Posted January 25, 2019

Activision-Blizzard has done the same with their games on battle.net, and others also at least require you to open an account with their own system to play their games (Rockstar Social Club, UPlay, etc.) in addition to being on Steam.
That all said: This approach can only work if we as customers allow it to work; If too few people buy from Bethesda.net, they will be forced to abandon the idea sooner or later, and put their games up with a secondary store again. The EGS is trying to get devs to sign on with them by granting the a bigger cut, but for customers, they do not seem to offer anything that would make them want to use the store because of its inherent qualities (which is why they have to resort to getting exclusivity deals - if you can't compete, use force).
The current batch of AAA titles mostly are nothing to write home about anyway. I find myself spending an increasing amount of time with indie titles, because they're simply more engaging in a "I'm having a blast" kind of way; I don't feel I'm missing out because I refuse to buy titles like Shadow of Tomb Raider or Anthem.
That all said: There are some big, old-ish titles I would love to buy on GOG (mostly because they have DRM attached that prevent me from buying), but sacrificing indies for them?
I'm not a fan of pixel visuals, but from what I see, indie and small-ish studios are solid from a revenue perspective: They likely won't make you billions, but there are steady customers that have confidence in your products. The current AAA market (particular on PC) seems pretty volatile, if you take a look at all the shitshows that happened in the last 1,2 years. Adding the exorbitant cost of failure and a pretty thoroughly eroded consumer trust in its publishers, I think it's liable to implode in the next few years unless those publishers really step up their game.
So, sure, if possible, I would like to see some semi-recent AAA titles (Prey, RE7, Sniper Elite 3/4) added to GOG's catalogue, but I would not want them to compromise their indie/AA catalogue for it. In fact, if you gave me the choice of getting a good indie game (They Are Billions) added, or a new AAA release (let's take the RE2 remaster), I would vote for They Are Billions.