But these games don't come with Steam keys!

(okay... okay... I'm done. That was really nice of GOG.)

That's a really respectable move GOG. Hats off to you guys!

In this famous Greek tragedy, two sisters - Ignorantia and Entitlemenia - cause a guest from a different polis, Customeron, a great deal of grief. After he loses his temper and demands justice, the sisters blame Integria, who is eventually driven to suicide.

Integrity.....First you do nothing wrong and then you graciously help someone out, Much respect.

GOG didn't stick to their refund policy. Does this validate that they have no integrity? :D

Sorry I didn't read the whole thread.

If there really is a discussion in the Steam forum linking to the GOG version, I think someone should promptly write a warning message to that discussion in bold red letters:

"WARNING! The GOG version of Alan Wake, nor any other GOG games for that matter, don't contain Steam DRM!"

I'd write the last part as "are not redeemable on Steam", a lot of people there think Steam games do not contain Steam DRM either...

lol, quite good. you should have mentioned who Integria is as well (some poor village girl?) :-D

That's like plastering "WARNING: DOES NOT CONTAIN NUTS" on a carton of milk.
I think they should post something like:
"BE CAREFUL: buying Alan Wake from GOG will result in you getting Alan Wake on GOG !"

Yeah, while that's kind of cute, mere 50 hours ago the game was only available in its Steamworks version, and considering people frequenting the Steam forums probably don't care much for DRM, the assumption that everyone there would automatically know that this niche store called GOG has a strict "no DRM" policy and took Steamworks out of it is just laughable.

It was his mistake, most definitely. But a very understandable one.

Why are you complaining at GOG?
The way I see it you should complain at Steam/Amazon in making you believe Alan Wake was their exclusive, which it is apparently not.
And even then I still don't see the problem, you have purchased a game here that is perfectly ok and playable, but for some ludricous reason you want to have the Steam version.
My kudo's to Steam's brainwashing department, they really did an excellent job with you.

jesus, once again the oh so friendly GOG community proves that it is full of complete assholes. what a surprise.

can't you see what's going on? GOG is starting to offer newer and brand-new games in order to bring in new customers. people read and hear about Alan Wake for $15 on GOG, people who AREN'T GOG members already. the exact same people GOG is after now.

Alan Wake was a SteamWorks title up until it appeared on GOG. every other digital distributor and physical retailer only offers the SteamWorks edition. it is entirely reasonable that a customer new to GOG would expect to be able to activate the game on Steam, even if it was only an optional activation next to a DRM-free download.

this issue was bound to come up. like it or not, many gamers want their games on Steam. now GOG is the only place selling the game WITHOUT the ability to activate it on Steam. since the average gamer doesn't care about DRM, they won't know or care that GOG is all about being DRM-free.

if GOG continues to offer SteamWorks games without optional Steam activation keys, these problems will only get worse and GOG's reputation will suffer. a relatively simple solution would be for GOG to strike a deal with Valve and the publisher(s) involved and provide a Steam key for (former) SteamWorks titles as an OPTION, maybe even at a slightly higher price.

Not necessarily. Many may not give a crap about DRM, but many others may actually like the fact they can download and keep their games on CD/DVD. Besides, for games released on Steam as well, manually adding them in your Steam library will probably result in the Steam overlay actually working (although I haven't tested it myself).

We are being courteous by assuming people are smart.
What exactly are you arguing for ? Their right to make uninformed decisions and not face the consequences ?

We've already discussed that - it would go against their and our best interest, principles aside. If you think about economic ramifications of such a deal, you'll realize how completely nonsensical it is.

Guess it takes one to know one.