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Posted January 16, 2019
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zeogold: Customers: "where are all the old games??? i thouht this was Good Old Games?!??"
GOG: *releases more old games*
Customers: "Old games are boring! Where are all the new games?"
GOG: *releases up-and-coming indie games*
Customers: "These indie games are trash! What happened to all the good old games?"
GOG: *releases more old games*
Customers: "All the games here suck! Why can't we get more genres?"
GOG: *releases hidden-object games and visual novels*
Customers: "ew, those aren't real games ! where of is specific game f,rom 1987 that I play on computer at 13 year old ??"

There's just no winning, is there?
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fortune_p_dawg: i think it's funny when people complain but don't...even have the ability to formulate the words to express what they really want.

complain complain complain.

almost every line in the original post is in some way contradictory and it's breaking my brain.
Does he even know what it is he's going on about??? o.O
Posted January 17, 2019
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BeatriceElysia: As AB2012 said, you can't milk money from nostalgia. If you bought all old MSDOS games you're interested, and other games are really hard to aquire, what exactly are you buying here? Nothing? Good, no store can't thrive if their customers have bought their whole collection years ago. It must have new customers, or loyal base willing to spent few dollars now or then. Imagine a store who isn't selling.
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OldOldGamer: There are thousands of MSDOS games out there that I would be happy to buy (again), but are not here.
So more old, old games. OK, got it. lol
Posted January 17, 2019
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OldOldGamer: There are thousands of MSDOS games out there that I would be happy to buy (again), but are not here.
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richlind33: So more old, old games. OK, got it. lol
You got it partially. But is a start.
Posted January 17, 2019
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OldOldGamer: There are thousands of MSDOS games out there that I would be happy to buy (again), but are not here.
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richlind33: So more old, old games. OK, got it. lol
GOOG
Posted January 17, 2019
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richlind33: So more old, old games. OK, got it. lol
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SirPrimalform: GOOG
GOOGLE?
Posted January 17, 2019
Games for OldOldGamer, obviously. ;)
Posted January 17, 2019
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Leroux: Games for OldOldGamer, obviously. ;)
Right, but that's suspiciously close to GOOGLE.

Why didn't I see the GOG-GOOGLE connection sooner? o.O
Posted January 17, 2019
I'm just here for the free popcorn.
Posted January 18, 2019
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OldOldGamer: Is GOG becoming a retro-gaming site?

Retro-games releases are growing.
Growing is not even correct: only retro-games are released.

This would fit if GOG decided to remain true to its root of "Good Old Games" but, instead, GOG is now only GOG and we are expected to see all kind of games.

Instead, only indie and retro are mainly released.
You are aware that the really 'old' games are a legal nightmare in terms of figuring out who the rights holders are, coming to some agreement between parties, and then finding the source files for such games to be patched and updated to work with modern standards?

No Clip did an entire doc on what GoG goes through.

As for indies yes there will always be more of them than older games released simply because of the work and restoration involved on the part of GoG to bring those older games back.

The only thing I can really fault GoG for (and maybe it's premature) is now that Epic has started throwing money at reputable indie devs to release their games on their storefront first I'd like to see GoG do something similar to step-up it's boutique-like feel - think the Criterion Collection for video games.

It would have been nice to see recent indies like Gris or Guacamelee 2 release here first in their own window before moving on to other sites like Steam.
Post edited January 18, 2019 by xSinghx
Posted January 18, 2019
I will say I wish we could get more semi-old (2005+) "AAA" games (especially single-player) whose legal status/rights are 100% known and whose publishers are already here. But in GOG's defense it's only been a few weeks since BioShock 1 and 2, and that's what I'm thinking of.
(Also rejected indie titles high up on the wishlist)
Post edited January 18, 2019 by tfishell
Posted January 18, 2019
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Leroux: My impression from several threads about users' preferences is that those are also the most niche and least popular genres, at least among GOG users. But of course that's just speculation (and a somewhat biased one, too, since they happen to be my least favorite genres as well XD ). And of course, even if it was true, it wouldbn't automatically mean that those games wouldn't sell here.

I wonder, did GOG ask about genre preferences in that poll? I don't remember. Probably not?
2D pixel trash for hipster cash?
Post edited January 18, 2019 by Spectre
Posted January 18, 2019
Is anyone else seeing my posts. The page looks like it stuck on tfishell as the last poster.

It seems fixed now.
Post edited January 18, 2019 by Spectre
Posted January 18, 2019
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Leroux: My impression from several threads about users' preferences is that those are also the most niche and least popular genres, at least among GOG users. But of course that's just speculation (and a somewhat biased one, too, since they happen to be my least favorite genres as well XD ). And of course, even if it was true, it wouldbn't automatically mean that those games wouldn't sell here.

I wonder, did GOG ask about genre preferences in that poll? I don't remember. Probably not?
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Spectre: 2D pixel trash for hipster cash?
Not sure what you're referring to but if you ask what genres I was talking about, I meant sports and simulation games.
Posted January 18, 2019
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OldOldGamer: I joined GOG just for the old (I.e. MSDOS) games.
Then you can always buy those games and ignore the rest instead of complaining about them.

If your concern is that old games aren't being released anymore then:

1. That's not true
2. It probably relates to the fact that they've already licensed the sale of the low hanging fruit and the rest are hard to either get working on new systems for some reason or they can't get the rights to sell them easily.
Posted January 18, 2019
"I will say I wish we could get more semi-old (2005+) "AAA" games (especially single-player) whose legal status/rights are 100% known and whose publishers are already here."

And today we get Brothers in Arms trilogy. :)
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