Question about other Gwent games
Okay, so, I have a question that admittidly is a little murky, but I do wish to ask it.
A while back, before Gwent The Witcher Card Game was announced, I was looking for a way to play the old Gwent online without any hassle. I tried Google and found a good Reddit page... only to find out that the entire thing had been taken down by CD Projekt Red, and that other similar sites for Gwent players had suffered the same fate.
At the time, it seemed rather odd to me, especaily considering CD Projeckt Red's normaly customer friendly base. Now of course, we know that they were working on Gwent, a game I look forwards to supporting.
But heres the thing: I'm sort of a bit worried the main reason these were taken down was because of the fact they were going to gather people who wanted to play Gwent and effectivly steal from this game's base. Basically, that Cd Projeckt Red were taking apart any potential competiton BEFORE it could become such.
Now, a lot of you will say that this is the way companies work. And I do agree. Or I would. But to me this does not make sense. It's clear to me that Gwent The Witcher Card Game and Witcher 3 Gwent, while similar, play rather different what with the different cards. And while one could argue it might hurt their free to play business model, the game is free to play and offers a significant advantage over any such other site, what with full on single player and way more cards. Furthermore, I saw no attempt at making money from any such site. And it confuses me even more since I seem to recall the former postion from CD Projekt Red onfan made sstuff being go nuts. Heck even for this game they's said there is no embargo in place!
Basically, this decision makes no sense to me from their usual standpoint, and I would ike to know the position behind it.
Okay, so, I have a question that admittidly is a little murky, but I do wish to ask it.
A while back, before Gwent The Witcher Card Game was announced, I was looking for a way to play the old Gwent online without any hassle. I tried Google and found a good Reddit page... only to find out that the entire thing had been taken down by CD Projekt Red, and that other similar sites for Gwent players had suffered the same fate.
At the time, it seemed rather odd to me, especaily considering CD Projeckt Red's normaly customer friendly base. Now of course, we know that they were working on Gwent, a game I look forwards to supporting.
But heres the thing: I'm sort of a bit worried the main reason these were taken down was because of the fact they were going to gather people who wanted to play Gwent and effectivly steal from this game's base. Basically, that Cd Projeckt Red were taking apart any potential competiton BEFORE it could become such.
Now, a lot of you will say that this is the way companies work. And I do agree. Or I would. But to me this does not make sense. It's clear to me that Gwent The Witcher Card Game and Witcher 3 Gwent, while similar, play rather different what with the different cards. And while one could argue it might hurt their free to play business model, the game is free to play and offers a significant advantage over any such other site, what with full on single player and way more cards. Furthermore, I saw no attempt at making money from any such site. And it confuses me even more since I seem to recall the former postion from CD Projekt Red onfan made sstuff being go nuts. Heck even for this game they's said there is no embargo in place!
Basically, this decision makes no sense to me from their usual standpoint, and I would ike to know the position behind it.