My two cents as someone who's deciding right now whether to get this on Steam or from GOG: this patching situation is very frustrating to me. I've experienced it with other games: sometimes it's weird version numbers, sometimes it's missing update flags, sometimes it's weird inconsistencies between the different OS versions, and sometimes the developer doesn't even send in the patch until months have passed - if ever.
I hate to make the "standard customer threat", because at 190 games in my library, you're obviously on to something good here, but damn if you're not twisting my arm when it comes to this. I already prefer getting DRM-free games from Humble – their system, for all its faults, is at least clean and consistent, leaving everything up to the devs. I'm close to giving up and just accepting the Steam versions as the way to go when Humble is not a choice.
Again, I'm not saying this to excoriate you, just expressing how I honestly feel as a customer.
EDIT: And to be honest, the prospect of Galaxy doesn't help. I like this site precisely because I prefer the old-school, manual way of doing things – but even manual systems need to be well thought out. Even if I did choose to use that, I frankly don't expect it to be anywhere near Steam's level of reliability any time soon. This is a very unpleasant situation.
EDIT 5 DAYS LATER: Or maybe I and others are overreacting and should just learn to be a little more patient. Hell if I know anything. I just want this site to be the best it can be, because it's essentially the only one of its kind.
Post edited November 21, 2014 by BlackBox7