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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 would jump onboard if they could get Mass Effect, Burnout Ultimate Box, Mirror's Edge DRM free & others such as Silent Hunter III(Starforce drivers removed from installation)...
Post edited November 20, 2011 by Hillsy_
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liquidsnakehpks: well whats the verdict on games that require cd-key to play ? are they drm free or its considered drm free as long as single player works without the cd key needed ?
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Barefoot_Monkey: No, a CD key is not DRM because once you have the key you are the authority on whether you can play the game. Well, that's assuming that the last part is true, of course - there could be both DRM and a CD check on a game (for example if the game checks a server for key revocations) but the CD key is not in itself a DRM system.
true , guess we would have to wait and see , how drm free are the newer games
I'm not totally clear what GOG intends when they speak of newer games, but it would be amazing if they meant indie games! Good solid classics and great indie games at low prices and without DRM would make GOG my ONLY sourse for game purchases!
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mobutu: I took the time to read all the comments so far and what can I say ... I'm really shocked to see so many people BITCHING over someting that is REALLY a GREAT news!

So many hypocrites, sorry to say, but is true. So many acting on instincts, like animals, without thinking a little bit and not reasoning at all!

So many people declaring with peace of mind that "they have absolutely no problem with DRM"!
This insults even the intelligence of a baby!

So many stupid "soluntions" like another terminology for gog, like sister site, like "can you guarantee this ..." or "can you promise that ...".
I'm really beggining to see an idiocracy type society ... One hundred years ago we were 1 billion on the planet and now we are 7 billion ... I clearly see that unfortunatelly is quantity over quality!

Man, gog has a unique place of making history in this shitty bussines that is gaming industry today. And you, gog's customer has that chance too. But no, you're too "smart" bitching over nothing!

I'm not wrong when I see that gog is the ONLY way for us to buy games with peace on mind. All the others treat you like crap ... and remember even a game client IS drm!
I anyone has a chance to kick steam's ass is gog. And you, buying games from here, not from them ... and with any steam buy you make you support drm! this is madness.

Do you really have to pre-order/buy/play all the AAA+++ games first day?
Do playing games is optional or a necessity in life for you? Maybe you can "waste" your life in other more pleasant ways than playing any type of games? like go get a real life?
Think of this when you preorder/buy your next aaa+++ games at premium price and drm-ed to hell!!!

gog has all my support in this direction. I was sure from start that gog will grow an begin to distribute newer games. Just the words "drm free" have the magnet power to attract all the SANE customers.

Sorry if I offended anyone but this had to be said, people should be more rationale with their money and carefully support the right games distributor.
I couldn`t have put it better!
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MaridAudran: Plenty. Most of them, in fact. However, I buy games on GOG I intend to play, either again or for the first time, and/or with the intention of a DRM-free back-up that can replace an original physical copy that I bought years ago. I'm selective and don't do as many impulse buys, especially during promos, as some other GOG-ites here. So I don't have a backlog of sixty, seventy, eighty games to go through like many have admitted to having...
I wish I could say that about me ;o) And I'm also very picky on the games I buy.
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Gonadius: I got to pondering this, and had a look at the game shelf - The answer is pretty depressing actually.

Out of the 31 games I've bought off GOG (Disregarding the freebies), I've completed just one of the games since buying them here. One. Thats it... I'm ashamed. Deeply. Ahh well. If you consider games I already owned on CD or floppy, the number I've completed rises to 12. Not too bad, but still not great... As for games I've at least downloaded off here and played, that number drops slightly to 11...

But ultimately, I'm not too bothered by these numbers. Some games I mainly bought due to a deep affection for the game/series and will undoubtedly play (& complete (yet?) again, others are (very) long term time sinks, a couple are "Why did I buy this game?" (Undoubtedly the answer is because it was on sale & looked vaguely interesting). And a handful are adventure games where I have to be in the right frame of mind to start playing, else I'll get bored/lose patience with them fairly quickly and probably never come back to.

I'll keep buying games the same way I have done so far - By waiting for them to hit a decent sale, as it is all but inevitable that every game here will be discounted at some point. And one day, I will make the time to give them all the attention they deserve.
You don`t have to feel ashamed for having a big backlog...I think that`s a common problem here.
What`I find so embarrassing is how many people (despite their backlog), demand more and more games and "Woe to GoG.com", if ever they dare, to release just one game per week.
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NXMT: GOG isn't selling out or missteping into the wrong direction. They're an ever growing business and they need to expand. This isn't some hobby created by a bunch of guys in tbeir basement.

I've always put off buying anything from Steam that I can get here even with price differences. Why? It's because GOG is hassle free. GOG has always proudly proclaimed their "core values" and if they can extend that on an even wider range, how is this anything but an excellent move?

When Steam became the juggernaut that it is, developers and publishers had to adhere to it's Steamworks requirements and anything else set forth by the contract. Look at what happened to EA when it introduced Origin. Or when Ubisfot introduced UPlay. People HATED the fact that they had to put up with yet another DRM infused system.

Likewise for GOG, if they can prove that by being DRM-free equals a larger portion of sales, won't we see more publishers jumping on that bandwagon?

It's a longshot, but at least GOG doesn't treat us PC gamers like rubbish and that's why they will always have my support.
^This!^
Post edited November 20, 2011 by BreOl72
I used to be one of those people who couldn't care less if a game was DRMed or not, mainly because my shitty computer was unable to run any games released after 2004 or so and as such I was practically unaware of DRM.

But after running into more than a dozen problems with Steam (and I'm a single player kind of gamer), some of which prevented me from playing "my" games for as long as months, I've become allergic to DRM.

Truth be told, there is only one "new" game so far that has earned a place in my "thank you for creating such an awesome game and fuck you for destroying my social/academic life" list, and that's Fallout 3, and even so I'll probably replay the first two Fallout games many more times whilst I doubt I'll ever play the third installment again.

I'm not sure if GOG will be able to convince Ubisoft and EA to release games like Assassin's Creed and Crysis DRM-free, but if they do, I'll buy them, so I can finally enjoy the former and claim ownership on the latter, since it is one of the games I've rented on Steam.

Just don't forget to bring me those old Dynamix adventure games (maybe if I repeat this plea everytime I post on the forums they'll eventually hear me out).
As long as GOG.com doesn't "sell out" and start carrying stuff like "Bejeweled 14" or other low-quality games, I'm fine. If they want to start carrying, say, Skyrim with their no-hassle system... :D
Welcome news, as far as I'm concerned. There are plenty of new-ish games out there that aren't widely available. I hope they can find a successful niche. Staying DRM free is fine, but I have my doubts about how much of the broader marker it'll appeal to, to say nothing of the publishers' reluctance to get on board.
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beatlefreak9: As long as GOG.com doesn't "sell out" and start carrying stuff like "Bejeweled 14" or other low-quality games, I'm fine. If they want to start carrying, say, Skyrim with their no-hassle system... :D
That's more sell-out in my opinion. They should first start carrying stuff from developer / publisher that doesn't have fortune / monster marketing machine like these big name company. Paradox Interactive, Double Fine, Microids and Bohemia Interactive's catalogue come to my mind at the moment.
Be ashamed for have tons of games "to play" ... well then i will be one of the most ashamed persons ever... i´m really a collector, i worked many years in videogames, and this is one of the things i most like with cinema. So yes, is a pain have no more time to play all it, but i just complete some of them, day by day... and i mix playing new games, and old ones.
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beatlefreak9: As long as GOG.com doesn't "sell out" and start carrying stuff like "Bejeweled 14" or other low-quality games, I'm fine. If they want to start carrying, say, Skyrim with their no-hassle system... :D
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wormholewizards: That's more sell-out in my opinion. They should first start carrying stuff from developer / publisher that doesn't have fortune / monster marketing machine like these big name company. Paradox Interactive, Double Fine, Microids and Bohemia Interactive's catalogue come to my mind at the moment.
You mean like EA or Ubisoft? Hm... you might want to rethink that comment.
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wormholewizards: That's more sell-out in my opinion. They should first start carrying stuff from developer / publisher that doesn't have fortune / monster marketing machine like these big name company. Paradox Interactive, Double Fine, Microids and Bohemia Interactive's catalogue come to my mind at the moment.
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Foxhack: You mean like EA or Ubisoft? Hm... you might want to rethink that comment.
???
I'm confused here.
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Foxhack: You mean like EA or Ubisoft? Hm... you might want to rethink that comment.
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wormholewizards: ???
I'm confused here.
You say they should start carrying stuff from publishers or devs that don't spend millions on marketing.

And yet we have stuff by EA, Ubisoft and Activision... who spend millions in advertising. :P
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wormholewizards: ???
I'm confused here.
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Foxhack: You say they should start carrying stuff from publishers or devs that don't spend millions on marketing.

And yet we have stuff by EA, Ubisoft and Activision... who spend millions in advertising. :P
I don't know whether these companies would like to sell their new game DRM free. EA already have their own Origin so we can possibly rule them out. Ubisoft and Activision, well you know them..