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Posted February 27, 2019
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RainbowDragon: THIS
... that will enable partnered platforms to activate, directly on your GOG.COM account ...
does not sound like something that I would like to have - at least not without an option to activate/deactivate it!

What is a "partnered platform? Another games store? Fakebook? Twitter?

I do not see or read anything about the activation of keys and I do not care about such a feature because I do not buy games from steam or other companies that ask me to install their client software in addition to their games.

What if I refuse to let other platforms do anything with my account? Sounds (like the public profile issue) more like another clusterf*ck and PR disaster for gog.com in the near future. I hope that gog.com offers us an option to turn this "feature" on or off in our account settings!
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BKGaming: Relax dude, GOG isn't first one to think this idea up. If it works like most other features that do something similar it won't even work unless you physically sign into your account via a third party website or link your account via a third party website. So assuming you never want to use it, simply don't by never signing in or linking via third party service and nothing will ever come of it.

It's not something that needs an off setting...
OK, thanks for clarifying that, I guess I should have read that message from gog more than twice :-)!
Posted February 27, 2019
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PaterAlf: Are they saying anything about which platforms GOG Direct will work with?
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Gersen: No, but I suspect Humble is one of the most likely candidate.
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BKGaming: They haven't said anything about it really other than what was in the email and user agreement. Right now it's a lot of speculation.
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toxicTom: No, but they should, otherwise it's an invitation to scammers.
Thank you. In that case I wonder why they announced the new feature at this point at all. Without any details it's pretty senseless in my eyes.

But maybe they want to counter the negative publicity from the conlusion of the fair price package and the rumours about financial trouble.
Posted February 27, 2019
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PaterAlf: Thank you. In that case I wonder why they announced the new feature at this point at all. Without any details it's pretty senseless in my eyes.
It's mostly to explain the changes in the user agreement before the actual feature is implemented.
Post edited February 27, 2019 by Gersen
Posted February 27, 2019
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Gersen: It's mostly to explain the changes in the user agreement before the actual feature is implemented.
Ok, that makes sense.
Posted February 27, 2019
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program_9b7f5/post408

"GOG Direct to Account feature is a way for us to offer GOG.COM games on partnered third-party platforms - these are selected partners that are established, no gray market key-resellers. Thanks to this feature users of such platforms will be able to buy GOG.COM games and activate them automatically on their GOG accounts without the need to redeem keys, etc."
Posted February 27, 2019
It'll be like buying Uplay games on GreenManGaming. You login with your Uplay credentials and the games get added to your Uplay account. You don't get any keys or codes to redeem. A necessary move on GOG's part, the third party market is too huge to ignore at this point.
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Posted February 27, 2019
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Desmight: It'll be like buying Uplay games on GreenManGaming. You login with your Uplay credentials and the games get added to your Uplay account. You don't get any keys or codes to redeem. A necessary move on GOG's part, the third party market is too huge to ignore at this point.
Steam used to have this feature with their OAuth and Humble but for some reason they got rid of it

Id ont really se how this is necessary? I mean sure its conveneint and all, but honestly GOG has so many other problems right now I dont think this kind of API feature is really the thing to be working on
Posted February 27, 2019
Question is that would it be possible only add new content? Or also removing in some cases.
Posted February 27, 2019
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satoru: Id ont really se how this is necessary? I mean sure its conveneint and all, but honestly GOG has so many other problems right now I dont think this kind of API feature is really the thing to be working on
GOG needs new customers, and having cheap "GOG bundles" all over the internet is a good way to get them. Once they're in, they're more likely to buy from GOG directly. It's exactly how Steam has established a lot of its marketshare. Humble Monthly, Humble bundles, Fanatical bundles, Indiegala deals, GreenManGaming preorders etc.
Post edited February 27, 2019 by user deleted
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PainOfSalvation: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program_9b7f5/post408

"GOG Direct to Account feature is a way for us to offer GOG.COM games on partnered third-party platforms - these are selected partners that are established, no gray market key-resellers. Thanks to this feature users of such platforms will be able to buy GOG.COM games and activate them automatically on their GOG accounts without the need to redeem keys, etc."
And I'm gonna call this right now

Cyberpunk 2077 is gonna be GOG exclusive

Why else have such a feature?
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satoru: Id ont really se how this is necessary? I mean sure its conveneint and all, but honestly GOG has so many other problems right now I dont think this kind of API feature is really the thing to be working on
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Desmight: GOG needs new customers, and having cheap "GOG bundles" all over the internet is a good way to get them. Once they're in, they're more likely to buy from GOG directly. It's exactly how Steam has established a lot of its marketshare. Humble Monthly, Humble bundles, Fanatical bundles, Indiegala offers, GreenManGaming preorders etc.
The problem is

No one wants gog keys

No one

A bundle isn't going to entice someone to get GOG keys.
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truhlik: Question is that would it be possible only add new content? Or also removing in some cases.
I mean its just a typical web API call over Oauth. Uplay does it and Steam used to do it iwth Humble but disabled it for some reason

Key revocations can already happen anyway in the case of say theft or fraud of course, and dont need a specific Oauth pipeline to do it.
Post edited February 27, 2019 by satoru
Posted February 27, 2019
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Gersen: From my understanding it means that other platform will be able to "activate" games in your Gog account. For example it could mean, (that's a supposition), you purchase a game / bundle on Humble Bundle, and instead of getting a Gog key that you need to copy and paste to reclaim, it directly "activate" it in your account.
Doesn't Steam do this with Origin and/or UPlay keys?
Afaik, if you buy a game on Steam that's also on Origin/UPlay, that game gets activated there, too.
Might be restricted to certain games, though.

(I might be wrong on that, mind you - but I think I have two or three games, where this was the case)
Posted February 27, 2019
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PainOfSalvation: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program_9b7f5/post408

"GOG Direct to Account feature is a way for us to offer GOG.COM games on partnered third-party platforms - these are selected partners that are established, no gray market key-resellers. Thanks to this feature users of such platforms will be able to buy GOG.COM games and activate them automatically on their GOG accounts without the need to redeem keys, etc."
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satoru: And I'm gonna call this right now

Cyberpunk 2077 is gonna be GOG exclusive

Why else have such a feature?
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Desmight: GOG needs new customers, and having cheap "GOG bundles" all over the internet is a good way to get them. Once they're in, they're more likely to buy from GOG directly. It's exactly how Steam has established a lot of its marketshare. Humble Monthly, Humble bundles, Fanatical bundles, Indiegala offers, GreenManGaming preorders etc.
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satoru: The problem is

No one wants gog keys

No one

A bundle isn't going to entice someone to get GOG keys.
Not sure it's 100% confirmed but i'm gonna drop this here:

https://www.altchar.com/games-news/589430/cyberpunk-2077-will-not-be-a-gog-exclusive

Regarding GOG Direct, there will be no GOG keys to activate just the games and DLC's most likely ("content") that's gonna be tied directly to your account.
Posted February 27, 2019
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BreOl72: Doesn't Steam do this with Origin and/or UPlay keys?
Afaik, if you buy a game on Steam that's also on Origin/UPlay, that game gets activated there, too.
Might be restricted to certain games, though.

(I might be wrong on that, mind you - but I think I have two or three games, where this was the case)
Origin games on Steam you can redeem the game code (not the Steam code) under Origin and get the game for free there as well.

UPlay redeems automatically, as your made to sign-in to your Ubisoft account to play the game (even if you got it on Steam.)
Posted February 27, 2019
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PainOfSalvation: Not sure it's 100% confirmed but i'm gonna drop this here:

https://www.altchar.com/games-news/589430/cyberpunk-2077-will-not-be-a-gog-exclusive

Regarding GOG Direct, there will be no GOG keys to activate just the games and DLC's most likely ("content") that's gonna be tied directly to your account.
Whlie that's what they 'say'

again given GOG's financials, back tracking on the fair pricing, dont be too suprised if they have to eat those words.

Investors have a nice way of not caring about 'pro consumer' initatives and look at the bottom line. And if I was an investor, and looking to prop up GOG's revenue, GOG exclusive Cyberpunk would be at the top of my list.

Investors look the other way when you're making money. When you're losing money then they start asking questions about your strategies.
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Gersen: From my understanding it means that other platform will be able to "activate" games in your Gog account. For example it could mean, (that's a supposition), you purchase a game / bundle on Humble Bundle, and instead of getting a Gog key that you need to copy and paste to reclaim, it directly "activate" it in your account.
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BreOl72: Doesn't Steam do this with Origin and/or UPlay keys?
Afaik, if you buy a game on Steam that's also on Origin/UPlay, that game gets activated there, too.
Might be restricted to certain games, though.

(I might be wrong on that, mind you - but I think I have two or three games, where this was the case)
Yes Steam uses the same API from Uplay to do that.

Steam used to have its own Oauth mechanism that did the same thing on Humble. which is why they wanted you to link yuour account to humble. bUt for some reason steam disabled that feature after awhile. Not sure why.
Post edited February 27, 2019 by satoru
Posted February 27, 2019
My guess was that Paradox may be thinking of launching CK2 here, and this will provide a way to activate any dlc purchased on the Paradox web site.
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