Fins_FinsT: Our immense support and patience won't last any much longer if the title of your post is of any indication of your plans, though. I mean this: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/build+castles+in+the+sky .

inc09nito: I agree that Steam needs competition, but this won't do. GOG will lose a lot of sales now, because they are selling an inferior product, they aren't competitive anymore.
Furthermore, this only confirms that buying new games on GOG is very risky and people are going to avoid it. This won't help in the long run.
In my opinion, when gog signs a contract (or whatever it is) to sell a game, they should demand from developer/publisher to get the same product all the time as on other platforms or else developer would pay huge fines. I don't know, maybe this sounds obvious or silly, or maybe gog is doing that already. We don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but it can't go on like this for customers if gog wants to be competitive.
From my side, I can only say that I will never buy a big and pricey game like NMS or, let's say, Darksiders 3 here at full price, because it's a too big risk. With a 80% discount, later on, knowing what I'm getting - yeah, but day one, full price -hell no.

Laurreth: Back in the day we thought GameSpy was bad.

It's plain stupid that you can't even have PC games connect to each other semi-reliably thanks to platform crap like this.

IwubCheeze: Unfortunately, while people aren't going to admit this, the problem here is self inflicted. Here's a few principles smart people abide by to avoid ever getting shafted on the consumer end in the gaming industry. What I'm about to say is not directed at you personally, but is a problem for many people within the gaming industry.

1) Don't let yourself get hyped up for ANY game

Part of the disappointment people have is they artificially drive up their own expectations. Disappointment is only compounded when certain development goals aren't met or delayed. Focusing on something else and getting on with your life is much more productive than bouncing up and down like a hyperactive child waiting for promises to be kept.

2) Don't pre-order EVER!!!

This really is a predatory practice in the industry that really needs to frickin die. Once you place down your hard earned cash for a game, you become more emotionally invested in the products development and the dev are now no longer obligated to fulfill that promise. They already have your money and now, you have no other bargaining chip. Granted, NMS devs haven't abandoned their product but I don't believe in putting money down for a product BEFORE its been delivered. When the game is in a state I'm happy with, then I'll buy it. If not, I have other priorities.

3) Don't buy games on day one

Somewhat overlaps with #2 but newly released games are still going to have bugs and opinions about the game haven't spread yet. Is getting a game on day 1 really much more important than a patched game? I'm sure people remember the Pillars of Eternity 2 fiasco when it was released. A little patience can save a lot of aggravation.

4) Reorganize your priorities

Even if a certain game isn't were it should be in it' development cycle, that's still no reason to moan about it, even after 2 years. Considering a lot of us have a ton of unplayed games, you can play one of those while you wait. You can also do something else with your time. I had a passing interest in NMS but after seeing what it was like after release I decided to wait. I lost nothing by waiting because there are other things for me to do. NMS was ever a priority in my life.

Unfortunately, people let themselves become too hyped up and instead of people being rational (ie. following the pointers above), you have people whining "Elliot......I mean......GOG you IDIOT!!! I WANTED THIS AND WAITED BLAH BLAH. Find the people responsible, I want them killed!!!!".

If people weren't in such a hurry to hand over money for development promises, the tone of this thread would be a lot different.

trusteft: Perhaps GOG should change the wording of the news.
You can't have both drm-free multiplayer and require an online client to authenticate your game.

It just doesn't compute.

Zoidberg: OK, for those blaming HG for not having drm free multiplayer RIGHT NOW:

You need to learn some basic knowledge considering development, especially multiplayer. For other platforms such as Steam or Consoles, there is a framework at their disposal to implement multiplayer features, multiplayer is the most problematic, hardest feature to implement for a videogame.
For DRM Free, they have to implement that "framework" themselves and servers do need to be put into place, or maybe they'll use GOG Galaxy Multiplayer, which either way automatically makes it non drm free.

For those blaming GOG:

You are dumbasses.

CDP still is developping that Galaxy feature, you CANNOT expect the same level of service as Steam's, which has 10 years of advance and is not working with the same limitations and feature set.
Besides, CDP has NOTHING to do, absolutely no responsibility regarding the choices made by the devs of a game they publish on their store.