VP says Gametap's troubles are 'greatly exaggerated'

Never really felt the need to use Gametap.. Steam already provides me with a drip-feed of awesome games and has all my friends on.

That is a great looking game, look at all the bloom and brown shades. "Monty Python: forwards compatible with the Xbox 360 and PS3".

"The report of my death was an exaggeration."

-Mark Twain

Good Ol' Monty Python.

I hope GameTap isn't going away. There are too many great games on the service, especially at $10 a month, to let it wither away. It's worth the money just for the X-Com and Homeworld games.

When is Fallout coming? Anyone know?

Sure, I don't play GameTap as much as I used to, but there's pretty much something for everyone and at $10 a month, that's a pretty good deal. Especially if you like older games and adventure games. I've got Planescape: Torment, Startopia and Sam & Max on my playlist right now.

I would not be surprised if Gametap dies. It's not a well thought out or well supported product. I'm frustrated at a lack of 64-bit support for most of their games. The DRM Gametap uses for most of it's games isn't compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows, so I'm dual-booting 32-bit XP and 64-bit Vista. I won't be renewing my subscription if there isn't 64-bit support by the time I have to pay another $60. That frustration was just too much. I put up with not being able to back-up my saved games. I put up with not being able to export my character from Baldur's Gate into Baldur's Gate 2. I even put up with it's bizzare issues on my dual-monitor setup. However, all that combined has made me not want to give Gametap any more of my money.

Furthermore, I think it speaks volumes about Gametap that they don't so much as have a News section (about Gametap) on their website or in the program. I hear more news about what is new on Gametap from Joystiq than I do from Gametap itself, and something is seriously wrong with that.