Quoting: ShmerlBeing a leader makes concerns of lock-in only stronger. Leaders which lock out competition become monopolists.

Then tell your beloved GOG to make some improvements.I would love to see that to,i want Witcher3 on Linux,Witcher 1 and Card Game and Adventure one too,which they support Mac and Windows.(except Witcher 3). Oh also i want to see client which is available for Mac and Windows.

You're all but talking,Gog does nothing.So if you can't accept this fact,there is no point of talking.

Valve is the pioneer of Linux gaming so far,so why not Gog take a step in this world?Ohh,wait.You're right.We're not profitable.That's not Valve thinks anyway.Thank you Valve.

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Quoting: LeopardI don't think that will create a lock in.I think that is developed for especially SteamOS and also SteamMachines.Also it's helpful for Linux.

Microsoft is providing Dolby Atmos for Win10 and XboxOne.That's the counter for that i guess.

I can't see them open sourcing it though well either company really, but aside from Steam what choices do you genuinely have on Linux basically GOG and Ichio neither of which have the same range. Hell even on windows Origin and Uplay are hardly alternatives in terms of library. Of course depends of the type of game you mostly play and are into if you mainly go for indie games then there are options if you like more mainstream titles its Steam or Steam.

If Valve is never do that thing,GOG or Itch will do it?Probably no,never actually.

So beside of that lockdown worries,that is nothing to worry about.If they're uncomfortable for that solution,they can develop a similar solution and make it open source.But they won't do that,everyone knows that.
Let's face it,Steam is the leader of Windows and Linux.Origin is hardly keeping it there by two or three Origin only games.BF1,Fifa and some other stuff.So why complaining about that Foss or not thing,enjoy it while you can.

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I don't think that will create a lock in.I think that is developed for especially SteamOS and also SteamMachines.Also it's helpful for Linux.

Microsoft is providing Dolby Atmos for Win10 and XboxOne.That's the counter for that i guess.

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Quoting: M@yeulC

Quoting: LeopardSome people say Blender is a very good editing program,which covered with rendering software id.

No, Blender is a very good operating System, just like Emacs :P

:D

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Some people say Blender is a very good editing program,which covered with rendering software id.

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Quoting: Luke_Nukem"Win PC, Linux, Mac"

*starts sweating*

Finally they're starting to give it up Pc term for Windows.

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Quoting: ShmerlIf you want to be formalistic, itch.io accept DRMed games. GOG don't. They are a minority on itch, but still. But this is not the main point here as before, since Croteam aren't releasing their games anywhere outside of Steam. Neither GOG, nor itch.io or Humble. As some suggested above, that's because their games are multiplayer (I never played them, so I had no clue). And rely on Steamworks. In such case they are locked into Steam. That's what makes quite a lot of games Steam exclusives.

Then i can suggest you to push Croteam to publish their Drm free versions through their website. If it works for you.

I know itch's policy,it's all up to publisher. Like Cdpr's doing. They're the publishers and everything up to them,Windows,Mac support etc.

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Quoting: redshiftDesiring games to appear on GOG is obviously about DRM side of things since they have a strict policy about that. I don't care what store Talos Principle or Serious Sam will be released on, but I want it DRM-free.

They're doing very good job on Windows and Mac,great for them. I'm just pointing that how silly is to, try to push Croteam about putting their games to GOG and worshipping to a platform which didn't care Linux a bit.

If you want some drm-free,there is Itch.io. I'm sick of that people treating to GOG like they're the only defender and saviour of drm-free. Urgh...

But all i see is,worshipping to GOG. Dude,seriously why?

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Quoting: g000hI notice quite often that Game Comment Threads seem to get subverted into threads arguing about Steam or GOG or itch.io or completely unrelated material.

Please could commenting about these non-Game things go into a separate Forum post or Article.

Hmm,but you also liked Gog praisers comments didn't you?I'm saying that because you literally liked them by pressing button which is visible when we hit Who? button.

You should be on no one's side to point that fact out i guess.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: slaapliedjeI always thought Torrent sites and cracks did more! ;)

Not in the way of putting some common sense in the thick-skulled heads of legacy publishers. Who besides GOG works to revert their bad practices?

Actually,Gog and Cdpr are also thick-skulled.

Let me give an example to you.

I'm Turkish and you know that Witcher3 is also popular in our country just like whole world.

At the release of game,Witcher3 didn't have a Turkish localization.Which causes too many people to stay away from game at the first sight until a patch(user made) or a localization implementation(official) comes.

But it didn't seem to be happen nearly.So a handful of young students who also love this game,starts to translation.They've put up betas first,they did corrections from feedbacks.It was flawless.In the meantime,they were all in contact with Cdpr.Cdpr is saying them,they will look at it and they will consider it.They said without a notification that game will support Turkish in the future or not,or not a notification.

Meanwhile,people started to buy Witcher because there was a patch for language and it was beautiful.These whole start from beta to full release thing took 8 months nearly.They've also started to work on Blood&Wine and it was nearly over.

After 4 or 5 months,which they all hoped that guys efforts will be rewarded by becoming official implemantation of Turkish locale.They just did volunteerly,they didn't ask a single penny,they also didn't accept donation offers.

And then Cdpr suddenly announced the game will have support for Turkish,but the thing is they hired some other localization group for do this.

Actually,they could be say that we will have a translation but by another team.So this guys efforts are worth for nothing.By the way,there are people out there who still use their translation.

So the thing is,Cdpr looked at sales and they saw increasing charts.Suddenly,they decided to implement localization.They didn't inform this poor guys about other group and they just keep them on stand-by.So,their precious time is gone for nothing.

So my friend,that's how Gog sees the things.All of a sale,nothing more.And that's why they support Mac on their titles,because they think Mac market is worth to be in it.

If you don't believe me,you can ask your friends at Gog or Cdpr.

Gog or Cdpr are not the fairiest being of the market.If you look for them,you can look for Feral Interactive.

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