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REhorror Jesus, I didn't know I have to make this wish, but goddamn please.
kmanitou Uh oh...
ReynardFox I used to see this as a joke wishlist entry...
RACHMANOVSKI I don't get what is the fuss about. I don't see what's the problem with Epic Games either. Say what you want about Epic Games but the fact of the matter is none of you have any proof that Epic Games Launcher has a Spyware or Epic Games actively stole your data to their advantages. Jesus, listen to yourself. <br /> <br /> I'm open to any collaboration between Epic Games and GOG. Epic has the power to buy new AAA titles and attract investors and established publisher to work with them, which means, in the end of the day, more new titles come to GOG, which in my opinion, really important for GOG. No offense, since it's inception GOG seems like in stagnation. It's good to have Good Old Games collection but i's even better if you have something like Cyberpunk 2077 release every year in your platform, and hopefully DRM-free. <br /> <br /> I mean, I'm kinda new in GOG, DRM-free scene and retro gaming in matter of fact. Just bought The Witcher 3 GOTY, Spec Ops the Line and Life is Strange Complete Season during last weekends anniversary specials, but then I browse and browse there are just great too many old junk of a games that most people probably don't buy, so niche perhaps only double digits person are care enough to review it. I think GOG must do, whatever they could do, to add more newer title to attract more customers to their site rather than competitor, because prospect of actually owning your game is alluring.
u2jedi Once upon a time GOG used to stand for Good Old Games. They only sold old games. But times change. I haven't head about Epic integration and I have the Epic Gamers Store on my PC (and a lot of free games from them). Interesting, I suppose CD Projekt Red is depending on the success of Cyberpunk 2077 to keep them afloat?
DustynB GOG is a business and has to stay competitive. They haven't sold out, but you have to face reality in terms of being competitive in the 2020 video game landscape. The DRM in games usually the demand of the publisher. Selling old games is well and good, but they will have to sell some new games if they are to survive. <br /> <br /> It is what it is my man.
Lifthrasil With the cooperation with Epic, this wish has become a valid concern. GOG has started to sell out to Epic. But wishing won't help. The wish that GOG should stay DRM-free forever has close to 60.000 entries, but GOG still decided to ignore it and allow DRM-ed games being sold through GOG.
MatchaKitsunebi I thought I never have to worry about this being a legitimate concern. <br /> I was wrong. Guess that's 202 for us! <br /> GOG, you know the right thing to do......
PhyCX As you can tell I'm new here. I started to download and play cracked games about a decade ago. And I'm never proud of that because it made me a supporter of piracy. I just like the style of install-and-play, and to keep the game I enjoy as a digital copy that can be played wherever I want. But storefronts I knew by then couldn't provide their games in such way. <br /> Things changed after I knew about GOG a few mouth ago. A place where you can download DRM-Free copy after purchasing a game sounds wonderful. And extra goodies plus continuously official support really make it even better. As a person cares about the games he plays, I can't refuse a company who offers me a choice that enable myself to get what I want and support the devs at the same time, can I? So I gradually added more than 200 games to my acount since then (most of them are bought on sale ofc). <br /> Things keep changing, however in this time, turn out to be worriable. Cuz some comments I read from other threads recently do make their points. And I know I have no right to judge what GOG has done in the past or to demand what they should do in the future, I still sincerely ask, though this may sounds kinda selfish, please don't do anything that will make me lose the place where I can proudly build up my collection I just found. <br /> But for now, please forgive my poor language and forget what we are concerning about. There is a anniversary deserves celebration. And for the things we cannot be sure at the monent, time will always tell.
countzcyber What's happened? Can someone tell me the info source?
sanscript It's confirmed: Tencent has slipped it's tentacles into GOG...
Ghost_Bear12 PLS don't get bought over by epic they are a cancer on the gaming scene
TwinEdge This times 1,000,000,000. I really hope your (GOG's) recent announcement is a prank like some are saying. Epic is just using you to attract users to their store, users they don't deserve.
e7th04sh Whatever profit comes with GOG is based on what GOG is. If you get bought, it will just be in an attempt to destroy biggest recognized brand that threatens one-sided business models of disreputable companies and/or capitalize on brand recognition while changing the type of service. In either way GOG will just rot away and will be no more, and I will not buy a single game from GOG as soon as it is no longer what it is right now anyway, but it will just make lives of conscious game-buyers harder until they find a new brand to trust.
a22750 If GOG gets bought by Epic Games I will just have to switch to buying most of my DRM-free stuff from Humble Bundle.
TZODnmr2k5 Don't get bought out by anyone period! You are the solitary gold standard of AAA publishers of the entire world!
dal And Microsoft!
Angel98392 or Electronic Arts, Activision/Blizzard, UBI Soft, or basically any other mega conglomerate who are strictly concerned about ways to maximise share-holder profit. For those that like those kind of video games, more power to you. Yet consumer choice is always a benefit to the consumer.
Szczelec33 yeaaay free games every week for everyone. yaaaay.
lordofthecheese_77 I feel like GOG is a niche storefront trying to swim in a sea full of sharks at the moment. I'm not a huge Epic fan, but I see some inherent potential benefits from the Epic integration. It's possible that Epic customers may potentially start to patron GOG which is good for GOG and CD Projekt regardless of how any of us feel about Epic. You can't panic about the Epic integration and then not equally panic about the Origin or Uplay integrations, I think. As long as GOG remains an independent company and remains true to their promises, then I will support them. They are providing an essential service to PC gamers that no other storefront is willing to provide (in my opinion). I want to believe that they will and can continue this business model while maintaining their independence. I have faith in CD Projekt Group and GOG, and I plan to continue to patron GOG well into the future if they continue their 100% DRM-free practices.
stefanw1337 I think the opposite, GoG + Epic could be pretty nice for both consumers and developers alike.
Banjo_oz I don't use Epic, but not a fan of Steam's monopoly either. In fact, I can't see how Epic muscling in isn't a *good* thing as it provides competition for Steam, as GOG is. Ideally, I want all my games via GOG so understand those who want "everything on Steam" but just like I can't have everything my way... why should Steam users be the only game in town?
DustynB Before you condemn Epic ask yourself, in a world that is owned by Steam, how would you compete? Don't hate Epic for simply trying to fight their way into the Steam owned landscape. Steam is the one you should be hating.
needo2 This is equivalent of virtue signaling, no one has said anything about an acquisition and this guy is opening post just for attention and is getting it
raoc123 If GoG adopts epic's disgustingly anti-consumer practices, I'm out. Bad enough that I've been trying to get a game refunded for 3 months. Teaming up with epic is a step to far, period.
iscagog Based on their recent history of "curating" outrageously rubbish games and apparently making money for favours (instead of putting gamers and decent developers first), I think that GOG would benefit from a complete takeover, and better management. <br /> <br /> Epic would be my first choice. Everyone seems to hate them right now, but that is an internet mirage, hosted by bitter rivals and frustrated wanabees. <br /> <br /> It used to be Good Old Games (for fun). At the moment it looks like, Grab Our Gold, and everyone else, (not on their friends list) can go F themselves. <br /> <br /> A professional is needed. Epic fits that build for me.
JakobFel I doubt we have anything to worry about. I suspect the Epic integration was only because Epic loves to try to get exclusivity deals. As annoying as Epic's overly aggressive marketing tactics may be, they are quite brilliant in that way. So yeah, that's probably all it was. GOG is making enough money on their own, they'd be pretty stupid to allow themselves to be purchased by another company.. especially one that owns another digital store.
7PCGamer Its fine as long as the value proposition doesn't change.
R-U-N Am I late to a party or what? Is there an actual chance of this happening?
tom_steinbach I would not worry too much about independence. GoG guys ain't stupid.
Thorxic Seeing the Epic Games integration and partnership was really scary. Honestly, I was a bit concerned. <br /> Please, GOG and CDPR stay independent. <br /> I don't mind a partnership, but I would hate to see you swallowed up.
Seb7 Yop, drm free baby. Eternal ^ Epic Games have some free games BUT you have to use their program to start it, I do not like it, I like "off the leash" games :D Then you feel it is yours, everywhere and any time ^
iliqna856 Please don't allow this to happen at all costs GOG.Please.
Thorxic Really don't think you need to worry about this one. <br /> This is like imagining Coca Cola being bought by Pepsi Cola. <br /> It's also at odds with what our dear monks once promised us, and that promise we will not forget.
L1FEsUniverse Imagine: "We proudly announce hat this week´s free game is not just one, but it is the whole library of GOG, as we just bought the company due to the recent release of our new shiny skin for 200 bucks each bought by millions of kids in F...night store..." And you thought the horse armour in Oblivion was bad... <br /> <br /> I´m collection all the free games on the Epic Store but I´m really not a fan of their store. Can you even buy their own old great Epic games there? I just tried...well, no?!? Oh Boy, that´s hilarious!
fridgeband Yes, please definitely avoid this. They're just another steam/ea and I don't think their (ea and steam) opinion of the people who shop there is better than their opinion of $$$. I'm glad I got far away from them. Gog actually cares about their customers. God bless them.
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