tag+: Congratulations
cose_vecchie, happy 10th anniversary!
I found out about GOG around 2009 (I guess) when googling the alternatives to purchase ChessMaster 9000.
Honestly, I didn't like the ,,digital download,, business proposal at all, so I passed.
I stood still & strong until 2012 when I was gifted an iphone and fell into its digital store... a year later, a tablet drove me to Gplay...
And like with the rest of the vgame stores, was until recent years (GOG, 2017, gives you the idea) I gave up by the ,,forced trendy,, way things have evolved...
to not sour this much, let me focus now on some positives in general:
More affordable prices, faster internet, and lots of vgames on the catalog to pick from. Being a late adopter pays I guess... :)
I'm still convinced digital purchases are a high risk business to us customers,
(to present it mildly), but the investment, logistics, pros/cons, etc...
Well, wanted or not, make us participate of them as a calculated risk.
Thank you!
It's true that the digital format has its pros and cons. For me, there's really no choice when we're dealing with old or very old games, which would be very hard to find, generally sold at high prices, and often needing some tweaking to work on modern systems - and I'm not even mentioning the ease of storage... as much as I might miss the physical media (and as an "old gamer", I sometimes do). At least, on GOG they're DRM-free.
And often, you don't really have a choice, for example with modern games that are only available digitally, or, conversely, with old games that aren't available in digital format (and maybe never will be due to legal reasons), forcing you to hunt for physical copies (as I've done sometimes).
pippo-san: Happy anniversary, and thank you for giving away all these games!
I discovered GOG only a few months ago, and I instantly felt in love with the platform: I started collecting some old (and new) gems avaliable there, and i realised what really means "DRM-free".
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And I also see that you are another Italian so I'm glad to see someone else like here.
Ciao, e grazie! Benvenuto.
There are a few other Italian regulars around here. Maybe you've already met them. I wonder if there'll ever be an Italian subforum... we'll meet there, if that ever happens!
(Your avatar looks... strange...)