buy elsewhere. Just say you want to buy elsewhere in that case, no need to justify it.

Their point is the convenience of seeing quickly whether you own a game. I 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.

Not as bad as Itch though, which lets you re-buy games you already own with no warning whatsoever. Just buy it over and over again, no problem. So flawed. And of course, since there's no way to see what you own on Itch.... nah, I gave up. It might be an open source client, but it hasn't evolved significantly at all in the years since it arrived. Just such a shame.

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