CymTyr: This is actually a sign Phil Spencer knows what he's doing. Will he go for DRM free? I doubt it. But we still have MS owned properties on GOG to this day, which is a promising sign.
He's a gamer like we are, and he wants gaming to succeed like we do. If there ever comes a point where DRM free is viewed as commercially viable for the big players, you can bet Xbox/MS will be the first to do it. As it stands now, they all have too much FOMO to do anything but release old games on GOG because they're afraid of YARRR.
I really like Phil. Strikes me as a guy you could have a beer with and just conversate on not just gaming, but the world in general. I was hoping they'd allow migration to GOG, but I can see how they can't, because maintaining a bethesda net login requirement for stuff would be construed by the local population as DRM.
Maybe some day we'll see more Bethesda titles here. Maybe even MS/Xbox stuff like Fable? One can dream. In the meantime, one less launcher is definitely good news. I want to see battle net disappear too.
I will say this again for people who do not know this about Phil Spencer.
I do not know if Phil Spencer cares if video games are Digital Rights Management (DRM) free or not, but he acknowledges that gog.com exists and he said he is ok with gog.com a few years ago.