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If you've been checking out the news on gaming sites around the 'Net, you've very possibly heard that GOG has announced some exciting news about our plan for 2012 and beyond.

In particular, there are three main elements that make up our announced path for the next few years: adding newer games to the catalog, focusing on continuing our impressive growth, and bringing exclusive game releases to GOG.com. There are a few common questions we've seen about this, so before we link you to some of these discussions online, we thought we'd create a quick FAQ for you.

Q: Oh no! GOG.com is never going to sell another classic PC game again and my favorite game never made it here!

A: Don't worry, GOG.com will continue to release classic PC games. We are, however, looking to expand the availability window of games on GOG, so we won't focus only on PC classics anymore.

Q: Isn't your name Good Old Games? It seems kind of silly to sell new games on an old gaming website.

A: We've always been about our core values: DRM-free games, flat prices worldwide, and extra goodies included in our releases. So don't think about us as "Good Old Games"; think of us as "GOG.com", and perhaps you can work your way around that objection. ;)

Q: I see your terrible plot! When you guys start selling games with DRM, I will leave the Internets in disgust and never return.

A: Don't worry: we're devoted to those three core values that we mentioned above, and we know that if we ever abandoned them we'd quickly become just another digital distributor. Our goal is to become the best alternative digital distributor out there: the guys who do it differently, who respect their customers, and who can help change what the industry is doing as a result.


If you have any other pressing questions about our future plans, feel free to ask them in the forum and we'll do our best to answer as many as we can. Keep in mind that we can't always answer questions you ask for a variety of reasons, so apologies in advance if you happen to ask one of those kinds of questions.
I mean - if they can expand their business and also do new games, why not? Also think about it... Obviously the publishers are pleased with GoG, or they wouldn't consider putting new games on the site.

*throws DRM out of the window*
It was nice to have known ya' ;)

Not to mention it's hard to pinpoint what an old game is - some of my oldies could be considered "new" as well.
Post edited November 18, 2011 by Tpiom
That sounds pretty exciting. I can't wait to see it happen.

Oh, and you could always rename the site to "Good Outstanding Games". ;)
Post edited November 18, 2011 by Przemek32767
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so we won't focus only on PC classics anymore
*disappointed*

Also :
- now more low priced games
- $1 = 1€ crap
- game client

As i see GOG want to became another Steam clone .
Post edited November 18, 2011 by ne_zavarj
As long as GOG stays DRM free and increases the release rate of games to make up for the newer releases (i.e. not slow down the release of older classics), I think this is great. My first concern has been addressed, but I think GOG needs to respond to the second concern, as it's already been voiced by many others...
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TomNook: Ok, own up. Which of you voted for GoG to release newer games?
I would imagine an overwhelming amount of us did for them to move on it so quickly.
Thanks to this news post, I have a new fapping material.
I saw someone recommend GOGNG - Good Old [and] Good New Games

The acronym looks nicely symmetrical, that's why I like it. But GOG is fine too.

edit: Also I don't care about a GOG client. Just make GOG Downloader download bonus content as well and maybe check for updated files(i.e. witcher 2 full game install turned 2.0) and I'll be a happy camper.

Also you could add Bittorrent as an option for bigger games(over 5 GB for instance). Just don't give separate torrents for each bonus content/game(that would make things messy and hard to manage)
Post edited November 18, 2011 by Lovag
I love these "WAAAAH!" posts from people who think that expanding the user base of people who want DRM free games of ALL types is bad.

DRM Free = win.

Period.
Awesome news guys! I'm looking forward to buying as many of my games directly from you as possible.
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so we won't focus only on PC classics anymore
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ne_zavarj: *disappointed*

Also :
- now more low priced games
- $1 = 1€ crap
- game client

As i see GOG want to became another Steam clone .
That's one hell of an extrapolation.
so we won't focus only on PC classics anymore
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ne_zavarj: *disappointed*

Also :
- now more low priced games
- $1 = 1€ crap
- game client

As i see GOG want to became another Steam clone .
So where do you see these things?
"$1 = 1€"? What I see written above is "flat prices worldwide". That's the opposite of your claim.

"game client"? Sure, I've seen talk about a purely optional game client. Steam's client isn't optional, so that's not even a comparison. I'd use an optional GOG client, but you don't have to use it, so I have no idea why it should bother you.
If GOG decides to spin off the new games on a different site it should be called MAGOG.com

Fits the monk theme quite nicely.
Keep games DRM free is all I ask. This is what makes GOG.com unique is the commitment to DRM free games.

I like how the beta downloader works. It's nice to be able to queue the downloads and walk away from the PC as it downloads games one at a time rather than trying to dowonload them all at once.
Good Old, Indie and New Games... Although Good Old and New Games would make a better logo.
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s45qu4tch: If GOG decides to spin off the new games on a different site it should be called MAGOG.com

Fits the monk theme quite nicely.
Well, they would probably have problems with that IP. You know, magog..... from Andromeda? Gene Roddenberry? Kevin Sorbo? Hercules? Eh, nevermind ...... :)