Is it late to write that I like Origin best? :3

not at all it's early. it's when enough people actually agree with you that EA will start to go about changing your tune.

as for bundlers and gog, I got a gog key off indiegala. and that was the deciding factor in the bundle for me. I only wanted 1 game init and could have gotten it on steam but I got the bundle for a little more because of the key for gog.

Wasn't there a interview recently that GOG was going to do something about convenience or something. I wonder what that is going to be about?

Ehh, use both?

I like steam and I use the service daily. I like gog, and buy the occasional game here, especially the older ones. I also like Origin, though I haven't really bought much from them, only activated what I owned. Uplay is decent, haven't had an issue with it. Gamersgate is okay too.

The sad fact is that GOG, while friendly and convenient, lack newer games. They ditched the "Good OLD games" while ago, and now I expect them to actually live up to their "new" image. They should start selling more new games. And with reasonable pricing too.

I said it before, I'll say it again: If you want more new(ish) titles on gog, stop buying from Steam, Origin and Uplay. As long as DRMed products are profitable, (most) publishers/developers will not see any need to release their stuff DRM-free on gog.

I agree, but it's an uphill climb. We're asking the industry to make a fairly big change (in thinking, not in execution) and it won't happen overnight. I think it will be a big help if some of those pubs here with newer, large titles, like Larian explain to the industry their own results with selling new titles DRM-free right from the start. CDPR does this but the business link to gOg doesn't give their message the same weight.

But we're also asking the consumer to forgo buying the latest-and-greatest titles in order to convey the message that DRM = no sale. To me, that's the bigger hurdle: ending the cycle of fulfillment for instant gratification by giving-in to the DRM. The publishers look at those sales numbers and say, "See? They don't care that it has DRM. If they did, they wouldn't buy it." It's not that a significant portion of the market doesn't care, it's that they care LESS about it than they care about getting to play those titles right away.

Sad, but that's the way it goes.

I haven't read the whole thread, but I use both Steam and GOG, and I'm glad they both exist. Steam seem to be a little bit more convenient to use. GOG has a lot of older games that Steam doesn't have. GOG seems to have a friendlier community.

GOG - Archival copies for safe keeping.

Steam - New games with online and community features built in.

Done.

Why not use both?