I used GOG for years. I believe that when they began to implement their own launcher it was a misstep. I know someone else on their forums pointed it out better than I could but had they stayed DRM FREE without launchers they could have avoided a lot of cost with having to 1) Keep up with the launcher battle 2) Deal with DRM creep coming into their releases 3) Have a unique identity in the game digital distribution world.
The amount of research I have to do before I pull the trigger to buy one of their games made me back up my titles and close my account.
The amount of research I have to do before I pull the trigger to buy one of their games made me back up my titles and close my account.
Well put. And I hate it how much I empathize with this sentiment. Every time I want to buy something on GOG I have to make sure it’s not a lesser version of a game available elsewhere. It’s annoying to say the least.
I used GOG for years. I believe that when they began to implement their own launcher it was a misstep. I know someone else on their forums pointed it out better than I could but had they stayed DRM FREE without launchers they could have avoided a lot of cost with having to 1) Keep up with the launcher battle 2) Deal with DRM creep coming into their releases 3) Have a unique identity in the game digital distribution world.
The amount of research I have to do before I pull the trigger to buy one of their games made me back up my titles and close my account.
Well put. And I hate it how much I empathize with this sentiment. Every time I want to buy something on GOG I have to make sure it’s not a lesser version of a game available elsewhere. It’s annoying to say the least.