joppo: Au contraire, my friend. I am no master, in fact I even described how I needed Google Translate. Maybe you can show me a good teacher? ;)
Well as they say, things often get lost or misunderstood in translation ... though you seem to be mastering the art, so kudos to you.
joppo: About the quality of the conversation among most forum regulars I'd say this is a desirable side effect of the original focus of Gog's values and releases attracting older, wiser people over the crowd of toxic horny teenagers that are so easy to find in Steam forums (or so I've heard). :)
Sadly this is also another characteristic we've been slowly losing as Gog becomes more known and accessible, but there's nothing we can – or should – do about that.
Alas things never stay the same for long, and it usually pays to move with the times, grow your pie, adjust your approach, etc. You can't please all of the people all of the time. GOG served a different demographic in the beginning to what they do now no doubt, even though many from the earlier group remain, albeit as a much smaller ever dwindling proportion. Objectives change over time. And you have to admire that they have lasted this long with the DRM-Free objective, which while popular amongst a lot of customers (especially old ones), is much less popular amongst DEVs and PUBs and the younger demographic.
The Lion's share of Gamers, seem quite happy with Steam, and that is where most of the money lies, and most of the youth no doubt. GOG cannot stay static or hope to survive if they take that approach, so often survival means compromise. The trick is staying true enough to yourself while doing so. While GOG still provide the greater proportion of their games DRM-Free, they are mostly staying true to their original aim, and while I am not happy about some GOG things, life always tends to be give and take and you need to be flexible. Sometimes you need to change DRM believers and supporters from the inside out ... lure them in and show them the benefits of DRM-Free ... like with China, that sometimes means meeting them half way ... diplomacy is what works, not war.
Certainly as a Gamer Society, more are used to and happy with Steam etc now, than they were 12 years or so ago ... most have just gotten used to Steam and not really known much else. That means as a percentage, DRM-Free lovers are now a smaller section of the Gamer Society pie. So it has become a much tougher sell in some regards. Maybe GOG hoped the situation would be far better by now, and so are taking a different approach. They may have the same ideal, but are taking a more devious way to get there, and because none of us are on a need to know standing, we just see and think the worst.
joppo: But I digress and we're veering into a subject that has nothing to do with the thread's. If you want to pursue this or even think we can have a better dialogue about this boycott in private my chat is always open.
Well I feel I have already said what I needed or felt compelled to say. It is just responding to those who misunderstood or missed bits that keeps me responding now. The occasional thing needs further illumination. So hardly worth a PM over it, where we would no doubt just cover old ground. I prefer PMs to be less serious and more light-hearted ... like a chat between friends.
