Shadowcat on 20/7/2008 at 12:23
Obviously we need a thread for (
http://www.gog.com/) this back here in the regular forums!
I'll just quote what I said elsewhere:
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I hope this pans out for everyone. Good support from publishers, good service from GOG, and loads of customers. All of which are pretty much crucial.
If all that happens, this could be a really important site.
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I can't help but think that support could turn out to be a problem for GOG, given that they are intending for all games to work under XP and Vista. I think it's most unlikely that they'll have the resources to subject each game to the kind of testing that a game would undergo before its original release, and there may well be issues running them on the newer operating systems that don't rear their heads immediately. Hopefully they don't get bogged down dealing with such things.
I'd also say that it's time for some people who try to justify piracy to put their money where their mouth is. Cheap prices, no DRM, absolutely no excuse not to buy.
And while I hate to sound overly-dramatic over just an announcement, it occurs to me that this site is something most of us have only ever dreamed would happen. In today's market, the idea of anyone re-releasing classic games, DRM-free, that 'just work' on your modern PC is quite extraordinary. If this project was to fail due to people not even being willing to fork out $6-10 for a classic game, who knows if we would
ever get another opportunity like it?
Someone is actually doing this. I'd say it's time to jump on board with both feet, and make sure it's here to stay. That goes even if the service turns out to be a bit lacking to begin with. Hopefully it will be fine, but in any case it's bound to improve with time -- just so long as the company is still around to improve it.
All good games are old eventually.
The_Raven on 20/7/2008 at 12:36
Mmm, I was thinking of transferring my posts over here; unfortunately, the chaos forums aren't accessible anymore, which makes it kind of hard.
Koki on 20/7/2008 at 15:05
The question is not whether the games get re-released, but if any money I pay actually reaches the publisher.
Because if it doesn't, what is the point of paying?
ignatios on 20/7/2008 at 16:53
To support the service, you dolt.
EvaUnit02 on 20/7/2008 at 17:14
I seriously doubt that publishers such as Codemasters and Interplay (or whomever owns the rights to their titles) would be sharing their game library if they weren't seeing a percentage of sales or at least some sort of licensing fee.
I'd imagine that it wouldn't be any different than game titles being distributed by a budget label, such as Sold Out, Explosiv, etc.
a flower in hell on 20/7/2008 at 19:43
This has gotten me more excited about gaming than anything I've heard in years. I think it has to do with the fact that either I'm getting older and set in my ways or most new games suck. I think it's probably both.
Neb on 20/7/2008 at 20:09
+1 Flower In Hell.
If anything truely amazing appears on the horizon of gaming, I'm sure I'll find out about it from here first.
Aja on 21/7/2008 at 04:20
the other thing is that music and movies these days just aren't as good as they used to be!
Volitions Advocate on 21/7/2008 at 04:41
yeah.... I'm turning into an old fart too.:thumb:
Koki on 21/7/2008 at 06:03
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I seriously doubt that publishers such as Codemasters and Interplay (or whomever owns the rights to their titles) would be sharing their game library if they weren't seeing a percentage of sales or at least some sort of licensing fee.
Licensing fee is worthless to any would-be PC Gaming saviour. With online distribution it would be possible to easily give publishers a share of profit, the question is whether it happens or no.
ignatios: But is this service even worth supporting? I might get any game I want at any time, I just need to visit my good old friend Thomas R. Rent. There are three reasons to pay for a game:
a) To give the publisher money, which may or may not happen with GoG, and certainly does not happen with any reeditions.
b) To get that original package + CD/DVD + manual feel, which certainly does not happen with reeditions and certainly will not happen with GoG.
c) Morality - wat
Sorry, but I don't plan on wasting my money on another reedition parasite.