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Quoting: chrBut that is my taste, we may well disagree in our likes. Discussion about perceived text and subtext very welcome.

Not sure the trailer really gives us enough to judge. It could be played basically straight, and implicitly authoritarian. Or, it could be satirical, along the lines of a Starship Troopers kind of thing, but played a bit quieter.

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But the most important question is: will he bring back the native Linux support?

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Interesting, I wonder what will come of this in the next few years.

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(Criticism of "reading too much into it" doesn't add much to me personally. I am very aware that many people choose to ignore what the text or subtext of their entertainment media says, but our opinions and perceptions about the world are not independent of our media diet.)

For me personally, with this one, the subtext (based on the embedded trailer) is too authoritarian - not rules-based, abuse of power part of the job, and the light-hearted presentation of it all is a tad repulsive.

But that is my taste, we may well disagree in our likes. Discussion about perceived text and subtext very welcome.

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Quoting: tpauI hope they will add more payment types soon. Independence and robustness depend on being usable without credit cards that are run by US companies

I realise the payment options might vary by region, but for me GOG offers non-US payment options like PaysafeCard and Skrill. Not endorsing either, but they do exist.

Personally I'd like to pay using SEPA bank transfers when a store is based in the [Single Euro Payments Area](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/retail/sepa/html/index.en.html).

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I hope they will add more payment types soon. Independence and robustness depend on being usable without credit cards that are run by US companies

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Added myself as a GOG patron 😊
(Also, I would love to support VCMI, but they don't seem to accept donations right now...)

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Quoting: ShmerlComment from Michał Kiciński himself: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_is_getting_acquired_by_its_original_cofounder_e1a0d/post261

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Quoting: JarmerGOG has been languishing for years so maybe this’ll be the kick they need to make some forward progress. Like ummm I don’t know … releasing a Linux client. We can dream.

Quick reminder to anyone to vote for this: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux
In the past it was marked as in development, but they removed that blue label, let's bring it back!

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this news buged me for a while

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Comment from Michał Kiciński himself: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_is_getting_acquired_by_its_original_cofounder_e1a0d/post261

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Quoting: _wojtekIMHO this is a good development. GOG felt like a side project of CDP without much love. Having it in a private hands and also more focus could push it forward. Steam, privately owned, shows that it can develop nicely. I do hope same will happen with GOG.

Valve had all the time and resources in the world to shape Steam into whatever they wanted. Zero effective competition. Remember Impulse? Yeah.

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GOG was the best when they were still Good Old Games and focused on their unique mission rather than trying to beat Steam and now with Epic trying to also beat Steam it’s great if GOG can truly goes back to its unique root and highlight its unique character compared to the rest.

And as a european I also value GOG a lot, its good for everyone when not all companies are headquartered in the very same country.

If one can be dreaming: GOG collaborates with Bazzite to create a DRM-free game preserving SteamOS alternative that one can install to Steam Deck handhelds and Steam Machine style living room machines, leveraging and contributing to what Valve has built and using it to keep Valve honest

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IMHO this is a good development. GOG felt like a side project of CDP without much love. Having it in a private hands and also more focus could push it forward. Steam, privately owned, shows that it can develop nicely. I do hope same will happen with GOG.

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GOG has been languishing for years so maybe this’ll be the kick they need to make some forward progress. Like ummm I don’t know … releasing a Linux client. We can dream.

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Quoting: ShmerlI think it's good — looks like they made GOG private so they can pursue their own vision and not be pressured by shareholders of CDPR.

I.e. may be they can spend on Linux now more, while before shareholders could tell them not to prioritize Linux support. Just my guess. In the end, it's really up to what they want.

yeah, looking at valve and other game companies, private company is a better model for company-customer relationships. it allows for following long term strategies without being pressed by shareholders.

In my experience it really depends. Private is great but usually only when a company starts. Not speaking about GOG specifically, but in general, when a public company "goes private" the $$$ often comes from private equity firms which in turn is typically absolutely terrible for everyone - meaning both consumers AND employees, especially employees - other than the top-most leadership themselves. When you work for a public company that announces going private, it's frankly a good idea to start brushing up the resume and looking ahead to your next career move, even getting a jump on it, before you get surprised.

Anyway, at least with GOG it sounds like it's probably fine or even a good thing. Reads to me like this move is just saving GOG's existence before future changes occur; Which is great.

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I think it's good — looks like they made GOG private so they can pursue their own vision and not be pressured by shareholders of CDPR.

Haven't looked at it from that angle. So perhaps it's a positive, though only time will tell.

From the press release, it appears to me that the focus will be even more on game preservation (which is a good thing, though not sure it's also profitable). I'd rather hope they focus more on tools for game developers, so a lot more of the indies that are only on Steam right now might consider releasing on GOG as well.

I keep a growing list of games I hope will come to GOG one day, but in most cases I asked and got a response, it's along the lines that they're a small team and GOG is not worth the hassle. I guess Steam with their API (and in case of Linux, distro-agnostic runtime) is hard to beat.

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Does this require owning it on Steam? Because I happen to already have it on whatever EA are currently calling Origin and I'd rather not buy it all again, even in a bundle on sale lol

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Quoting: such...

Unless Kiciński truly just wants a pet company that basically and barely funds itself, and doesn't really make anything... for the good of game preservation? Uh, yeah, sure.
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I could see it being a fun project for someone who had the background and who could cough up the funds. €25 million is not all that much for the parties involved, after all.

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not bad for a one person team. looks polished. native is nice too!

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Quoting: Tevur

They also note that with Proton you'll see a video test pattern, so to switch to the Native Linux version.

Or use Proton-GE. It's the good old cwdec license crap...

why when you can play the actual native version.

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Good news! Now release GOG Galaxy for Linux.

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Quoting: ShmerlI think it's good — looks like they made GOG private so they can pursue their own vision and not be pressured by shareholders of CDPR.

I.e. may be they can spend on Linux now more, while before shareholders could tell them not to prioritize Linux support. Just my guess. In the end, it's really up to what they want.

yeah, looking at valve and other game companies, private company is a better model for company-customer relationships. it allows for following long term strategies without being pressed by shareholders.

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Merry (Belated) Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone at GamingOnLinux and may 2026 bring great success, especially with the return of the Forum!

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A sideways upgrade at best and a nosedive at worst.

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now... will GOG be the next STEAM?

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We need more small private companies in the world. For now, this is good. Hopefully with time, we continue to think so.

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Great, now that the shareholders are out of the picture, I'm sure they release a fully fledged Linux client and keep doing their thing best as they can. I just hope he has the patience and energy to see this through.

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Quoting: KlaasIt's hard to say if that is good or bad.

Depends on what Kiciński intends to do with this. You don't spend that much if you're not expecting your purchase to be profitable. For CDP it very well could have been a side thing used for marketing (and up to a point a distribution platform) and positive PR more so than for profit. I'd say that based on what's been disclosed publicly... as of the dumping GOG no longer maths as a business.

Unless Kiciński truly just wants a pet company that basically and barely funds itself, and doesn't really make anything... for the good of game preservation? Uh, yeah, sure.

I've been expecting something like this for a while now, the signs have been there for years, and while I do hope this is good news... I know better.

Of course, there's still the remote chance the new owner has a solid plan that's going to work out and that GOG will continue somehow. Perhaps as a legitimate Steam competitor in some way. CDP fumbled GOG and past a point was clearly disinterested in trying, even if they pretended otherwise, so maybe this is actually preferable to closing GOG down. That would've been... not great for CDP(R)'s image which I'm sure they are acutely aware of.

Also, let's consider a scenario in which CDPR adds a store to its launcher - which they've been laying the groundwork for for years now - and GOG ceases to be the default distribution platform for CDPR's games. Steam is a bigger slice of pie overall, but whatever traffic that generated disappearing from GOG (even if GOG still keeps selling the games which it will) is probably going to hurt the platform that's a bit too close to breaking even to call it a stable venture.

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