Lantea;n7625720 said:In my opinion, there is no need to make Gwent available on Steam; other then for the few people who "must have all games only on Steam" the game as it is through GOG Galaxy works perfectly well if you want to launch and interact with it through steam (screenshots, fps counter, etc.) and keeping the game on GOG would help promote gog.com and enable more competition with the dominant Steam platform.
My only advice would be to speed up the development of GOG Galaxy so its more feature complete and there would be no need to link with Steam at all.
Lantea;n7625720 said:In my opinion, there is no need to make Gwent available on Steam; other then for the few people who "must have all games only on Steam" the game as it is through GOG Galaxy works perfectly well if you want to launch and interact with it through steam (screenshots, fps counter, etc.) and keeping the game on GOG would help promote gog.com and enable more competition with the dominant Steam platform.
My only advice would be to speed up the development of GOG Galaxy so its more feature complete and there would be no need to link with Steam at all.
nightweaver;n7627800 said:The question is: How many people do you want to reach with your game?
If that means: As much as possible with little effort; Steam is the way to go, as GoG isn't THAT well know.
(No Offence to GoG, I like the guys/gals. But I have to be realistic.)
ps. Exclusivity is a terrible way to do competition. It just breeds hate.
That's one of the reasons I like GOG.iokhta;n7628420 said:Can't do DRM free on Steam, so I am absolutely against it.
iokhta;n7628420 said:Can't do DRM free on Steam, so I am absolutely against it.
Kinglionsfox;n7630160 said:It would probably be beneficial for the game if it was on steam and mobile platforms.
You mean just like every Withcer game is being sold on Steam?SzymonAtan;n7630480 said:Yeah, but steam is direct competitor to CD-PROJEKT owned GOG. You could make some profit selling Whoppers at McDonald's, but it just feels wrong, for both parties.
Steam | GOG | |
30% cut of profits for Valve | vs. | GOG full profits to CDPR |
Potentially more people that will try and play the game | vs. | Potentially limiting your audience if sticking with GOG only |
Keeping the current status quo | vs. | Giving GOG.com and GOG Galaxy higher exposure and potentially increasing its market share and audience with a high profile release |
More feature complete Steam client | vs. | GOG Galaxy Beta client with limited features |
JustinBB7;n7628400 said:This is just wrong. It does not work perfectly at all.
I'm hosting a Gwent tournament and all people playing in the tournament are having trouble even getting a match going, because GOG is broken as hell. Not seeing invites, double launching the game, crashing the game, hell friends talking to you doesn't even make sound. A steam release is required otherwise I might just drop the game honestly. I can bear with GOG for a beta but for full release I really want it in my Steam collection, I have all witcher games/dlc's/expansions and even the adventure game on Steam, not having Gwent on it would be really frustrating. I understand the reasoning for not doing it, but I'd hate it personally.
I actually don't see it happening because how Valve and DLC works, but I really hope CDPR can put Gwent on Steam on release.
Lantea;n7635020 said:I disagree with that. I had no issues connecting or playing with friends or against others. Sure some of the features of GOG Galaxy need to be improved on to match that of Steam, but I just did not encounter the massive issues you are mentioning when it comes to playing Gwent through GOG Galaxy.
Lantea;n7634960 said:Ultimately it’s a balance between several things:
Steam GOG 30% cut of profits for Valve vs. GOG full profits to CDPR Potentially more people that will try and play the game vs. Potentially limiting your audience if sticking with GOG only Keeping the current status quo vs. Giving GOG.com and GOG Galaxy higher exposure and potentially increasing its market share and audience with a high profile release More feature complete Steam client vs. GOG Galaxy Beta client with limited features
There are plenty of pro's and con's on both sides. I am sticking with my opinion above.
nightweaver;n7636570 said:If GoG doesn't take a cut, how does it stay in business?
nightweaver;n7636570 said:Additionally, you can just raise the steam price to match the steam cut. It will increase exposure to GoG as it will be cheaper there without affecting those that prefer steam to much.
4RM3D;n7637700 said:Steam price on a FREE game!? You can't make the kegs more expensive.
nightweaver;n7637760 said:ps. This also kills the argument for the 30% steam "tax".
Lantea;n7634960 said:There are plenty of pro's and con's on both sides. I am sticking with my opinion above.