CDPR=Good
EA=Bad
Geraldo del Rivero will save gamers from DRM!
Praise Geraldo!
CDPR=Good
EA=Bad
Geraldo del Rivero will save gamers from DRM!
"Hahaha hey guys, FUCK DRM, right? Please forget about our transphobic tweet"
The Cyberpunk Twitter made an out of order comment. https://www.resetera.com/threads/cy...account-makes-transphobic-joke-read-op.63305/
It was deleted by now, but no statement to it yet.
But really, the commenter your replied too was stupid too. One thing doesn't have any connection to the other. It's not like they whipped up the DRM site in the hours after the tweet incident.
CJProject red can't stop their twitter folks from sticking their leg into their tweethole, make the anti-trans joke "did you just assume my gender"?, two locked threads, one thread at 10 pages and counting, at least 20 bans, more than 10 perma-bans.
CJProjeckt is great at games and GOG is awesome but they have no handle on how to use social media responsibly, especially in the post GG gaming online world. There's no defense for what happened and I had hoped they learned their lesson after the last twitter incident. Social media person will most likely be fired.
Itch allows you to just sell Steam keys instead of downloads though, which is the perfect excuse for GOG to not include them. And frankly, that would make sense. Itch isn't bad in this regard, but Humble Store is, with some games with DRM-free badge (!) simply having DRM-free concept art download or something, and the game being only available as a Steam key.That is bad, true. Itch.io is goddamn awesome, and better than GOG regarding "freedom" as there's no gatekeeping and the devs can set their own cut. Hell, Itch.io should be shown first.
CDPR=Good
EA=Bad
Geraldo del Rivero will save gamers from DRM!
GOG profitting from it or not, buying games with no DRM benefits the customer in the first place. DRM is a protection for publishers, it never had ANY real benefit for people who just bought the game (but several downsides).
I don't disagree with the fact that DRM never benefits consumers but having GoG setting up an entirely different site to fight it seems weird when they're merely calling out the competition.
You can put up drm free games on steam.
I was always under the impression that the Steam client/login was a form of DRM, just a generally unobtrusive one.
No, you can just launch the game exe from windows explorer and it will work fine (if the game is drm free).I was always under the impression that the Steam client/login was a form of DRM, just a generally unobtrusive one.
Advertising good things is not bad though. Do you also get upset when healthy food companies advertise their meals over junk food chains?
As long as the average consumer gets better informed about DRM and take a harder stance against it, GOG will benefit for "calling out the competition", yes, but we customers will benefit much, much more. So it's kinda silly to care.
I actually didn't know that. What games on Steam are DRM-free (besides probably the CDPR ones)?No, you can just launch the game exe from windows explorer and it will work fine (if the game is drm free).
This is an OK ad for 12-17 year olds but an actual push for change would target biz dev guys.
DRM in it's current form is good if you don't know the alternative(alternative being something else other then no DRM).
These: http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_gamesI actually didn't know that. What games on Steam are DRM-free (besides probably the CDPR ones)?
All these developers and companies quoted on the website as saying they don't believe in DRM should pull their games from services like Steam and only use 100% DRM-free services.
Sometimes you got to fuck til the edge and stopThe heart in its right place, but the edgy tone makes it read like propaganda for their site instead of what it needs to be: an honest psush for DRM-free products.
Note that this list is very much incomplete.
You can distribute 100% DRM free games on Steam.All these developers and companies quoted on the website as saying they don't believe in DRM should pull their games from services like Steam and only use 100% DRM-free services.
I actually didn't know that. What games on Steam are DRM-free (besides probably the CDPR ones)?
What's there to argue? You said, you also believe that DRMs are bad, so please play devil's advocate and argue for DRM. In the end, there is not much to discuss, it's matter of people noticing what DRM is about. Otherwise we end up in a situation where we discuss it and nothing happens, as with many issues. But making people aware of the issue, may lead to action.This is the kind of stuff I hate about this culture. Yes DRMs are bad. They really are. I'm not defending them. But creating a website CALLED "Fuck DRM" is just immature petty shit. Can't we argue about things like goddamn adults?
bias is a nounFor this to be effective it needs to be done by a non bias source and contain alot more information IMO
This is the kind of stuff I hate about this culture. Yes DRMs are bad. They really are. I'm not defending them. But creating a website CALLED "Fuck DRM" is just immature petty shit. Can't we argue about things like goddamn adults?
That's not really seeing the reality of it though, apart from some outsiders like CD Project Red. Investors demand to have the companies products safeguarded (for lack of better term on top of my head) so DRM becomes a necessary thing. The worse alternative that absolutely would have a huge impact is always online DRM.
Something I do have issues with:
Why is only GOG listed in the gaming section? Did they deliberately not include itch? That's pretty uncool.
Isn't there some online login requirement going on though? I remember the defense force for XB1 DRM talked a lot about that. A month offline before you have to login again or something like that?No, you can just launch the game exe from windows explorer and it will work fine (if the game is drm free).