So, are you going to do just that? Or is it all talk?

Zoom platform has all drm-free games aswell so the boycotters can move to Zoom platform just saying for the drm free games

This debacle is the natural progression of most GOG customers being indifferent to the DRM-creep as seen in releases like Cyberpunk 2077.

GOG's excuse then was, according to them: it's not DRM because it doesn't affect the player experience.

Once GOG customers have learned to accept any excuse of DRM somehow not being DRM, then that opens the floodgates in GOG for all future forms of DRM-creep likewise to infest GOG games, since now all future DRM'ed released can also be successfully spin-doctored as being "not DRM" too, just like Cyberpunk's DRM was...

...of which this Hitman release is a perfect example of exactly that (although maybe the spin-doctoring won't work this time, like it did with Cyberpunk 2077)?

I actually agree with this to a large degree, while at the same time understanding the boycotters' perspective.

Why are you attacking users that criticize this release?
Do you disagree or are you disrupting other people's complaints, despite them sharing your same disappointment?
Are you like playing the devil's advocate or.. the masochist hipster?

I already own 2 DRM'd versions of this game.

Literally the only reason I have to buy it here is the removal of the DRM.
Why would I want another identical copy of the Steam version I already have?

Its your taste really as they do have plenty of good games even ones unable to be found elsewhere its only got a lack of games if you aren't for older games honestly

Not my kind of game, but if it were, i could live with online connection for mods instalation that didnt block offline play, wich user contracts seem to be, achievements, cosmetics or multiplayer, altough external free acess to mods is prefered from moddb, nexusmods, etc..
But requring online acess for single player content, and from the comments, a big chunk of content, is a big no-no gog.

In fantasy - then your share holders are gonna get it!

In reality - I'll just keep playing my Hitman 2 complete on Steam which includes all of Hitman GOTY content with the Hitman 2 stuff in as well. Given how this version looks its still the better option.

I don't really give a shit about those as those aren't the core gameplay and I disagreed with the concept of Elusive Targets being one time gameplay things anyways.

The progression still being tied to online is what gets me. Unlocking shit to get more outfits, guns, gear, etc. is a core part of Hitman, and that always being tied to online was a major problem with the other versions of these games and why I still much prefer playing Blood Money.

I was hoping this would be removed for the GOG version, or at least modified. Let the core game missions and content all be fully playable offline with no DRM.

This release is bad and you should feel bad.

I am not here for the company, I am here for the games. DRM-free games.

The best way for me to pressure GOG to keep releasing DRM-free games is to buy (only) DRM-free games from them. If I stop buying also the DRM-free games, all it proves to the publishers and GOG is that DRM-free games don't sell.

I am not aware of other stores with as extensive and good selection of DRM-free games as GOG. Itch.io? No thanks, I don't see e.g. Tomb Raider GOTY or Sleeping Dogs DRM-free there, it is full of crap I don't even know what it is (searching for "tomb raider" in itch.io gives some humorous search results, I mean, are those actual games?).

Buying DRM-free games from Steam or Epic doesn't seem like a good alternative either. At least on GOG I can be relatively sure that DRM is not added afterwards to my earlier purchased game. It just seems I need to be increasingly cautious with certain games on the store, and it does seem it is much easier to find the DRM-status out here, considering this thread.

But to each his own of course, anyone is free to vote or not vote with their wallet the way they want. It certainly will be interesting to see how many boycotters still hang around in GOG, year after year, proclaiming they are not buying anything here. I guess that can be one hobby as well, it is a bit like those retards walking in a circle in front of some store they don't like with signs, demonstrating for weeks. It may be a cultural thing, I have better things to do with my life than hang around in some store, telling everyone repeatedly that I am boycotting them. I don't hang around e.g. in Steam forums telling everyone I am not buying anything from Steam.

HOW IS THIS NOT DRM!?!?!!??!?! Get this garbage out of here!

Agreed.