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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 November 18, 2011
I'll be happy to see any new games on GOG.COM new or old.

As for Indies, I would have been much happier buying Terraria here rather than on Steam (to cite one example) as I find it terribly silly to have to run a framework 10 times larger than the game I want to run! (Terraria is the only Steam game I've got installed at work...)
Posted November 18, 2011
If you can keep your prices competitive with Steam and other DD websites, so much the better. As for myself, I won't pay $5 more just because it doesn't have Steam. I'm sure enough people will, though, to make it financially viable.
Posted November 18, 2011
I think people worry too much, I see this as a positive move. It can even help GOG to provide more GOGs with (fingers crossed) the greater footfall that newer games will provide. But I've always been a glass half full kind of guy.
Posted November 18, 2011
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imdwalrus: This seems like a mistake to me.

GOG is about to enter a crowded market - a VERY crowded market. They're going to be competing with Steam, Impulse/GameStop, Direct2Drive, Green Man Gaming, Games for Windows Live, and probably a few others that aren't coming to mind right now. And I'm not sure what's going to set them apart. I don't think GOG is going to compete on pricing, because from my experience NOBODY competes with Steam on pricing (unless GOG begins having 75% off sales at every major holiday). While the lack of DRM is nice, I'm not sure that that's going to be enough to sway most gamers. Yeah, Steam is a form of DRM, but it's not obtrusive and (at least personally) it's never caused me significant problems or kept me from playing a game when I want to. And, as pointed out by other posters, the automatic updates for newer titles like The Witcher is something GOG flat-out CAN'T do right now, but that the other services do offer.

The bigger problem is that GOG had a niche, a unique one. A lot of the titles on GOG simply aren't available anywhere else, and that's why I keep checking into the site. I don't have a huge collection here because I'm fresh out of college and broke, but when I see a title like Rayman that I grew up with and that isn't available anywhere else, I'm more than happy to buy it. I think there's a good chance that that focus will be lost by expanding the title selection, and that's only going to hurt the site in the long run.
GOG won't be leaving their roots though, they will continue to expand there Old game's library, and support them. So really its a win-win for GOG and everyone. GOG still provides their awesome good old games, and continues to build that library AND they start edging into newer stuff, possibly becoming competitive there.

The No DRM policy is one of the most exceptional things GOG has going for it, if they expand there library with newer games and no DRM, that would be a nice bonus. I think it could bring them a good amount of money.

Old games are somewhat of a niche, GOG can only make so much from selling them, if they want to increase there revenue, they will need to expand. I'd like to see them marketing more widely also, they will need a good amount of capital to execute that.
Posted November 18, 2011
i don't like this news for some reason

1)there are still many and many old games to add that are pre-2006/7(for not talk of the ones that are 2007-2009)

2)there are games that are not compatible with windows 7(few,i guess),that lack of expansion(see EA games),that doesn't work(Arx Fatalix),that miss some languages(french,german etc.) and this list of issue is uncomplete

3)Having new games could mean that the forum could(WILL) be a TROLLFEST(and it will,trust me)
it will became like 4chan /v/.

I hope you have think at this scenario that is really probable

Anyway,if you want to have newer games and also indie,at least i strongly suggest to have them in a separate website

i came here for old games that i've played in the past and want to have them legally,for new games i use steam and i don't consider that a drm instead is the opposite especially when i have to backup and also i like achievements

that's all,folks
Post edited November 18, 2011 by oigroig
Posted November 18, 2011
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1. Keep releasing classics, there are a lot that still deserve a place here.
2. Bring on the newer titles!
3. DRM-Free or I'll air strike your headquarters.
4. Flat pricing, bonus goodies, or else...

Do all of that and I'll give you my money.
Posted November 18, 2011
jokes aside you guys do whatever you gotta do to keep this service up. Please open an off topic forum
Posted November 18, 2011
Great. GOG is getting rid of what makes it unique as a digital distribution website in order to directly compete with Steam, an unbreakable juggernaut of a service that I already use for the purpose of getting newer titles. I don't have enough of an obsession with DRM free-ness to repurchase games I already own, and if Steam has it, chances are I'll be able to get it for cheaper too.
Posted November 18, 2011
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ArbitraryWater: chances are I'll be able to get it for cheaper too.
If GOG sticks to fair price, Steam will lose some of its appeal to Europe.
Posted November 18, 2011
Dear GOG team, I just hope you know what you are doing. :)
I'll stay here anyway, as long as there is no DRM included or others bad surprises.
Post edited November 18, 2011 by kasasensei
Posted November 18, 2011
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ArbitraryWater: Great. GOG is getting rid of what makes it unique as a digital distribution website
Where are you reading this? Expanding is not the same as changing. They have 300 classic games now - they'll still be here. They'll add more classic games in the future, unless they are blatantly lying. They are not getting rid of classic games, they are selling something else on top of that.
Posted November 18, 2011
I didn't find any information if newer games will have fixed price points are freely adjustable prices? Also I would like to know which ones? Maybe they all will be crap, than many people would have protested for nothing. ;)

And when is the first coming?
Posted November 18, 2011
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wodmarach: Witcher 2 where if you did have to pay more than the $ cost you got more than the difference back in store credit you mean?
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rjfigueiredo: Think you are missing the point: with 40$ in the US right now I can buy it, but I need 55$ if I live in Europe, what does store credit matter if I only have 40$?

Edit: flatrate is not store credit
The prices were in fact flat from the start as GOG uses the country you declare instead of any automatic form of geolocation. Here is what you do:
1. You buy a ticket to the USA and go there. You go to My account / Account & Settings and change your Location to United States.
2. You buy your game for the equivalent of 40$ instead of 55$.
3. You come back to your country and set you Location back to Portugal.
Hint! Step 2 is mandatory :)
Post edited November 18, 2011 by Krisk7
Posted November 18, 2011
i add a little thing to the other post

i will like to have for gog games a folder that allow easy backup with also the save games

a folder like steam,but without the software/interface part
Posted November 18, 2011
I think that this is fantastic news.

I support DRM free games and I look forward to seeing what's offered. I wish you success GOG!
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