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tinyE: I don't care of GOG is competitive, I just want them to exist.
Sadly enough the market does. It might be a surprise for people, but companies do actually aim to make a profit.
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amok: if they are not competitive, then they will soon stop existing...
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nightcraw1er.488: If they don't offer something different to the other stores then they have already ceased to exist.
Fortunately they already offer what's pretty radical today. DRM-free titles!

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Elauson: Share any improvements you have if you'd like as well. Little things DO matter.
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tfishell: There are many things that could be improved I think; it's a matter of what GOG can or wants to deal with currently.

Outdated games would be a bigger priority to me than the store (Slender, Vlambeer, etc.), though that is different departments (biz-dev, website dev, etc.)
Well of course. I'd hope it's compartmentalized to where these issues wouldn't overlap. Regardless I agree.


I'm glad to see others share my thoughts. I'll say it again but path of least resistance is immensely important in my opinion when it comes to dealing with customers. The only evidence I have of it affected GOG is friends and acquaintances I've encouraged to stop by and only the most adamant about DRM and/or dev support has stuck around.
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Elauson: Is there any reason the "MORE X" (eg MORE NEW, MORE POPULAR) button doesn't open up to a new page with a more detailed list of respective titles under that criteria?

It's very annoying to "window shop" from the home page right now as you lose your skimming progress. Even if you go to the proper criteria on your own, let's say "Bestsellers", and click a title that you're curious about, only to backspace, you end up on the homepage if you were initially on the first page.

Maybe it's not much of a big deal but it's little things like this that make GoG less than ideal for shopping/perusing than it should be. Figured I'd bring it up and see what others think.

To me first impression matters a lot, and I know Good Old Gaming probably doesn't immediately appeal to a younger demographic most of the time but there's a lot of new games on the platform now and if newcomers are going to be rolling through and run into slight annoyances then they're bound to just stick with Steam before even giving this a try. Newcomers aside, as a normal shopper it'd just be a slight improvement.

Share any improvements you have if you'd like as well. Little things DO matter.
its never gonna happen ur barking up the woring rtree give up jsut play games and stfu
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tinyE: I don't care of GOG is competitive, I just want them to exist.
That's a poor view. If GOG isn't competitive, it will cease to exist.
My only real gripe with the storefront is on the mobile side of things. I'm okay with the regular browser version on my computer, but the mobile site on my phone is not good.
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Elauson: However I stand by my statement that it is more important for the client's success. The client doesn't have tabs and you lose "shopping progress" by clicking a title, and then hitting "back", only to be presented with the top 25 options of whatever your option may be.
I have no idea about Galaxy but Steam client has tabs (or more correct way to name them would be "new windows") that you can open by clicking middle mouse button. If Galaxy doesn't have such functionality I guess it should be added.

As a side note, I would recommend to avoid hitting "back" while shopping. You are very lucky if you only lose shopping progress. It depends on shop. You may as well update you cart with more items (for example, instead of one usb-flash you'll have two in the cart) or, in the worst case, you'll repeat the payment request (if you happen to finish the shopping process for every item you want to buy and then use "back" to return to the main page or something alike).
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Qwertyman: My only real gripe with the storefront is on the mobile side of things. I'm okay with the regular browser version on my computer, but the mobile site on my phone is not good.
Agreed. I don't do mobile shopping personally but I have checked and their mobile development seems to be very much on the side.

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Elauson: snip
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Olauron: I have no idea about Galaxy but Steam client has tabs (or more correct way to name them would be "new windows") that you can open by clicking middle mouse button. If Galaxy doesn't have such functionality I guess it should be added.

As a side note, I would recommend to avoid hitting "back" while shopping. You are very lucky if you only lose shopping progress. It depends on shop. You may as well update you cart with more items (for example, instead of one usb-flash you'll have two in the cart) or, in the worst case, you'll repeat the payment request (if you happen to finish the shopping process for every item you want to buy and then use "back" to return to the main page or something alike).
Galaxy doesn't have that as far as I know, but steam's built-in web browser isn't really used for shopping all too much in my experience. Maybe it is, but either way it is a handy feature. It hasn't impacted anyone's shopping/searching to my knowledge.

Hitting "back" to go from an item's page to a homepage or list of game should have no bearing on cart or purchase. Always remember to double check the initial order + confirmation.
Post edited September 12, 2017 by Elauson