I wish this guy would just preorder on steam and fuck off already.

Actually since we know Galaxy will work fully with The Witcher Adventure Game (the first game to do so) and that that game is scheduled for release sometime this summer (well beta anyway), we will have access to Galaxy very soon most likely.

Are you mad? You seem mad. Why so mad?

I'm not mad. Don't assume.

Yep. You're mad. So mad.

Nope just annoyed.

My logic isn't flawed, your perception is. If the smaller platform doesn't conform to offer incentives to switch over to their platform, then people won't switch over because it's simply inconvinient. If people have the choice of buying from one and getting for both, then they're more capable of supporting one platform over the other - and the smaller platform certainly doesn't lose by allowing this, because they're already last in the race.

Because Steam offers automatic updates (and achievements, for those who care), a huge built-in community and GOG doesn't. Steam however doesn't offer DRM-free. You incentivize people to purchase from you, so that when GOG finally has the same features as steam, people will be able to simply switch over because most of their games are already on GOG.

I'm sorry, I'm supposed to make my point by showing to companies who don't adhere to the golden prospect? Steam is ahead - it's not their job to try and spread out their customer base over to competing platforms. They merely ALLOW it. And GOG is foolishly ignoring said allowance.

If Humble isn't a major player, then no-one but Steam is, which makes your request irrational.

Providing people with Steam keys upon gog.com preorder would solve all of the above issues. Not doing so is foolish, and for the consumer to expect that Witcher 3's keys will work the same way as Witcher 1 & 2 is by no means delirioum, irregardless of current announcements.

I didn't claim to misunderstand that part, I already acknowledged it, for the third time now. Are you expecting different results by repeating yourself?

If people have the choice of buying on GOG, getting the game on GOG only or buying on Steam, getting the game on Steam and GOG, then is there absolutely no incentive to switch to GOG. Not now nor in the near or distant future. You however firmly defined your role in the market, which boils down to be a Steam key seller.
I'm not going into why this is a bad thing and just throw in that it's against the DRM-free stance GOG took.

If DRM-free now isn't enough of a reason, why should they switch once GOG has more features? GOG with DRM-free is frankly put, as far different from each and every other distribution platform as it gets. Automatic updates are coming, achievements are coming, sry no - won't even dare to compare their communities, built-in or not.
They'd still remain on Steam. Because of the bigger catalog, big picture, Steam controller, because it's Steam... no matter what, who's happy now with Steam doesn't have a reason to switch. And owning the same game on Steam and GOG on release, won't change that.

Right. You just named it. Spreading out your customer base isn't what's keeping people loyal to your service. Why do Sony / Microsoft battle each other with exclusive titles? Why is Battlefield / ME3 / DA2 tied to Origin, AC4 / Watchdogs to UPlay? To draw people in.

Lucky enough, CDPR doesn't feel that's necessary. But for you that's not enough, regardless if it's Steam which is ahead or any other competitor (which you failed to compare to) - nope, you pretty much come over as a spoiled "but I want it on Steeeeaaam!" brat, who thinks he should also get the additional stuff only available if you buy on GOG, trying to rationalise why it's helping GOG, by lacing a better package together for Steam users or adding DRM with Steam keys for GOG users..... ... ... . ... sry, my mind just boggled.

First: Humble is a key seller. Nothing more, nothing less. If you see this as a viable way to COMPETE with Steam or any other platform, do so - I don't.
Second: if you expect that the Witcher 3 will work out the same way as the Witcher 1 and 2, then go ahead and buy it on freakin' Steam and be done with it. Where's the problem? You certainly WON'T get any confirmation from CDPR if that is planned somewhere in the future, as it would take out ANY incentive to buy it on GOG (except for the Steam-haters).

No, I expected from you to actually act accordingly by taking the official paths layed and pointed out, as anything none official (which includes the official support) won't cut it for you. Yes, I was that foolish....

This SteamOS announcement was never confirmed, and GOG support actually denied that there are such plans for SteamOS release of the Witcher 3.

See the main thread about it.

Now, that's not entirely true. I'd say that Humble is more than a key seller in that they also sell DRM free versions of many of their games.

The real big question is, why would GOG want to give steam keys at all?

They wouldn't. That's like Imperial Oil giving away Chevron gift cards with a purchase. Doesn't happen. Shouldn't happen.