I kinda understand people boycotting games with DRM'd single-player content no matter how small (especially in the case of CDPR titles of course). It does feel like frog boil.

At the same time, I did want to say - perhaps devil's advocate-ly - that, imo, it's still worth supporting GOG when all the single-player content is DRM-free (ie, not a total boycott of the store, for those doing so), as in the case of the recently-released Yakuza games here. (Not to argue here, please don't, but, while I encourage supporting Zoom-Platform / FireFlower / other DRM-free stores, at the same time I have to imagine it'd take a long time for them (granted, less time for Z-P than other DRM-free shops) to get the clout and revenue to get the titles like the Yakuza games (or Skyrim and similar) on their store.) And CDPR titles help build and maintain GOG's clout, especially if (hopefully) Phantom Liberty is very well-received and future CDPR titles are too, so in that sense I was somewhat happy to see Phantom Liberty "shoot to the top of the charts".

Though the Yakuza Complete bundle has currently overtaken Phantom Liberty. :)

I think it's a bit more nuanced. Windows is still "open enough" to allow us to shut down and break its services, to block, disable and remove telemetry and all that. Even the mandatory internet requirement with a Microsoft account can be bypassed with a single Command prompt command: OOBE\BYPASSNRO. So while Windows is indeed a DRMd OS, the DRM does not tank performance as much as Denuvo, it can be installed and run offline and various unnecessary services can be removed.
Should users have to deal with all that crap? No, but most won't care. Those that do, if we're perfectly honest, won't escape having to use the terminal on Linux either.

And this is a big problem with Linux. It has too many flavours and not enough documentation. Because of all these flavours, the only optimal method for guidance is to focus on terminal commands, which scares off most casual users straight away. The documentation that does exist is often out of date too, sometimes even the terminal syntax doesn't seem to be the same between different distros. Whenever you ask for help, you often get told to "google it", which... you know... see the previous points.

While I cannot comment on all compatibility layers that Linux uses to run Windows applications, I can comment on Steam's Proton. Sometimes their sandboxing can be more of a hassle than a benefit too. For example if you wish to run a trainer or something like that, you need it to run within the same sandbox and even then it may not necessarily work.

You can dismiss it, but I have always viewed cheating as accessibility features that can help many people get into gaming, who would otherwise get frustration rather than enjoyment. A handful games seem to realise that, like Control, with its built-in cheats, but cheats have been on the decline over the last two decades.
(I'm talking about single player games only, before anyone loses their mind).

In such a case, you may end up in a situation where you'd have to mod/crack your purchased games to make them work on newer Linux versions if a developer or Valve ever got tired of supporting some linux-native DRM some day.
So do you want to mod your games or mod the OS? Pick your battle I guess. Neither solution is perfect.

I applaud Linux users for their commitment, but until Microsoft, Google and Adobe start PROPERLY supporting Linux, I don't think Valve alone can bring Linux to the mainstream.

I used to buy Overwatch lootboxes... until one day I finally came to my senses and realised that all those skins, including the game itself, will go poof some day. Centralised multiplayer games always do, while player-hosted multiplayer games like CS 1.6, Quake 3, JK2/3 will live forever.

So then I switched to whaling for GOG but I will complain loud whenever they try to pull some Ubisoft uPlay Rewards™ crap. The only difference between uPlay rewards and My rewards is that GOG has not implemented digital currency to buy those rewards with... yet.

Anyway, we've got console commands as backup #1 for now. Someday someone will reverse engineer where the "If launched through Galaxy, Do Enable Fluff" check happens and make a mod for it too. If a "DRM-Free advocating" company wants to force Micro-DRM on us, the community will implement Micro-Cracks as well, I'm sure.

The sad thing is that CDP know perfectly well that they cannot win this fight with a stick. They said so many times in various interviews over the years. They will only end up souring their own reputation with their hardcore-DRM-Free-fanbase doing this, for no tangible benefit. Do the right thing and go back to using carrots, CDP!

Make no mistake, I wasn't trying to offend you. I was just being blunt with a guy that idolizes you for spending a ton of cash on games from here. I didn't mean to imply that you are mindless or irresponsible.

As for the rest, it's a difference in philosophy. I don't think one way is wrong over another.

Wish i could play this game

Thanks for mentioning that, I need to back up the recent version, in case I don't like the changes.

Oh I'm not offended, don't worry. It would take A LOT more than that.

It is definitely worth supporting GOG and I still support them. I just bought all the Yakuzas, for example. It's specifically CDPR games with "My Rewards" that I have a problem with. And heck, I use Galaxy too, but I do so voluntarily. It should never be mandatory for a single player game. No single player content should be locked behind it either. This behaviour contributes to people worrying about whether or not offline installers are on their way out. Actions speak louder than PR messages.

I tend to buy CDPR games on both GOG and Steam purely to support them, due to the high likelihood of CDPR's income being used in support of GOG. I support GOG for their DRM-Free philosophy though, so seeing their sister company toy with micro-DRM makes me feel like a fool and question my decisions. Obviously the money my purchases (or non-purchases) translate to is but a drop in the ocean, but maybe if we complain loud enough, they'll reconsider.

You know GOG/CDPR, you're right your so called DRM-Free comes at a price. That price is trying to shove "My Rewards" in all your recent and re-released games. You might as well call them "My Restrictions".

To this day, I refuse to buy CP2077, the upcoming expansion and any games made by CDPR, old ones included. Witcher 3 is the only exception since I got it before it was defiled aswell.

I looked at the upcoming changes, it looks like the game will finally become what it should have been. I'm happy about it, but it's been three years... does it deserve another pre-order?

P.S. I'm also confused by the new bonuses with drm...

The DRMd Cyberpunk 2077 bonuses were there from day one. There were a few complaints, but clearly not enough, because they added the same DRMd loot to the Witcher 3 remaster later.
Now they're adding even more DRMd loot into Cyberpunk 2077, so clearly they have no intention of stopping this.

Please help put an end to this by voting here:
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/cyberpunk_2077_drm_free_version
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/witcher_3_remove_drm

yes, I remember that there were other drm bonuses

thanks, I voted, although I think gog is no longer interested in users' opinions

The recently introduced rate-your-experience survey after purchasing something would suggest otherwise.
It's been and is used for criticism of the My Rewards bullshit and CDPR now employing FOMO tactics with the car pre-order bonus as well, as far as I'm aware.

there were polls before, but with the dlc there are new drm rewards + now also a pre-order bonus...

unfortunately I don’t see any facts that the gog hears the players


In fact store support even has not responded to my tickets for a year

And yet when Hitman came out and everyone flipped their shit GOG quickly apologized and admitted it went over the line, removing it from sale.

Whether people like it or not there IS a big difference between the actual game and pre-order fluff. Some games lock content behind a can of Mountain Dew, but it's not the actual game so who gives a shit? I see this as a similar thing. Now if Phantom Liberty itself required Galaxy then we'd have a whole other issue on our hands, but instead it's a few T-Shirts and I couldn't care less.

Sorry that you reach for absolute purity and not all of us do, but that's life. I think you'll find most people who never bend at all are probably more miserable because of it.

It takes a lot less work for them to remove someone else's game than to change loot unlock mechanics of their game.

There's quite a few "T-Shirts" there. Good for you that you don't care, but the rest of us want to have 100% of the game available to us offline, which is why we come to GOG in the first place.

We did "bend" before. We cared less before. And as a result, they spread this micro-DRM crap to the Witcher 3 remaster and have now doubled it for Cyberpunk 2077. It's clear now that if this is not stopped, this will keep expanding into exclusive missions, characters, maps, etc. CDPR needs to stop idolising Ubisoft and their crappy uPlay rewards right now!

Like seriously, what is this? Some sort of backwards anti-piracy measure? What happened to "carrot, never the stick"? What happened to "Every person that buys the game gets exactly the same in-game content, no matter if they buy it in pre-orders, on release date, or two years later."? When did Guillemot take over CDPR?

cold day in hell