Good Old Games (gog.com)

Neb on 19/9/2010 at 18:59

Quote Posted by Renzatic

"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' :)"

My intuition says that they'll be launching a platform to distribute new games too.

Or, they're just assholes.

Brian The Dog on 19/9/2010 at 19:00

Wiki is wondering if the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Old_Games#Closure_announcement) website was hacked, since the announcement was made at the weekend and GOG staff do not work weekends and they also gave no notice. Hmmm.

Edit - just seen Renz's edit, so it looks genuine. Maybe they're just changing the pricing structure, or allowing some DRM? Also, the website was in Beta for about 2 years, maybe they're moving to a Gold version?

Morgoth on 19/9/2010 at 19:02

(http://twitter.com/EvolveTom/status/24956916744) http://twitter.com/EvolveTom/status/24956916744

Renzatic on 19/9/2010 at 19:04

Quote Posted by Brian The Dog

Know what you mean gunny - I was about to buy Arx Fatalis and Gothic 1 this week :(

I have them both. Or at least I did. I never saved the executables, since I figured GOG would be around for more than a year and a half. I mean how is it that they can get a couple new publishers signed on not even a week ago, and then suddenly die without any warning whatsoever.

Though prevailing rumors seem to point towards this being a shift from beta into full on official status. There are links everywhere with supposedly official people saying "GOG is not dead". A bit confusing. If this is the case, the whole "we're gone-surprise we're better than ever" stunt would be about shittiest thing they could do.

edit again: (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407829&page=6) Interesting Neogaf thread. They're talking about Polish anonymous investors, tons of stock trading, and all kinds of crazy business world antics going on.

Malleus on 19/9/2010 at 19:05

Quote Posted by Brian The Dog

Maybe they're just changing the pricing structure, or allowing some DRM?

I don't know why would they change the pricing, the 6-10 dollar range is pretty much a standard for old games. I'd guess it will be something about DRM.

Eric18 on 19/9/2010 at 19:20

More likely they'll start selling new games as well maybe in a steam/impulse like application.
Ether way it's sad and completely unexpected i figured they were doing really well.

mothra on 19/9/2010 at 19:48

well, that is a really bad marketing move. someone had a drink or .... 20 ?
I am grateful for it as long as it lasted and they better get this redownload ready asap if they wanna win me over for whatever they are gonna do next. Maybe they burnt all their money on TW2 and have to close it until its release....

Brian The Dog on 19/9/2010 at 20:43

Sorry, I'm a bit slow today - what is TW2?

If they move over to a Steam-type system, then I will be leaving them I'm afraid - if I wanted something like Steam, I'd use Steam, many games are a comparable price on there. No-DRM was what differentiated them from the rest of the market, and without that I wonder how they will market themselves.

If it is marketing stunt, it's a pretty bad one - I can't think of another company that announced a major announcement by pre-empting it with "we're closing. Oh no we're not!". I mean, can you imagine Amazon or HMV Online doing something like this? :nono:

Renzatic on 19/9/2010 at 21:21

Quote Posted by Brian The Dog

Sorry, I'm a bit slow today - what is TW2?

TW2 = The Witcher 2

(http://twitter.com/GOGcom/statuses/24966110080) And on a slightly more positive note, it looks like we'll finally learn what's going on tomorrow. It's kinda strange that a fairly profitable service that just struck a deal with another publisher not even a week ago would suddenly shut down like this. So whatever we learn tomorrow, I can almost guarantee it won't be good. :(

Oh, and if anyone here has the GOG executable for Arx, Gothic 1 & 2, Freespace 2, Divine Divinity, and Beyond Good and Evil, send them my way. Those were my favorite games I bought there, and I'd love to have them back.

Shadowcat on 19/9/2010 at 22:02

Quote Posted by Renzatic

whatever we learn tomorrow, I can almost guarantee it won't be good. :(

I suspect you're right :( That is absolutely not a funny joke. Not unless they follow it up with something REALLY REALLY GOOD. But I shall assume badness in the meantime. Damn it all.