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General discussion (archive)Would anyone use Escrow to bring new games to GOG?(21 posts)(21 posts)
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Posted March 03, 2013
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deavir: Show them the immediate money they will gain bringing a game to gog. If the wishlist worked to bring system shock 2 imagine how much faster guaranteed money on day one would have done. I imagine 9.99 per title but maybe tiered would be better. I would have no problem with gog being the escrow and you can leave at anytime with gog credit or giftcard.

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Would anyone do it?
I sure as hell wouldn't. If a publisher can't see the value of doing business with GoG and thus with me and the other GoG consumers then fuck them. Seriously, fuck them if they are THAT stupid. We don't even have to tell them "hey we want this or that". That's what the wishlists are for. GoG will try to secure rights to sell copies of them game as a service to us. There is absolutely no reason to throw money at clueless publishers.
Posted March 03, 2013
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nijuu: no.no reason for Gog to offer it.no reason for potential buyers to use it.
would encourage to many people looking to make a quick buck to buy up ips for no good reason except make a profit if they know x game to be in high demand.
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amok: As long as they bring back a "lost" IP, does it matter what their motives are? and does not all IP holders want to make a profit?
You have people doing it for the game brand itself (and a little profit) then you have the extreme ones who just buy sell like a trader extracting the highest price possible (and future profits).Its hard to tell. Rather not give escrow as an option.
Posted March 03, 2013
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amok: As long as they bring back a "lost" IP, does it matter what their motives are? and does not all IP holders want to make a profit?
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nijuu: You have people doing it for the game brand itself (and a little profit) then you have the extreme ones who just buy sell like a trader extracting the highest price possible (and future profits).Its hard to tell. Rather not give escrow as an option.
no, not about escrow, and not about brands... this is about dead but existing IP's. It sounded like you meant revival of these games should almost be done for charity and a greater good, and not for profit. Is not SS2 done for profit, and maybe for a quick buck to set up that new company (what-ever it was called, I don't remember). For me as a gamer, does it matter what their motives were as long as I now can play SS2? For revival of games, maybe the quick buck is a good thing, is it get more games out quicker?

What about Gog, it is definitely not a charity... (nice as they are though, they are in it for the money).
Posted March 03, 2013
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nijuu: You have people doing it for the game brand itself (and a little profit) then you have the extreme ones who just buy sell like a trader extracting the highest price possible (and future profits).Its hard to tell. Rather not give escrow as an option.
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amok: no, not about escrow, and not about brands... this is about dead but existing IP's. It sounded like you meant revival of these games should almost be done for charity and a greater good, and not for profit. Is not SS2 done for profit, and maybe for a quick buck to set up that new company (what-ever it was called, I don't remember). For me as a gamer, does it matter what their motives were as long as I now can play SS2? For revival of games, maybe the quick buck is a good thing, is it get more games out quicker?

What about Gog, it is definitely not a charity... (nice as they are though, they are in it for the money).
Someone mentioned IP's being inactive (sorry just being picky haha) rather than completely dead though. I do understand people do buy IPs to make some profit - fair enough money is to be made, i guess im just being more moral/ethical when it comes to stuff like this.Would hope ppl buying ips actually do it partly for the love of the game/brand. Thing is with escrow, the money could be held indefinitely with slim chance anything will come out of it. Also it may force gog to pay higher prices than they would like ....etc...
Posted March 03, 2013
This seems like a pretty horrific idea to me. Spending money in the hopes that it gets used to bring in something I really want...maybe? Yeah, no thanks.
Posted March 04, 2013
I don't know about GOG but I'd be interesting in contributing to a fund that purchased games from distressed owners (like THQ) and put them into the public domain. Money would be on hand waiting for the right time and place. It's frustrating to see IPs like Homeworld and Red Faction there for the taking but no reasonable way to mobilize the public in time to claim them.
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