dnovraD: What's the point? They're barely even public ways of showing that you indeed, went though a game, in perhaps esoteric games. It makes a number bigger maybe. But do you think anyone else cares?
Alexim: Yes, it interests many people I know, and certainly many others I don't know, just that they simply move on as soon as they see that the achievements are absent.
The absence of the achievements is a problem for GOG because it actually leads to fewer copies sold, then of course there are other factors as well, but this is a point not to be underestimated.
I actually agree with Alexim on that one. Some people are actually drawn - and fueled through the game - by the achievements. It may not be my cup of tea but I do understand the notion.
So seeing the thing they actually care about and find enticing in a game entirely missing here, while present on certain other platform, it's not much of a mystery to guess where they would go spend their money and get their kicks from.
I mean, inferior version is inferior version - be it os support, build parity, dlc releases or indeed, achievements. It's understandable linux or mac enthusiasts might not want to buy a game on GOG, if other store offers a support for their system of choice while GOG version doesn't. It's entirely normal to expect the same if the DLCs get ommited from GOG release, or if GOG version of the game is still the pre-release alpha build.
I fail to see why achievement support, or lack thereof, should be treated differently.
Alexim: , just that they simply move on as soon as they see that the achievements are absent.
JacobSlatter: If anyone moves on from a decent game solely because it is missing achievements, they should question
why they game in the first place. I say if any gamer pretenders want to move on because of such trifling reasons we should let them.
Same thing could be said about linux builds or offline installers.