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Azalin

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Zoo said:
Azalin said:
The Whisperer some first person horror adventure I have never heard of is now free for the next 48 hours on GOG's main page

Baron Dupek said:
Soynification of GOG getting stronker
https://af.gog.com/en/game/god_of_war?as=1649904300
https://af.gog.com/en/game/uncharted_legacy_of_thieves_collection?as=1649904300
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Interesting that Sony decided to add some games to GOG after such a long time, they had Horizon Zero Dawn there but nothing else and now Days Gone is available and God Of War and Uncharted are next. I wonder if The Last of Us and the Spider Man games will follow soon or are they going to take a couple years to have them DRM free
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It is not a suprise, Days Gone was the second "great" Sony exclusive on Steam, God of War was the third, but Uncharted Legacy Collection was only the fifth, it released after Spider-Man.
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It was a surprise in a sense that they released Horizon on GOG a few months after Steam and then it seems they stopped caring about GOG and after they released the next few gams on Steam they waited 1-2 years to put them on GOG

It's like they stopped caring and then one day they went," oh wait,GOG exists too,why don't we put some of our other games for sale there too"
 
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Zoo

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Azalin said:
Zoo said:
Azalin said:
The Whisperer some first person horror adventure I have never heard of is now free for the next 48 hours on GOG's main page

Baron Dupek said:
Soynification of GOG getting stronker
https://af.gog.com/en/game/god_of_war?as=1649904300
https://af.gog.com/en/game/uncharted_legacy_of_thieves_collection?as=1649904300
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Interesting that Sony decided to add some games to GOG after such a long time, they had Horizon Zero Dawn there but nothing else and now Days Gone is available and God Of War and Uncharted are next. I wonder if The Last of Us and the Spider Man games will follow soon or are they going to take a couple years to have them DRM free
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It is not a suprise, Days Gone was the second "great" Sony exclusive on Steam, God of War was the third, but Uncharted Legacy Collection was only the fifth, it released after Spider-Man.
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It was a surprise in a sense that they released Horizon on GOG a few months after Steam and then it seems they stopped caring about GOG and after they released the next few gams on Steam they waited 1-2 years to put them on GOG

It's like they stopped caring and then one day they went," oh wait,GOG exists too,why don't we put some of our other games for sale there too"
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Fair enough. I think the release order is no surprise. Horizon is indeed very successful. Not a good a good game though. I like even Uncharted games much more, they can be somewhat fun for a short popamole shooter, but Horizon is long, and I prefer proper RPGs or strategy games for such a game time over shallow modern AAA nonsenses.
 
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https://af.gog.com/en/news/coming_soon_star_wars_dark_forces_remaster?as=1649904300

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Does GOG have a policy about data gathering in games? I'd finally give one, maybe two, of those Sony games a shot if they weren't such Orwellian nightmares.
 
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They could sell good old games without spyware just fine. Putting telemetry into everything is a relatively recent fad and even then no dev is going to care about that data once the game is no longer being updated.
 
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Modron said:
Does GOG have a policy about data gathering in games? I'd finally give one, maybe two, of those Sony games a shot if they weren't such Orwellian nightmares.
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They most likely check legal requirements from all territories where they sell their games - and apply most stringent ones - GDPR (EU) and CCPA (State of California).

All games also should work fine offline or when they are blocked by firewall.

GOG most likely does not care about games collecting telemetry without Personal Identifable Information. Customers that care about it - can just not add the game process to the list of firewall exceptions.

If the telemetry data or crash report is not fully anonymized - and contains e-mail, IP address or other PII - there are many lawyer firms just waiting for an opportunity to sue developer and publisher in EU or California. So sometimes software not calling home at all is the best solution.
 

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Modron said:
ds said:
They could sell good old games without spyware just fine. Putting telemetry into everything is a relatively recent fad and even then no dev is going to care about that data once the game is no longer being updated.
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Read Sony's privacy policy and tell me the data they gather is about game improvement:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/privacy-policy/
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Most companies that collect data do embarrassingly little with it, often because they don't have enough people who know how to leverage that data. PlayStation isn't all that different. I'm pretty sure the store on the PS5 didn't have any recommendations until recently, and even basic recommenders are some of the easiest "give me money" moves an online retailer can do.

I mean, there's no games to recommend on the PS5, but the principle stands.
 
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toucanplay said:
Modron said:
ds said:
They could sell good old games without spyware just fine. Putting telemetry into everything is a relatively recent fad and even then no dev is going to care about that data once the game is no longer being updated.
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Read Sony's privacy policy and tell me the data they gather is about game improvement:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/privacy-policy/
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Most companies that collect data do embarrassingly little with it, often because they don't have enough people who know how to leverage that data. PlayStation isn't all that different. I'm pretty sure the store on the PS5 didn't have any recommendations until recently, and even basic recommenders are some of the easiest "give me money" moves an online retailer can do.

I mean, there's no games to recommend on the PS5, but the principle stands.
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Dude, companies collect data because data is in itself a form of currency.
Sony is up to some sketchy shit.
But then again, most companies are...
Remember that Playstation spyware business?
 
KeighnMcDeath

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I was looking at current discounts and at first the site didn’t register I owned Starcrawlers but then did. So, I wondered if Chimera was discounted and it is NOT. Then I see “Still in Development!” How many games released are “still in development?” Is there a list on GOG or STEAM of “still in dev” games? I wonder what the longest time frame a game is still in this development phase?
 
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KeighnMcDeath said:
I was looking at current discounts and at first the site didn’t register I owned Starcrawlers but then did. So, I wondered if Chimera was discounted and it is NOT. Then I see “Still in Development!” How many games released are “still in development?” Is there a list on GOG or STEAM of “still in dev” games? I wonder what the longest time frame a game is still in this development phase?
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You really gotta doublecheck everything.
I hope you do not pre-order.
Right?
 
KeighnMcDeath

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I did once a few years back and it was ok but lately, I’ve noticed mistakes by GOG. Generally, I buy discounted games that have been cycling around for years and drop to $5 or less. I have been tempted to get the new Wizardry release and Ghost Tower/Ghost Ship/Ghost Hunter. I’m in no hurry though. Underrail: Heavy Duty is an exception though… MINIGUNS!!!
 
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