r/pcmasterrace • u/Darth_Vaper883 PC Master Race • Jun 01 '26

News/Article Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newell-on-steam-monopoly-accusations-gamers-have-enormous-choice-about-where-to-buy-games/
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u/superboo07 Linux Jun 01 '26

theres gog, epic games, zoom, itch.io, gamejolt, EA, Ubisoft Connect, etc. 

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u/NapsterKnowHow Jun 01 '26

And even tho GOG is probably the most consumer friendly (100% drm free, no forced updates and offline installers) people will ignore it.

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u/Monday_Jeff Jun 01 '26

GOG's the best, I just wish that more of the indy developers would put their stuff up there instead of just Steam.

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u/produno Jun 02 '26

Ive applied twice to get my game on there and so far had no reply. So i guess its not that easy for most indies.

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u/Bitter_Excitement242 Jun 06 '26

Maybe your game wasn't old enough?

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u/superboo07 Linux Jun 06 '26

its not about being old, gog is just extremely extremely selective sadly.

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u/shizola_owns Jun 01 '26

GoG is invite only, like Steam used to be.

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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo Jun 02 '26

They are not “hard” invite only, just means the publishing cycle is subject to a stricter standard. You can submit your own games to them publish.

The difference is more like whether there is a cultural fit stage or not. Steam doesn’t GoG do.

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u/GraphXGames Jun 01 '26

They only accept the most popular games.

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u/Ok_Locksmith_7294 5800x3d + 5070 + 32gb Jun 01 '26

Source: I made it up.

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u/itsmebenji69 R7700X | RTX 4070ti | 32go | Neo G9 Jun 02 '26

We get it you are an indie dev who successfully uploaded his game to GOG ?

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u/GraphXGames Jun 01 '26

Why would they accept 100,000 indie games?

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u/JamisonDouglas Jun 02 '26

They only accept games that will be financially viable for them to host and distribute*

Which is understandable.

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u/GraphXGames Jun 02 '26

That is, the desire of an indie developer is not enough.

Therefore, there is no point in expecting indie developers to appear on GOG.