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I noticed this when I saw the games passing for this past sale on the front page. Either I really wasn't interested in them or I had already bought them. So I think that gog.com should put more attention to adding titles than having these kind of cheap sales and other additional features. Also more focus on older titles imo, gog.com can't keep up with the competition for the rest.

With my 150 games collection, I pretty much already bought most of what I want.
Post edited July 02, 2012 by Chromanin
Taking a look here and here, it seems that GOG.com continues to release about 10 games per month. How many of those games you find worthy is a personal choice, but GOG.com continues to add games, though it is a slow procedure. Plus, a lot of us are satisfied with the games that appeared in the battle so far, even if some votes were wrong *cough*Gothic*cough*.
So fear not, GOG.com will continue to add games, and you will find more interesting ones.
You can't please everyone.

I'm pretty happy with GOG so far, especially as they have slowly moved also to newer games. That just makes sense, otherwise GOG would become stagnated like DotEmu.
Since I joined I have noticed that gog have added new games on a regular basis, so I don't think you need worry on that score. The other side of the coin, my game collection is less than 15 lol, so I am happy to see promotions on games already here.
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Chromanin: I noticed this when I saw the games passing for this past sale on the front page. Either I really wasn't interested in them or I had already bought them. So I think that gog.com should put more attention to adding titles than having these kind of cheap sales and other additional features. Also more focus on older titles imo, gog.com can't keep up with the competition for the rest.

With my 150 games collection, I pretty much already bought most of what I want.
If you've been around since April 2009 it's quite likely that the promos won't be as interesting, but for those who've joined this year or last year, it's probably a lot more interesting.

Anyway, I'd say it's more important to attract new customers than focus on the relatively few "old-timers" (as in registered years ago, not as in old of age), it makes much more sense financially. Besides, more sales means more publishers might be willing to give GOG a chance of selling their games without DRM. As long as there are publishers like LucasArt not signed, I'm all for GOG focusing on growing in sales rather than titles.

That said, I think GOG release more than enough new titles every month - even though I don't like all of them, I can't keep up - and thus my backlog grows even larger...
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Chromanin: I noticed this when I saw the games passing for this past sale on the front page. Either I really wasn't interested in them or I had already bought them. So I think that gog.com should put more attention to adding titles than having these kind of cheap sales and other additional features. Also more focus on older titles imo, gog.com can't keep up with the competition for the rest.

With my 150 games collection, I pretty much already bought most of what I want.
GOG releases on average 2 - 4 games a week, how many more do you need?
Post edited July 02, 2012 by cogadh
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cogadh: GOG releases on average 2 - 4 games a week, how many more do you need?
To be honest, that is also what bugged me about the "review" they linked to on their facebook page.

Releasing new games each week isn't what I would call a "feature" for a store, if you know what I mean ...

GOG should just release "new games" whenever they come out and as fast as possible and only do their Thursday and Tuesday dance for true classics that aren't available anywhere else. I'm not doing a victory dance when Jurassic Park gets released here.
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Chromanin: imo, gog.com can't keep up with the competition for the rest.
also, IMHO, but I disagree here. GOG wears many hats. The hat that matters most to me is that all their games are DRM-free. No one else is competing here.

Client optional - GOG wins.
Game works on current OS - GOG wins.
DRM-free - GOG wins.
extras included in game - GOG wins.

GOG looses on selection, but with new games added every week, I'd hardly call it a "problem". The biggest problem I see with companies is when they lose their identity and try to become what everyone else is too. If GOG threw out their identity in favor of being the next "me too"... THEN we would have a problem. But with constant, stable releases and their ideals remaining in tact every week, I'd claim they are the only distributor that is getting it right.
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cogadh: GOG releases on average 2 - 4 games a week, how many more do you need?
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SimonG: To be honest, that is also what bugged me about the "review" they linked to on their facebook page.

Releasing new games each week isn't what I would call a "feature" for a store, if you know what I mean ...

GOG should just release "new games" whenever they come out and as fast as possible and only do their Thursday and Tuesday dance for true classics that aren't available anywhere else. I'm not doing a victory dance when Jurassic Park gets released here.
That could easily lead to a drop in release quality. This has always struck as a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" situation. Their method of turning every release into a "semi-event" has been working well, both from a marketing standpoint and for how it enforces a quality control time frame on every game. If it ever stops working, sure, they need to re-evaluate things, but for now, there is no need.
"GOG.com's biggest problem is that I already have every game."

That's not GOG's problem, that's your achievement.
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Chromanin: I noticed this when I saw the games passing for this past sale on the front page. Either I really wasn't interested in them or I had already bought them. So I think that gog.com should put more attention to adding titles than having these kind of cheap sales and other additional features. Also more focus on older titles imo, gog.com can't keep up with the competition for the rest.

With my 150 games collection, I pretty much already bought most of what I want.
What kind of games do you want to be brought here?
If they release more games in short time doesn't that mean they are less tested? I prefer the games that arrive hear to be as technical issue-free as possible and therefor prefer fewer games that work then the other way around.

To the OP: Out of those 150 games you've bought here how many have you finished? If you say all of them I can see your dilemma..