i doubt zenimax cares about drm free , they are perfecly happy to have regional blocks , pricing and what not . Considering they even added cloud saves on older quakes and released quake live on steamworks , that pretty much says their thoughts.

It would be nice to finally see some id Software/Zeni games on GOG. I'd love to play RTCW again! Or how about the newest Wolfenstein?

Neither BPJM nor USK are censoring games. But publishers/developers often decide to censor games in advance to avoid either a 18+ rating or banishment in the worst case. BTW banishment doesn't automatically mean that a game isn't allowed to be sold. It just isn't allowed to advertize or sell them to underage persons.
The only games that are forbidden in Germany are games with Nazi-symbols or games that are perceived as glorifying violence against humans.

Yes, I know they don't censor actively, that would be against the constitution, but they censor passively. As you said, publishers censor in advance because they fear an 18+ rating or being indexed. Being indexed is pretty much the same as being banned, because if you can't advertise your game, how are you supposed to make sales? Even an 18+ rating puts up additional barriers, I remember when I ordered The Witcher I had to pay an extra shipping fee and show my ID personally to the post man. The legal background is different, but in the end the result is the same as if the BPJM or USK were censoring actively.

How depressing,....

Have Doom 2 on wishlist on Steam. Would rather get from GOG. :(

yeah it would be cool certainly if they could get the games in perfect working order (so you don't need fanpatches for the music and such). Also I want the expansion to hexen 2 probably the only "official" id related game that i don't have.
Wouldn't mind the crappy quake zone either but first the hexen 2 expansion ;)

GOG definitely needs to get the whole Doom series on here!

"I want the Quake serie on GOG !" (scream from the outer-space).

I do understand why major publishers like EA would go with their own platform. Valve takes a 30% cut on every game sold via Steam. As a major, why would I want some random assholes from Seattle get that large a piece of my pie? Say they launched Battlefield 3 on Steam. That's 10 million units in the first week alone. Let's say they sell each copy for $50, so that's half a billion dollars right there. And how much does Valve earn out of this? A staggering 150 million dollars.150 million dollars out of thin air. I can literally see that conference room of EA suits where they decided that it would be literally cheaper to throw together a lazy-ass Steam clone instead of giving their money to Valve.

The same applies to GOG to a much lesser extent, since GOG at least is a curated store and takes care of the games they sell instead of going with Valve's "You do whatever and we'll have your money, thank you very much!" approach. But the fact remains that majors might be hesitant to let a competitor have a bunch of the money they could have all for themselves.

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Bethesturd, lol. I hate them so. They win the rights games and studios in a lottery to whore them out to Gaben. Screw them, I hope they get their comeuppance and go bankrupt or get bled dry in a long and protracted legal battle against Oculus/Facebook.