With the blockbuster hit The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOG could establish their new platform: Galaxy:
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GOG - Galaxy: Home to over half of The Witcher 3 PC Gamers
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So, coupled with that open '4 million sold' letter they sent that means PC sales accounted for around a quarter of their sales, even with it not being available on the older (and more widely owned) ps3/xbox 360 consoles. Sounds round about usual.
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A third of the sales , there is a 1.3 millions PC players. Galaxy represent only half of them.
[4 divided by 3 = 1.333333]
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I wish Galaxy was better at keeping track of time played. As it stands, that feature doesn't seem to work on my PC. I leave Galaxy open while I'm playing and it simply doesn't track my time played. Other than that I like it.
Mine count time properly, but only if I leave Galaxy open a few minutes once I leave the game. I suspect the DB update happens after you exit the game and take some times before it is sent and updated.
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Well, I don't blame CDPR trying to hype GOG Galaxy. And given Steam's dubious and seemingly out-of-touch policies at times, I do welcome the competition.
That being said, they leave out some obvious points, the largest being they forced many thousands of those people into the GOG Galaxy version with the nVidia promo codes. Then there's the GMG $32/35 pre-release sale which forced GOG Galaxy. It isn't really that so many players chose "freedom of choice". Rather, they wanted the best deal and GOG Galaxy was required (for those who want all the client benefits like Steam provides). But I have no complaints about my GOG Galaxy version. The client is fast, stable, and works.
Anyway, interesting stats on the game itself. Only 51 players reached 100% achievements. I want to eventually reach 100% but it will most likely take 5 years!
That being said, they leave out some obvious points, the largest being they forced many thousands of those people into the GOG Galaxy version with the nVidia promo codes. Then there's the GMG $32/35 pre-release sale which forced GOG Galaxy. It isn't really that so many players chose "freedom of choice". Rather, they wanted the best deal and GOG Galaxy was required (for those who want all the client benefits like Steam provides). But I have no complaints about my GOG Galaxy version. The client is fast, stable, and works.
Anyway, interesting stats on the game itself. Only 51 players reached 100% achievements. I want to eventually reach 100% but it will most likely take 5 years!
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I wonder if this means eternity sold better on gog than steam ?
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It would take something monumental to get me to switch to Galaxy for my games. Nothing against it but it's late to the party and 95% of my games are already on steam. Also steams library dwarfs gogs at the moment. I want to have my games in one place as much as possible.
If they were to expand their library and transfer my games to Galaxy for free then I might switch.
In the end at the moment I don't care about gog vs steam. I'm more interested in PC getting 1/3 of the total game sales. Any time PC sales hold thief own against console it's a good thing.
If they were to expand their library and transfer my games to Galaxy for free then I might switch.
In the end at the moment I don't care about gog vs steam. I'm more interested in PC getting 1/3 of the total game sales. Any time PC sales hold thief own against console it's a good thing.
I am in the same boat. I have to many games in steam and i too like it in one place.
Also the patch system in steam is faster/easier.
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I actually like multiple clients for different games. I just like the idea of having Steam, GOG, and others to use when I need. I even have Raptr which helps to keep track of time played with certain games, and earns me points to spend on free game contests.
I love Steam and Galaxy. Galaxy was much-needed for my GOG collection, since I have many games there.
I like Uplay because it's a good looking program, but I could live without it. Origin I don't really care for.
I love Steam and Galaxy. Galaxy was much-needed for my GOG collection, since I have many games there.
I like Uplay because it's a good looking program, but I could live without it. Origin I don't really care for.
while it is, i had zero interest in downloading 7, 2 gig files. gog galaxy works fine for me.
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Except that most of PC sales account for *far* higher profit per unit for them since they pay no fee to console manufacturers and in the case of games sold directly by them there is no cut to the retailer/distribution service.
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Even though steam is great and majority of my games are there, for me the main selling point of gog is that I don't need anything "extra" to run games. Thats why I'm not running gog galaxy. I rather enjoy the freedom.
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Yes it is optional as others have noted. But I would be really curious to see the percent of Witcher 3 GOG versions that went with the archaic download of .exe method versus the modern client method. I'd wager it's about 98% GOG Galaxy, 2% ancient keep the .exe yourself method.
I know some here love the idea of having the install files and all that, but that's just tedious. With most of us having fast internet, it would take me less time to re-download the entire game than to find some backed up game installer on some hard drive somewhere. Apologies in advance to those who still back up their games to DVD/CD/Floppy.
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