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The new owner of GOG discusses taking on Steam, the devil of DRM, and following in Nightdive's footsteps
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this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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You're right that the AAA will be published on Steam first. And since people want to have all the games in one store, they will buy indie/AA/old games on Steam instead of Gog even if those titles exists on Gog.
But I still think it is better for Gog to stick with the DRM-free niche, people will not move away from Steam anyway as we have seen with Epic store.
Not talking about what's better, just what will happen.
What's better is if we all refused to accept DRM and then would have no choice but to sell without it.
I bought this game recently that had always-online DRM so I couldn't play it at work so I returned it and then pirated it with the DRM removed LOL. It was not for sale on GOG.
I agree that a boycott of games with DRM would be the best option but it is impossible to convince a majority to refuse DRM. People wants to play the latest and coolest games more than they care about the DRM.
I don't think Gog will grow faster or more even if they accept DRM, simply because most gamers already have a majority of their games at Steam and want to keep all games in one store. So they will not move to Gog anyway. And then Gog will remain as a small company and we will lose the DRM-free store.