I would be a little surprised if gog integrated with Steam. They've stated before that they see themselves as trying to straight up compete with Steam, and it kinda flies in the face of their anti-drm stance.
This is so hypocritical. GoG is owned by CD Projekt, the creators of The Witcher 1 and 2. TW 2 was launched with DRM, and also CD Projekt tried to sue people who had downloaded their games via torrents.
This is so hypocritical. GoG is owned by CD Projekt, the creators of The Witcher 1 and 2. TW 2 was launched with DRM
Which they promptly removed with a patch.
and also CD Projekt tried to sue people who had downloaded their games via torrents.
So, you're upset that they're trying to protect their work? I'm sure you're going to liken this to the RIAA/MPAA, but I don't buy that because the artists see about $0 from all of that litigation.
I really don't care what anyone has to say about steam.... but GoG.... really?
How can ANYONE like GoG?
>Owned by CDProjekt that sued people and falsified numbers about pirating >Sell old games that give no profits to the creators >Feel the need to shit talk about other digital services
I've considered using GOG to fill a few holes in my gaming, but if it means supporting people that find STEAM 'difficult to use,' I'm going to have to rethink that. Steam is the definition of hassle-free DRM.
I would prefer DRM-free games, but 100% hassle-free DRM is a very close second, and Steam provides just that. Having invested hundreds into the latter platform, no upstart's digital delivery platform will take me away from it.
Games needing Steam is arguable. Old games needing steam is ridiculous. Half of the time games like Dark Forces II are not even updated to run properly on modern systems. Really, the most they do is mess with the EXE so that steam has to be open to run it. Completely pointless.
@Mike - as much as I generally love arguing with @Thrax I must agree with him, Steam's DRM is as hassle free as it gets. It's a good compromise and I have zero issue with it.
gog.com always does these marketing gimmicks to stir up a lot of talk and controversy, sometimes it's negative attention. But it gets them a lot more views than if they took a less confrontational approach.
Steam isn't really a hassle for anyone. I've never had any issue with steam shit, and I can mod it out the ass easily.
GoG I don't buy from for two reasons. One, I like to have all my stuff in the same place. Anyone coming years late to the digital distribution platform game is an idiot if they think they can compete when people have already established libraries of 200 games on one place. But that's less relevant than point 2; steam is just far cheaper. Sorry, but steams major appeal is that I can buy shit for £2 and £3. Unless you can offer me the same or better, I'm not gonna buy it am I?
you know what I think? Steam is good, it's more like a social gaming, you can have your friends, you can have your games downloaded at any time, hell, you can do any thing, but I think that Steam shouldn't be necessary to run the games, you should be able to run them without steam, why? because DRM is to protect games against piracy right? so guess what? Games still getting pirated, hell I've pirated every single EA game, even when they added shits like "Origin", "In-game login", just pure bullshit.
I like Steam... but sometimes internet goes down here and if I feel like playing something, I can't. That's because Steam's "offline" mode only works if you're ONLINE when turning it on.
Change the login name for my account Transfer my games to a new account Disassociate from a handle I would no longer like to be associated with
I am really sad that all the games I have bought (99% of them at retail) cannot be access without using a handle that I've long since abandoned. Absolute BS.
I like Steam... but sometimes internet goes down here and if I feel like playing something, I can't. That's because Steam's "offline" mode only works if you're ONLINE when turning it on.
I can't even tell if it's a bug or "feature".
This does suck. My Internet is rarely down, but when it is, I'm SOL. Probably a bigger deal for laptop gamers.
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Actually, if you're offline when steam starts up it will opt in to offline mode, or at least ask if you want to start in offline mode. I've had this happen several times when I was bringing my old laptop out to the beach.
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Interesting to see how this will turnout.
EDIT: FML, they have Psychonauts #HereTakeMyMoney
How can ANYONE like GoG?
>Owned by CDProjekt that sued people and falsified numbers about pirating
>Sell old games that give no profits to the creators
>Feel the need to shit talk about other digital services
Old games needing steam is ridiculous. Half of the time games like Dark Forces II are not even updated to run properly on modern systems. Really, the most they do is mess with the EXE so that steam has to be open to run it.
Completely pointless.
DRM was CREATED to be a hassle
GoG I don't buy from for two reasons. One, I like to have all my stuff in the same place. Anyone coming years late to the digital distribution platform game is an idiot if they think they can compete when people have already established libraries of 200 games on one place. But that's less relevant than point 2; steam is just far cheaper. Sorry, but steams major appeal is that I can buy shit for £2 and £3. Unless you can offer me the same or better, I'm not gonna buy it am I?
If I have to log into steam to play a game I already downloaded. THAT'S A F*CKING HASSLE.
Get off Steams dick
I can't even tell if it's a bug or "feature".
Is it?
Change the login name for my account
Transfer my games to a new account
Disassociate from a handle I would no longer like to be associated with
I am really sad that all the games I have bought (99% of them at retail) cannot be access without using a handle that I've long since abandoned. Absolute BS.