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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 like the idea. I come here for two things, classic games and DRM-Free. I was one of the ones who bought The Witcher 2 here. As long as you keep those classic games coming, I'm all for "newer" games DRM-free. Keep up the good work!
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WiNDHUNDiE: EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, etc. will certainly not accept the "No-DRM"-condition.
I'm afraid you're right. Some of these companies are just too greedy and perceive No DRM releases as a threat. Big mistake on their part if you ask me.
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WiNDHUNDiE: EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, etc. will certainly not accept the "No-DRM"-condition.
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thico_: I'm afraid you're right. Some of these companies are just too greedy and perceive No DRM releases as a threat. Big mistake on their part if you ask me.
The fact is that Ubisoft and EA sell their games here already.
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thico_: I'm afraid you're right. Some of these companies are just too greedy and perceive No DRM releases as a threat. Big mistake on their part if you ask me.
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inc09nito: The fact is that Ubisoft and EA sell their games here already.
Point taken. However, you can't say all of their franchises are here.
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inc09nito: The fact is that Ubisoft and EA sell their games here already.
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thico_: Point taken. However, you can't say all of their franchises are here.
If I had told you a year ago about Assassin's Creed on GOG, you wouldn't have believed me.
Let's be patient and see what happens.
This means GoG won't be selling any new Ubisoft titles. I don't have a problem with that, but I'm just saying that Ubisoft has some really fantastic and interesting looking games (From Dust, Assassins Creed, Silent Hunter 5), but their online-all-the-time policy turned me off from buying any of their games. I was looking forward to buying From Dust, thinking I can play it on my disgusting 15 hour total plane ride to Hong Kong from Vancouver and back or my 21 total hour train and plane ride from Kiel/Frankfurt to Vancouver and back. Alas, there is no internet connection at 35,000 feet and I'm not about to spend 5 euros per hour on internet on the ICE hotspot.

Good job Ubisoft! Pirates always win with cracking DRM. Thanks for punishing the loyal and new paying customers and letting the pirates have their LOLs.

Sorry for my bit of ranting. Just with the atrocious high prices for digital downloads versus their hard copy equivalents, and stupid DRM always make me shake my head at them, while smile at GoG. Hopefully GoG will stick with their core policies for the decades and generations to come. ^_^
Post edited April 25, 2012 by ginsengsamurai
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ginsengsamurai: This means GoG won't be selling any new Ubisoft titles
Objection!
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ginsengsamurai: This means GoG won't be selling any new Ubisoft titles
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Adzeth: Objection!
Objection!
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Adzeth: Objection!
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spinefarm: Objection!
I have been bamboozled by Ubisoft's sweet lies once again!
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spinefarm: Objection!
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Adzeth: I have been bamboozled by Ubisoft's sweet lies once again!
Actually they didn't lie :) It's DRM-Free in Steam :D And this is annoyingly stupid
The physical retail release of Rayman Origins is also DRM free
Everyone says GOG is DRM free... i dont understand.

It seems quite DReaMlike to me.
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thico_: Point taken. However, you can't say all of their franchises are here.
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inc09nito: If I had told you a year ago about Assassin's Creed on GOG, you wouldn't have believed me.
Let's be patient and see what happens.
When I spotted AC on GOG I was indeed a bit confused. And sure, EA and Ubisoft do sell some of their games here, but (almost) only their classics (which of course isn´t a bad thing).

But maybe you´re right. Let´s be patient... ;-)
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ginsengsamurai: This means GoG won't be selling any new Ubisoft titles
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Adzeth: Objection!
That's amazing, but why release Rayman DRM-free while the latest Assassin's Creed, From Dust and Silent Hunter 5 DRM-retarded?
Post edited April 25, 2012 by ginsengsamurai
add QUEST FOR GLORY games! the best series of my youth grew up on Sierra adventure games and those were the best. Love how you can import through all 5 games