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I have more than 60 GoG games. Most bought during their awesome collection sales. I have nothing but praise for GoG and all my dealings with them. They are th
by njharman 13y ago
I have more than 60 GoG games. Most bought during their awesome collection sales. I have nothing but praise for GoG and all my dealings with them. They are the answer to piracy in that they make acquiring and owning games easier, and better than pirating them. I've bought a few games from them I had illegal copies of. Why? No DRM, extra stuff, the "right" price and this...
"The games are always remastered for modern operating systems as well, making them playable on new machines."
I haven't even played some of those 60 games. Bought as part of "deals" and in some sense I'm happy to give money to GoG for being fair / awesome and my trust / desire for them to continue doing so and thriving as a company and business model.
Being decent with customers, works.
- jjguy 13y agoI still have original install media for Wing Commander III, but bought it again just for the modern OS remastering.
- _feda_ 13y agoI agree with the sentiment of your post, but I don't think they "make acquiring and owning games easier" than piracy. In fact it's very easy to pirate gog games because of their anti-DRM stance so if a potential customer doesn't feel like paying the 5 bucks for a game, it's just a torrent away. Not saying GOG haven't done something wonderful but it's certainly not pirate-proof.
- gambler 13y agoGOG makes games easy to find and you don't have to worry about malware. I'd say these two factors make it easier than piracy in practice.