The beauty of GOG is in its similarity with Steam, but without the DRM. Much like Steam, they just don't sell games, they provide added value in their (optional, and I hope it stays optional) GOG Galaxy client, their community, things like that that do appeal to people.

I always saw Abandonware as a necessary evil, flagrant copyright violation when the copyright holder has zero interest on their property, but GOG and such are a good alternative. Not only the games are sold at reasonable prices and put under rather regular sales, but avoiding DRM does make sharing significantly easier.

> Bethesda is a bit strange due to their military contracts

I am curious to know what you are talking about. I've never heard Bethesda getting money from the DoD. And I've found nothing, since all search results are mixed with info about the military base in the city called Bethesda.

My mistake. Was meant to be Bohemia Interactive.

Thank you for your answer.

Bohemia Interactive created a division, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, to handle the military training software, which has worked with other NATO countries.

But from the Wikipedia page, the division has been bought by an equity firm, The Riverside Company, in 2013. So Bohemia Interactive doesn't deal anymore with the military, even if they might still have contact in the military, since they have developed military simulations.

Agreed some companys- have a more longterm view. I may also point out that valve and blizzard games are well maintained and where never server-severed.

Even those impose centralized control on there software though:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/free/bnetd.html

>Bethesda

I assume you mean Bohemia Interactive, who make ARMA?

I make the same mistake.

Indeed.

Bethesda do work well too with TES stuff too that said.