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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A Completely Out-of-the-blue Gripe
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 19:26:52 -0700
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On 10/3/2024 9:00 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Prepare for the stupidest complaint I've yet made!
> 
> 
> <rant>
> 
> 
> Look on any digital video-game storefront -Steam, GOG, UPlay,
> whatever- and you'll find all sorts of information about the games.
> What the title is, what genre it falls under, who developed it, who
> published it; why, you might even find user reviews if the store-front
> is any good! And one of those pieces of information you usually find
> is the release date. Not the most important bit of data, no, but it's
> usually there. And because it's a very objective fact, it's the same
> on all the store fronts. It's the game the day is released, after all.
> How can it vary?
> 
> Ask GOG. Because _every_ game I've gotten from them, the release date
> has always been one day earlier than everywhere else. Get a game from
> Steam, Epic, EAOrigin, and it says "release date: Oct 29 2002". Get
> the same game from GOG and the release date is "Oct 28 2002". And this
> discrepancy is driving me mad!
> 
> Yes, it's stupid. But I want consistency in my data! Especially since
> I upload all my games into a central database, and GOG's proclivity is
> messing things up! I have the same game released on two different
> days! It's a paradox! My brain explodes! Do you know how hard it is to
> get exploded brain out of carpeting?
> 
> (In fact, I suspect this is purposeful; if you use GOG's own launcher,
> or a third-party app like Playnite that combines multiple game
> libraries into one mammoth list, GOG's games will always show up first
> if you sort by release date.)
> 
> And sure, one day really isn't that bad. Arguably, it's even
> permissible; if a game is released officially at 12:00 AM is the date
> Dec 31 or Jan 1st? Who's to say? But it annoys me, especially since it
> seems an intended tactic by GOG, and not just a misunderstanding or
> accident. Stop trying to rewrite history, GOG! Just use the same date
> as everyone else!
> 
> 
> </rant>
> 
> Thus ends the most idiotic rant I've ever written* ;-)
> 

I'm actually with you although in my case it's Steam, because I look a 
lot at older games, and it's the date it appeared on Steam, or was 
re-released on Steam, as such I find their release dates about useless.



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