Haven't wasted much money this sale since i already have way too many lying around but i got Dark Souls though, no idea why i haven't picked up it sooner, great game with some fixes.
Vort3x said:Haven't wasted much money this sale since i already have way too many lying around but i got Dark Souls though, no idea why i haven't picked up it sooner, great game with some fixes.
Umair2012 said:Couldn't be more ignorant and short sighted . I love GOG and CDPR and what they are doing but be practical , without steam PC Gaming couldn't have been what it is today . Everybody needs money and profit to stay in business . Most of the sales of PC Games come from Steam . I know different people have different opinions but one should not be so short sighted .
Volsung said:What you call ignorant and short sighted others call insightful and long sighted. People used to buy retail PC games all the time, with conservative DRM such as simple CD checks. I am a vehement DRM free supporter, and even I can name some specific things in which Steam has helped PC gaming: it makes games with difficult distribution, such as indies or smaller titles, more easily available to people worldwide, and its sales definitely boost lesser known titles.
However, people fail to see Steam has helped games more than it actually has helped PC gaming in the long term. It has created an entire generation of PC gamers who believe light DRM is no DRM, and others who don't mind DRM at all. It has created a culture in which online activation is seen as normal and where people think "achievements" are a good enough reason to not buy the DRM-free version. In the long run, what we truly want, whether you know it or not, are games that do not track our every move or limit how we play them. Thankfully Steam has moved in the right direction by allowing easy offline play. But ultimately, you are renting these games, as their license says. At least with a service like GOG or Desura you keep the installer, and do not depend on a third party to play the games you payed for.
So while I think Steam is not as bad as some people make it, I also think resisting is a respectable attitude in the world of massive consumerism we live in. If people had rejected the idea of online activation in the early days we wouldn't have to deal with it any longer.
When people complained about the Xbox One requiring a permanent connection (like some PC games do), you didn't really call them ignorant and short sighted right?
Lol , you took my comment far too seriously in wrong way . He said 'Aah the shit sales are up" , I said one should not be so short sighted and I love what CDPR and GOG are doing but most of the sales come from steam . Attract devs to release their games digitally , specially those who never worked on PC before and I agree with your comment . You took my comment in wrong way and wasted time to post something bigger that wasn't the point of my post ;-)Volsung said:What you call ignorant and short sighted others call insightful and long sighted. People used to buy retail PC games all the time, with conservative DRM such as simple CD checks. I am a vehement DRM free supporter, and even I can name some specific things in which Steam has helped PC gaming: it makes games with difficult distribution, such as indies or smaller titles, more easily available to people worldwide, and its sales definitely boost lesser known titles.
However, people fail to see Steam has helped games more than it actually has helped PC gaming in the long term. It has created an entire generation of PC gamers who believe light DRM is no DRM, and others who don't mind DRM at all. It has created a culture in which online activation is seen as normal and where people think "achievements" are a good enough reason to not buy the DRM-free version. In the long run, what we truly want, whether you know it or not, are games that do not track our every move or limit how we play them. Thankfully Steam has moved in the right direction by allowing easy offline play. But ultimately, you are renting these games, as their license says. At least with a service like GOG or Desura you keep the installer, and do not depend on a third party to play the games you payed for.
So while I think Steam is not as bad as some people make it, I also think resisting is a respectable attitude in the world of massive consumerism we live in. If people had rejected the idea of online activation in the early days we wouldn't have to deal with it any longer.
When people complained about the Xbox One requiring a permanent connection (like some PC games do), you didn't really call them ignorant and short sighted right?
slimgrin said:It was still a good post.
Volsung said:What you call ignorant and short sighted others call insightful and long sighted. People used to buy retail PC games all the time, with conservative DRM such as simple CD checks. I am a vehement DRM free supporter, and even I can name some specific things in which Steam has helped PC gaming: it makes games with difficult distribution, such as indies or smaller titles, more easily available to people worldwide, and its sales definitely boost lesser known titles.
However, people fail to see Steam has helped games more than it actually has helped PC gaming in the long term. It has created an entire generation of PC gamers who believe light DRM is no DRM, and others who don't mind DRM at all. It has created a culture in which online activation is seen as normal and where people think "achievements" are a good enough reason to not buy the DRM-free version. In the long run, what we truly want, whether you know it or not, are games that do not track our every move or limit how we play them. Thankfully Steam has moved in the right direction by allowing easy offline play. But ultimately, you are renting these games, as their license says. At least with a service like GOG or Desura you keep the installer, and do not depend on a third party to play the games you payed for.
So while I think Steam is not as bad as some people make it, I also think resisting is a respectable attitude in the world of massive consumerism we live in. If people had rejected the idea of online activation in the early days we wouldn't have to deal with it any longer.
When people complained about the Xbox One requiring a permanent connection (like some PC games do), you didn't really call them ignorant and short sighted right?
Correction: The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 already support a cloud-based library with games purchased from the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store, respectively, although Sony limits the number of PS3 consoles on which accounts can be authorized. We've edited the story above to reflect this.cmdrsilverbolt said:I don't know, consoles have the potential to do some things right: http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/10/4511374/ps4-access-game-library-from-any-console
If you don't need it right now, I'd advice you to wait for another sale at GoG. They have the Legacy of Kain series, too, even including Blood Omen 2, although sadly the first Blood Omen is missing(, yet).siklara said:I'm currently thinking of buying the Legacy of Kain Collection for 6,45€ (-66%), but I'm not convinced it won't get cheaper in the future.
gregski said:Got Chivalry too/> I wonder if Bioshock:Infinite will go lower than 50% off...