GOG has
Just Cause 2: Complete Edition (PC Digital Download) on sale for
$1.99.
Thanks to Deal Hunter
doublehelixx for finding this deal.
- Note: A GOG account is required to purchase this item (free to join). The game is DRM free and does not require the optional GOG Galaxy application to play.
Product Details:
- Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure!
- As agent Rico Rodriguez, your orders are to find and kill your friend and mentor who has disappeared on the island paradise of Panau. There, you must cause maximum chaos by land, sea and air to shift the balance of power. With the unique grapple and parachute combo, BASE jump, hijack and create your own high-speed stunts. With 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles, Just Cause 2 defies gravity and belief.
- Complete Edition includes:
- Just Cause 2 base game
- The following DLC
- Black Market Aerial Pack
- Black Market Boom Pack
- Bull's Eye Assault Rifle
- Rico's Signature Gun
- Chevalier Classic
- Agency Hovercraft
- Monster Truck
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Oh, and I game 99% of the time on a Steam Deck...another tiny reason
But GOG is great too.
Not to mention N64 games costed a $79 new....or about $180 in 2024 money (per) https://www.usinflation
But yes, Steam has made a good / unique product / service and they enjoy their success / gross margins because of it.
*Not saying anything negative about GOG but they are basically a reseller. They never released a OS, they don't have a line of gaming hardware which sets the benchmark for all other PC handhelds, no active video game studio making some of the greatest games of all time, do they even have a 2 week refund window on any game....for any reason? Heck, GOG is rarely lower cost BUT they aren't even running a DRM platform which can't be cheap to house, push out updates, and maintain millions of games. GOG basically sells you a set of numbers (a key) and offers you file storage in case you want to download the game again. Huge difference in overhead but GOG isn't selling triple AAA games for 30% less either. Apples and oranges...yet they cost the same
Truth be told most of the games I buy are Steam games but via Fanatical or Humble. Best of both words, better price (not return window though) and I still get to enjoy everything bundled into Valve's platform.
But again, not slamming GOG, I 'own' many games through them as well. Especially older games where DRM could be an issue if some idiot (publisher, music studio, etc) forgets to renew a license and the entire game gets pulled because of it. With GOG that would never be a problem but does happen on Steam, Epic, EA, MS, etc.
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Oh, and I game 99% of the time on a Steam Deck...another tiny reason
But GOG is great too.
That being said I am currently playing a Doom 3 (again, love this game) via GOG on my Steam Deck using Heroic. Every time I install it, I say to myself "I wish I owned this in Steam," but once I get playing I forget what platform it is....until I get a random (yet infrequent) crash that probably wouldn't happen on Steam. But it was a gifted key so I'm not going to complain too much. Some of the Bioshock games on the other hand are a real PITA to run via GOG / Heroic and the SD. Being they are all listed as "verified" on Steam I am sure they run like magic there.
GOG is great, Steam is great(er). If you offer me the same game, for the same price....me and most other PC gamers going with Steam 100% of the time (the market share speaks for itself) because they offer so much more for generally the same $.
Walmart+ vs Amazon Prime, easy choice
Just Cause 2 Complete Edition is a great price for an edition that I do not think Steam even has though. For this title, GOG clearly gets the win.
Not to mention N64 games costed a $79 new....or about $180 in 2024 money (per) https://www.usinflation
But yes, Steam has made a good / unique product / service and they enjoy their success / gross margins because of it.
*Not saying anything negative about GOG but they are basically a reseller. They never released a OS, they don't have a line of gaming hardware which sets the benchmark for all other PC handhelds, no active video game studio making some of the greatest games of all time, do they even have a 2 week refund window on any game....for any reason? Heck, GOG is rarely lower cost BUT they aren't even running a DRM platform which can't be cheap to house, push out updates, and maintain millions of games. GOG basically sells you a set of numbers (a key) and offers you file storage in case you want to download the game again. Huge difference in overhead but GOG isn't selling triple AAA games for 30% less either. Apples and oranges...yet they cost the same
Truth be told most of the games I buy are Steam games but via Fanatical or Humble. Best of both words, better price (not return window though) and I still get to enjoy everything bundled into Valve's platform.
But again, not slamming GOG, I 'own' many games through them as well. Especially older games where DRM could be an issue if some idiot (publisher, music studio, etc) forgets to renew a license and the entire game gets pulled because of it. With GOG that would never be a problem but does happen on Steam, Epic, EA, MS, etc.
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Even if a developer takes one title exclusive to Epic (and accepts enough money that compensates them for doing so), they can't afford to lower price expectations on any future titles that they release through Steam. Epic probably isn't going to burn all this money forever.
The consoles price high it because they are a vertically integrated walled garden and they subsidize hardware with the money. I game on a PC because I don't want to be locked into some outdated hardware that the vendor needs to get an ROI on. Steam may subsidize people who buy the Steam Deck, but that's a tiny fraction of their market. They don't subsidize my pc or your graphics card, they just bank the massive profits.
Don't get me wrong, I love what Valve have done in games over the years, but Steam is now a monoploy and they're abusing their position and we're all paying for it, even if you can't see that. Only when there's true competition and the fanboys realise that they're their costing themselves money by boycotting games until they're available in Steam, will the margins of the marketplaces start to get eroded down to a reasonable level.
Ready for a mind blow moment? GOG and Steam both take a 30% cut. Microsoft too. Epic is the outlier at 12%.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019...y-standard
My rant reply to your rant reply version:
Moreover, if the price isn't less on other platforms you can't pretend that "you and I aren't paying for it" And no, they don't have to charge the same thing on every platform. Does everything at Walmart and Target cost the same? Of course not, they have different overhead, corporate structures, etc so their GM% are different. Even a box of cereal varies in price between every major retailer.
And Steam's 30% isn't a flat rate, it scales with sales volume. Large "AAA" publishers aren't paying anywhere near that. Something reddit forgot to tell you to think.....
(Stopped reading after that...clearly someone is using mental gymnastics to retroactively justify something that just felt true in their gut)
Have fun with the last word
Ready for a mind blow moment? GOG and Steam both take a 30% cut. Microsoft too. Epic is the outlier at 12%.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019...y-standard [ign.com]
My rant reply to your rant reply version:
That must be why GOG games at launch cost 30% less...and PS5 games, and Epic Games, and Xbox games etc...because Steam isn't involved
When is the last $80 game you bought? For me it was Doom N64 on launch day. Was that Steam's fault too? Heck many PS5 / Xbox games have $150 editions....and?
Where do you think Steam's massive offerings (vs GOG's file hosting service) is paid from? Thin air? Last I checked I wasn't playing most of my games on a "GOG Deck." When is the last next gen update that GOG released for one of their 20 year old games? Valve does it all the time. That must be funded through magic thin air currency.
What % is Epic taking? (12% and losing money) You can't complain Steam is taking "too high" without a point of comparison....like 30% compared to GOG.
Moreover, if the price isn't less on other platforms you can't pretend that "you and I aren't paying for it" And no, they don't have to charge the same thing on every platform. Does everything at Walmart and Target cost the same? Of course not, they have different overhead, corporate structures, etc so their GM% are different. Even a box of cereal varies in price between every major retailer.
But they came to the exact same dollar amount for the exact same game when it is simultaneously released on multiple consoles and PC? Must be GOG and Epic "subsidizing hardware"...right? And who is the only major DRM platform on PC who actually "subsidizes hardware?" That's right...Steam / Valve. But it is okay for Microsoft (to be fair they do have a game store too), Sony, Nintendo...just not Steam?
And Steam's 30% isn't a flat rate, it scales with sales volume. Large "AAA" publishers aren't paying anywhere near that. Something reddit forgot to tell you to think.....
(Stopped reading after that...clearly someone is using mental gymnastics to retroactively justify something that just felt true in their gut)
Have fun with the last word
Epic isn't losing money because they're only charging 12%, they're losing money because they're forced to give away games trying to break Steam's monopoly. Your entire rant just explains how Steam gets away with ripping us off... it doesn't justify them taking 30% of the proceeds.
And actually, Steam does charge pretty much 30% to everyone, it came out in the Epic court case filings. .... Fanboys for an ecommerce marketplace, what an age we live in.
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And you now admit that 12% isn't enough to make a profit
Sorry, now you can have the last word. Just wanted that to sink in you proved my entire point for me. I really appreciate you changing sides...despite your short attention span and ad hominem deflections.
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