Posted September 12, 2016
high rated
New GOG member here. I hadn't heard of GOG until i learned they released a DRM free and more stable version of Saints Row 2. After becoming a member I've realized how awesome GOG is and how important it is to gaming.
I've always been a physical over digital consumer. Apart from the obvious tangible aspects, the fact that with physical games you actually own them versus paying for the rights aspect of digital versions. Services like Steam are essentially selling rights to play to a game they offer. You have no ownership of the game, IMO you are getting screwed. Steam uses convenience and sales as a selling point and Steam users are eating it up; completely blind to the fact that they are throwing their money away. Just like with PSN and XboxLive, servers go down and games get taken off the networks. With digital, nothing you buy digital is safe and future proof. Now with the Windows 10 securerom/safedisk issue (which i find disturbing many PC gamers are unaware of this) disabling use of physical disc games, gamers are left with few options to play their favorite games.
GOG is the perfect middle ground between obsolete physical copies and DRM (yes i said DRM) companies like Steam. When i buy a game at GOG, its mine. And I can use my physical box copy, that Microsoft deems unusable, to display on my shelf.
So thank you GOG, I will happily support this model of PC gaming.!
I've always been a physical over digital consumer. Apart from the obvious tangible aspects, the fact that with physical games you actually own them versus paying for the rights aspect of digital versions. Services like Steam are essentially selling rights to play to a game they offer. You have no ownership of the game, IMO you are getting screwed. Steam uses convenience and sales as a selling point and Steam users are eating it up; completely blind to the fact that they are throwing their money away. Just like with PSN and XboxLive, servers go down and games get taken off the networks. With digital, nothing you buy digital is safe and future proof. Now with the Windows 10 securerom/safedisk issue (which i find disturbing many PC gamers are unaware of this) disabling use of physical disc games, gamers are left with few options to play their favorite games.
GOG is the perfect middle ground between obsolete physical copies and DRM (yes i said DRM) companies like Steam. When i buy a game at GOG, its mine. And I can use my physical box copy, that Microsoft deems unusable, to display on my shelf.
So thank you GOG, I will happily support this model of PC gaming.!
