Quoting: jens

Quoting: Marianotl;dr GOG is not a crusader and Valve is not the devil, both are businesses

Exactly ;)

I agree (based on what I read here, haven't followed myself) their communication could have been better. But being "hostile" is something entirely different.

Yes it's true hostile could sound too harsh, a better word could be used, i would have chosen disrespectful (lying and ignoring the questions after it was obvious that neither Galaxy or Witcher 3 were being worked) certainly is.

And while not hostile i wouldn't say they are friendly either:

yes they sell Linux games and it's not keys so they have to host the files and modify their website (but if they didn't do that they would be selling a less complete game than other stores)

They offer Linux versions of DosBox and ScummVM games, again just a installer and data files would be enough here.

The only thing that i recognize that they've done for Linux was when they compiled AGS and made Linux available when the developer didn't. (That truly was something great they did for Linux and i don't recall anyone mentioning it in these threads) but it was a few games and then it stopped.

Plus Galaxy and Witcher 3 (no explanation needed)

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Quoting: jens

Quoting: TheRiddickLike I said they are HOSTILE towards Linux, don't know when that will change.

This "If you are not my friend, then you are my enemy" attitude usually serves no one. Why is it so difficult to just accept and respect that different people value different things in life? Really, this is no declaration of war from them. They just decided (most likely after a lot and long of internal discussion as it happens with strategic decisions in companies) that their business is elsewhere. That's all.

Why it's so difficult to understand:

They lie:

*Galaxy is coming soon (soon is subjective but if there's no work, no plans no roadmap then it's a lie)
*Galaxy is in progress (it was in progress for years yet they didn't do anything)
*Witcher 3 - coming soon banner on Steam *twice. (Sure it was valve, but it someone tells a lie involving me and my customers, i'm not going to stay silent, especially if they do it again)

I consider lying to your customers hostile (maybe it wasn't always a lie, maybe an exageration, but at one point it became a lie and they ignored the questions and mantained silence, at the very least they could have removed the "soon" and "in progress")

Valve may not care at all about Linux, it might be their plan b, they're a business and they want to make money. Also Linux is not their priority. But GOG is a business too they're not heroes, DRM FREE is not an ideology, it's their motto, their niche. if they were driven by ideals Linux would be special for them, their customers would be their friends and they would be very open and communicative with them.

tl;dr GOG is not a crusader and Valve is not the devil, both are businesses

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Quoting: ImantsI feel now little stupid owning them on GOG because I will not get the discount now :(. I practically do not buy games there why did I think that buying Deponia there was a god decision now I am full of regret :(

Same here... Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait for GOG Linux support, maybe the same type of promotion will be available!

Quoting: edoWhat I know is than I have deponia and I dont have linux support, and i'm not willing to pay 30 bugs for it.

Something similar happened to me i have the first two and was going to buy Goodbye Deponia with 66% discount, but i didn't, so now i only have 60% discount and if i wait to buy Goodbye Deponia in the Winter Sale this discount is over.

The solution was simple i bought it from a trader in Steamtrades for only 1 Dota2 and a Tour of Duty Ticket ($3)

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