I wasn't talking about this game in particular but in general, as this is still a big issue. Strictly talking about this game, it falls more on a grey area, but regarding your last question, it's simply due to people genuinely want to buy the game and be done with it. While I do understand your reasoning, think of it more as "you can still appreciate any piece of art despite not sharing the sentiment with its creator" sort of thing.


Unfortunately I doubt this will stop from happening :/ I'm still baffled about nuclear throne still being sold here, despite not receiving ONE SINGLE UPDATE since its release, while the steam version got a bunch of updates and new content back in the day...

Oh, it was updated in the meantime. Only took EGS asking for a non-Steam build. ;)
Only still mising some advertised features, the soundtrack, and a Linux version.

Dude.. they provided a tool for feedback and we're using it.
Should we just stay silent because feature wishlists are "naive"?
And you can't expect users to suggest practical details to a business..

The intention is ok (just like world peace is I guess), but people have hard time even agreeing what they should be agreeing about.

Some e.g. say that GOG should not sell any games that are missing any feature from a Steam version, be it some DLC, update (even a non-critical one), multiplayer, achievements, a separate soundtrack... but e.g. I am firmly against that. It goes case by case, usually I don't e.g. care at all if the GOG version is missing achievements or multiplayer or some non-critical update. Or if some update appears a week or month later to the GOG version, at least if it is not a game-breaking bug.

Having said that, I certainly am not against it that GOG tries to keep the GOG versions up-to-date, and is open about what the GOG version has and doesn't have so that the buyers know what they are buying. Somehow, I think GOG already knows that, and they also want GOG versions not to be "inferior versions", blocking people from buying them. It is common sense, just like world peace (unless Hitler 2.0 or Stalin 3.0 tries to conquer the world of course, in which case I retract my words and want everyone to attack now with nuclear weapons and whatnot, just to stop them).

In the most severe cases, GOG does and has removed a game from the store if the developer seems to have lost interest trying to update and support the GOG version at all.

Many things still happen despite common sense.
It's correct to remind those who decide that something is wrong.

And it's normal for many people to have different opinions, not sure what's your point there..

If Gog management knows\cares about the missing updates problem, then they should do more to avoid it.
IMO they're too scared to lose titles and so allow various unacceptable situations.
And this only harms Gog, because it causes users to mistrust the store and to avoid\abandon it altogether.

Everything where steamworks is a must have like stellaris , pain to get the mod for the latest patch.
Agree, I will think twice before buying gog version of a game which needs constant updates and mods. DRM free is nice but not if it costs uptodateness.

True. But if they don't care about GOG they should SIMPLY STOP SELLING on GOG AT ALL. Yes, I mean it. If they don't plan to support their damn game they also should not ask to get money from GOG customers for their game as well. But those hypocrates are saying "It is good to get additional money from GOG - no need to update my game and have additional costs. Just let them rant and they will give up eventually and I have my money". And if I had to say something in it publishers/devs should get legally punished in such cases ... but that will probably never happen.

Yup, especially as those additional costs are negligible , how often do they have to make a new build and upload it to gog server? It should take minimal time and effort.
The best way to force them is to uphold their money until they update. Nope, it is not illegal as some think as the contract can have this in it easily.

Somebody obviously called him on that BS he quoted, as indicated by his latest posting. Except that it's just one phrase about him being aware of piracy out there blah blah, before quickly passing on to another subject. And if that wasn't bad enough, this really I think tops it all:

"Anybody who wants our expansions to work on GOG, can just buy them from Steam." Am sure that one's gonna go down well with 'anybody'.
That plan of his I believe became a hole he dug for himself, especially since that as far as he's concerned, for of his base stuff for sale here, you want their expansions working for the GOG version? Get them from Steam!

If he wanted to antagonize Goggers, I don't think he could have done much better than this.

Yep. He did great and congratulations. I am not even aware if there was any game from said dev I was interested in but I am sure as hell am sure that I will never buy any game from them now.

Zarista Games updated response So it's no longer about DRM, but rather she's uncomfortable collecting money from GOG.

Like I said, I am probably not even a customer but those who are GOG customers are now probably also not interested anymore in SPENDING said money so maybe they shoudl ask for a refund instead? We don't want this poor guy to feel bad ;)

Also, telling customers about those vet bills he has to pay ...argh! Really? Poor dev.

Likewise. Have a list of Devs/Publishers not to buy products from given some, shall we say crappy attitudes, when it comes to things like these.

What that "more" is might be where we disagree. That was my point.

Well, in my feature request I suggested that version parity should be required by contract.
Did you expect that I drafted the contract too or something?
I'm not sure what kind of details you want from simple users..
We can only warn about problems (that Gog may or may not be aware of).
The attempt to suggest a solution is just an extra, but it's Gog's job in the end.