I think it's best to not lump GOG and CDPR together. Yes they are owned by the same parent company but they work independently from one another.

There you are...

On a more serious note, GOG's stance on the matter is awkward to say the least, but not surprising at the same time.
All I can say is you need to think things through before acting.

And concerning moderation...Be vigilant, but don't overdo it. Lock threads if needs must, but don't delete them. Some people do bring up good points. I'm sure those interested in keeping it civil will act as such.

They made a negative post about Vladimir Putin?

Where else are they going to go to kiss vg24/7's winker?

GOG got trolled HARD by RWS. He gave Konrad a hand grenade, knowing full well what would happen when it got posted on twitter by GOG's "PR" guy.

Seriously. It'd be impossible for him not to know. ;p

Quite amusing that a comment talking about how people who don't care to get into the SJW vs GG nonsense are buttbuddies who masturbate each other is highly rated.

Having a number of people respond to that sort of homophobic nonsense by clicking on the "rate post" button doesn't really do a lot to disprove that the main readers of this topic at this point are a bunch of triggered nutbars with a particular agenda, who should be taken no more seriously than the occasional rad fem.

Oh, and what major mistake? Did the service crash? Are non-PC games no longer available? Is there going to be a nutty SJW type screening all new entries? Will we be seeing DRM all of a sudden? No, as it turns out, the "major mistake" is merely one of political correctness. How ironic is it that people who lambast SJWs for being nutty with their PC rules are in fact applying similar rules on a similar basis with just as much zeal?

Kind of wrecked your comment with that point 4. If GOG goes belly up then all the games are DRM free, so by and large we lose nothing. A solution could be found where people keep access to all their stuff.

If Steam goes down, all your stuff there is subject to DRM, which means it all becomes inaccessible. We're already at a point where, if Valve wanted to, they could start to push costs of maintenance onto the users with a subscription fee and the users would not have a recourse. Pay up or lose access.

On top of that, there's the whole trading card bot farming nonsense, the scammers, and the loot gambling mechanics, all of which are de facto supported by Steam.

So no, Steam is not a more trustworthy place to buy games, and every game you buy on Steam gives them that much more potential leverage over you.

As for point 1, which digital distributor does more for gamers? Prices are fine, catalog is huge, service is stable, no DRM.

Point 2, why does that even begin to mater?

Point 3, why not? Who provides a better service?

I suspect the explanation in actuality is that GOG doesn't give a toss about GG and just really doesn't want to be tied in with all that noise, particularly not by a hysterical segment of the gaming media that will take any opportunity to take potshots at them.

So while this whole thing is a complete non-issue as far as GOG is concerned, they're trying to push the message to the frenzied lot at Resetera that oh my gosh, they are so sorry, don't know what we were thinking, blah, blah.

Don't know if it will work, since these people are the way they are, but I guess there's a chance it might. I suspect GOG knows that too. And if they have a chance to keep the lid on this issue until something else catches the ire of the rabid wolfpack, well, wouldn't you take that chance too?

As for the gamergate-stuff, what it is in reality and how it started are not quite as important from a PR perspective as how it is generally perceived.

Like most I was disappointed in them removing the tweet. But it was only a joke so what ever. But apologizing for a harmless joke at the expense of game 'journalists' and then labeling GamerGate as a hate group? Yeah that doesn't sit well with me. Guess I have to buy Cyberpunk through Steam now (ugh).

Probably, by going through resetera and twitter literally groveling at the hoofs of SJWs they've made that into a real possibility.

Right now Steam is definitely offering a better service, the difference in the library selection is abysmal, they don't cater to cultural marxists, they don't bother picking a side in politics agenda pushing, and heck, even if its users bearing the gross of the cost through excessive monetization, their service is stable with no signs of ever going down, at least not in a mid to long term.

It's actually beautiful in a poetic justice sort of way, with their terrible PR management, GOG made STEAM look good.

PS
Stop creating multiple successive posts for every reply you want to make, learn to use a forum ffs.

The bolded part is what's potentially concerning to me, from appearances gog is moving in a bad direction, enough to keep an eye on their behaviour for other warning signs. It's a strange thing, a hobby trying to cater to people who want to destroy that hobby; but it's happening all over the place.

Steam better then GOG!?
Is this a joke?!
I've rented a lot of games on steam but always online drm I just could not accept. I've lost hundreds of dollars since I terminated my steam account. Guess what! I get to keep my games purchased on GOG.

Ps. ffs if you want to troll be less obvious!

So how long has it been since GOG made a mockery of themselves and their customers?

Still no statement? Clarification? Apologies mean little to me but I'll go out on a limb and accept one. Nothing?

Okay. So the only statement Good Old Games has given so far is that they are sorry for offending the sojus mob and gamergate is an abusive movement.

The forum moderators care enough about this to keep a close watch on this thread and occasionally threaten censorship. So somebody at GOG is paying attention. Will someone please respond?

Is this really where GOG is going to let this stand?

So be it. I will be making no further purchases from GOG.com and I urge everyone to do the same.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out - bai

Assuming gender is a crime. And why was a tweet forced to be deleted in the first place? Because moral gatekeepers like you got their feewings hurt by a mere fictional representation of an insult.
Yeah it seems it was, I've been away from this place for too long. But tweets causing such a huge retarded backlash is sad, IMO.