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GOG.com is a DRM-free games and movies distribution service that is part of the CD Projekt Group. GOG.com is also a "sister" company to CD Projekt Red, developers of the Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 73 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

To be fair, Steam/Valve shouldn't be the one that judge the quality of the game, it should be the customers by voting with their wallets.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 28 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

While I agree there are people who still buy those crap, so gotta put this here:

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And they'll enjoy the game or refund it, since both options are incredibly easy to do.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course but I meant people who buy for buying's sake, for +1 on the badge.

There are also some cases you cannot refund after 14 days, happened to me once.

[–] AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Who the fuck cares?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's true, but so are those that run things. Billionaires, politicians, CEOs, they are all.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social -1 points 2 weeks ago

What a complete and utter idiot this piece of crap is.

[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 weeks ago

nice slur you got there.....

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Agreed. Open publication, as opposed to gatekeeping publication, is desirable for creative expression in society.

Just imagine how many great works never saw the light of day or reached completion because publishers didn't bite. Obviously the internet and digital media broke this dynamic to a degree, but I'm sure it's a significant amount.

[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

However they've banned games without reason many times. Wanting to be a broad marketplace is fine, but I just wish they were either committed to the bit or went back to curation because they had a higher density of good games back in the days of Greenlight.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

I would guess that he's looking for a response to someone pointing out that Steam has a larger game library than GOG.

Like, he's gonna say "yes, but a higher proportion of the excluded games aren't good".

[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah yes, the market will decide. And famously, the market has always been good at deciding.

No, I think that's bullshit. I think Valve should curate more of their games. I don't think they should allow Nazi trash and fucking hate crime simulators on their platform.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Steam has more trash than games nowadays. I wish they never stopped curating games. At least to some degree even if not fully.

[–] AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Don't those games largely get removed from the platform?

[–] Lipriv30@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

No one likes a devil’s advocate.