• Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    20 days ago

    This is of course assuming they wouldn’t have had those extra 20% of sales if they went without.

    Someone should try a comparison to release on one platform with the DRM and also on GOG with a discount for the amount the DRM would have otherwise added to the price and see which sells better.

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      20 days ago

      I normally play games on quite a lag. I don’t have much free time, and there are lots of good games. I basically never buy games that aren’t 75% off or more.

      But when I saw Baldur’s Gate 3 was on GOG, I bought it straight away, as it had great reviews, it’s full price seemed very reasonable, and if AAA publishers are putting recent games on GOG I want to support that.

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      20 days ago

      You’d need to account for size differences too.

      Like Steam vs GOG would have steam winning hands down

      • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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        19 days ago

        Yeah, that’s the tough part. I would say base it on those who use both platforms but I suspect those who use multiple platforms tend to use a primary first and others if they can’t find it. Maybe a survey when you buy it asking why you chose this format could help?