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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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mobutu: Another RELATED interview:
GoG Breaks Cover – Interview with Good Old Games
Interesting. Thanks
To all the Naysayers:

There is only a very finite number of old games, and considering the fact that PC gamers who still play the classics are a nitch group, GOG needs consistant revenue in order to maintain this site...It's just a logical step for them. Plus, a DRM-free digital game site to rival steem?...C'mon, the choice is obvious here!
Post edited November 25, 2011 by takezodunmer2005
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takezodunmer2005: To all the Naysayers:

There is only a very finite number of old games, and considering the fact that PC gamers who still play the classics are a nitch group, GOG needs consistant revenue in order to maintain this site...It's just a logical step for them. Plus, a DRM-free digital game site to rival steem?...C'mon, the choice is obvious here!
^What he said.
I really dont get why some people are just so paranoid about DRM, especially with Steam. DRM never bothered me at all, except for Starforce, which died many years ago.
For those that hate DRM, itll be really great for GOG to get newer games. But for me, and i think for most people, it just wont matter. I came to GOG looking for old games i cant find anywhere, this is what makes it different to its competitors. For newer games i buy from where i can get the best deal, it doesnt matter if its on Steam, Gamersgate or D2D.
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Neobr10: I really dont get why some people are just so paranoid about DRM, especially with Steam. DRM never bothered me at all, except for Starforce, which died many years ago.
I won't repeat the arguments against DRM which have already been made so well. I agree with every one of them and I don't see why they're so hard to grasp. Then there's the matter of having to use someone's client to play a game. Not for me.

If you like old games and you buy them somewhere other than GOG, you're going to run into Starforce eventually. I hope your computer enjoys the experience.
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Neobr10: I really dont get why some people are just so paranoid about DRM ... DRM never bothered me at all
How can you understand something when you live in your very own small and limited world and with your eyes closed?
Read a book, get an iq test, open your eyes and mind and then maybe you'll see the whole picture.
Untill then you're just a workable pawn. Typical.
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irondog: I won't repeat the arguments against DRM which have already been made so well. I agree with every one of them and I don't see why they're so hard to grasp.
I came to the (obvious) conclusion that these arguments are so hard to grasp because of an limited intellect.
Post edited November 26, 2011 by mobutu
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mobutu: How can you understand something when you live in your very own small and limited world and with your eyes closed?
Read a book, get an iq test, open your eyes and mind and then maybe you'll see the whole picture.
Untill then you're just a workable pawn. Typical.
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I came to the (obvious) conclusion that these arguments are so hard to grasp because of an limited intellect.
Astounding. Just listen to yourself -- you're a textbook example of a fanatic. Except your cause is not religion, but DRM. Exactly the same arguments, exactly the same tone. Just replace a few words here and there and no one would be able to tell the difference.

As with that guy who kept shouting "Death to DRM!" over and over again here, I find this both absolutely fascinating and scary at the same time.
Post edited November 26, 2011 by bazilisek
I for one welcome our new game(Gog) overlords, as should we all.

;)

:Bows to statue of Le French Monk:
Post edited November 26, 2011 by GameRager
high rated
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Neobr10: I really dont get why some people are just so paranoid about DRM, especially with Steam. DRM never bothered me at all, except for Starforce, which died many years ago...
This is like saying "I've never received an electric shock though I've heard stories of others doing so - therefore it must be safe for me to touch this powerline...". Steam is the second most restrictive DRM system around (only the always-online DRM that Ubisoft has been trying to push could be any worse), backed up with a highly restrictive EULA (take particular notes of sections 4B, 5 and 9C - 9C being particularly relevant given Steam's current, and ongoing, security breach). Further details can be found here.
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bazilisek: Astounding. Just listen to yourself -- you're a textbook example of a fanatic. Except your cause is not religion, but DRM.
No, he's showing (quite understandable IMHO) frustration at someone seemingly able to ignore over 25 pages detailing how DRM damages your gaming experience and consumer rights.

And it is this passive, lets-tolerate-it-nothing-will-happen-to-me "digital doormat" viewpoint which allows DRM to prosper. If everyone said no to every DRM system then publishers would either cut back or close down (thereby opening up the market to more enlightened companies).

So someone who "tolerates" DRM is making things worse for everyone else. Make sense?
Seriously, GOG better have som new titles ready by new year's eve. I don't wanna wait around for newer titles, I want to get them now damn it!

Also - DRM is like digital gonorrhoea.
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AstralWanderer: No, he's showing (quite understandable IMHO) frustration at someone seemingly able to ignore over 25 pages detailing how DRM damages your gaming experience and consumer rights.

And it is this passive, lets-tolerate-it-nothing-will-happen-to-me "digital doormat" viewpoint which allows DRM to prosper. If everyone said no to every DRM system then publishers would either cut back or close down (thereby opening up the market to more enlightened companies).

So someone who "tolerates" DRM is making things worse for everyone else. Make sense?
+1 what he said
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bazilisek: you're a textbook example of a fanatic.
of course you are wrong. see above.
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AstralWanderer: No, he's showing (quite understandable IMHO) frustration at someone seemingly able to ignore over 25 pages detailing how DRM damages your gaming experience and consumer rights.

And it is this passive, lets-tolerate-it-nothing-will-happen-to-me "digital doormat" viewpoint which allows DRM to prosper. If everyone said no to every DRM system then publishers would either cut back or close down (thereby opening up the market to more enlightened companies).

So someone who "tolerates" DRM is making things worse for everyone else. Make sense?
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mobutu: +1 what he said
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bazilisek: you're a textbook example of a fanatic.
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mobutu: of course you are wrong. see above.
He's really not. You are a raving fanatic. Of course, you're obviously very fond of yourself and your opinions being right while others are wrong, so you'll never see that.
I'm looking forward to the new releases in the very near future. "Lands of Lore" was a nice addition for GoG.com.
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Goethe: I'm looking forward to the new releases in the very near future. "Lands of Lore" was a nice addition for GoG.com.
GOG.com :)
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Goethe: I'm looking forward to the new releases in the very near future. "Lands of Lore" was a nice addition for GoG.com.
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Lexor: GOG.com :)
This dispute can only be resolved in one way :

Cage fight! Two man enter...one man leave...

:)