Recently, GOG added the Windows version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown to their store and since it has a Linux version on Steam, I reached out to the porter to see about their plans for the Linux version.
We've seen a lot of speculation in the past, with people wondering if Feral Interactive will ever get their Linux ports onto a store other than Steam. Here's their official stance, which they sent me this morning:
We don't have any plans to distribute our games through GoG. If this changes, we'll make announcements through our usual channels.
We can speculate all we like as to why they're not doing it, even if the decision does strike me as a little odd. Hopefully they will reevaluate this stance in future, considering it's not exactly a new game and the Linux port from 2014 isn't exactly new either.
A shame for everyone who prefers their games on GOG.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: jensSteam users do actively support DRM, thus they behave bad, thus they are bad. That feels kind-of not very good.
Not sure where or why you got such impression, that's surely not the case. While I consider such choice bad, it doesn't necessarily make people bad, people make wrong choices too and they can do something to improve it in this case.
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Quoting: ShmerlNot sure where why you got such impression, that's surely not the case.Thank you.
Quoting: ShmerlWhile I consider such choice bad, it doesn't necessarily make people bad, people make wrong choices too and they can do something to improve it in this case.It actually makes me kind-of sad to read again an implication that my choices are bad and that I need to improve.
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Quoting: jensI completely agree with your analysis. Some value spreading Linux more important than DRM-free, other see DRM-free more important than bringing Linux to masses. All care for and love Linux.Sure, and I for one am completely comfortable about saying that I sit in the latter camp. Which is part of the reason why I have grown more comfortable using WINE to play games over the past few years, and why I am actually quite indifferent when it comes to the likes of Feral. Ten years ago I might have felt different, but when Steam arrived I had to decide where I stood, and I decided to stand apart from it.
Quoting: GuestIdeally, my personal desire, is to see games no longer in support being open sourced. Doesn't mean data files are freely available, but it's really the only way to ensure games can continued to be played if there are large system changes. I know that's not likely to really happen, but it would be nice.Which is also my ideal outcome as well. I just wish there was more I could do to help support it.
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Quoting: jensIt actually makes me kind-of sad to read again an implication that my choices are bad and that I need to improve.
Well, how do you see separating the two (i.e DRM as bad, and then financially supporting such practice)?
It's like people using Facebook. It doesn't make people who use it bad, but it contributes to the erosion of privacy for instance, which is bad.
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Quoting: jensIt actually makes me kind-of sad to read again an implication that my choices are bad and that I need to improve.I am sure quite a few Windows users say that about Linux users all the time, and not always without good reason.
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Quoting: HamishQuoting: jensIt actually makes me kind-of sad to read again an implication that my choices are bad and that I need to improve.I am sure quite a few Windows users say that about Linux users all the time, and not always without good reason.
Sorry, re-reading your posting several times, I don't get the essence. Would you mind to explain?
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Quoting: jensSorry, re-reading your posting several times, I don't get the essence. Would you mind to explain?Sure, no worries. It is just that Linux users very often tell Windows users that their choices are bad and that they need to improve, and I can't help but feel that a lot of the people upset with Shmerl would be fine seeing the exact same attitude expressed if he was arguing against Windows usage rather than using Steam.
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Quoting: HamishI can confirm that as a teenager, when I saw people's forum signatures boasting about Linux and/or Firefox (to put things into context, at the time I didn't see the point of using other media players than WMP, other browsers than IE, etc. since they were already installed and seemed to do the job), it irritated me rather than made me interested in learning more about open source. "I'm so much better than you" isn't a very effective way to get people to look into the way you do things and associate with you.Quoting: jensSorry, re-reading your posting several times, I don't get the essence. Would you mind to explain?Sure, no worries. It is just that Linux users very often tell Windows users that their choices are bad and that they need to improve, and I can't help but feel that a lot of the people upset with Shmerl would be fine seeing the exact same attitude expressed if he was arguing against Windows usage rather than using Steam.
As a result, though I am now firmly committed to free software, I make it a point not to be insufferable about it. I'll discuss my preferences when asked, offer open source solutions to people's problems when they consult me, and I'm not above taking jabs at Microsoft for humor, but ultimately people make their own choices and all I can do is make sure they know about the alternatives to proprietary solutions.
I'd like to think I got the balance right since my friend who knows I've been using Linux exclusively for a number of years still asked me to help her shop for a Windows laptop. And I will, because that's what makes sense for her in her situation, and it's what she wants.
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Quoting: HamishQuoting: jensSorry, re-reading your posting several times, I don't get the essence. Would you mind to explain?Sure, no worries. It is just that Linux users very often tell Windows users that their choices are bad and that they need to improve, and I can't help but feel that a lot of the people upset with Shmerl would be fine seeing the exact same attitude expressed if he was arguing against Windows usage rather than using Steam.
Ah, thank you ;)
Yeah, guess you are right, certainly. Though me personally thinks that everybody should just use what fits them best. Most of my co-workers use Windows. They are happy using Windows, I'm happy because they know how to do their jobs efficiently. I'm using Linux at work, my co-workers are happy that I get my job done. We have nearly no discussions which is the best OS, just in the line of "this works slightly better on Linux, this works slightly better on Window". Imho both OS's have their strength and weaknesses, they is always more than one way leading to Rome. Diversity (until a certain degree) is good and welcome.
Same here. I think this is really just personal taste and preference. Fortunately Linux supports lots of use cases, everybody should just use it the way they want.
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Shmerl, how do you feel about the revelation that your anti-DRM stance is so vehemently articulated and you're so immovable in your views that you're actually encouraging pro-DRM behaviour from others?
I'm massively anti-MS and I'd be extremely upset to learn that I was so fanatical about my hatred of them that I was actively encouraging my friends and colleagues to use or defend it more, instead of my intention - from them to discover and hopefully try Ubuntu.
That would encourage some harsh introspection, surely? It did with me. As Tim Minchin so eloquently put it in his Commencement Speech to the University of WA, you should define yourself by what you love. Don't get dragged down by the things you hate. Even if that means taking a knock or two on the way. God knows, MS knows how to hand out a punch, sadly, but I try not to let those define me. I can vouch that it's a much healthier way to live.
I'm massively anti-MS and I'd be extremely upset to learn that I was so fanatical about my hatred of them that I was actively encouraging my friends and colleagues to use or defend it more, instead of my intention - from them to discover and hopefully try Ubuntu.
That would encourage some harsh introspection, surely? It did with me. As Tim Minchin so eloquently put it in his Commencement Speech to the University of WA, you should define yourself by what you love. Don't get dragged down by the things you hate. Even if that means taking a knock or two on the way. God knows, MS knows how to hand out a punch, sadly, but I try not to let those define me. I can vouch that it's a much healthier way to live.
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