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GOG.com - Polish company puts saran wrap over the toilet bowl, yells "PUNK'D"
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jim-jam bongs
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durendal said:
By allowing them to offer games which wouldn't be available otherwise because the IP holders don't believe in selling things DRM free.
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Well, shit.
jim-jam bongs said:
The only advantage GoG had over the competition was the DRM-free games. Why would I buy from GoG over Steam or D2D if they all have DRM? Most of the big games GoG could offer are already on Steam or D2D with DRM anyways, minus a few classics that aren't up yet.
Uh, that doesn't make sense. GOG 'stored your games for you' exactly the same way Steam does. In an account on their service. Except Steam forces you to use a client and DRM. And you still have to transfer your purchases to a physical medium if you want to keep them forever/play them.Safe Bet said:
@ Conspiracy theorists, I doubt it's as simple as their marketing team trying to dupe you. I'm sure they're either going through some uncertain shit or trying to figure out how to function under a new owner. I just hope they come back. I imagine it's not easy having a DRM free service.
I almost always download a game after buying it, unless it's a pack then I get the first of the series. Though if I'm currently playing a game, I might play it for only a bit before deleting it, and planning to re-download it when I have time for it. I don't like filling up my hard drive or burning games to disc.Victrix said:
faceless007
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Victrix said:
How is it different from not having every game you own installed at one time?
durendal said:
Or just buy from Impulse- which after you DL it, there is no DRM there.
I really seriously doubt DRM is the issue here, otherwise Impulse and GG would be in the same boat.
If GOG went to DRM, there would be little point to the service anymore - especially since most of the games they offered no DRM are no DRM on Impulse/GG.
jim-jam bongs
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They also had a focus on old games, many of which aren't being offered on other services. If they could get access to even more titles that aren't being offered elsewhere but had to put in DRM to do so, they would go from selling zero copies of those games to some copies. I liked the DRM free situation too, but it doesn't surprise me that not everyone shares my enthusiasm for it.durendal said:
faceless007
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durendal said:
GOG also emphasized the trouble they went to to ensure compatibility with XP and Vista systems. I don't know how successful they were overall but Steam doesn't make any attempt at quality control in that regard; they put that responsibility on the publisher. I think the version of Jedi Knight on Steam is the raw installation of the original Windows 95 game which doesn't play nice with modern hardware.
Not to mention the goodies (soundtrack, wallpapers, hint guides) they included. Just saying they had other perks. But if they return with DRM I'll probably stay away too.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
This is funny, because the whole POINT of digital distribution is that if you're between computers, you can feel safe that whatever company you've purchased from will keep your games a couple clicks away. I sold my imac and built a new pc, but didn't get around to re-downloading my Tex Murphy games because I knew they were there whenever I needed it. This little episode definitely makes me think differently about it, though.Victrix said:
Bidermaier
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It is sad, but the only infallible download system is piracy. It even grows when the economy gets shittier.
Victrix said:
What's wrong with that?
I buy games during sales that I know I want to play eventually so that I don't have to pay higher prices to buy them later on when I have time. Then they just sit until I have that time years later.
I have like 300-400 steam games and only keep maybe 10 installed at any given time, which is basically my "active backlog" and all the undownloaded ones are traditional backlog.
There is the possibility that this is a marketing stunt to announce their move from Beta:
Polish site with a statement by Michael Kicinski:
http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,107162,8397342,GOG_sie_zamyka__Raczej_nie.html
Gogle Translation:
Neoseeker with a statement by Tom Ohle:
I dunno how I feel about this, it's certainly a good way to get talked about, but I nearly got a heart attack when I saw the GOG main page.
Gee, I really hope this is a marketing stunt, but if it is, it's very cruel!
Polish site with a statement by Michael Kicinski:
http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,107162,8397342,GOG_sie_zamyka__Raczej_nie.html
Gogle Translation:
http://translate.google.com/transla...97342,GOG_sie_zamyka__Raczej_nie.html&act=urlNote, the date of the conference is probably 22gi early Wednesday evening. Information about this soon on GOG.com (please do not panic after reading the information contained there. Please remember that this conference on-line, first organized in such a way
Virtually closed the calendar of conferences and we will send an official info about this in the Mon-Tues
Neoseeker with a statement by Tom Ohle:
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/14926-digital-pc-classics-service-good-old-games-closes/As the message on the site says, this doesn't mean GOG is gone. We'll have more to share in the coming days. No need to jump to conclusions
I dunno how I feel about this, it's certainly a good way to get talked about, but I nearly got a heart attack when I saw the GOG main page.
Gee, I really hope this is a marketing stunt, but if it is, it's very cruel!
Yep. They went out of the way to be sure of the compatibily unlike steamfaceless007 said:
I am still unable to play jade empire. On my other pc there is no mouse visible. This was like throwing 10 into a bin
That is my main reason to buy games from them. They aré well tested instead of dumped.
Heh, don't jump to conclusions they say. I'm not sure how one should otherwise react to "We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await."Lafazar said:
If this is indeed a stunt, I will go from loving them dearly to not caring much for them at all.
Yes, it really doesn't make sense if you think about it. They had a weekend promo going which was interrupted. This is a strong indicator of outside influence.Dragmire said:
I only now read the discussion a few pages back about a takeover of their previous owner's shares. A new owner implementing new rules could indeed be the cause for this. We'll see on Wednesday. I really hope they do not implement DRM...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=23420772&postcount=385Stop It said:
The following twitter post indeed seems to point to this direction:
http://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/24772660481Sometimes it's really hard being DRM-free... hard to keep things the way they are and keep management and publishers happy
wolfmat
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I'm thinking of an actual partnership, where royalties and profits are both split. Or more elaborately, determine the percentage of royalties by profit per shop. So GOG sells at its homepage and via Steam; a sale at homebase means royalty *1, a sale at Steam means royalty *.5 per unit for GOG. For Valve, it means royalty *0 for GOG-homebase sales, royalty *.5 per unit for Steam sales. (This isn't an actual model, of course, just some numbers)Easy_D said:
The point being that GOG and Valve would benefit from each other. GOG gets customers, Valve gets the library.
The digital distribution world generally needs partnerships more to distribute benefits from all parties. Sure, Valve has the most benefits to distribute with Steam being widely accepted and all. But then again, they gain something valuable: oldschool PC titles in the above example, for instance. And the associated profit is also pretty cool.
MmmSkyscraper
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itxaka said:
ZOMG, visible mouse is for casuals!
I've no idea if it works on mine, bought it last Xmas and haven't played it yet.
Lafazar said:Well, I think you are right with that. I had just hoped, that DRM-free DD would be the future.
It would be really sad if GOG were to change to a DRM-only business model...
There's still Impulse and Gamersgate. Also, there are plenty of indy developerrs who refuse to use DRM. I'm not that worried about this in the grand scheme of things.
GOG really isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. I liked them, but there were other, and usually cheaper options.
wmat said:
True on some really old games. Most of the popular GOG games have Impulse or Gamersgate version, often both.
Porting - I think it's the same on all of them.
Stable Prices- they usually matched GOG- then had sales on occasion.
Outside of the catalog issue, I don't see what you're complaining about, and catalog could be fixed.
That's not true. They were important because they promoted DD without DRM, something no one else did (talking about publishers here)!arstal said:
And they revived old and really old games and kept them accessible, playable and relevant and thus prevented them from digital oblivion. Okay, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but it's also something no one else did!
There were a LOT of games on GOG that you will find on no other DD platform, because no one but GOG went through the trouble of chasing after the rights holders and acquiring the rights. And after GOG is gone, no one will go after these games anymore!
This is a fucking shame. Preservation of gaming culture just took a huge step backwards! (Okay, I like being overdramatic here, but I hope you get my point...)
Combichristoffersen
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This is nothing compared to the 'Peter Steele is dead' stunt Type O Negative pulled a few years ago. And then he went off and died for real earlier this year
Dark Stalkers
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That's some country ass bullshit.
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