Michal Kicinski, CEO of CD Projekt, developers of The Witcher and the new digital distribution project called Good Old Gamers, has told Gamesindustry.biz that publisher's are too scared to release DRM-free PC games. Several publishers have refused to put its games on the GOG distribution service because it doesn't contain any DRM procedures, which is why Kicinski has made this claim. "We're trying to convince them there is nothing to be afraid of," he said. "DRM-free, that is something they are really scared of, but on the other hand we can say 'all of those games are available pirated widely so it's better to sell them for small money than make the customer's life difficult and get some more revenues'. "We're gamers and we are using all these digital distribution platforms. I had Steam but I had the problem that my internet provider could not work with it so I couldn't use the games I bought. I think that if somebody is paying for the game then they deserve own it, not with a certain list of conditions and sometimes the list of conditions can be long." We hope Kicinski is able to convince these publishers that its service is safe to use, as we would love to see more classic titles coming out on the service. |
Michal Kicinski: Publishers are too scared to release DRM free PC Games
22 September 2008 | By Jamie Davey