All platforms that enforce drm.

I was wondering. Did the kickstarter also provided GOG redeemable key? If that's the case how will those users get refund?

Also, how many backers supported the campaign for the drm.free version? If the recent event was known before, how many would have backed? Would have the goal been reached anyway?

Yes, they would have. Because the sad truth is, Kickstarter backers don't care that much about DRM. Major game Kickstarters that postpone, ignore or brush off the DRM free question frequently become sensational successes, from Project Phoenix to ShenMue 3.

Renegotiating the DRM status after the DRM free promise has also occurred quite a bit, and in my opinion, Harebrained Schemes hasn't even remotely gotten enough shit when they told their backers that the DRM free version of Shadowrun Returns would be backers only and wouldn't receive DLC because that surprisingly was Microsoft's decision to make, not theirs.

Harebrained Schemes renegotiated with Microsoft eventually and set it right though.

Where is the update?

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Glad to hear this. I'll probably share this on r/games.

Ah, ok.
Don´t worry.

Glad GOG did the right thing about this issue, LoG on the other hand will never see a cent from me after this stunt.


Thank you GOG for your effort.

Someone linked the dev's response on steam via reddit. After reading it, I think I'll add LoG to the blacklist and never buy anything from them full stop.

I disagree. Lack of a drm-free version is always a concern on kickstarter. Backers always ask for it and authors try to publicize it when present. Then we have the common issue of authors taking back their word, a thing that unfortunately often happens on kickstarter projects. I wouldn't say that drm-free is not relevant.

About Projet Phoenix, I believe it's almost forgotten.
ShenMue is a really big IP and long waited sequel, the numbers are high anyway.
Harebrained Schemes had to negotiate with Microsoft but stil provided both drm-free and steam copy. Also the issue was not their decision in the first place, I believe it's not the case with Armello.

Project what-now? To the internet!

It looks interesting enough. I'm surprised I've never even heard of it.

Damn... and here I thought they were about to rename it Armello - DLC-Free Edition.

It thankfully is, mostly, but unfortunately this concern can easily be ignored. To me it feels like no one should ever back a game project that doesn't provide DRM free installers both to their backers and regular customers, but my feelings are pretty damn irrelevant.

Developers and publishers try to weasel out of the promise all of the time. Backers reliably raise the question in the comments, yes, but they are often ignored. And when they're ignored, it's not as if those backers leap off the project.

Then there's the question of defining DRM, with developers releasing a Steam exclusive "DRM free" version, or – like Application Systems has recently done with Nelly Cootalot 2 – redefining clear cut wikipedia approved cases of DRM as "we don't think it's DRM".

As much as it hurts me to say, Armello isn't a particularly special case. Armello has been available for quite some time, keeping the DRM free promise in principle. But where was the outrage when e.g. Koch Media pressed Steam on the backer and consumer versions of Broken Sword 5? Well, there was enough to make Cecil hand out alternative discs, to those who explicitly asked of course.

Kickstarter and generally crowd funding still is, in my opinion, a great venue to ensure that games come out DRM free. But the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Not the Armello - F U Edition ?

I regret that I have but one +1 to give!