I don't think they are trying to beat valve. GoG has been like those airlines that fly where no major airlines want to fly. Filling a underserved but large market.

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Tade0 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I have a hunch that the currently sole owner just wants to do this until retirement. GoG is financially stable so there's no pressure to increase revenue.

I see no simpler explanation why someone would buy out a subsidiary like that.

All in all, GoG thrives on people being sentimental and it's totally in character for the owner to be sentimental as well.

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generic92034 an hour ago | parent [-]

Not wanting to buy DRMed games now is counting as sentimental? I beg to differ. There are a lot of reasons for buying games free of DRM.

	▲	Tade0 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Younger generations grew up with DRM already present. Same with anti-cheat really. The most common reason I hear people don't make the switch to Linux is that certain games work only on Windows due to the type of anti-cheat they use.