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Posted April 27, 2015
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karnak1: "You want to play all the games you'be bought so far? - OK, then give us 5$ per month".
per game :p
Post edited April 27, 2015 by ne_zavarj
Posted April 27, 2015
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Exoanthrope: I suppose it was just the straw that broke the camels back, as they say.
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Fever_Discordia: I haven't paid much attention but financially incentiveising talented people to give up their free time to create new content and make a bit of money from their hobby doesn't sound like THAT much of a bad thing - it's like an angry mod back-lashing against Etsy or something!
Or an I missing something?
Mostly the fact that mods belonged "traditionally" and "culturally" to a zone of gratuitous passionate amateur hobby. So it clashes with the representations attached to it, both on the "i thought they were just doing it in a sharing mentality, why does everything need to enter the monetized mindset" (maker) level and on the "i thought i could just grab mods for free forever" (user) level. It's a change of mentality, can be seen as a shift of values in a specific community (from open source-ish to greed-ish).

And also the fact that steam itself gets a huge share of the price (75% or so).

And also the fact that paying for stuff that are as fragile (compatibility and support-wise) as mods may lead to many problems.

Plus practical little issues (people stealing free mods and selling them as theirs, people fearing that profit may put an end to the relative forgiveness of copyright holders for many franchise-related mods, etc).

So, yeah, many many different issues with it, some central and some adjustable, that balance the "allow mods to be rewarded in money" argument. I'm not at all into mods (I always play pure vanilla), so I don't see it as a big deal, but I suppose it may mean a lot for those who are used to the mods scene and its open sharing subculture.

(But there's a trillion open threads on these debates already, so, let's maybe not derail this one further on that...)
Post edited April 27, 2015 by Telika
Posted April 27, 2015
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catpower1980: Take 2 Interactive confirmed !!!
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P1na: It's just not the same without lucasarts.
A good old GTA3 trilogy (LC/VC/SA) would maybe wreak havoc on GOG servers ;)

Believe!
Posted April 27, 2015
How about a " Welcome ex-Steam users " promo ?

edit : or they will add more games to the redeem list
Post edited April 27, 2015 by ne_zavarj
Posted April 27, 2015
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ne_zavarj: How about a " Welcome ex-Steam users " promo ?
Maybe they should wait a little while for this. XD Half of these people may go flooding back after their initial outrage abates.
Posted April 27, 2015
Psst, don`t tell it anybody, but GoG has bought Steam and they are now busy integrating all the Steam games DRM-free into the GoG store!
Posted April 27, 2015
There's a Lords of Xulima promo now.

And they say something big is coming tomorrow.

http://www.gog.com/news/promo_lords_of_xulima_40_off
Post edited April 27, 2015 by PaterAlf
Posted April 27, 2015
No weelky staff pick for today. From Lords of Xulima promo:

Missing the Weekly Staff Picks? No worries, we haven't forgotten, we do have a big fat something special coming up tomorrow!

Here's hoping that they won't underdeliver.
Post edited April 27, 2015 by Grargar
Posted April 27, 2015
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tinyE: Maybe they should wait a little while for this. XD Half of these people may go flooding back after their initial outrage abates.
Missing the Weekly Staff Picks? No worries, we haven't forgotten, we do have a big fat something special coming up tomorrow!
Gabe Newell joke ?
Posted April 27, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: I haven't paid much attention but financially incentiveising talented people to give up their free time to create new content and make a bit of money from their hobby doesn't sound like THAT much of a bad thing - it's like an angry mod back-lashing against Etsy or something!
Or an I missing something?
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Telika: Mostly the fact that mods belonged "traditionally" and "culturally" to a zone of gratuitous passionate amateur hobby. So it clashes with the representations attached to it, both on the "i thought they were just doing it in a sharing mentality, why does everything need to enter the monetized mindset" (maker) level and on the "i thought i could just grab mods for free forever" (user) level. It's a change of mentality, can be seen as a shift of values in a specific community (from open source-ish to greed-ish).

And also the fact that steam itself gets a huge share of the price (75% or so).

And also the fact that paying for stuff that are as fragile (compatibility and support-wise) as mods may lead to many problems.

Plus practical little issues (people stealing free mods and selling them as theirs, people fearing that profit may put an end to the relative forgiveness of copyright holders for many franchise-related mods, etc).

So, yeah, many many different issues with it, some central and some adjustable, that balance the "allow mods to be rewarded in money" argument. I'm not at all into mods (I always play pure vanilla), so I don't see it as a big deal, but I suppose it may mean a lot for those who are used to the mods scene and its open sharing subculture.

(But there's a trillion open threads on these debates already, so, let's maybe not derail this one further on that...)
Ah OK points taken especially Valve getting 75% - gouge!
But yeah, just wanted to acknowledge that, let's get back to the topic in hand
WHERE'S TODAY'S THING - GOG?
You get me addicted to a daily thing then stop delivering! *withdrawal shakes*
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Posted April 27, 2015
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Grargar: Missing the Weekly Staff Picks? No worries, we haven't forgotten, we do have a big fat something special coming up tomorrow!

Here's hoping that they won't underdeliver.
mmmm, why do I think I will be dissapointed tomorrow..... This sentence feels like déjà-vu....
Posted April 27, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: WHERE'S TODAY'S THING - GOG?
You get me addicted to a daily thing then stop delivering! *withdrawal shakes*
Ahem.
Posted April 27, 2015
Big and fat? Should I hide my wallet?
Posted April 27, 2015
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catpower1980: A good old GTA3 trilogy (LC/VC/SA) would maybe wreak havoc on GOG servers ;)

Believe!
I'd love to. But Take 2 just doesn't roll with the tongue the way lucasarts does.
Posted April 27, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: WHERE'S TODAY'S THING - GOG?
You get me addicted to a daily thing then stop delivering! *withdrawal shakes*
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Grargar: Ahem.
5 whole mins? Doesn't take a lot to Ninja me does it?
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