Maybe people aren't aware GOG even exists. Steam is much more popular. This may explain such a low number thru GOG.
And Steam version was cheaper
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Maybe people aren't aware GOG even exists. Steam is much more popular. This may explain such a low number thru GOG.
Why woould i bother with bloatware, when i can go straight to GOG?
Those who don't identiy it for what it is (I won't name it to prevent a flamewar, but you know what a software is called that prevents you from using your bought software the way you want it) have the client running like friggin facebook. And if sth interesting comes up it is their way of buying. Sad but true.
Apparently most of the people here have not played the Steam version (especially the people who are saying Steam is easy to use). I have the Steam version of TW2 and it's terrible, mostly because of HUGE updates. While GOG users get small patches, Steam updates are as big as 11GBs. My client updated my game several times, a total of more than 60 GBs of data in order to run TW2 2.0, while GOG users downloaded 19Gigs. And every time you verify your TW2 on Steam, it will download the game all over again. So, when we are talking about TW2, Steam is out of question. It's not convenient, it's not easy to use, it's not simple and fast. It's terrible.
But more importantly, the sales indicate the terrible state of PC gaming. That's why good RPGs are dying, and nothing can be done about it if 'most of us' stop piracy and pay for PC games. If we care about RPGs and good PC games, we should support their development by paying for them. Bitching about the demise of RPGs in a forum is not support.
Maybe it would be worth comparing TW2's figures to the most popular games on GoG to find out whether the majority of the sales came from customers who were already familiar with GoG or if CDP really managed to attract new users to its service.
So where are all the pirates who supposedly hungered for DRM-free games? Who would flock to a DRM-free developer in the hundred thousands and vindicate their trust in PC gamers? Yeah, right… thought so…
For a game of W2's quality, 35k is nothing, and I would consider those steam numbers rather on the low end of what I would have expected too. Great to hear that they apparently had good retail sales in the east at least.
Well, once the console version comes out, it will probably beat these numbers easily. Guess what's gonna be the lead platform on the next one?