There are definitely games that GOG have lost money out on by not updating them properly.

Nuclear Throne and games thag have dailies will sadly never get those implemented I believe because of how API works? Don't quote me.



I've just read countless times with multple games like Nuclear Throne, GoNNer, Gungeon, and so on will most likely never receive the leaderboards and challenges. I think directly as a result of the GoG version being DRM-free. Now, I understand some people may not care about those dailies and whatnot, but i think for quick play-for-a-bit roguelites, they are a main attraction and as such devs like to keep them updated and fresh. I've also read that the update process for GoG is hell. Not to say it's a bad thing, since having unfiltered updates on all games could easily lead to problems. But the nature of roguelites and their update processes I guess clash hard with GoG's strict update policy.



On the other hand I think Steam doesn't really care about how or what the devs update. Like I said before I don't know jack about API, but from what i gathered allowing your game to be inplemented with Steam takes away a lot of hassle with API. So any time a dev has a new patch for a game, Steam's relaxed update policy in conjunction with the ease at which they are able to implement the update, makes a it a whole lot easier to just have your game be hosted on Steam.



I believe any kind of multiplayer also suffers from the same problems.



Part of why I like GoG is the strictness as to what comes in. Far less shit games. Although some would argue that point, but that discussion is for another thread. The previously mentioned stritcness has also unfortunately led me to give up on many games, mainly the roguelites. It's a shame becuae some of them look incredibly fun, but I guess my funds don't get depleted.



As for your Dragon's Dogma problem, it sounds similar to Kotor 2's newest patch that has been available for quite some time, but has not been seen here. Seeing as it is an old game i don't think we'll see it here.

Having said that, some games are kept up pretty well such as Titan Quest and Hollow Knight. Both games received their respective uodates soon after Steam and others. Inevitably, we will usually receive them later, but not by much.



I don't know what my point is, other than that I feel your pain. It may be that the nature of DRM-free will always prevent us from experiencing some games' "full experience", especially for multiplayer games.