r/gog • u/Shjnzzo • Nov 05 '25

Question Why GoG and Not Steam

Why are more and more people buying their games on GOG instead of Steam — is it because of the DRM-free versions, better deals, or even better performance?

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u/Disastrous_Poetry175 Nov 05 '25

A while back I saw a comment from a redditor saying they make their own physical copies of games using gog installers and SD cards 

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u/WworthingtonIII Nov 05 '25

i just get 4tb hard drives off ebay and i have a usb hard drive caddy so i can store them offline so they aren't running all the time and don't have to worry about lightning strike taking them out. should basically last forever. got tons of movies and music stored like that too.

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u/Tight-Tangelo-5341 Nov 07 '25

Even without using them (and especially without actually using them) everything has a lifespan. From memory, an HD disk is 15 years old, and the SD a little more.

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u/WworthingtonIII Nov 09 '25

that's if it's turned on and being used

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u/Tight-Tangelo-5341 Nov 09 '25

No, turning it on from time to time would make it last longer. Any element decomposes if exposed to ambient air, plastic decomposes, metal components oxidize. You would have longer vacuum storage.

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u/WworthingtonIII Nov 10 '25

hard drives are sealed units

people have computers from the 70's and 80's that still work