Gexecuter said:Anyone else had the crazy though that Valve is buying gog and that is what this whole thing is about? If that were to happen i would actually not be pleased because i like gog's way of doing things better. I'm so confused right now.
Twig said:Everyone says that, and while I at one time would've sworn that I saw it from an official source, it is no longer present on the internet in any fashion whatsoever. I long ago began questioning my own memory on the matter.
If you can find such a quote ONCE, let alone multiple times, then you will be a Hero of the Web.
Basically.
And I do so love them for it. :3
Joseph Merrick said:Update: GOG's PR man Tom Ohle has responded, saying, "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 "
Gexecuter said:Anyone else had the crazy though that Valve is buying gog and that is what this whole thing is about? If that were to happen i would actually not be pleased because i like gog's way of doing things better. I'm so confused right now.
yeah probably. and adding higher pricepoints :O edit: oh and a steam clientDreams-Visions said:so...is it fair to assume that GOG is just...changing? placating to the demands of DRM-loving publishers?
Fallout 1&2, Sanitarium, The Longest Journey, Age of Wonders, Freespace 2, Sacrifice, Divine Divinity, Beyond Good & Evil, etc.FrancisH said:Hope it comes back, though I didn't buy anything, I really liked the idea and that there was an easy to use way to get old games if I ever needed to. That being said, if GOG comes back what's the first thing I should buy?
GOG said:Dear GOG users,
We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We've debated on it for quite some time and, unfortunately, we've decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current form.
It's a marketing stunt before CD Projekt's conference on 22nd. A bizzare and tastleless one, but not any reason to worry. They will be annoucing new systems, GoG will most likely go out of beta and there might be some changes.
Optimus (CDP's owner) is having huge financial troubles and there are rumors about new investor which will buy it. GoG is actualy one of few avenues that does bring constant profit to CDP"
from here
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums...7455040&page=1
adrian werner's posts (his blog
http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2010/ )
hopefully he is right
We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await.
graywolf323 said:saw someone joke on the Steam forums that they could label it Steam Classic
if they actually kept the no DRM line and then had the two services classic with older games and DRM free and then Steam proper with newer stuff that'd actually be pretty awesome
Twig said:Everyone says that, and while I at one time would've sworn that I saw it from an official source, it is no longer present on the internet in any fashion whatsoever. I long ago began questioning my own memory on the matter.
If you can find such a quote ONCE, let alone multiple times, then you will be a Hero of the Web.
Haunted said:Seriously though, I can't see how there's much leeway for interpretation in the original blurb:
We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await.
Doesn't get much clearer than that, usually.
this. time to change the thread title before more people come in thinking GoG is history.Technosteve said:we've been trolled by internet eastern Europeans damn you
Almak said:Higher prices, DRM and may be a unified launcher is what I think is going to happen with this.
Sad about the turnout though. Good thing I backed up all of my purchases.
Make that system shock 1 and 2 and you have a deal.theinfinityissue said:Alright, I'm ok with higher prices, a unified launcher, and DRM. Here are my conditions:
1. Immediate release of Dungeon Keeper.
2. Immediate release of Dungeon Keeper 2.
If these criteria are met I welcome my oppressive new overlords with scary fervor.
DK2 doesn't support 3D acceleration on W7/Vista though, which is a bummer.Almak said:Make that system shock 1 and 2 and you have a deal.
I already have DK2.
Almak said:Make that system shock 1 and 2 and you have a deal.
I already have DK2.
can we get a thread title change? something like...charlequin said:In case you guys somehow forgot in the last five minutes, I'm actually reading and posting in this thread and people will get banned if you carry on insulting one another and dragging unrelated arguments about the PC DD world in here. Keep it friendly and on-topic about GOG please!
Almak said:Make that system shock 1 and 2 and you have a deal.
I already have DK2.
I'm aware of that post, but it proves nothing. U:Scipius said:The idea is based on a comment Gabe once made in reply to a question that asked what would happen if Steam went down. The thread no longer exists, but someone kept the link and Gabe's reply: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10642189&postcount=28
All in all, we don't really know what would happen if Steam goes under, but disabling authentication, at least, is a functionality of Steam. Whether or not they'd use it is another matter of course.
Twig said:I'm aware of that post, but it proves nothing. U:
Stop It said:This'll be my last post here as frankly, you guys are all obsessed with the idea of this being a stunt that you can't see how fucked up this situation really is.
http://www.bankier.pl/inwestowanie/profile/quote.html?symbol=OPTIMUS&format=detailed
I'll post this again, as the trading value (Market Cap) has been ignored (even by me) up until now. According to this, Optimus (Who own CDP I can say with utmost certainty now), have a market value of less than $6million. Even with the recent lift in their share price this company is utterly worthless. The reason? Before they bought CDP, Optimus racked up some serious debt, and took on even more to buy CDP, this has left them in a major hole financially.
As stated above, last week Optimus sold 3.5million shares and has tried to re-jig the company to transfer their debt to something less unstable, this has triggered an EGM (For this Wednesday) which on it's own, would be unexciting. However, someone appears to have bought all the shares in one block and are using their new power to force Optimus to change their company strategy. This investor is at the moment, unknown but will be revealed at the company EGM.
My opinion is that this mystery investor has called for GOG to be totally changed, possibly to have DRM introduced and to change their business model completely. This leads me to believe the investor is a publisher, but I am not sure who, but there are signs that MAY be pointing to Atari SA, CD Projekt's long term publisher partner in Europe.
Stop It said:This'll be my last post here as frankly, you guys are all obsessed with the idea of this being a stunt that you can't see how fucked up this situation really is.
http://www.bankier.pl/inwestowanie/profile/quote.html?symbol=OPTIMUS&format=detailed
I'll post this again, as the trading value (Market Cap) has been ignored (even by me) up until now. According to this, Optimus (Who own CDP I can say with utmost certainty now), have a market value of less than $6million. Even with the recent lift in their share price this company is utterly worthless. The reason? Before they bought CDP, Optimus racked up some serious debt, and took on even more to buy CDP, this has left them in a major hole financially.
As stated above, last week Optimus sold 3.5million shares and has tried to re-jig the company to transfer their debt to something less unstable, this has triggered an EGM (For this Wednesday) which on it's own, would be unexciting. However, someone appears to have bought all the shares in one block and are using their new power to force Optimus to change their company strategy. This investor is at the moment, unknown but will be revealed at the company EGM.
My opinion is that this mystery investor has called for GOG to be totally changed, possibly to have DRM introduced and to change their business model completely. This leads me to believe the investor is a publisher, but I am not sure who, but there are signs that MAY be pointing to Atari SA, CD Projekt's long term publisher partner in Europe.
Almak said:Higher prices, DRM and may be a unified launcher is what I think is going to happen with this.
Really? That's my point, bro.Stumpokapow said:err, what would "prove" something?
Stop It said:This'll be my last post here as frankly, you guys are all obsessed with the idea of this being a stunt that you can't see how fucked up this situation really is.
http://www.bankier.pl/inwestowanie/profile/quote.html?symbol=OPTIMUS&format=detailed
I'll post this again, as the trading value (Market Cap) has been ignored (even by me) up until now. According to this, Optimus (Who own CDP I can say with utmost certainty now), have a market value of less than $6million. Even with the recent lift in their share price this company is utterly worthless. The reason? Before they bought CDP, Optimus racked up some serious debt, and took on even more to buy CDP, this has left them in a major hole financially.
As stated above, last week Optimus sold 3.5million shares and has tried to re-jig the company to transfer their debt to something less unstable, this has triggered an EGM (For this Wednesday) which on it's own, would be unexciting. However, someone appears to have bought all the shares in one block and are using their new power to force Optimus to change their company strategy. This investor is at the moment, unknown but will be revealed at the company EGM.
My opinion is that this mystery investor has called for GOG to be totally changed, possibly to have DRM introduced and to change their business model completely. This leads me to believe the investor is a publisher, but I am not sure who, but there are signs that MAY be pointing to Atari SA, CD Projekt's long term publisher partner in Europe.