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Posted November 18, 2011
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.
Posted January 07, 2012
GOG gives us a way out.
Posted January 07, 2012
Problem is GOG will not become directly competitive if that was its hope. GamersGate is already the best STEAM competitor with I believe an even larger games catalog. GamersGate doesn't shy away from selling games requiring STEAM after purchase. If as many fear GOG stops releasing older titles some folks will just rip their old CD copies and post em for sharing somewhere. And would GOG sell STEAM based games? Would you GOG?
Posted January 07, 2012
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u2jedi: Problem is GOG will not become directly competitive if that was its hope. GamersGate is already the best STEAM competitor with I believe an even larger games catalog. GamersGate doesn't shy away from selling games requiring STEAM after purchase. If as many fear GOG stops releasing older titles some folks will just rip their old CD copies and post em for sharing somewhere. And would GOG sell STEAM based games? Would you GOG?
If you think GOG would ever sell games with Steamworks integration you don't deserve to even BE here. :\
Posted January 07, 2012
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u2jedi: If as many fear GOG stops releasing older titles some folks will just rip their old CD copies and post em for sharing somewhere. And would GOG sell STEAM based games? Would you GOG?
GOG cannot sell Steam keys if they are to hold true to their "no DRM" policy. Which they have told us time and again that they will. They have also told us that they will widen their focus to slightly newer games in addition to the oldies, not instead of them.

The answer to both these concerns are in the first post.
Post edited January 07, 2012 by Miaghstir
Posted January 07, 2012
GameRager,

Step off. I am posting an opinion as everyone else has. You shouldn't be so self righteous. You sound like a STEAM Hammer Legion fanboy but a GOG variant. It is unimpressive.

I love GOG as much as the next gamer but it is the reality. The bigger GOG becomes by adopting newer games into its database the more demands will be put on it by new subscribers. So please go ahead and enjoy your limited view shall you?
Posted January 07, 2012
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u2jedi: If as many fear GOG stops releasing older titles some folks will just rip their old CD copies and post em for sharing somewhere. And would GOG sell STEAM based games? Would you GOG?
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Miaghstir: GOG cannot sell Steam keys if they are to hold true to their "no DRM" policy. Which they have told us time and again that they will. They have also told us that they will widen their focus to slightly newer games in addition to the oldies, not instead of them.
Too many people in here seem to be bordering on paranoia concerning GOG's future release plans. :\

Among the suggestions so far:

Gog will start using DRM, Gog will work with steamworks games, GOG will stop releasing old games and only release newer games, GOG will steal my baby and shoot my puppy.
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u2jedi: GameRager,

Step off. I am posting an opinion as everyone else has. You shouldn't be so self righteous. You sound like a STEAM Hammer Legion fanboy but a GOG variant. It is unimpressive.

I love GOG as much as the next gamer but it is the reality. The bigger GOG becomes by adopting newer games into its database the more demands will be put on it by new subscribers. So please go ahead and enjoy your limited view shall you?
And i'm posting a valid pov on your opinion.......held in view of GOG's precepts(guidelines) and how GOG has performed over the months i've been here and the words of other goggers.

Call me self righteous? I'd rather say i'm being realistic in my views that your views are baseless.

GOG stopping selling or releasing older games or joining Steam would be = GOG shooting itself in the leg. Not gonna happen.
Post edited January 07, 2012 by GameRager
Posted January 07, 2012
@GameRager

Baseless? Tell that to Direct2Drive and GamersGate who said the same thing. We'll see what's baseless in time shall we?

And yes I do deem you self righteous.
Posted January 07, 2012
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u2jedi: @GameRager

Baseless? Tell that to Direct2Drive and GamersGate who said the same thing. We'll see what's baseless in time shall we?

And yes I do deem you self righteous.
Did D2D and GG have a set of precepts in place that they promised to adhere to from day one in regard to no drm/etc like gog? Did they have the community gog does(a community which has been as vocal as GOG's, even, in stating they want everything to stay the same as it is?)?

And again I think you're being upset over nothing........the day GOG starts using DRM or stops adding older games is the day the sun goes black and an independent gets in the white house.
Post edited January 07, 2012 by GameRager
Posted January 07, 2012
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GameRager: GOG will steal my baby and shoot my puppy.
In some cases that may very well be a blessing for the baby and puppy. I mean, I'm not good at taking care of living things, good thing my plants can take a few months without water - a puppy wouldn't fare so well.
Posted January 07, 2012
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GameRager: GOG will steal my baby and shoot my puppy.
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Miaghstir: In some cases that may very well be a blessing for the baby and puppy. I mean, I'm not good at taking care of living things, good thing my plants can take a few months without water - a puppy wouldn't fare so well.
So your green thumb be a black thumb then? Poor plants. :(

:)
Posted January 07, 2012
If GOG wanna stop releasing old title, why would they released Time Commando just few days ago? I don't know what else do you want GOG to do, to proved themselves that they still hold to their philosophy.
Just like GameRager said, some people tend to upset over nothing. And too melodramatic, if i may add.
Posted January 07, 2012
I don't get upset over game distributors changing their minds. Nothing lasts forever. But it does seem I upset you by voicing an alternative viewpoint.

Also, who says an independent will not become President? Can't be worse than the one occupying it now.

Enjoy your Saturday
Post edited January 07, 2012 by u2jedi
Posted January 07, 2012
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wormholewizards: If GOG wanna stop releasing old title, why would they released Time Commando just few days ago? I don't know what else do you want GOG to do, to proved themselves that they still hold to their philosophy.
Just like GameRager said, some people tend to upset over nothing. And too melodramatic, if i may add.
I can understand REASONABLE worries like if GOG will release less older GOGs and more newer ones but those who think GOG will stop releasing older games altogether(and lose their niche market and fanbase) are just worrying over nothing.

Of course some people(I think) are so unsure of everything that they find new things to worry about all the time, even with "sure things" that they need not worry about.
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u2jedi: I don't get upset over game distributors changing their minds. Nothing lasts forever. But it does seem I upset you by voicing an alternative viewpoint.

Also, who says an independent will not become President? Can't be worse than the one occupying it now.

Enjoy your Saturday
Upset me? It would seem you're the one who is upset. I am just responding to your replies with my own. :\
Post edited January 07, 2012 by GameRager
Posted January 07, 2012
@GameRager

I see you just edited your post. Nope not upset, no reason to be over 1s and 0s. Regarding the present fool in the White House though, that bothers me. Inconveniencing large ares of Hawaii to impress some world dignitaries in 2011? Priceless.

But that's another forum.
Posted January 07, 2012
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u2jedi: @GameRager

I see you just edited your post. Nope not upset, no reason to be over 1s and 0s. Regarding the present fool in the White House though, that bothers me. Inconveniencing large ares of Hawaii to impress some world dignitaries in 2011? Priceless.

But that's another forum.
I edited it yes, but I often do that if I want to reword what i'm saying due to spelling errors or bad choice of words.

As for Obama? I really thought he'd be different and in the beginning he seemed like he was trying to be. Unfortunately politicians on BOTH sides often blocked his proposals and ideas in congress, and when he tried to act tough it was never tough enough & usually he tried to please people as well on both sides while acting tough which worked against him.

Too bad, really.
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