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Posted June 19, 2013
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If GOG(CD project) is against DRM, why is the witcher 3 going to the Xbox one? In my opinion that a bit hypocritical. That's not to say that the PS4 won't have some sort of DRM in the fine print.
Posted June 19, 2013
Probably because they think that Xbox One users should not be "harmed" by not being able to play the game.
Posted June 19, 2013
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zacattack458: If GOG(CD project) is against DRM, why is the witcher 3 going to the Xbox one? In my opinion that a bit hypocritical. That's not to say that the PS4 won't have some sort of DRM in the fine print.
So people with xbone can experience TW3?
to make money

They promise to minimize the impact of drm on players. if they keep that promise they won't go against their statements in regards to drm.
Posted June 19, 2013
$$$
Posted June 19, 2013
Here's why:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/06/17/cdp-on-free-witcher-dlc-next-gen-drm-concerns/

"A lot of people on forums are saying, ‘No, but you guys are anti-DRM,’” Iwinski admitted during an interview with RPS. “And we really are anti-DRM. But at the same time, there are people who’ll be fine with [Xbox One's online-heavy DRM]. They’ll buy the console and just want to play. Why should we not give them this option?”

“That’s our approach, but at the same time, we don’t know what the final policies are. Things might be changing. There’s a lot of heat right now. From our perspective, we’ll always choose the most gamer-friendly solution. And on the platform where we have control – which is PC – we’ll release on GOG day one and DRM-free.”
Posted June 19, 2013
Because excluding a gaming system would be a dick thing to do?
Posted June 19, 2013
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zacattack458: If GOG(CD project) is against DRM, why is the witcher 3 going to the Xbox one? In my opinion that a bit hypocritical. That's not to say that the PS4 won't have some sort of DRM in the fine print.
Have you asked that question when Witcher 2 appeared on Steam?
Posted June 19, 2013
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If all this is true, then CD project(GOG) isn't really against DRM.
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Posted June 19, 2013
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zacattack458: If GOG(CD project) is against DRM, why is the witcher 3 going to the Xbox one? In my opinion that a bit hypocritical. That's not to say that the PS4 won't have some sort of DRM in the fine print.
Well... it is about choices I think. I mean, "DRM-Free Revolution" is their vision, but they also have business need. So they sell games that are DRM-Free through their platform while still give choices to people to buy it from other forms of distribution. That way, as a business, they could reach more people.

Perhaps : compromising the reality while little by little convincing people with their ideals.
Posted June 19, 2013
A better question is why they plan on porting it to consoles in the first place.

The Xbox 360 port of Witcher 2 sold terribly and was completely dwarfed by PC sales, it also got a lot of negative reception from the usual merican consoletards who said W2 was too difficult and the mechanics were too hard to understand.

Witcher 2 suffered so badly because it was designed with the idea that it would be ported to consoles, so we got that horrible inventory and control scheme, and other "consolized" stuff like QTE's.
Posted June 19, 2013
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Mivas: Have you asked that question when Witcher 2 appeared on Steam?
The difference here is that PC owners had the option of going DRM-free. PS4 owners have the option of going DRM-free (minus any on-disc copy protection that a minority include in the definition of DRM). Xbox One owners - as incapable of foresight as they may be - do not have such an option.

Not to mention developers. If you want to publish on Xbox One, you have to use DRM. Isn't that just as bad as forcing gamers to use it?
Posted June 19, 2013
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zacattack458: If all this is true, then CD project(GOG) is really against DRM.
No shit, Sherlock!
Posted June 19, 2013
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jamyskis: The difference here is that PC owners...
Using his analogy that CDPR is pro-DRM and hypocritical because they are going to release their game on gaming platform using DRM despinte offering DRM-free option would indicate that s/he has same opinion about CDR selling Witcher 2 via Steam.
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Posted June 19, 2013
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Crosmando: A better question is why they plan on porting it to consoles in the first place.

The Xbox 360 port of Witcher 2 sold terribly and was completely dwarfed by PC sales, it also got a lot of negative reception from the usual merican consoletards who said W2 was too difficult and the mechanics were too hard to understand.

Witcher 2 suffered so badly because it was designed with the idea that it would be ported to consoles, so we got that horrible inventory and control scheme, and other "consolized" stuff like QTE's.
Gotta agree. The game ported terribly and not many bought it on console so why on EARTH would you make it playable for the Xbone, which is against absolutely EVERYTHING DRM-free. Makes no sense.

I'd say, if the game got rave reviews which come on we all know it will, they would have been better making it only for the PC AND releasing it on GOG weeks before it went to Steam. Exclusive means something in the gaming world. Why do you think so many people by Xbone's and PlayStations? For the exclusive games on them.

Look at The Last of Us, for instance, that game is only ever going to be on one console. Has it stopped hundreds of thousands of people buying it? No, as it looks like it's going to be the game of the year. The Witcher 3 has that potential, but CDPR has given up that 'exclusivity' just to shove it on as many places as possible. Disappointing to say the least.
Posted June 19, 2013
Problem I'm seeing with CD project is that they have dedicated a whole website against any form of DRM, but suddenly it's ok. Honestly if CD project truely believed in a DRM free revolution, they would have skipped xbox one
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