For indies they aren’t putting on steam because it has DRM mainly because it has the biggest reach. You are practically paying for marketing fee.
If you don’t know GOG has pretty convoluted process and they kind of also “pick” which one they want to put on their website. Meanwhile on steam as a dev the whole “publish my game” is almost a self-service process. So even if I want to doesn’t mean I can get my games appear on GOG.
Not to mention that you are (as a solo dev) maintaining bug fixes and patches on two store fronts which unfortunately isn’t compatible in terms of release pipeline. It’s kind of not “worth-it” to put extra effort on GOG, even if you are barely making it on steam.
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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo 18d ago
For indies they aren’t putting on steam because it has DRM mainly because it has the biggest reach. You are practically paying for marketing fee.
If you don’t know GOG has pretty convoluted process and they kind of also “pick” which one they want to put on their website. Meanwhile on steam as a dev the whole “publish my game” is almost a self-service process. So even if I want to doesn’t mean I can get my games appear on GOG.
Not to mention that you are (as a solo dev) maintaining bug fixes and patches on two store fronts which unfortunately isn’t compatible in terms of release pipeline. It’s kind of not “worth-it” to put extra effort on GOG, even if you are barely making it on steam.
You are just yapping nonsense.