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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 week ago (7 children)

To be honest I really do prefer buying games on GOG. One day steam will go shit and we will be stuck with huge game libraries locked there. The day GOG goes dark I’ll still have all the offline installers of everything I bought.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because you're smart and you are archiving everything. Most people don't even know they can download the installers, they just install Gog Galaxy.

[–] Gestrid 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

GOG Galaxy has the ability to download offline installers. They're listed under Extras on the game's page. It's arguably even better there than on the website because you can download those .bin files all in a single click.

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