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Quoting: williamjcmOh, nice, it also has that fix for what broke SteamVR in earlier 25.3.x versions. I'll be able to unpin the mesa packages, then.

Was just going to post that, too - looks like I'll get to test that a bit later today! 👍❤️

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My impression is that programming itself is slowly moving towards Linux, and that this movement is not as big in games development (due to obvious reasons), but it's touching game development as well. The case sounds a bit like Baldur's Gate 3 - sinice developers that are just too much into Linux to ignore it. I like.

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I've been using Bazzite on my Steam Deck because Decky Loader doesn't break after an update happens and desktop mode has been less of a pain to use for me. I've also wanted a more powerful handheld but nothing is that big of a improvement to warrant a purchase of anything and having the official dock would mean getting a new dock so double not worth it to me.

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"Windows 94.95%"
Poor Microsoft, they lost some of their data sales from when I last checked.. :c

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Thanks for all the warm words everyone. Back today as you can see, and full-time as normal from Monday. I'm as excited as you are to see the Forum come back. Bit of work left to be done, but should hopefully be next week.

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Oh, nice, it also has that fix for what broke SteamVR in earlier 25.3.x versions. I'll be able to unpin the mesa packages, then.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismThere is also space for a 2nd Gaben in the gaming industry, but only from a private company who has no other masters other than their customers.

Not sure you know, but Valve is also private? I assume you knew that and are just stating we need another private company like "Valve", although GOG is different in that they are definitely for game preservation and ownership.

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The "retro" part of Good Old Games was never really a target for me. But DRM free, download and own, offline, and games not seen elsewhere, yes. I've stopped GoG entirely for Steam, because despite DRM sometimes, i can much easily-ier play on Linux, native or via Proton, and get a refund too (many times, but less now, as proper demo seem to be back in the trends...). I think now refund are a thing on GoG too, but they would need a "huge" effort toward Linux to be in my choice again.

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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.

Yes. I'm a big fan of everything that Valve has done versus other game distributors, of course, but the weird veneration of non publicly traded companies who are probably have a lot of private investor relationships every time this comes up in gaming forums rubs me the wrong way.

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The forum will be back?!
Time to ping Pengling!

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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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About Linux support: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_is_getting_acquired_by_its_original_cofounder_e1a0d/post347

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The only anti cheat in this game is some simple bound checking that can be easily bypassed if you host the game. They expect people to login to a discord and report cheaters, or add ban them from games they host using the in game ban list. Dev has been misleading about this being "anti cheat", and being banned keeps you from playing the game, so if someone false reports you or you anger a mod from the discord, you have to go to the discord and find out what happened and why. The game wont even say your banned, it just kicks you out and you have to find out why.

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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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