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mqstout: I don't care about the game itself at all. I care about the concept of DRM-free AAA games, which is what I consider my money as having gone for. Which is completely gone. GOG's still made bank on me if they refund my amount, if they ever do the right thing and refund me, when you account for inflation and whatnot.
"Completely gone" might be a little bit exagerated. I am quite sure that the shop only sells games. The game in question can still be played in the 'original' offline version, so I don't see a refund happening anytime soon.
But hope dies last :)
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BreOl72: Leaving out for a moment the fact, that these two games (TW3, CP2077) have nothing in common with "Hitman 2016" (which has most of his SP gameplay hidden behind always-online-DRM), I will try and answer your question:
Hitman GOTY, Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077 all do indeed have something in common: namely, they all have/had singleplayer content gated behind DRM-gates.

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SpikedWallMan: Otherwise, Galaxy should just be downscaled to be a very simple offline installer downloader/launcher just for GOG games
Indeed it should; however, GOG need not do any major work to make that "downscaling" happen. All they have to do is to abolish Galaxy 2.0 and reinstate Galaxy 1.2 in its place, Galaxy 1.2 which is vastly better than Galaxy 2.0 is anyway, and also Galaxy 1.2 has a much more functional interface, and also none of the aggravating bloat that Galaxy 2.0 has (i.e. very annoying ads for "games that other people are playing").

Abolishing Galaxy 2.0 and replacing it with Galaxy 1.2 would be a very simple & cost effective thing for GOG to implement, and doing so would make GOG a lot better too.
Post edited January 02, 2023 by Ancient-Red-Dragon
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BreOl72: Leaving out for a moment the fact, that these two games (TW3, CP2077) have nothing in common with "Hitman 2016" (which has most of his SP gameplay hidden behind always-online-DRM), I will try and answer your question:
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Hitman GOTY, Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077 all do indeed have something in common: namely, they all have/had singleplayer content gated behind DRM-gates.
Look up the definiton of "most of".
If after that, you still think you have a valid point to make, please explain which content of CP 2077 and TW3 exactly is "gated behind DRM-gates", and in which plane of existence that counts as "most of" their SP content.
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BreOl72: "most of"
You are the one putting up a big stink about the special qualifier that's necessary to try to untangle them. They are the same, differing only in magnitude/scale/size. The "most of" only serves to excuse GOG's errant behavior and attempt to rationalize the acceptability of the DRM; the "most of" is irrelevant unless you want to make things murky.
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BreOl72: "most of"
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mqstout: You are the one putting up a big stink about the special qualifier that's necessary to try to untangle them. They are the same, differing only in magnitude/scale/size. The "most of" only serves to excuse GOG's errant behavior and attempt to rationalize the acceptability of the DRM; the "most of" is irrelevant unless you want to make things murky.
If I use certain words, I usually do so with a reason behind.
So when I use the words "most of the SP gameplay", I do that for a reason.
That you don't accept that reason as a means to differentiate between the games, is entirely on you.
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BreOl72: If I use certain words, I usually do so with a reason behind.
So when I use the words "most of the SP gameplay", I do that for a reason.
That you don't accept that reason as a means to differentiate between the games, is entirely on you.
There is a difference, one game had lots ot DRM, the other two have less.
They have something in common, they all have DRM.

You could say that The Witcher 3 is actually the worst because it now has more DRM than when it was first released :)
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BreOl72: So when I use the words "most of the SP gameplay", I do that for a reason.
So DRM is OK up to 49% of the single player experience?
If 49% is still too much, when does it stop being OK? 20%? 5%?
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mqstout: You are the one putting up a big stink about the special qualifier that's necessary to try to untangle them. They are the same, differing only in magnitude/scale/size. The "most of" only serves to excuse GOG's errant behavior and attempt to rationalize the acceptability of the DRM; the "most of" is irrelevant unless you want to make things murky.
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BreOl72: If I use certain words, I usually do so with a reason behind.
So when I use the words "most of the SP gameplay", I do that for a reason.
That you don't accept that reason as a means to differentiate between the games, is entirely on you.
GOG adding any DRM to a game is too much. I don't care about "most of" or "just a little" - there should be zero.

So you are advocating for DRM, but you seem to fail to realize that the addition of DRM is the one thing that will instantaneously kill GOG as an independent storefront. The DRM-free focus is the key thing that differentiates GOG from Steam, and (contrary to what you seem to believe) that's the primary reason that many of us are here. If everything became DRM'd on GOG, then there will be no reason to buy here vs. any other DRM store, and then at that point GOG will probably devolve into just another Steam key reseller. Why do you so strongly support GOG doing the one thing that will definitely cause it to lose its competitive edge and inevitably lead to its failure?
A bit disappointed I didn't get this survey but maybe it's because I don't usually voice negative feedback? Idk. Either way, I hope everyone who completed it gave pro-consumer answers, as you mentioned.
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JakobFel: A bit disappointed I didn't get this survey but maybe it's because I don't usually voice negative feedback? Idk. Either way, I hope everyone who completed it gave pro-consumer answers, as you mentioned.
Someone linked it a couple of pages ago (if you have posts per page set to the maximum.)