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Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: jensThat's fine for me. Enjoy your DRM-free games. Though not every thread about Valve/Steam/Feral is about DRM (well most aren't :)), thus just saying nothing is also an option.
This thread wasn't about DRM really, it was about developers who don't release games with SP because of MP requirement. Not sure what DRM has to do with it, so you talking about DRM was the actual off-topic :)

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:39 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardDid you see any MS dev on here and there? Yet you will say MS is a scumbag company , right?

Did you see any Valve dev on here and there? Yet you will say Valve is DRM'ed evil , right?
DRM itself is. Are Valve using it? Yes. No need for their confirmation of using it, it's a known fact. You need factual evidence of MS doing crooked stuff? Tons is collected already.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: scainePlenty of DRM-free games on Steam [1 [External Link],2 [External Link]].
That if you don't consider requirement to use the client to legally install the game (any subsequent time). DRM-free means you can legally install it from your backup, no clients attached.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:29 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardSo ignore this simple fact while you can , until the very end Shmerl. Being a Polish person is not automatically means being an advocate of GOG , CDPR. Drop it. Please.
I recommend you to avoid speculation about personal matters. Not only because I'm not Polish and what you said it simply wrong, but because it wastes everyone's time and easily falls into trolling category.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:27 pm UTC

Quoting: jensWhat I don't like is the constant Valve/Steam bashing from the GOG fraction that feels the need to highlight that DRM-free is the only allowed religion.
I personally don't consider DRM to be acceptable practice. That precludes any option of saying "that's OK to do".

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: jensPlease come down from your elitism.
Please come down from your comfortable position of using the incumbent, and don't think that if you are comfortable with the situation, everyone else should be. Apply the same logic to yourself as a Linux user, except from the indifferent Windows user's perspective. We hear this narrative all the time, so be considerate and don't use it.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 7:35 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: LeopardTheir vision is same.
I don't really know what CDPR vision is, they are completely non talkative and never explain their reasoning (unlike GOG employees who gave AMAs and actually answer questions). Did you see any CDPR developers here? You can find GOG developers here on GamingOnLinux.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 7:32 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: jensMy guess is that they deliberately decided that the very few Linux GOG only users are simply not worth the effort (which would be a professional business decision). Though just assuming here, thus these are my thoughts only.
Treating GOG Linux users as second class citizens isn't something I consider professional either, so your hypothetical scenario only highlights my point.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 7:15 pm UTC

Quoting: jensI can't image that you know what has been discussed between the engineers and publisher of this game, so I guess you are just assuming things.
There is no need to assume here. They explicitly said, lack of Galaxy needed for MP is release blocker here. If you want to blame it on the publisher - it doesn't make a difference to the end user. The result is still messed up. And yes, I consider such result unprofessional.

Heroes of Hammerwatch released on Steam for Linux, no GOG release due to missing Galaxy
2 Mar 2018 at 7:12 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: KimyrielleBeth & Co. are openly hostile towards Linux. GOG is just "not friendly". Not the same thing. And sorry, but I don't consider a company that doesn't even port its own games to Linux "Linux friendly".
GOG isn't run by CDPR, they are related, but not the same people are making decisions for each. So while CDPR can now be considered not Linux friendly because they totally borked The Witcher 3 Linux release, GOG is Linux friendly, because they support Linux games. However, I'd say they are not doing enough to avoid problems such as these, i.e. lack of Galaxy preventing Linux releases.