DebatableRaccoon

And I fail to understand why we can’t want better just because the exception is already better than the average. Not to say they’re perfect by any means, but we’re constantly seeing Valve’s practices get better in how they treat their customers. If GOG is the long-term ownership platform, why can’t we hope to see progressions down that specialisation. Personally, I hate all this licence crap companies get to hide behind, and it’s only an advantage for the paying customer to be able to keep what they buy (or ban the word “buy” from such sales, either or), but one person can’t change an industry. One company likely can’t either, but they’ve got more chance than us. I’m always a “put your money where your mouth is” person, I expect the same of others as I do myself. The fact that GOG bailed on SKG has left a sour taste in my mouth and I have yet to see anything from them to start sweetening things out. Hell, instead of bringing sweetener, they’ve started shaking a donation tin in the meantime, only making their position worse, in my eyes. It’s not a crime to expect better and I can say I’m starting to hate this “ehh, it could be worse” attitude I keep seeing from people who would only benefit from demanding better from those they give money to.

Oof, I felt that in my soul… Though precedence says 2033.

Bronzor beat me to it but, yes Stop Killing Games.

Expansion, you say? I feel like I’ve heard this before somewhere…

Fuck off, GOG. You’re a business, not a charity. You made that clear when your bailed on SKG

Sounds like a ‘no’ unless it’s been fixed along the way.

Sadly, this is the best I could find but I could have sworn there was also mention of the depiction of women too.

I’ll say I’m tentatively looking forward to this. I was certainly surprised to see how much of the classic sexiness they leaded into for the trailers given the stupid opening disclaimer they plastered on that remakester collection they released of the classic games not too long ago.

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Oh course not, but the fact this is an outcome for games that are only 6 years old rather flies in the face of their mandate.

GoG - the preservation platform… Uh-huh

Considering the developers won’t be prospering from this in any way, I’ll be making sure to be aboard the ship as soon as I can.

I couldn’t say. I was having some recurring issues on my Pro installation so I was already set on doing a fresh install at the time so I downloaded the necessary ISO from MassGrave, backed up my stuff to an external and pulled the pin. There were some teething issues such as a couple of things I use needing the MS Store and I’m probably one of the few people who actually like Gamebar so figuring out how to install them to a version of Windows that wasn’t intended to have them was an interesting situation but I got there in the end.

Granted it’s more effort but I recommend switching to LTSC at this point instead.

Not to mention nickel-and-diming the customer.

It’s not as simple as about backbone. I agree that ethics are a good reason to stop doing business with an individual but if a company like Valve were to pull out of every country based on ethical matters, they’d need to found their own country.

I don’t disagree.

That’s how to cease operating in a country.

Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure you’re right. I remember seeing an interview some years ago where a collection of Trump supporters were being asked some questions, including ones in the vein of ‘if he did x’ and one of them was ‘If Trump shot a man in the street and killed him, would you still support him?’ and the answer was ‘That depends, did he deserve it?’. That one opened my eyes to the sort of people we’re dealing with when it comes to Trump supporters. The fact that he got in again since that only killed more of the little bit of faith I had in humanity.

I’m all for enabling choice but I can’t help but wonder how much this is a move for some easy PR compared to how big the prospective market is for such a game… as well as how I stay away from said buyers.