tremere110: The steam forums are full of people who are pissed off they paid for something that's being given away for free a week later. This may backfire and deter legitimate buyers on Steam. I get where Steam users are coming from but I also understand the entire G2A debacle.
Hopefully this works out for the devs.
drealmer7: well that's the ignorant mentality of most people who can't see reality through their own greed
A big problem with Steam is that a lot of users are pro-DRM. They believe that DRM stops pirates (no it doesn't). Giving away the game on Pirate Bay directly contradicts those beliefs so there's a backlash. They feel betrayed and are speaking up about it - they don't seem to understand that what G2A does is worse than piracy.
As far as many of the Steam users are concerned, the Pirate Bay release is an official release is as legitimate as Steam because the devs were the ones releasing it. The devs are perceived to be condoning piracy. Yes they can say they don't condone piracy but actions speak louder than words.
Honestly, the devs could have executed this better. Take a page from Tales of Maj'Eyal and release the game for free with some extra perks for people who buy the game. Don't host it on Pirate Bay. They could make a statement that doing it this way is taking a stand against the scummy behavior of key-resellers and also not condoning piracy.
I am completely on the side of the developers in taking a stand against key-resellers. Like I said, I can see the viewpoint of the other side. I just don't want the devs shooting themselves in the foot to do so - Darkwood is so awesome I want to see more of what the devs can do.