Gersen: No it's not, as long at it is done in the constraints of the law it's neither unethical nor illegal. And it's CDPR that had it's devs crunch not Gog. If anything the "crunch" at Gog, if there was any, was probably from support trying to answer to all the refund requests...

GamezRanker: Some of it isn't just "outrage", but genuine criticism. Imo it's not fair to lump it all as some sort of (possibly baselss and unneeded) "outrage".

john_hatcher: That's the one thing I will never get. People saying "I don't with you on this argument, so I'm going to discredit your opinion."'

john_hatcher: Why not saying " I don't agree with you, but I guess, that is a possible way of seeing things"?

GamezRanker: Such types likely grew used to using GOG, and as such some of them are likely more willing to go along with what a store they have grown dependent on(in this case GOG) does....while also seeing more criticism and complaints as "pesky outrage"(well unless it's a complaint they also share, that is).

(it is similar to people who develop care for their captors in some such situations, in a way)

Also in the case of some others: it possibly has to do with feeling morally superior to others(even if subconsciously).

Hexchild: Are you unaware that crunch often gets way out of hand because when it becomes more common, it also becomes the expected norm and part of the regular toolset rather than an occasional willing sacrifice? That any sign of crunch leading to actual health detriments is also a sign of poor management? That meeting deadlines more often than not ends up hurting the people doing the detail work rather than the people who set the final timeline and quality expectations? That if left unchecked, it tends to grow into an untenable situation with serious health consequences long before any laws are unambiguously broken?

StrongSoldier: The only store not drm, every day with more users and you want to sink ...

rjbuffchix: While that makes sense, what I consider "big releases" aren't just brand new games that just came out this instant...where are Skyrim, Resident Evil, more Silent Hill games, etc?

Time4Tea: It's not that I'm not considering it. I'm sure you are correct that the underlying cause of their recent unpopular decisions is that they have grown too big and are now part of a large public corporation, which values short-term profit above all else. However, I consider it irrelevant to my boycott. I strongly dislike many of GOG's recent decisions and I am not going to continue supporting their store unless they change course. The underlying reasons for those decisions are just not relevant to me. Why should I care?

I don't agree with those (not necessarily you) that imply we should give GOG a free pass because 'they are a big corporation now, and this is just how big corporations behave'. Imo, even large corporations should listen to and respect their customers and uphold certain core values they may have built their businesses on in the first place.

Time4Tea: Yes, they have a tough decision to make. That's life.

Time4Tea: Bingo! I find the suggestion that GOG would bend their knee immediately when their access to one country's market is threatened, but wouldn't comply with boycott demands if their entire business was at risk of going under to be rather ridiculous.

They have literally just shown us they will bend quickly, if their bottom line is put under enough pressure.

toxicTom: Um... you need to consider that you only see the posts of people complaining. The rest is busy playing the game.

Also we had tons of "refund me already" threads right here in General, but because there is so much more going on here, it's simply less visible.

StrongSoldier: I'm not going to deny that they've been disappointing me lately, but there's no alternative. I would never have imagined a non-drm store with so many users.

However, if they act badly, other alternatives to gog will surely appear.

thefallenalchemist: No, you misunderstand. They don't deserve a pass because they're a larger company. I never said that. And yes, I wasn't dreading the fact that they would have to make that decision. Ultimately, they will lose customers either way.

GamezRanker: There are a few...one being:

zoom-platform

Other sites also sell some drm free games as well.

Time4Tea: +1. I strongly recommend StrongSoldier and others to take a look at Zoom Platform. They have quite a few good old games.

GamezRanker: As for the "problems" with such sites that people bring up: it's a catch-22.....as more people would need to start using those sites for them to grow, but a decent number seemingly won't sign onto new sites either due to trust issues or worries that the sites won't grow and etc.

Time4Tea: Yeah, absolutely. Their offline installers for the games they have seem to be every bit as good as GOG's. My hard drive doesn't care whether they come from GOG or Zoom Platform ...