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The new owner of GOG discusses taking on Steam, the devil of DRM, and Nightdive

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-owner-of-gog-discusses-taking-on-steam-the-devil-of-drm-and-following-in-nightdives-footsteps
23•HelloUsername•4h ago

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everdrive•2h ago
I think Nightdive deserves a lot of praise, however they've been making some missteps lately. Heretic + Hexen was wonderful, but had some pretty basic bugs upon release. They also effectively made a gameplay mod the default. For Blood: Refreshed Supply, it was a re-release of a relatively recent re-release. The original re-release came out unfinished, and the re-re-release (ie, the latest Nightdive one) is also apparently something of an unfinished mess.

I really love what Nightdive is doing, so I hope they can bring the quality back up what they've shown they can do.

tmtvl•2h ago
GOG's anti-DRM stance makes it the #1 store in my book. Yeah, Galaxy not being available is a bit meh, but between being able to just download the installers and back them up as well as Heroic having first-class support, I have no problems playing my games.
JoeBOFH•2h ago
I love GOG and buy a lot of games through them, but at the same time one of the things Steam provides is very easy and simple online coop support. So if I ever intend to play with others I go with Steam. I don’t see an easy way around that.
platevoltage•1h ago
I used GOG only because that was the way to get Fallout London running, but from what I know of their mission, I like it. I hope they become a worthy competitor to Steam.
red-iron-pine•1h ago
someone needs to keep steam honest. they generally do a good job but they're not flawless and lord knows what will happen when gaben dies...

plus their no-DRM approach is notable.

devwastaken•31m ago
Steam, like Origin, is one of the few that refuses to support 3rd party launchers due to DRM. epic and gog both work in heroic launcher. Steam games are no longer usable in systems less than 4GB memory.

Steam has removed all its 32-bit wine compatibility, minimal launcher, and is now no different than any other chromium bloatware. they chose the easiest path and are still struggling to make it work.

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