You say that like you think it's optional...

The primary reason I shop here is because it's DRM free, and I said as much in the annual survey that was sent out. I will not buy any game here if it has DRM, just like I won't buy any game anywhere else that has DRM.

Like they said in the text of this article "If we ever abandoned them we'd quickly become just another digital distributor".

I couldn't care less about publishers that won't get onboard without DRM, because I'm not going to buy their games anyway.

Great Post barleyguy

I feel the same way and said the same thing on the survey.

Death to DRM! Death to Steam!

I sincerely doubt any of the really big AAA publishers will agree to DRM-free releases. If they could be convinced so easily, we wouldn't have a need for GOG as we'd already have DRM-free games.

Honestly, I don't understand the Steam hate I see here. Yes, they use their system as a form of DRM, but as far as DRM goes, it's exceedingly benign. It's certainly better than SecuROM or Starforce.

It's also about the best we can hope for when it comes to brand new AAA titles. Now if you want to wait a decade or two, then it might appear on GOG. I say that because there are lots of five-year old titles on Steam that still sell very well. Publishers notice this and if they can sell lots of their games -- even the older ones -- on Steam, where they have some DRM control, they're not going to let GOG remove the DRM.

Dang, there goes my hope of seeing the entire Mindcraft collection here in this decade.

Sad news, indeed.

guys do you have any intention for Linux games to be available, since most of DRM free games are usually indie games, and linux have many of that kind

I have to agree here. (just been fighting with ebook drm -_- )

The problem is that GOG is relatively expensive as it is. Their sale prices don't even approach steam prices, and now they want to introduce higher price points?!? Assasins Creed is a $5 budget title now,who wants a digital only copy for $14 on an oldgames distro? I guess for somone tha plays only pc games, and wants to usse gog exclusively this is grwat newa. What made me love gog is the fact that they were different.

You are approaching this problem from a terrible direction and don't want to understand, that many people (including me) come to gog partly because they can find games here that they can nowhere else. It is indeed very easy to call out people on their criticism when you don't even try to fathom WHY they are criticising. Having new, mainstream games -> good. Selling one of gog's trademarks for money -> bad. Of course, they are a business company, and if they do choose this way, it will be perfectly understandable. However, that doesn't mean people have to be happy about it.

This is why I love you all so much. Cheap classics compatible on Wins Vista and 7, and without DRM, so it is a simple download and install without having to jump through hoops.

Only thing, is now that you are putting EA games up on GOG, please, please, please, I beg of you, convince them System Shock 2 will sell like hot cakes (because it would)

We will look back on this day, and remember how the fall began.

And a sad day it will be.

Well, I'm kinda ambivalent about this. I'd like to know what they mean by "new". Are we talking stuff that you still can get in shops? are we talking games from 2005, 2007 or early 2011?

I don't see this as very risky, but the fact remains that I'm on gog because i want to see Westwood's Blade Runner, Lucasarts X-Wing and TIE Fghter or Day of the Tentacle done in a way that'll work on windows 7. In other words, Old Favourites. I appreciate the newer games they introduced that i wanted to play for ages (Syberia), and actually I don't care if they do sell new stuff, but I don't want GOG to lose interest in older titles.

Business wise, this smells of wanting to get on a larger market, but if old games stop playing a significant role in this GOG's business plan, it'll lose its unique appeal (i.e. old games that you couldn't buy anywhere else) and become a DRM free alternative to Steam. Which means that the competition which is not willing to let go of DRM will start releasing more stuff on steam with an exclusive license, Already the most important titles are released like that (modern warfare, skyrim, civilization 5). This introduces is a risk of GOG becoming a place for new but discount games.

I realize that I'm late to this party, but I still want to make my opinion heard.

The news about GOG releasing new games isn't a surprise to me. I'm also not bothered by GOG selling 'new' games, since all games are pretty much old after the first weekend (go to Wal-Mart and see a $50.00 game that a month later is "rolled back" to $20.00 or in the discount bin next to PS2 classics). Also, I'm not bothered by a higher price point for new games. These are new games, that is to be expected.

The "Good Old Games" title died for me the day I saw King's Bounty: The Legend in as a release. If a game from 2008 is considered 'old', then I'm a monkey's uncle.

I signed up as a beta user years ago under the belief that if I held out long enough and GOG got big enough, I could get "Planescape Torment". My hope has been fulfilled along with a copy of "Psychonauts" and "Baldur's Gate The Original Saga" and "Baldur's Gate II Complete". Note that "Baldur's Gate The Original Saga" and "Baldur's Gate II Complete" were repurchases for me, as I own the disc versions of "Baldur's Gate The Original Saga" , "Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn", and "Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal" expansion.

What has kept me here has been four things:
1. DRM Free
2. Reasonable Prices
3. Compatibility w/ Latest Operating Systems
4. Ease of Purchase

As long as GOG keeps those four things, I will continue to support them. DRM Free is especially important to me.

What worries me more is the lack of Alien Crossfire expansion for Alpha Centauri. If the future of classic game releases is "no frills", we could have problems.

Sadly, some of us have incomes that fall into the $6 to $10 away from having the electricity cutoff category, if not the actual threat of no electricity. Economy is bad, budgets are tight, and this world is not a fun place to live in right now. This is why every distraction that GOG and Steam can provide on sale is welcomed. I currently have $24.00 in wishlisted games on GOG and $14.00 in wishlisted games on Steam that aren't being bought because I'm trying to shrink my credit card down before the Christmas season comes.

^this. Shovelware titles and "authenticating" DRM are just cruel. If AAA title companies keep treating their customers like suckers and criminals, that is what said customers will be trained to be. GOG has always had respect for their customer base and that shows through in all of their work. GOG's main selling point that distinguishes it from the rest of the direct download market is that other direct download sites just take your money and run, while GOG makes you feel like a valued customer.

I agree. GOG isn't good and Steam isn't evil. It's just that GOG and Steam use different distribution models. I can see GOG and Steam coexisting quite easily. I realize that Steam uses a form of DRM, but in my mind, it is a benign form of DRM that can be "tolerated". I don't think that GOG should use this form of DRM, because that would put it in the same market as Steam and that would crush GOG. GOG does DRM Free and Steam does DRM Lite. The market is better off for this.

The reason that Steam has succeeded is because, like GOG, Steam is run by people who understand the gaming market and who are gamers themselves. Both GOG and Steam care about their customer bases and don't treat customers like criminals. The reason no other DRM Lite company has been able to take on Steam is because most DRM alternatives to Steam are run by paranoid suits who think that their customer base is a bunch of criminals that will upload purchased games on the Pirate's Bay at the first chance available.

Honestly, it is the most annoying and needy DRM out there. Having to enter a confirmation code that is emailed to me every time I launch the client is nearly equal to the always online nightmare because I always have to be online. On second thought, I would actually say it's worse because other forms of online verification are at least transparent to the user (provided the user is online (which is not always the case for those of us who—oh, I don't know—live on a sailboat!))