As pozzed as CD Projekt might be, stuff like this is a huge part of why I think GOG is one of the most important players in the industry today. The simple principle of "we think people should be able to play their games decades from now" alone is huge and it's great to see them taking a public stance on the recent payment processor bullshit.
The reason it's important is because GOG is to Steam what Discover is to MasterCard.
Absolute corporate hegemony so totalizing it destroyed other methods of transaction, countered by someone making any indent at all on the scene is a good thing. MasterCard is actively seeking to destroy cash. Steam fucking destroyed the physical medium (though i don't think that was their goal). Truth is, without Valve being simply reasonable, the whole games industry probably already would have collapsed and burst into flames.
Just please remember. Steam had to bend the knee to MasterCard. That's how much of a final boss they really are.
Agreed. Not being able to select the version of the game I want is a glaring oversight. Still, they offer more of what I want in a digital storefront than most, so I opt to buy from them when I can in order to get a copy of the game that will outlast the company selling it to me.
As pozzed as CD Projekt might be, stuff like this is a huge part of why I think GOG is one of the most important players in the industry today. The simple principle of "we think people should be able to play their games decades from now" alone is huge and it's great to see them taking a public stance on the recent payment processor bullshit.
The reason it's important is because GOG is to Steam what Discover is to MasterCard.
Absolute corporate hegemony so totalizing it destroyed other methods of transaction, countered by someone making any indent at all on the scene is a good thing. MasterCard is actively seeking to destroy cash. Steam fucking destroyed the physical medium (though i don't think that was their goal). Truth is, without Valve being simply reasonable, the whole games industry probably already would have collapsed and burst into flames.
Just please remember. Steam had to bend the knee to MasterCard. That's how much of a final boss they really are.
If that was the case then they would have rollback patches but they don't.
Agreed. Not being able to select the version of the game I want is a glaring oversight. Still, they offer more of what I want in a digital storefront than most, so I opt to buy from them when I can in order to get a copy of the game that will outlast the company selling it to me.