skunkfrukt

While this isn't feasible due to reasons already mentioned, what would be handy is a function to mark a game as "bought elsewhere" or similar, to make it appear as "owned" despite not being in your GOG collection.

Nilok7

If gog were to aquire every game I own on STEAM. I would buy them all again on gog and delete STEAM with joy. I am ashamed to say it is quite a few games.

HiroProtagonest

Ugh, why does this wish even exist, let alone have nearly 3000 votes?

Fenrir007

The only way this could ever work was if both gog and steam got into an agreement (alongside publishers) to sell both versions of a game at a discount (as in, instead of paying for 2 copies, for example, you pay for 1.5 to get it on both services).

However, the nightmarish negotiations that would follow (with very, very little chance of actually becoming a reality) would never be worth the trouble for the odd person that actually wants the game on both platforms (who would pay 2 times for the same thing?).

Just add the gog game on steam as a shortcut if you want the overlay. Only thing you dont get are steam achievements.

jpolastre

" I don't support this. First time I've wished I could vote _against_ a wish on here. " [2]

lamaking65

Minus my vote, first time using this and I thought I could vote it down. This wish makes no sense so your saying that if I buy and album or movie from itunes I should basically go to any store on earth and pick up the same thing for free.

bengeddes

I don't support this. First time I've wished I could vote _against_ a wish on here.

pankolorek

So get DRM-free games from your already owned DRM games? It doesn't work that way.

evernostalgia

This doesn't really seem feasible, and I'd rather GOG focus their efforts on more important site features.

cycyx

The french user agreement doesn't mention that: we still buy a license and not a game...

pquinn1212

@cycyx this is no longer the case in the EU there was a court case last year thats states the software cant be classed as a subscription. So basically we now own our games

cycyx

And stop "buying" games from Steam: you don't buy them, you rent them for an unknown time period...

DShiller

The way I see it, the devs should have the option of giving purchasers a Steam key. It's actually something to advertise - buy with us, get a drm-free version and a Steam key!
Indie developers I think would be interested in this feature. Most indie developers give Steam keys if you've bought their game somewhere else.

Also, please note that Steam is NOT DRM. Steamworks is the DRM, and it's optional. Many games that are bought on Steam don't actually require Steam to be running to play them. Basically the Steam version and the GOG version could be the _exact_ same!
(And I'd like to point out that Steam is not always-on DRM... you can still play if you're offline).

DyneAmite

...Why would any business of any kind do this? Offer their products free to you just because you got it from one of their rivals? This doesn't make sense at even the basest level of economic understanding. How'd this get so many votes?

FraggingBard

Steam is always online DRM, GOG is no DRM at all. Steam has regional pricing, GOG has the same price world over. If you want a game on GOG instead of Steam, buy it on GOG.

disulfiram

Not going to happen and it's not fair to even ask for it!

Vainamoinen

Sure. Support Steam's monopoly even further. What a great idea.... NOT. Minus my vote please.

Thunderstone

I don't see how this is feasible unless the publishers themselves want to allow their games to be available for download from multiple services.

NostalGuru

This is completely nuts... why would GOG add games you have bought from another distributor? The version you get on GOG is much better with awesome extra content and can't can't be compared to what you get from others.

mkell_226

This gets a -1 from me. Volsung put it best. GoG would be cutting off their own limbs if they did this!

eleve

I'd be happy to just enter my existing games to the list here to be able to see at a glance that I own a game already.

volsung

Why would GOG have have to give you something that you decided to buy elsewhere? Buy them from GOG to begin with.

Saligia

Even just a feature that informs/warns that you already have a game on steam/humblebundle would be helpful

ng

Activation of kickstarter pledged games for a small fee (to cover traffic and service) would be a very feature. I believe there will be kickstarted games here in the future (and GOG already has some).

Andtha

It would be great to activate the games I already own on CD in the store. Yes, I would like that very much. But I have to agree that this seems like impossible to me. How would you check? How could you? What if I resell these games -- they'd still be in my account. To be honest: I'd love such a function, but I fear it is impossible.

ERISS

Don't buy on Steam, hope for a GOG version. The less you buy on Steam, the more the editors would put their games elsewhere.

Chaosgamer92

I have a CD copy of Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and I would like to download the contect that you guys put up. I don't think that I have to pay $5.99 just for the contect that we can download with the game

DRM_free_fan

I shudder at the idea of GOG & STEAM getting together in any shape or form. Do that and the next thing you know, STEAM will take over GOG and you can kiss the DRM free days goodbye. :(

Ghrathryn

While the original option would be nice, I think it would be more practical for the various digital distributors to actually talk to one another and come up with something that'll let their customers link up accounts so we can see what we've bought where and see if we've already got a copy of something on another site. A few cases in point, I own Gothic 2-4 on Gamer's Gate, but it's available here. Likewise I've got FTL and Legend of Grimrock on Steam, but it's also possible to purchase them here. Being able to see that I own them when looking at GOG's site or the site I purchased them from would be useful. It would also be nice (though not likely) to have an automatic activation if something is purchased on one site but activates through something -- I ought to cross post that to Gamer's Gate though, since they have a lot of games activate on Steam.

pseudonarne

what he said \/

Red_Baron

While I recommend the wish and would vote for it in a perfect word: Not going to happen here and before steam changes way drastically I don't want to vote for something that would be impossible for the GOG team to accomplish no matter how many votes accumulate.

Greybriar

Steam and GOG.com are mutually exclusive -- DRM vs. DRM-Free.

ELFswe

I'm note sure Valve is going to give GOG money for doing that. So it's not going to happen.

tammerwhisk

Never going to happen. It would provide a means to ripoff all the parties involved, with people buying on steam and giving away the 'gog' version. Plus the contracts involved (the publishers are still going to want their money). The only reason TW2 works like this is because of CD Projekt. To do this with 3rd party IPs would be a nightmare to set up and likely extremely costly. Just do what others here do, pick up the games you already own but want a gog version of when they go on promo.

lmfsilva

I think this has more to do with *publishers* than GoG and Steam. Both are just distribution channels, and while GoG does a careful job of creating a nice package, the decision to allow one purchase good on two different systems probably lie with the owner of the IP. Some indies have no problem in giving both a steam and a desura key, so anyone who wants this, better petition publishers directly.

VisitntX

I think you're missing one point. Steam and GOG are two different distribution systems. Each one has to pay for the rights and each one has it's unique profit wich each sell. So a game being sold by Steam is not the same game sold by GOG.

SchmecktnachSeil

Business Economics. You're doing it wrong. -_- I've bought some games I already own boxed because of ease and scratched cds. Why would someone want to own something twice online? Own it in one store and it will be okay.

Jonathanimal

the gog downloads are a superior product. they're not the same thing as what steam sells. simple as that.

Smolag

Anyone who's for it is nuts. Why would GOG waste money on bandwidth and miss a chance to sell own copies of games that were already *purchased* elsewhere?

Mrlolz369

So a sort of uplink to Steam?

dom1000ca

That's a wonderful dream to have, but it's impossible. Steam is sort of like the anti-GOG with respect to DRM and freedom of content. No matter how hard GOG tried to make this a reality, Valve would never go for it, so it's a lost cause. I've got close to 500 Steam games, many of which are also on GOG, but I don't forsee ever being able to transfer ownership to this environment.

jalister

While I would love to have my already owned games activated on GOG, I do see the reasons that this would be a bad idea. I have re-purchased most of my old classics to support GOG and to get my old games DRM free. I will not vote for this, except for being able to add a GOG version of our retail Cyberpunk game when it comes out.

HaroldO

I'd vote against this if I could.

Evgeniuz

To all of those who claims that this will not benefit GOG, you're plain wrong. It *will*. I. e. I can just stop using Steam and buy more of my future games on GOG. That is a profit for them. Also, I do not propose to do it for free. Some discounts for Steam games owners is great also, or some fixed price for conversion of all your Steam Collection to GOG, for example. I would really like to have possibility of paying less when I'm already own the game, but please, stop arguing against it. Let GOG.com management argue about this wish, I believe they know much more than you about their business, so they actually might come with some beneficial for both sides solution for it.

turbo5546

I'm perfectly willing to rebuy games I own on steam on gog, its my preferred way of owning my games actually. I own a number of games on both steam and gog and I always check gog before buying a new game. I'm happy to support gog and even if they did, gog would indeed get nothing from steam out of it so I agree that this would be a waste of time.

Lunar

The GOG and Steams versions of a game are not identical. When the same game is available on both, the GOG version is usually a superior product. GOG games are DRM free. GOG generally does a better job making older games compatible with modern systems. GOG games include pdf manuals and other extras that Steam versions often lack. If you like a game, I think upgrading to the GOG version is worth $6-$10.

Shaolin_sKunk

It really annoys me how this part of the site, though a great way to see what your customer wants, has a bunch of requests that do not benefit the company at all yet are filled with comments that try to argue otherwise. You are not business majors contemplating the best course of action for GOG to take (at least not a significant percentage) you are gamers who are doing a bang-up job of reminding the world just how entitled, myopic, and over-demanding we all are.

Simoneer

No.

Crusader_bin

This would bring no profit to GOG at all and could possibly intensify traffic, which actually costs money... Not to mention often gog versions are modified to work on modern hardware, and some older steam games just don't work. So it is a sligthly different product if there have been changes made. Also one of the selling points of GOG is: NO drm, and steam itself is considered a DRM (plus very often additional DRMs come with it). So I decided not to vote on this "feature", because it could actually hurt GoG in my opinion.

DaRkSabreUK

Can you guys help me please. i used to play online alot, mainly counter strike and wow. so ive recently decided to start playing counter strike source again trough Steam. i used to always play trough steam and had purchased all my game on there, ive recently downloaded steam again to find that all my old purchased gams have gone... what do i do to get them back? please help