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I'd love some way of syncing my gog account with my steam account so that all my purchases on gog show up in my steam library. Keeping track of which games I've bought where is becoming increasingly difficult. Cloud saving would also be awesome.

It's never gonna happen though.
GOG.com is DRM-free.
I'd rather have my Steam games on my GOG shelf than the other way around.
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Navagon: I'd rather have my Steam games on my GOG shelf than the other way around.
agree
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Fujek: I'd dare to disagree on this.
There certainly is a partial match of sets, as shown by the various Steam IDs, game exchanges and discussions of games only available through Steam on this forum.
It might not be the majority, but it seems like a considerable amount at least.
It's hard not to use Steam since so many PC games require it lately. The fact most people here use it does not really equate to most people here wanting GOG to have links with it.
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TheJoe: GOG.com is DRM-free.
This. The only Steam releases that are reliably DRM free are the dosbox ones, and that's because of the GPL.

I can't imagine how they could reconcile the DRM-freeness of GOG with Steams's philosophy of locking everything possible with bizarre DRM.

Most likely a lot of people would leave GOG and be refugees for like a few decades.
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TheJoe: GOG.com is DRM-free.
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hedwards: This. The only Steam releases that are reliably DRM free are the dosbox ones, and that's because of the GPL.

I can't imagine how they could reconcile the DRM-freeness of GOG with Steams's philosophy of locking everything possible with bizarre DRM.

Most likely a lot of people would leave GOG and be refugees for like a few decades.
If they made it so that gog games could be activated on steam, like these games, then it would be possible to have the games both on steam and drm free on gog. Win/win for everyone.

I can't see that ever happening though.
Post edited June 11, 2011 by choconutjoe
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StingingVelvet: The fact most people here use it does not really equate to most people here wanting GOG to have links with it.
Fair enough ;)
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choconutjoe: If they made it so that gog games could be activated on steam, like these games, then it would be possible to have the games both on steam and drm free on gog. Win/win for everyone.

I can't see that ever happening though.
GOG.com is DRM-free.
Post edited June 11, 2011 by TheJoe
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choconutjoe: If they made it so that gog games could be activated on steam, like these games, then it would be possible to have the games both on steam and drm free on gog. Win/win for everyone.

I can't see that ever happening though.
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TheJoe: GOG.com is DRM-free.
Yes, that's what I mean. A copy on steam and a DRM-free copy on gog. Lot's of indie devs do this.
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hedwards: This. The only Steam releases that are reliably DRM free are the dosbox ones, and that's because of the GPL.

I can't imagine how they could reconcile the DRM-freeness of GOG with Steams's philosophy of locking everything possible with bizarre DRM.

Most likely a lot of people would leave GOG and be refugees for like a few decades.
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choconutjoe: If they made it so that gog games could be activated on steam, like these games, then it would be possible to have the games both on steam and drm free on gog. Win/win for everyone.

I can't see that ever happening though.
With games like that, the game is still tied to Steam as its DRM. You cannot play the game without Steam and you can be locked out of it at any time by something as simple as a failure of your network (let's not even get into the fact that Valve can arbitrarily decide to lock you out of your games at any time, as has happened to a few people here). Why in the world would you want to do that to games that you already are completely free to use as you want? If you really want your GOG games in Steam that badly, just create a shortcut to the game within the Steam client. That way you are able to use Steam to organize and manage your games, while not tacking any of the nasty Steam DRM on to it.
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choconutjoe: Yes, that's what I mean. A copy on steam and a DRM-free copy on gog. Lot's of indie devs do this.
Those indie devs do not have "DRM free" as their prime philosophy like GOG does. Adding DRM like Steam to their games goes against everything they stand for.
Post edited June 11, 2011 by cogadh
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TheJoe: GOG.com is DRM-free.
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choconutjoe: Yes, that's what I mean. A copy on steam and a DRM-free copy on gog. Lot's of indie devs do this.
Steamworks is DRM. Hooking your game to Steam like that is Steamworks even if the original copy remains intact.

GOG.com is DRM-free.
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cogadh: With games like that, the game is still tied to Steam as its DRM. You cannot play the game without Steam and you can be locked out of it at any time by something as simple as a failure of your network (let's not even get into the fact that Valve can arbitrarily decide to lock you out of your games at any time, as has happened to a few people here). Why in the world would you want to do that to games that you already are completely free to use as you want? If you really want your GOG games in Steam that badly, just create a shortcut to the game within the Steam client. That way you are able to use Steam to organize and manage your games, while not tacking any of the nasty Steam DRM on to it.
No, I'm not talking about Steamworks games.

For example, when I bought Amnesia, I bought it through the developers website. This got me two things: a DRM-free copy of the game I can download anytime and a code I can enter into Steam. This means I can have the game on my steam account, with all the benefits that brings (for those of us who like steam), but it also means I can download the game from the developers site DRM-free, if for some reason I can't access my steam account. I did the same thing with Spacechem, Prey and a bunch of other games.

A similar system on gog would allow people who want to use steam to do so, at absolutely zero expense to anyone who doesn't want to use steam. That way, everyone wins.
Post edited June 11, 2011 by choconutjoe
Can yu guys tell me a real reason why do you want to see GOG games on Steam ?

I don't accept these : friend list, ingame chat, steamcloud ,steamplay .

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choconutjoe: A similar system on gog would allow people who want to use steam to do so, at absolutely zero expense to anyone who doesn't want to use steam. That way, everyone wins.
I want to see my Valve games on GOG too . Portal 2 $5.99 .
Post edited June 11, 2011 by ne_zavarj
Didn't read the whole thing, and I don't intend to... but for those supporting this idea...

Answer me, who will pay Steam for their service?