GOG actually has several classic games not on Steam. It's not uncommon

From my own collection and others I have seen, these are some of the games on GOG that are not on Steam:

Rayman 1 and 3 (2 is on there through a technicality from a preorder, but has never been able to be purchased on its own)
Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2
Mortal Kombat 1 through 4 (PC versions. 1-3 were released, but removed, as the arcade trilogy... and they sucked)
Stranglehold
Bladerunner
A ton of Dungeons and Dragon titles
all the Ultima titles
A ton of Might and Magic games
Elder Scrolls Arena, Daggerfall, Battlespire and Redguard
All the classic Anno titles
Clive Barker's Undying
Several classic SNK games like Fatal Fury Special, Real Bout Fatal Fury, King of the Monsters, etc...
Gex
King's Quest VIII
Medal of Honor Allied Assault (The best MoH game by the way)
Populous series
Soldiers of Fortune trilogy
Journeyman Project trlogy

And a crap ton more.

Ok. I was under the impression Steam had been trying to muscle in on GOG's 'old games' territory, as I have seen things like the original Xcom games on there. I guess they have some old games, but not all of them. It's good to know that GOG has a few things of its own :-)

My sources say if the MG/MGS games sell well and the Konami Collection they released on here sells well, more is coming including (eventually) Silent Hill.

It's a matter of mathematics, and the fact they're here at all is a testament to someone at Konami wanting to right the ship. They're definitely keeping track of trends and metrics. If you're on the fence about today's releases and want to see more of Konami's catalogue here, pick them up. This is just the beginning, assuming we as a community can show them we still love them despite the Kojima debacle.

Speaking of, a neutral party is trying to patch things up with Kojima and Konami. Apparently, some of the suits behind his departure are no longer with the company, and he is supposedly receptive to working with them on Silent Hills if they are willing to work with him and not do what they did on MGS5.

So not only is it possible we see a *lot* more of Konami on here, it's also in the rumor mill that some of the people who are currently running things are trying to save their fractured gaming identity by any means necessary. It's likely the sales on today's releases dictate whether we get more exclusives here or not.

Just some food for thought,
-Cym

EDIT:

It's worth mentioning we got today's exclusives and releases because of how well the Castlevania and Contra Collections did on Steam. So even though we hate them as a competitor, they are the reason Konami is reinvigorating its old ip's. This is a case where competition is good, and even though I'd always rather see GOG get a sale, I'm grateful the steam community embraced the collections and got Konami to about face.

Usually GOG do bundle deals and space the releases out. Would not surprise me at all to see the SIlent Hills that got PC versions before in a week or two.

GOG is still so tiny compared to Steam I doubt Steam really gives a crap. It's moreso publishers just releasing everything they can on Steam now; since they've seen how well old games sell on GOG, why not release on Steam too and make a bunch more money (like from the "No Steam No sale" crowd who won't ever come to GOG)? I'm sure exclusives will become fewer and fewer as time goes on (wouldn't be surprised if the Konami games go to Steam at some point, 6 months to a year), but presumably GOG will find ways to stay in business. (That's why they aren't "Good Old Games" anymore, they had to move to selling new indie titles too.)

Crossing fingers for Silent hill 1,2,3 for the most part. Mainly 2, It would be a blast to see James and pyramid head again.
I bet something like what we got today will happen for silent hill. I can see us getting 1 and 2 of that series if anything.

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I don't think 1 was ever on PC, 2-4 and Homecoming were.

Will be great to see. Hopefully this helps convince other Japanese publishers to re-release classics on GOG.

snap you right, i got fooled by an emulator ages ago. :c

I'm not expecting SH1 of course, but I wonder if there's a financially worthwhile way GOG could bring it since it is such a popular game - emulation or (if the source code is even still around) a straight-up port (GOG's first port :P). I assume a straight-up port is far more expensive than emulation, but I don't know if GOG would have to pay Sony or get their legal go-ahead (presumably extremely unlikely to happen).

A port would mean the devs gotta do the work which I dont see happening unless they choose to like capcom did with Resident Evil 0. I wouldnt want an emulation only if they ported it properly.

I wouldn't see Konami doing the port, but if GOG got access to the necessary files (source code and whatever else) from Konami, I wonder if it'd be financially worthwhile for GOG themselves to do a port because Silent Hill 1 is so famous. Maybe not. *shrug*

What a cynical way to look at it. GOG's original purpose was selling old games working better on modern systems and with no DRM so you could back them up forever. Perfect for not only today, but future retro PCs we will surely need as Windows and modern computing changes. This kind of stuff is exactly what GOG was made for, whether the publishers care about it or not. One could even say the purpose of GOG originally was to save old games from indifferent publishers.