GamezRanker: Musings: buying some(key word) games from certain devs/pubs on GOG has become a joke over the years. Much higher release prices and smaller discounts has become more and more the norm, and those of us who prefer DRM free get played the fool while steam/epic only users get the same games for a fraction of the price.
Yes, paying some DRM free premium should be expected and many accept such, but this sort of thing is INSANE :\
to add some context to this in case gog [or disney or whoever] are watching. [i doubt they are, but it's the thought that counts]:
i'm PERFECTLY OK with paying the drm-free tax on indies.
indies bring new life to the hobby and often go out on a limb and invent new things and at this point, just generally have my attention over mainstream releases.
mainstream releases, by turn are [often] bland, uninspiring games-by-committee. consequently, the mainstream publishers often think they can just foist the drm-free tax on players and hope for the best. but the thing is:
i have 0 sympathy for these entities. and no time for them and definitely no money for them also. they're swimming in enough money and don't do enough for their workforce or for their audience. it's all shareholder money or bust and nothing else matters.
so, i'm perfectly ok with buying games like caves of lore here [which was more expensive than on steam] and other indie games that are in the same boat, but i will almost never buy a commercially large game here unless it's at a steep discount. i have learned - over time - that those big entities aren't interested in their customers and will not pour that drm-free tax money into putting up [very many] drm-free games. [unless it's a third-run/fourth-run game where they can get more money.]
this game is a rare exception - it came here about the same day it released on steam and other platforms, but that doesn't automatically give it a pass. [nor does it warrant, in my eyes such a steep price.]
these big entities can do better.
they just choose not to.
