Sombrero wrote on 2023-07-25, 04:18:
Hoping wrote on 2023-07-24, 21:09:
Hopefully GOG doesn't go over to the dark side, There I have a lot more to lose.
Download the installers and keep them archived, preferably with backups.
That's also what I'm doing, but I also download CD images from archive.org or similar sites, of the GoG games I've purchased, as "secondary backups".
Sombrero wrote on 2023-07-25, 04:18:GOG is my favorite too and the only digital storefront I use but you have to be realistic. They've struggled to get any big sellers on their platform for years and have been releasing shoestring budget shovelware in increasing numbers since they can't get anything else while starting to hold NSFW (not suitable for work = nudity/sex games) sales.
I'm not too sure how well they are holding on financially and they could end up doing something less great just to stay afloat. It's also entirely possible that they are financially ok but could still go down the drain because "just look at how well these hentai games are selling, let's do more stuff like this!"
From my POV as a customer, there is nothing wrong with GoG so far, but I'm concerned it will screw its customers at some point in the future, which seems to be inevitable for every corporation. As a company grows, its founders --who usually have entrepreneurial mentality-- will be inevitably replaced by those with corporate executive mentality, and that's usually when us consumers get screwed. Steve Jobs was probably a narcissist, but at least he still attempted to please Apple customers with innovative products. But after Jobs (entrepreneur) was replaced by Cook (corporate executive), then Apple started doing things like this, this, and this. Anyone remember Full Throttle? I have worked in both large and small companies, where the small ones are typically managed by their founders/owners. And based on my experience, the archetypes of Malcolm Corley and Adrian Ripburger are more real that I originally thought.
In any case, GoG is the only online PC game store I have account on. Never interested in Steam, and never interested in Ubisoft either. DRM has always been my biggest turn off from the very start. What happens at Ubisoft today doesn't surprise me at all, it's been expected.
Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
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