Well, that's not going to occur anytime soon, since Valve doesn't release any numbers of their sales. Which sucks. It would be interesting to see if steam-only games are really making bigger sales than retail and other digital services sales too.

I'm having a fantastic time playing Alpha Protocol this week. I'm already planning my second play-through when I can't be at my computer.
Yes, buying the game: That'll show 'em.

Well, Bioware did go from making Baldur's Gate and NWN to Mass Effect which is mostly an action-based fps with RPG elements.

HL2 mods and FO3 mods are very different. This is going to be a first for any Fallout game modding team having their tools remotely verfiy.

That sucks :-(
One of the good things with Bethesda was that they used very minimal cd-check, and now they switch from nearly no copy protection to ... Steam. That stinks.
It would have preferred if they did go the Alpha Protocol way and use Unilock but with the "promise" of releasing a DRM-removal patch 1 or 2 year in the future... now with Steamwork the game will most probably be forever prisoner of Steam.

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I was here since the closed beta, and a major attractive point to me was the complete removal of DRM from the games they would offer. That, and the amazing casual and laid back attitude of the GOG team, cheers to all of ya, you're the best!! And no DRM scheme is effective, and that includes Steamworks. Steam only mods sold for $50 like L4D can be cracked and played online unofficially. Same for MW2. There are a few more steps to do so, but they are still crackable.

Well... Sure, but what you're basically claiming is that you don't care WHAT the store sells, as long as it's DRM free, and that... Well, I don't think that would be a standpoint claimed by majority, would it?

Hmm, no, but I was saying that both the removal of DRM and the old nature of the games offered both were the attractive points to me. And i think it was to numerous GoG'ers who are here now too. ; )

Well, one of the main reason I ever register on GoG was because it was DRM-free, and the main reason why I buy ever single game released on it, even those I already own or I those don't care about is because they are DRM-free and I want to support them. Heck I also bought lots of DRM-free Indy games I never played yet just because they were DRM-free. Not to mention Hawx and EndWar. (Actually I am kind of glad that Ubi now use their always-on DRM so I won't have to buy the sequels...)
Seriously it's already lame enough to use DRM on recent games... but an on-line distributor selling old games with DRM wouldn't even have been worth a laugh

So you are primarily here for what the store has to offer; You wouldn't buy here if the game were crappy smeg knows what from the other side of the moon just because they're DRM free. ... Then again, you wouldn't be buying them if they weren't. ... Rrrright, I'm contradicting myself.
Well at any rate, primary selling point should be what retailer has to offer, shouldn't it? Yes, DRM can play a major role in the decision making as well, but without a wanted product, there wouldn't really be any decision making at all.
That's why it souds kind of silly to me to claim as a fact that primary selling point of GoG would be it's DRM-free status - if just because even large number of the people on forums have pretty liberal stand point as long as it comes to DRM, as far as I can say. Not to mention GoG has a bunch of other selling points, of the same importance to me (or of higher - I mean, optimization for new OSes is pretty damn sweet). And all those points make in decision making process, that is for sure. But I really think those selling points are of smaller importance than what the store sells at all. I really DO think most people are actually here because they like old games - the fact that they also hate DRM is an another thing, and a big plus, but it can hardly make a sale by itself
I just don't like when someone comes around and claims something as a fact, really.

No offence intended, but I dare to say you are NOT a representation of majority on this site - you know, of people who have to struggle to be able to buy FOOD for instance :D

That's a fair point, but it really depends on the person as to how much the lack of DRM plays into it.
I know for me, I'd have bought nothing here if the service had been saddled with some form of DRM, and my game shelf has 17 games on it to date, many of which I've yet to play. Why? Because I can get old games elsewhere if I'm willing to put up with disc checks and DRM or want to go the route of game cracks.
So for me the lack of DRM is THE single make-or-break feature with GOG. I have no trouble believing it's the same for many others.

I never said or ever remotely thought I was ;-) , it was just to point that there actually are a certain number of peoples for which selling games DRM-free was the main reason why they became interested in GoG in the first place.
And I really hope that people that have struggles to be able to buy food don't come here to buy video games instead...

Oh you bet they do, on several occasions I was eating rolls half of the week to buy a GoG I wanted :D

I think most of us have been there. I have. Thankfully I got a raise, haha.

I was kind of annoyed by this, especially since this will be the first Bethesda game to have any real online DRM at all since you can ignore Games for Windows Live.
I complained about it on my home forum though and everyone attacked me for being a "Steam hater" and went on long rants about how awesome Steam is. Valve have done an incredible job of getting people to the point where PC gaming = Steam and any bad comments about it are shunned. That company is a PR machine.

I never understood why people assume this... surely I can't be alone in never pirating music or movies or anything like that? The worst I have done is download a TV show I forgot to DVR.