gooberking: I'm all for it. I've seen enough people here get confused by not actually knowing how a stand alone installer works. Maybe people are spoiled, but most people don't manage their content with Explorer, they use specifically designed software to see what they have, sort it, uses it, and do other common functions. It's practical, and useful, and if done right, should be good for gamers.
I would like to see options default to the most conservative, private scenarios. I don't ever need to know so and so is playing such and such. That's creepy, if not useless information. That, and no dancing privacy settings like trying to keep Facebook from randomly blowing privacy doors open. I also don't need it downloading 5GB to update something with out asking.
I'm not personally concerned with DRM being some unavoidable byproduct. I don't think a client is inherently drm, just because everyone else that has made one is a control freak, and used it to that end.
There are a few things I worry about. We haven't actually seen anything. Mostly a lot of big talk without any real ideas of how they are going to get done. When it comes to the crossplay or whatever, I'm tempted to call BS. It sounds like the kind of thing someone says because it sounds great, but really has no idea what kind of sticky mess it is to actually accomplish. I assume they have done their homework, and have something sorted out, but it definitely has the "too good to be true" vibe.
I would imagine it would require the participation of other players, like Steam, and Origin, or at the very least, coded for by developers. None of these parties are reliable partners for GoG, and I feel like if we flash forward 2-3 years, we will be reading stories about how it was supposed to be game changing tech, that ended up being buggy and ignored by developers. I would be happy to be wrong about it.
Anything about cloud saving getting worked in at some point?
Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing in in action.
I tend to agree that it sounds to good to be true, but the development of the recent years has shown a trend towards cooperation. Until about 5 years ago there was a big format war between Microsoft, Apple and Linux where effords whrere taken to make everything incompatable with the rival products, but that time is past. Companies noticed that they shouldn't let the customer suffer for their rivalries. I can imagine that big companies are aware of the results of lack of cooperation and artificial incompatablilty. So I'd say, there is a chance for Galaxy to actually work.
Still the announcement reminded me of the first contact speed of John in V. To good to be true.
