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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.
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DJProfessorK: New games? I have Steam and D2D for that (between many other choices)...
You don't seem to understand, those are DRM-ed.
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DJProfessorK: ...you ARE Good Old Games, not another mainstream digital new games distributor.
Yes, GOG is not "mainstream", it's truly unique by beeing DRM-FREE! And yes, more DRM-free games is always good, even if they're 1-3 years old.
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DJProfessorK: Flat prices: More than $9.99 isn't a flat price anymore, not even for newer games.
You also don't understand the concept of "flat prices": it means that everybody in the world has the same price in the same currency (usd) ... think about euro for example, in europe games are ~35% more expensive just because the currency! So it's very important.
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anjohl: 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.
Where is this non-digital version of Assassin's Creed and where can I get more video games like it in which I presumably never have to worry about DRM again?
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photoleia: I installed it for the first time (after swearing I'd never install it) because of Skyrim. That is the one series I cannot say no to. My verdict? I hate it (Steam)....
And this is likely the reason Valve released Steamworks free of charge - knowing that money-pinching publishers would be all too happy to screw over their customers and make Steam compulsory.

Monopolies can stink, and Steam is climbing up there with the worst.
Looking forward to more recent games on GoG. As long as the pricing is competitve and no DRM, I'll definitely be shopping here.
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DJProfessorK: New games? I have Steam and D2D for that (between many other choices)...
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mobutu: You don't seem to understand, those are DRM-ed.
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DJProfessorK: ...you ARE Good Old Games, not another mainstream digital new games distributor.
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mobutu: Yes, GOG is not "mainstream", it's truly unique by beeing DRM-FREE! And yes, more DRM-free games is always good, even if they're 1-3 years old.
I couldn't care more about DRM or not, i do care is about OLD games, i can't get anywhere, and evan if i could, they wouldn't work on today's systems.

For new games, i have countless other resources, i just named 2, and by the way, D2D also has DRM free games, very little, but does.



If you're 1 of those paranoids about DRM, sorry to hear it, but frankly, i'm more worried about GOG literally dropping its propose.

Thief series, B-Hunter, Soul Reaver, Bermuda Syndrome, MGS (<- would be win), Atomic Bomberman, etc. hundreds and hundreds,

Newer games? They are everywhere.


But this is me, MY point of view, and i'm not going to start an argue, so....
Post edited November 23, 2011 by DJProfessorK
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DJProfessorK: I couldn't care more about DRM or not... If you're 1 of those paranoids about DRM, sorry to hear it, but frankly, i'm more worried about GOG literally dropping its propose...
Ah, a DRM victim-in-waiting....
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DJProfessorK: Not gonna look at the 24 pages, but gonna leave my feedback:
If you'd bothered to look just a little further back in this thread, then you'd see some pretty good arguments to be "paranoid" about DRM - Steam in particular.

However, if you're not going to bother looking at others' posts, there's little reason for them return the favour with yours...
Post edited November 24, 2011 by AstralWanderer
Don't want to post an extra thread and I can't find another good one fitting this topic, so sorry for being a little bit off-topic now. Makusof.com did a short article about gog.com presenting all free games. There are no real news, but it's really nice to read:

Retro Games: Grab A Classic For Free With These 6 GOG Downloads
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Crassmaster: Because implementing that would be a nightmare. Two completely different sites means more upkeep. Also, when would something warrant being switched? After all, at a certain point it would no longer be a GNG, and would need to change over to GOG. So how to make that work?
Depends on their web framework. By introducing new games into Good Old Games, you're going to have your own products competing against each other - and the niche space being potentially smothered; which is why I wouldn't recommend both sharing the same place entirely, or operating completely separately.
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Trilarion: Maybe because they won't be good? *duckandrun*

As far as I can read from the official statements, "good" is not a core value of Gog. Just think of Gog as a name and you'll realize, the games don't actually have to be any good.

:)
Its more the Old that concerns me. GOG was built up around old titles, by introducing new you have a massive library of titles directly competing for attention with the old. It becomes less of a specialised boutique sort of store, and more of something general and less focused.

I think sharing the same framework and connecting the two is necessary, but I'm not sold on new titles completely sharing the same webspace with those older ones.
Post edited November 24, 2011 by muscrat
Since you'll be expanding the Gog.com site, will there be some classic games free then? Noticed that there are already some games on here free and its sitting on the shelves on my account and since your bringing out newer games, would some of the games that are older become free? Just curious :)
One step closer to GOG making their own brand of old school games.

Oh, a man can dream though.. A man can dream..
Dear GOG Team. you guys are fantastic. From your prices to your philosophies of DRM free games and good customer relations.

companies like ubisoft and EA really need to take notes from you guys. If you where to start releasing brand new games not just selling classic and "newer" games you would get all of my buisness.

That being said, now that you will be selling "newer" games as well i'm sure my bank account will be flowing in your direction allot more :)

Keep up the good work, pc gamers love ya.
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Post edited November 25, 2011 by flameifrit
Thanks GOG, I am looking forward :)
Another RELATED interview:
GoG Breaks Cover – Interview with Good Old Games
When you buy a game on GOG.com, you own it.
Do what you like – it’s your game!
At the moment we’re probably after 200-300 old games to add to the catalogue and it will be pretty well packed with classics.
We’re working on getting newer classics into our catalog—games a year to three years old—and adding them to our catalog while continuing to work on classic games
etc
What's not to like about more competition, especially when one competitor really does look out for their customers/fans? Getting a personal response like I do from GOG to questions/problems is a huge plus for dummies like me.

I came to GOG.com because my computer was lame, and I decided to play the oldies I'd missed out on. Now I can play all the latest at ultra-high graphics, so newer titles are definitely another reason to continue shopping/surfing here.
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DJProfessorK: Not gonna look at the 24 pages, but gonna leave my feedback:

- New games?
I have Steam and D2D for that (between many other choises), i really don't need to split up evan more, the reason i use GOG is because its about OLD games, and between you and me "don't think about us as Good Old Games?" Sorry, you ARE Good Old Games, not another mainstream digital new games distributor.

Dunno about many people, but i'm still waiting for wonderful titles to reach GOG like the Thief series, B-Hunter, Duke Nuken 1 and 2, etc. the list really goes on.

- Flat prices:
More than $9.99 isn't a flat price anymore, not evan for newer games.


Instead of focusing into expanding your list, try to actually stick to your core and name, and bring us more and more OLD titles that are long lost due to being discontinued, not working on our machines, etc.
I would love to see some GOOD indie DRM free games :>