Posted June 25, 2020
tfishell
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Registered: Oct 2010
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habahnow
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Registered: May 2015
From United Kingdom
Posted June 25, 2020
I saw the move to Steam as an act of last-ditch desperation on the devs' part.
Yet apparently it's turning out quite well for them.
But that's bad news for GOG, because it means CDPR is probably never going to have the courage to make its new games be GOG exclusives, which would be by far the most effective way to increase GOG's customer base by literally millions of people, and thereby to help greatly loosen Steam's monopoly stranglehold over the PC games market.
Instead, this capitulation to Steam has the opposite effect: it bolster's Steam's stranglehold, and further solidifies GOG's status as a very small store that will continue to remain way too insignificant to compete with Steam.
GOG releasing Gwent on steam doesn't solidify GOG as a very small store, all it does is further their own reach (bringing slightly more awareness) while bringing in more money for GOG indirectly. They need to survive for longer,developing their playerbase, in order to have a chance to actually compete with Steam.
GOG doesn't have anywhere near the amount of player base to compete with steam directly. Any exclusives that CDPR intentionally keeps on GOG will reduce their income and could potentially lead to Steam making moves that would intentionally screw over GOG even harder.