Fair enough. I apologize for the hostile way that I approached your post. However, I am inclined to believe that GOG.com will do whatever it needs to survive as a business and if that includes bringing companies on-board that set their own pricing, then so be it.

It is unfortunate that it can't just be good *old* games but if their ability to acquire licenses for a niche pool of titles dried up (for whatever reason) and the business went stagnant, then you would still be upset.

Two words for OP: The Witcher.

Well that's only because CDP, and it sold tons better on Steam with DRM so I think you're helping the OP's point. :P

Mind you, revolution is not always a positive thing. Ask him: Hi there!
DRM-free movement sounds much better. And that's exactly what GOG is doing.

So adapt or die?

What's one of the things that makes piracy so seducing and straightforward? Yes, you got it - the drm free thing (well and the free thing in general but that's not to point i try to make here...) You get the thing, you strip it naked and you start plowing it the moment you download it. It's the freedom to consume the product that shines here. Where as with all the up to 3 tier? drm bullshit you got nowadays you may not even start your bloody game, let alone play it... that's unneeded.

GoG knows that, you can call it the closest you can get to "legal piracy", at least in my mind - meaning people like the way they consume the product and they can support that - straightforward and to the point, no third-party bs client for this and another one for that, etc, etc...

If this mentality dies, then respect for humanity is lost forever... we might all as well return to kindergarten and wait till uncle steam decides to let us play our game... and we get sick (no internet?) we might as well forget about it all together...

PLOW DRM, PLOW IT ALL!

been playing witcher 2 (drm-free; gog courtesy, ty gog :P)

+1 and I'd post that Orson Welles applause gif, if I could.

Amen to that.

I just realized that you are totally right.

I just looked it up. It turns out that all revolutions, throughout all of history, had DRM...

Pretty sure secuROM was at the Boston tea party... like 80%...

Bump, this deserved more attention.

Still cant understand how DotEmu managed to get that sega bundle onboard...
I cant remember but i used to think there was always a slightly higher price as trade off for drm free. Not sure where i got that impression from though.....Yeah but there is no way to tell whether they are telling truth (or not) and no way to unless u had access to GOG and whichever publishers they have deals with... people have already theorised how it is very very possible it may actually be the case and why
GOG is second behind Steam. Or so its claimed. So.... if they arent one of the big boys...when ? ;)

My question exactly. But it's clear GOG isn't satisfied with what they have, and want more. You can see that on TET's posts.

The Sega bundle was probably the exception - Sega is certainly a bit of a stickler for regional pricing, and there was obviously little reason for them to release old Mega Drive games with DRM.

Hah hah, indeed. As long as the majority of customers keep buying without a complaint -- or worse yet, complain about it, but then buy anyway -- companies/publishers will just keep doing what they do.

I've actually been playing primarily PC games, though, ever since I joined GOG. And so far I'm still very happy with this place and the service it provides, and hope it's going to stay that way for some time, unless they make drastic changes to their modus operandi.

But I still got my PS3, too, and plan to get a Wii U sometime soon. Mostly for Windwaker HD, but there's a few other titles I'm interested in. Any games you'd recommend? So far the selection still seems limited.

Aside from Wind Waker HD, there's Zombi U, Super Mario Bros U, Pikmin 3 and Super Mario 3D World. Rayman Legends as well, despite it being available for PC - the Wii U version is by far the best one due to its use of the touchscreen for the Murfy levels.

I have Wonderful 101 sitting here but I'm yet to play it, and I hear Lego City Undercover is a brilliant game as well.

Yes, I'm considering some of those. I already have the collector's version of Windwaker, since I wanted to make sure to get my hands on a copy before it's sold out or only available at ridiculous prices. :P

When I get my console I'll probably get Zombi U and then later Mario 3D World, Watchdogs and maybe Pikmin, too. And maybe Deus Ex HR, since I haven't played it before, and supposedly the Wii U version is the best. ( At least among consoles. ) Oh right, and then there's Bayonetta 2. Not really into the twitchy-finger button-mashing type of gameplay any more, but I might give that one a try. I hope they'll release some more good exclusive titles, sooner or later. A new Metroid, perhaps. Or heck, F-Zero, Pilot Wings... ? Nintendo has so many good franchises they could do something with.