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Bicro: Hey man, I get the rage, but that stuff rakes in the $$$ these days. Everyone gotta hustle. Even GOG.
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Leroux: Yeah, I bet GOG would love to just sell niche games that don't make them any money, e.g. underdog RPGs like Baldur's Gate or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but unfortunately they also have to offer games with mass appeal, like pigeon-dating simulators. That's where all the money is these days. ;)
Not that I'm with OP in any sense of the word, but I don't think the words "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" belong in the same sentence. :D
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stg83: I am sure the OP won't be pleased to know that some people are campaigning to bring Huniepop to GOG as well. :)

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/huniepop
I went to vote, then noticed that I already had

I think all types should be available here
Post edited March 30, 2015 by Rusty_Gunn
I don’t think GoG is what you think it is. It’s a shop, not a platform from which to validate subjective personal tastes. Their goal is to make money by providing consumers with the opportunity to buy games they’d be interested in. What is with this weird eugenics vibe? Every so often I see a thread like this imploring GoG to keep the bloodlines pure and spurn a game from their illustrious store. Stop that, its friggin' creepy.
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LiquidOxygen80: Not that I'm with OP in any sense of the word, but I don't think the words "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" belong in the same sentence. :D
Ghost Dog disagrees!
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markrichardb: I don’t think GoG is what you think it is. It’s a shop, not a platform from which to validate subjective personal tastes. Their goal is to make money by providing consumers with the opportunity to buy games they’d be interested in. What is with this weird eugenics vibe? Every so often I see a thread like this imploring GoG to keep the bloodlines pure and spurn a game from their illustrious store. Stop that, its friggin' creepy.
Yeah, it's pretty much...
"GOG should only cater to ME! And nobody else should have a differing opinion on worthy titles"
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LiquidOxygen80: Not that I'm with OP in any sense of the word, but I don't think the words "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" belong in the same sentence. :D
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Sachys: Ghost Dog disagrees!
Yeah, but Ghost Dog was badass, so he gets a pass. :P
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Bicro: Hey man, I get the rage, but that stuff rakes in the $$$ these days. Everyone gotta hustle. Even GOG.
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Leroux: Yeah, I bet GOG would love to just sell niche games that don't make them any money, e.g. underdog RPGs like Baldur's Gate or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but unfortunately they also have to offer games with mass appeal, like pigeon-dating simulators. That's where all the money is these days. ;)
ALL of the money. Every single red cent. Everyone lines up at the door to get they anime dating sims.

(You know what I meant, though, right?)
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Sachys: Ghost Dog disagrees!
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LiquidOxygen80: Yeah, but Ghost Dog was badass, so he gets a pass. :P
Still proves that "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" go in the same sentence. :D
Anyone surprised the OP disappeared? :P

What an ass-wipe.
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LiquidOxygen80: Yeah, but Ghost Dog was badass, so he gets a pass. :P
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Sachys: Still proves that "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" go in the same sentence. :D
Ghost Dog was about pigeon dating? Or had mass appeal, for that matter? Hmm.
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Sachys: Still proves that "mass appeal" and "pigeon dating simulator" go in the same sentence. :D
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CharlesGrey: Ghost Dog was about pigeon dating? Or had mass appeal, for that matter? Hmm.
You dont see Forest Whittakers mass dating anything else in that appealing movie do you?!
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d3vilsadvocate: Frankly, if I wanted to use steam I would just do so.

Crappy manga games like HATOFUL BOYFRIEND are all over steam. And not only that... when you hit the steam mainpage you're greated with a pile of shit first before you manage to get to the goodies. Nothing against indie games, but the amount of bullcrap on steam every day is one of the main reasons I'm not using their services anymore.

Will GoG share the same future if it gets more successful?
While quality assurance is indeed an important issue, one that has plagued Steam in particular, I don't think GOG is even close to suffering from that problem (or at least nowhere near to that extent). While I want and expect GOG to curate their store, I also think that their restrictions should be relatively lax. As long as a game is relatively solid from a technical standpoint and is fit for purpose, it should be allowed on the service. And while I certainly don't want to see GOG replicate Steam's avalanche of releases, I don't think having more releases per week is a problem as long as every game gets at least some spotlight on the front page.

Plus, any store benefits from offering a large variety of products and the selection of Japanese games on GOG is nowhere near overwhelming. In fact, the struggle for DRM-free releases is even more of an uphill battle when it comes to Japanese games, since Japanese publishers are even more conservative than their Western counterparts in that regard. Frankly, it is primarily thanks to Western publishers (though this isn't to say that non-Western publishers don't deserve any credit!) that GOG has experienced a minor renaissance in terms of DRM-free Japanese games.

This isn't to say GOG hasn't allowed some rather poor quality titles on the service. But honestly, as long as GOG doesn't have such "gems" as Air Control, Revelations 2012, Day One: Garry's Incident, Guise of the Wolf, The Slaughtering Grounds and The War Z/Infestation: Survival Stories, I think it's safe to say that GOG still maintains some standards.
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CharlesGrey: Ghost Dog was about pigeon dating? Or had mass appeal, for that matter? Hmm.
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Sachys: You dont see Forest Whittakers mass dating anything else in that appealing movie do you?!
Well, I seem to remember him having several rough dates with gun-wielding mobsters. Also, I think it was about ice cream. And cartoons... I think that about sums it up.
There are over 200 non-free games on GOG that have sold less than Hatoful Boyfriend, OP.
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Sachys: You dont see Forest Whittakers mass dating anything else in that appealing movie do you?!
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CharlesGrey: Well, I seem to remember him having several rough dates with gun-wielding mobsters. Also, I think it was about ice cream. And cartoons... I think that about sums it up.
You're no pun anymore!