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Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 months ago

Gog

[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago

Linux support

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

To be fair, they do a decent job providing Linux compat for games they support. They just don't do anything on the launcher side.

[-] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 months ago

Doing nothing is still more than some companies do. Some go out of their way to ensure their game won't run on Linux.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Fortunately, it's mostly MP games, and I very rarely play MP games.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 3 months ago

Then there's me that pretty much only plays multiplayer games... 😥

Blessed are those that still find joy playing single player games

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

GOG doesn't have regional pricing.

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I'm unclear as to whether you're saying this is a positive or negative.

I see it as a positive - it means they have a price and that price is the same for everyone without favoritism.

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Negative. As someone who lives in a 3rd-world country where minimum wage is $0.75/hr, even a senior accountant position would be lucky to earn $750/mo working 10-12hours a day. So pardon me for not favoring the idea of "equals price for everyone".

For us down here, it's either Steam Regional Pricing or the high sea.

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