beep@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEveryone wants to own their games, yet GoG remains niche storei.ibb.coimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·1 month agoGOG needs a Linux app. Hero launcher is ok but I don’t like needing another app to get to another app, it’s like needing a car to get to my other car.
minus-squareShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agohttps://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gog-moves-toward-native-linux-support-major-shift-drm-free-gaming It’s stated to be a thing in the works
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoThey have stated that for like 10 years lol
minus-squaregamesieve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago10 years ago they intended to, then dropped it. Starting this year, they looked at it with renewed interest, hired a senior dev for it, and have actually been working on it.
minus-squareBlue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoIf I could launch Gog just as easly as Steam games in big picture/game mode on Bazzite that would be so good
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoWhat do you mean needing an app to get to another app? Heroic literally just downloads the game installer and installs the game. Heroic is the single app.
minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoSo what you’re saying is I don’t need Heroic to get to GoG?
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoYou use heroic to login to your gog account directly. It manages your library from the launcher. It is a single application. I don’t understand why you think you need two applications to install and launch gog games.
minus-squareAdulated_Aspersion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoDo you need Steam to get to Steam?
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoYou use Steam to get to the Steam backend servers. Same logic.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy? I like not needing an app and just downloading an installer that is mine to keep.
GOG needs a Linux app. Hero launcher is ok but I don’t like needing another app to get to another app, it’s like needing a car to get to my other car.
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gog-moves-toward-native-linux-support-major-shift-drm-free-gaming
It’s stated to be a thing in the works
They have stated that for like 10 years lol
10 years ago they intended to, then dropped it. Starting this year, they looked at it with renewed interest, hired a senior dev for it, and have actually been working on it.
If I could launch Gog just as easly as Steam games in big picture/game mode on Bazzite that would be so good
What do you mean needing an app to get to another app?
Heroic literally just downloads the game installer and installs the game. Heroic is the single app.
So what you’re saying is I don’t need Heroic to get to GoG?
You use heroic to login to your gog account directly. It manages your library from the launcher.
It is a single application. I don’t understand why you think you need two applications to install and launch gog games.
Do you need Steam to get to Steam?
You use Steam to get to the Steam backend servers. Same logic.
Why? I like not needing an app and just downloading an installer that is mine to keep.