Posted January 19, 2021
fronzelneekburm: Something that barely anyone touched upon: Isn't it amazing how every single time gog is handed a rare opportunity that would give them the upper hand over their competitors on a silver platter, they go ahead and find a way to fuck it up?
Similar thing happened with Hatred. Some Valve employee kicked the game from the storefront, devs said "Fuck it, we'll release on gog!" For a brief moment, gog were the heroes and Steam looked like censorious assholes. Then gog chickened out while Gaben himself welcomed the game back on Steam, which reversed the situation and made Steam look like heroes and gog like utter cowards. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory truly is the gog way.
Actually, I would count this as a GOG victory. I haven't played the game, but judging from half a trailer (the most I could stomach), I would say that GOG's sometimes questionable curation worked just fine in the case of Hatred.Similar thing happened with Hatred. Some Valve employee kicked the game from the storefront, devs said "Fuck it, we'll release on gog!" For a brief moment, gog were the heroes and Steam looked like censorious assholes. Then gog chickened out while Gaben himself welcomed the game back on Steam, which reversed the situation and made Steam look like heroes and gog like utter cowards. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory truly is the gog way.
Post edited January 19, 2021 by mrkgnao