I feel troubled as well for the games that I do have on Desura. This sucks. :(

Linden Labs still exist and got money?

Hopefully it is not. We will be adding resources to the Desura team but have no intention of changing the service or its open nature.

I understand the concerns given how larger companies have adversely affected distribution platforms, I can assure you we have no disruptive plans at all. Hopefully the extra resources will help players and developers.

Anyways I dont want to be rude and talk too much about Desura on GOG which is also an excellent service.

Cheers

Rod Humble Thank you. Very kind :)

I take no solace from these assurances. Similar assurances have been given by other companies that bought out smaller companies in the past. As a game collector, this is a black day for me.

I don't know how you can say Desura is a good match for Linden Labs. It's like a Fish Finger manufacturer buying a football team.

I know and understand all that, but what I'm asking is if they're known to act along these lines as their usual business to warrant such fears.

I remember when everyone Yahoo or Google bought said this same thing. Before they were murdered in their sleep six months later.

Prove me wrong. Please.

Well fair enough, the proof is in the pudding I guess. But hell I have dozens of games there. I have no intention of messing up my game collection or yours :)

Wow "dozens". You must be so worried about them. Also aren't you a millionaire or something? Billionaire? And you are worried about a collection of "dozens" of games on Desura? Really?

No worries. I appreciate the concern! It is up to us to prove those concerns incorrect. Cheers!

I hope to God you can't afford to buy gog too.

Yes, go on, keep attacking the bastard! How dare he politely try to alleviate the raised concerns, that's just rude!

Nice bit of PR there. I wish more companies did that.

Ok then, I guess then there's no problem if I take a snapshot of your reply and hold you accountable if/ when things change, even in the slightest, right? ;D

And since you came into the discussion and the info out there is the typical PR stuff (i.e. practically nth) - what exactly are your plans for Desura?


EDIT: argh, too many typos

You're from Linden Labs? Thanks coming to offer some reassurance. Naturally almost all of us here are very fond of GOG, but many of us are also fairly invested in Desura too, and would be sad if a change of ownership caused changes for the worse - I know I'd hate to lose access to my games or if features I like - such as those nice optional installer downloads - stopped being available. Desura is a wonderful service... with a few rough edges. With some more resources it could really be amazing. I hope you treat it well and that it pays off for you in return. I'm feeling optimistic :)

Don't be shy about talking about Desura. The GOG forum isn't too territorial - we often discuss Humble, Desura, Steam and other distributors here. If you have anything to say then I'm sure many of us would be interested to hear

Happy delurking day! ;-)

I'm angry about Linden Labs buying Desura and I'm not going to placated by soothing noises that are probably just empty PR damage-limitation.

As long as you want to keep supporting the openness and maintaining Desura as an indie platform, then I am fine with it.

Two questions though

1- Are ModDB going to be receiving any changes at all?

2- And, strangely enough, will it have any effect on Indie Royale? (I like Indie Royale)

can I ask why?