jtr7 on 19/9/2010 at 22:22
So, the caterpillar is to be replaced by the butterfly.
catbarf on 19/9/2010 at 22:31
Posthumously.
Renzatic on 19/9/2010 at 22:39
My guess for best case scenario would be that they've been bought out by a big publisher who won't change much, but have forced a sudden migration to their servers, and want to rejig the site so it has advertising preferences for their games.
Unlikely, but hey. I can hope.
bob_doe_nz on 19/9/2010 at 23:13
Man that is such a kick in the nuts.
I'm so glad I saved copies of my games.
*please be a bad joke... please be a bad joke...
sNeaksieGarrett on 19/9/2010 at 23:50
Son of a bitch.... Good thing I have copies of the setup files for the games I bought.:o The note on their page is confusing to me. On the one hand they are saying they are closing down the services, but on the other they are saying
"oh we're not going away, we're just changing" ??? :confused:
Fafhrd on 19/9/2010 at 23:56
According to (
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=23418875&postcount=240) this, it's a marketing stunt for them coming out of 'Beta' and moving in to the full version, possibly with some sort of client. The phrasing of 'We've decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain
in its current form' sort of supports that.
Shadowcat on 20/9/2010 at 01:16
The (
http://twitter.com/GOGcom/) twitter comments don't support such an optimistic interpretation, sadly.
Quote:
Sometimes it's really hard being DRM-free... hard to keep things the way they are and keep management and publishers happy :(
Trance on 20/9/2010 at 01:33
Mislink?
Enchantermon on 20/9/2010 at 01:53
Well, this sucks. I had just gotten into them. As long as I get to download my games (which I will, apparently), then I'll be okay (still ticked off, though), because I bought a bunch of stuff I hadn't gotten to download yet. Hopefully something good will come from this.
Fafhrd on 20/9/2010 at 02:21
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
The (
http://twitter.com/GOGcom/) twitter comments don't support such an optimistic interpretation, sadly.
Seriously? You think whoever at GOG that runs the twitter account isn't in on it? Or that 24 hours after
Quote:
So how you like us now? :) Age of Wonders and Codemasters Pack promo (Cannon Fodder, Perimeter...60% off) announced today (
http://www.gog.com)
Suddenly they're in dire straits and need to change how they do business or shut down? If anything, the borderline schizophrenic change in tone on their twitter
proves that it's a stunt.
