Quboid wrote on Aug 24, 2016, 13:48:
That's irrelevant to what I said and the complete opposite of my own beliefs.

Linthat22 wrote on Jul 26, 2016, 10:11:
I've never had any issues with Steam with Windows 10. Hell, not even an issue with GOG's beta Galaxy program.

Creston wrote on Jun 28, 2016, 13:43:
Is the Technomancer on PC too? Anyone know? The one single trailer I saw a few days ago (for the first time) looked pretty promising.

Edit: nm, it's actually mentioned below.

Dev wrote on Jun 9, 2016, 09:49:
Is that all the badges, stuff they are going to offer during the sale? I've done everything and started checkin, I'm at 3000 XP, and it will top out at like 4000 XP by completing the check in stuff. Not enough to earn even the first earnable free game at 5k. I see purchasing gives lots of XP, so is this more of a "buy stuff to get XP and get a bonus game or two along the way" type sale?
Glad system shock 2 was free without doing anything though.

CJ_Parker wrote on Jun 1, 2016, 17:48:

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Jun 1, 2016, 17:13:

nin wrote on Jun 1, 2016, 16:53:
That, and when you're the biggest, people think it's cool to hate on that...

I can understand that "cool to hate" mentality..

But do these people even remember what life was like without Steam? When you had to actually wait at EBgames at midnight to even get a copy of a game? How you had to actually scour forums/IRC for new game ideas and then look it up instead of seeing a game on steam going "oh, let's watch their gameplay videos and see how it is".

Also the total lack of shitty boxes and CD clutter gone? I still have a bin of 1995 to ~2007 video game boxes. Half-Life 1 in that orange box in there too.

I don't think that anyone would argue against the increase in convenience from digital distribution. That's missing the point completely.

What people don't like is all the bullshit surrounding it. The inability to sell games, the inability to access your games if your ISP or Steam craps out (a retail copy is "always online"), Steam's ability to alter games you have purchased w/o your consent (e.g. GTA music track removal), region locking and regional pricing bullshit (including censorship issues in some countries), multiplayer shenanigans where you can only play with Steam people and no one else and, of course, copious amounts of spying just to name a few of the issues some people are having with Steam.

As for Steam vs GOG in particular, the awesome advantage of GOG is you can actually download and own your GOG games. You can download an installer that includes the complete game. You can back that up to an internal or external HDD for all eternity. Your games are yours. Your property.
Steam is rent. Your games are bound to your account and you can only access your games through Steam. There is no long term possibility to back up or truly own your games without Steam being required at some point in the process.

Ludomancer wrote on Jun 1, 2016, 17:22:
sometime in the last 3 years valve became the unofficial owner of gog. they were really successful in keeping it lowdown. gog should just be considered drm-free steam now. because most people have steam already, the software (steam) tracks (and takes action) with your gog libraries. its bad. i hope posting this lets some more independent, more free individuals verify it publicly.

jdreyer wrote on May 11, 2016, 14:15:
MS is the proverbial bull in a china shop. How many studios have they closed or caused to be closed? Still pissed about GPG going under because MS canceled a game they were in the middle of.

Tachikoma wrote on Apr 20, 2016, 11:32:
EU has many flaws, but for giving the Big G a finger (and not for the first time) they deserve at least three cheers.