18. August 2015, 19:03:40

#5

ZylonBaneQuote

The way I see it, this will probably result in more people playing SS1, even though it's no longer free, because it will once again be available, and advertised, from legitimate sources. Don't underestimate the number of people who would never consider SSP, either because they consider it piracy, or because they don't trust software downloaded from some random internet site (from their perspective), or simply because they don't know it exists.

As has been mentioned, hopefully an "SS1Tool" can be developed that applies all the SSP mods to whatever ends up on GOG/Steam.

18. August 2015, 20:11:05

#6

Nameless VoiceQuote

Yeah, I'm not generally against services like GOG and Steam selling things legally and making them much easier to acquire.  I just think that the original developers should get something.  Otherwise it's just stealing other peoples' work and selling it as your own.

18. August 2015, 20:32:11

#7

MarvinQuote

Jeez, Kolya sounds pissed ...

I get your angle, but as ZB said: Putting Shock on Steam and GOG will draw a lot more people to the System Shock universe than SSP could ever have done, and that's a good thing. If such a step filled nobody's pockets, the no one would do it on such a scale (except fans, obviously).

18. August 2015, 20:38:14

#8

Yankee ClipperQuote

What am I missing. Did the current rights holder do something underhanded to get the rights? What's wrong with the old rights holder selling their property, and why would it be bad if someone new comes along and buys it?

This game was once created by a bunch of extremely smart people in Boston who favoured individual thinking and personal skills over capitalism and following the rules.

Are individual thinking and personal skills incompatible with capitalism? What does that even mean - you can only be an individual thinker if you are a socialist and in tune with the collective?

18. August 2015, 20:47:52

#9

voodoo47Quote

to make it very short and simple, a lot of people think it's immoral to receive (essentially free) money just because you have bought/own a piece of paper with a brand name on it.

it's a complicated thing, and certainly not all black or white.