GoG Early Access arrives. Good news for gamers?

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Sorry if a discussion on this has already been posted. I looked but could not find a thread.


GOG are launching their early access initiative and looks to beat steam at its own game.
What are people thoughts on this? I am interested to find out.

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I like the sound of this. Steam has really dropped the ball on its quality control as of late, so I'm very happy to see a company like GOG with their usually excellent attitude towards this sort of thing (along with DLC practices, etc.) providing this service.

I buy my games on GOG where possible anyway because I like their DRM-free games and their fair price guarantee usually means the games are cheaper. Their sales have even been cheaper recently with Steam not running daily/flash sales any longer... I'm not hating on Steam or anything, but I think far too many people foolishly refuse to use anything but Steam believing Valve to be incapable of wrongdoing when quite the opposite is true.

I'm all for the competition. It might force Valve to get their act together and start curating what they allow onto their service!

As below, I don't buy into early access either with the exception of superb examples that are worthwhile in their current state and continue to be updated. I think games like Kerbal Space Program, Prison Architect, and the recently released Darkest Dungeon absolutely deserve the support throughout their development. It's just a shame some studios take the ****. Looking at you, DayZ...
 
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Couldnt care less about Early Access. I enjoy GOG as a site, though, so whatever keeps them relevent is fine by me.
 
Tediore said:
I like the sound of this. Steam has really dropped the ball on its quality control as of late, so I'm very happy to see a company like GOG with their usually excellent attitude towards this sort of thing (along with DLC practices, etc.) providing this service.

I buy my games on GOG where possible anyway because I like their DRM-free games and their fair price guarantee usually means the games are cheaper. Their sales have even been cheaper recently with Steam not running daily/flash sales any longer... I'm not hating on Steam or anything, but I think far too many people foolishly refuse to use anything but Steam believing Valve to be incapable of wrongdoing when quite the opposite is true.

I'm all for the competition. It might force Valve to get their act together and start curating what they allow onto their service!

As below, I don't buy into early access either with the exception of superb examples that are worthwhile in their current state and continue to be updated. I think games like Kerbal Space Program, Prison Architect, and the recently released Darkest Dungeon absolutely deserve the support throughout their development. It's just a shame some studios take the ****. Looking at you, DayZ...
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Thats the key i think.
Steam need some competition in this market and finally they have some.
Not to say I don't respect them though, they were quite pioneering.
 
Tediore said:
I like the sound of this. Steam has really dropped the ball on its quality control as of late.
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WHAT?

Steam is not a "Gaming Boutique".

Why should GOG be the "Gatekeepers"?

A free market should be release everything, if it sucks, so be it, that is upto the consumers. That is how it should be. Valve were in a position a few years ago for NOT releasing stuff, now they just release it and let consumers decide, how is that a bad thing?

Unless the consumer is unable to make their own choices, in which case they should shop at "We choose the games for you" LTD.

GOG have their own issues and are not the "only player in town" when it comes to DRM free distribution.
 
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Gimpymoo said:
WHAT?

Steam is not a "Gaming Boutique".

Why should GOG be the "Gatekeepers"?

A free market should be release everything, if it sucks, so be it, that is upto the consumers. That is how it should be. Valve were in a position a few years ago for NOT releasing stuff, now they just release it and let consumers decide, how is that a bad thing?

Unless the consumer is unable to make their own choices, in which case they should shop at "We choose the games for you" LTD.

GOG have their own issues and are not the "only player in town" when it comes to DRM free distribution.
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I never said GOG is the only DRM-free distributor, but they are the company in question here therefore they are the example against which Steam is being compared.

I also never said GOG should be any sort of 'gatekeeper'. I'm happy to see Steam getting some competition because it's the driving force behind better products and services for everyone.

There is a very big difference between complete control and curation. Games like Day One: Garry's Incident and The Slaughtering Grounds are awful money grabs that barely work. For savvy consumers like you or I, it's not difficult to research the game and make the decision not to purchase it, but what about when shady developers get people to post fake positive reviews (games covered by popular YouTubers often get slammed, but I'm sure many slip under the radar)? What about people posting oh so hilarious 'positive' reviews which bump the game's user rating? Steam refunds have certainly mitigated this problem, but Steam have a duty as the distributor to curate what is being sold via their service regardless of any free market thinking. These developers do have the right to release what they like, but Steam allowing them to sell their blatantly broken games on its service is not okay and should not be encouraged...
 
I like the sound of this. I've only recently signed up for GOG and only have one game purchased through them but it looks like I'll be buying more content from them in the future.

I like what the company stand for and other than Steam I think GOG are the only other worthwhile game distribution company I have come across. I mean I have to have Origin and uPlay installed because unfortunately I own games on both platforms but I'd never go out of my way to purchase games on them unless I absolutely had to. GOG and Steam on the other hand I'm perfectly happy to purchase games for.

Edit: I like the idea of early access because it gives me good content to put on my YouTube channel which I am just in the process of starting up. I'll be keeping a very close eye on this as time passes.
 
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