AB2012: That's simply not a very honest description. The fact that "Not GOG sold" Epic games purchased via Galaxy specifically comes with GOG's 30-day money back guarantee and
GOG's own post even states "Most importantly, all purchases are covered by our 30-days refund policy as well as 24/7 human support", demonstrates that you are actually "selling them directly". It's the same thing that differentiates "Fulfilled by Amazon" (Amazon does support + refunds = a direct sale) vs "Fulfilled by Merchant" (3rd party does support + refunds = an indirect sale) for Amazon Marketplace sales. This isn't just personal opinion, many countries legal systems do use
"who refunds the money and provides the first 14-30 day support" as a litmus test for who is legally deemed "the seller".
I didn't say GOG didn't have a hand in the sale, I said they aren't sold directly by GOG.COM. Meaning the website.... meaning you aren't going to find those games listed for sale here.
AB2012: I doubt many Galaxy users see
"At least I'm not forced to see special offers for GOG games from inside Galaxy" as some positive even remotely on par with DRM-Free. Most people would actually be quite happy with GOG advertising special offers for their own games in their own client (after all, you do exactly that in offline installers where clickable banners make even less sense if not being connected to the net results in "page not found" after clicking on such banner, right?...)
Oh I think GOG should for sure do a much better job of advertising their games in Galaxy and getting people to interact more with the GOG site by leaving reviews, etc.
AB2012: I don't know anyone who has installed Galaxy to use as a "meta-launcher" yet remains ignorant of GOG's existence. That makes no sense at all given you have to log onto GOG to download Galaxy in the first place. The people genuinely unaware of GOG are those who've never bought games here and have never installed Galaxy or GOG account. It's like "getting more people aware of Linux" not by targeting non-Linux users in advertising campaigns, but instead by having a feature of Linux be a meta launcher for Windows apps - that's only visible to those already using Linux... Raising awareness of GOG for non-GOG users would be the exact opposite - being able to buy GOG games from within Epic / Steam clients. All you're really doing is raising awareness of the Epic Games Store for existing Galaxy users...
That ia not what I meant exactly. If you are looking for a meta launcher to manage your games, your either going to come across Playnite or Galaxy. Having as many features in Galaxy you can to manage and buy games is only going to make Galaxy the more attractive option. And if your friends are using Galaxy and buying games via Galaxy (regardless from which platform) and using Galaxy to manage all their gaming stats from different platforms then you are also going to want to be using Galaxy. Don't underestimate the power word of mouth and peer pressure.
AB2012: I think people are confusing "I don't like multiple clients" with "I don't care where I buy my games from". They're not the same thing at all. Having Galaxy start 3rd party games which often still need their own clients to handle DRM doesn't even solve the former any more than
Playnite did.
No, but it does make the experience pretty close to not having it installed. Steam will auto start and auto close when playing a game and open in the background like it's not even there. Really the only thing one has to start Steam for is to check for updates or you can just update when you start the game. If one can buy a game, seamlessly install it in the background and launch it seamlessly, then having that extra client there is going to be far less intrusive.
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Disclaimer: I do not work for GOG.com, nor am I paid by GOG.com. All views expressed in this post are my own, and do not represent the views of GOG.com or it's employees. My views are expressed as a fan, gamer, and fellow GOG user... that is all. Thank you.
