One app bad, equals all apps bad. I get it.

I did my part to say the reason I like to shop here is because of DRM-Free games and GOG's efforts to bring back classic releases. The only bad part of the survey was that point and click adventures games and visual novels were not listed as genre choices. GOG has been pretty good at bringing new ones here lately so please continue to support this niche.

Whether it's bad or not, it's yet another thing for GOG's over-strained and under-staffed support team to deal with. Dismissing everything you don't like to hear with empty one-liners isn't going to change that.

I value my privacy. Have you ever read the terms of service as a precondition of use with most mobile apps? I don't appreciate that I'm expected to consent to having my online activities snooped upon if I want to use said app. I also don't enjoy ads, especially targeted ads.

I'm of the opinion that he more that the video game publishing industry coalesces into an de facto oligopoly the more likely that GOG will feel the need to engage in more DRM-like practices to remain competitive in the online digital download retailer market.

I am wondering though, why would any dev need Epic as an alternative to Steam? It most probably can't be that they get much more sales through Epic (so it would make sense for them to release some of their games on Epic, instead of Steam), so does Epic have some features or tools that Steam doesn't offer?

I am pretty sure most devs/pubs would most likely want to release their games on their own store so that they would get all the money from the sales, but since that is not feasible for most publishers, the second best thing would be that there is one big PC digital store through which they can sell all their games. At the moment Steam is pretty much that.

Whether they'd release the game on some other store as well, in addition to Steam, that makes sense only if they believe they get enough extra sales (or other perks) from that other store, so that it makes sense to use resources to publish the game on that other store as well.

Those extra sales come only through customers who, for some reason, don't want to buy (at least some of their) games through Steam. For GOG that is pretty obvious: DRM-free installers. At least I can't think of any other reason to buy some game, which is released both on Steam and GOG, from GOG instead of Steam, if it wasn't DRM-free on GOG. For instance, I bought Skyrim from GOG (not Steam) for exactly that reason. If the GOG version had DRM and required the Galaxy client in order to play it, at least I can't think of any reason why I wouldn't have rather bought it from Steam instead.

I've yet to figure out, why someone would buy a game from Epic Games Store, instead of Steam, if the game is available on both services. People go to EGS to get free games (that EGS still offers regularly), and Fortnite, as Fortnite is not available on Steam. Well, those times where EGS had a time-restricted exclusivity to some new games, maybe some fell for those as well, not sure...

Sadly, people like convenience, rather than having choice and control over their own things, which is why Steam is so incredibly popular.

I view the "GOG must copy everything Steam does 100% to remain competitive" expectation is completely unreasonable in itself given that Epic, Amazon, Microsoft Store, etc, don't have a mod workshop (and with far more money to throw at one). People 'expected' Galaxy Achievement parity with Steam 'to remain competitive' yet as a reality check, someone posted the huge list of missing Achievements earlier which comprises almost half the games (that are new enough to have achievements) on the store - that's what developers "think" in reality of people's 'expectations' they should reinvent the wheel for every feature for every store. GOG need to focus on their strengths / unique differences, not chase the Poor Man's Steam Clone dream so much they run out of money and end up weak at everything.

First of all Tracking. Most Epic games run without the launcher, so no tracking. Tracking can not be deactivated with Steam. GOGs tracking through Galaxy can be deactivated.
I am not talking about showing the infos to other players, I am talking about collecting these infos in the first place.

Yes, most devs would prefer one single platform, that's why gaming consoles get so much more attention than the PC.
If there was just one platform, we would not even have these discussions, we would accept what we get, but maybe in return the sales of physical discs would be higher. On consoles they are still signifiant for people who don't want everything being bound to their one and only account.

I am a oldtimer, I like to choose. And I don't like monopols.
If at all, then Microsoft should have the one and only store, after all it's their operating system.

I got the email and I deleted it immediately in disgust.

I have reset my preferences to ensure no repeat.

At this point I consider gog to be fighting for its very own survival and I see no reason to prolong it.

Yes, because companies asking their customers what they want is a bad thing.

I got the email, and I'll say, if GOG offered a service like Humble where you'd get a few games every month and a discount, I'd be on board. Anything else would likely involve DRM and I'm not cool with that.

I wouldn't be, because I have plenty of games already, I buy A LOT here. So either I would get doubles or I would get stuff I don't want.
Subscriptions are just not my thing.


@lazydog if you are against that stuff you don't like, you should participate in the survey and express your opinion.
If only people participate who want DRM, collectibles, NFTs and subscriptions, then they will get their will.

There are even suggestion boxes where you can rant.

Please, explain to me how to download, install and run Gwent without ever using Galaxy.

[sarcasm]... but, but the public fluff pieces say so, so it must be true!... GOG Brings a Bright DRM-Free Future to Gaming [/sarcasm]

XD Yeah. Frankly I find it laughable that anyone who doesn't like Galaxy would advocate for a Workshop given the whole design of the workshop system relies upon mod management necessitating a program to do it. Ergo: GOG would build it directly into Galaxy.

If GOG were interested in maintaining separate programs for different functionality on the site they wouldn't have axed the downloader.

I mean, previous comment was a valid criticism, but it's only one example. I believe every singleplayer game has offline insstallers, including Rogue Mage.

Just saying, GoG isn't all that great, what with them removing old patches, but you're just being angry at nothing.