fronzelneekburm: They're not doing something nice for
their customers, they're doing something nice for
someone else's customers. There's bound to be some overlap, yeah, but ultimately it only benefits Steam users.
What kind of conclusions would gog draw from that? What if the number of users that is anti-DRM to the point of refusing to get a Steam account (even if it means freebies for them) is so marginal that they might feel inclined to reconsider their DRM-free stance?
First of all, on what basis are you thinking of adding the GOG Connect games to your mix? For me, I see them treating us as worthy citizens, or at the very least the GOG-Steam population. They gave us the opportunity to switch over to the GOG side of things, for one.
They really don't need to go out of their way to measure that overlap. It's all stated in the forums for one. Plus, GOG can't reconsider its DRM-free stance for a really good reason: that's a selling point for their market. If they were to kill it off.......they wouldn't have a worthy selling point besides being dedicated to old games that can run on modern operating systems. This would be a killing move to them, and at this point, why use GOG, just switch to Steam at that point.
They're not rewarding someone else's customers. They're rewarding theirs by allowing them to get a DRM-free copy free of charge for games previously bought. Like others said, it's a long term plan to get more people on board. Simple.
I am happy of this move myself, so to say. They're giving me the chance to get all those games away from Steam and DRM-free.