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GOG is losing money and refocusing on ‘handpicked selection of games’ - The Verge
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sad to see but, honestly, i am part of the problem.
i'd rather buy on steam for features/convenience than GOG :/
i'd rather buy on steam for features/convenience than GOG :/
Unfortunate (well, #FuckCDPR and all that) but not unsurprising. Despite GOG having a strong presence among PC enthusiast circles, in in the grander scheme of things, it has a history of being a rounding error when it comes to games that aren't CDPR's own. Some indie devs have even dropped support for it altogether.
I theorised the recent addition of Hitman 2016, inclusive of its online-gated content, was CDPR throwing some chum in the water to see how its userbase would react to the store carrying DRM-enabled games, and I feel CDPR now being even more particular about what makes the cut is another stepping stone to that inevitability. Realistically, either the GOG store is shut down due to ongoing losses or DRM becomes fair game in the interest of profitability.
I theorised the recent addition of Hitman 2016, inclusive of its online-gated content, was CDPR throwing some chum in the water to see how its userbase would react to the store carrying DRM-enabled games, and I feel CDPR now being even more particular about what makes the cut is another stepping stone to that inevitability. Realistically, either the GOG store is shut down due to ongoing losses or DRM becomes fair game in the interest of profitability.
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Does not surprise me. Who buys games on GOG? I certainly have never bought a game there. Their whole "DRM free" gimmick is not really a thing that appeals to the average consumer, me included. I'll gladly deal with Steam considering it comes with a ton of convenience that GOG simply does not have.
By the time Steam shuts down (if it ever does, honestly, it probably won't) I'll have looooooooooooooooooong moved on from whatever I have bought on there lol
By the time Steam shuts down (if it ever does, honestly, it probably won't) I'll have looooooooooooooooooong moved on from whatever I have bought on there lol
Shame, I prefer buying on GOG if it's available, but most of the time the new games don't launch on it until months down the road if ever.
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I figured this would happen. Despite being DRM-free, it wouldn't be enough to entice people to use them as a primary platform.
GOG seems to drum up the most interest when grabbing/helping publish older games.
GOG seems to drum up the most interest when grabbing/helping publish older games.
I mean at some point you've released all the good old games. what are you going to release now good new games, those are already on steam?
They haven't even come close to releasing all the good old games in existence lol
they should re-brand into something focused on a service that specializes in supporting older games. call it something like "getting older games" or some such.
Personally I've been way less likely to buy stuff from GOG after the whole Devotion nonsense. It was so utterly, transparently malicious *and* incompetent I went from feeling really positive about the storefront to not even really wanting to give them my money, DRM-free be damned.
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it kinda feels like gog just exists without any presence. square enix posted some of their ps3 catalog on gog recently and you wouldnt really know unless you ran into it browsing the store.
also square please enable cloud saves for sleeping dogs de on steam. you did it for the gog release but i dont wanna buy it again
also square please enable cloud saves for sleeping dogs de on steam. you did it for the gog release but i dont wanna buy it again
Not surprised, CDPR just spent two years burying its reputation in multiple layers of shit. GOG has always been barely profitable and losing that good will has likely had an effect on the bottom line.
I used GOG a lot for grabbing fixed up and easier-to-play versions of older games over the years that could be run without a launcher. But I have pretty much everything I needed now, and I'd really rather give as little money to CDPR for newer releases as possible after their issues with transphobia.
This is too bad. I have a decent size GOG collection but it is mostly classic games. I am part of the problem where I don't buy newer releases on GOG.
People love DRM free options when their games in their library stop working.
"DRM free" isn't a gimmick and it's not that "DRM free" doesn't appeal to people, it is that Steam has a massive install base and people want to play with their friends and have their library in one place.
People love DRM free options when their games in their library stop working.
I like GOG for older games, but modern games I always prefer Steam. Don't Steam games still get better support?
They sometimes have great deals on old ass games that I end up getting, besides that I only got all the Witcher games and Cyberpunk there, everything else I want usually doesn't end up on GoG day 1….
They announced that they would sell Devotion, players rejoiced, less than 12 hours later they recanted - saying "gamers didn't want it" when it was very clear that they were actually afraid of pissing off the CCP.
CDPR pulled Devotion from its store after supposed outrage from gamers, but in reality it just didn't want to risk being blacklisted by the CCP.
Edit: Beaten.
Edit edit: As Lord Fanny has noted, the game didn't even make it to GOG.
They were going to bring the game to the service after being delisted everywhere else, but then backed out after backlash from 'gamers' (aka pro-CCP shills) as well as probably fear that it could impact potential future business in China.
I used to love GOG, but I stopped buying from them way back, after they made the stupid decision to start charging NZ customers in Australian dollars. It makes zero sense, they're obviously different currencies, and we're far more used to USD for digital purchases.
The move away from "Good Old Games" was a sad one. it felt good to have a storefront devoted to restoring and supporting old games and doing the work to get them to work on modern PCs.
The move away from "Good Old Games" was a sad one. it felt good to have a storefront devoted to restoring and supporting old games and doing the work to get them to work on modern PCs.
GOG was great when they were more closely working on restoring old games to modern hardware, when the same game on GOG would run properly while the Steam version would require extra work. Or even crazier, when they'd be the only store to actually release the game.
Does that even happen anymore?
The DRM-free thing is nice but it's not super-important for most games unless Steam suddenly dies.
Does that even happen anymore?
The DRM-free thing is nice but it's not super-important for most games unless Steam suddenly dies.
They should double down on getting Old games you can't buy anywhere else legally online. Freelancer and Rise of Legends are two highly requested games that come to mind, I'm sure there's more.
Also try and get some old game online infrastructure back up. Imagine having Red Alert 2 without needing to download 3rd party software
Also try and get some old game online infrastructure back up. Imagine having Red Alert 2 without needing to download 3rd party software
Eh, too bad I guess, though I haven't been interested in looking at the site at all after the Devotion shit.
I have no interest in buying newer games on GOG. I have spent a LOT of money on "Good 'ol Games"
When the classics show up there i'm more inclined to buy them there than steam as they put more work to make them run on modern systems. I get why they moved away from it because there's only so many more old games out there to get vs new games will always come out
Edit: Also them doing a gag that their store was closing as some odd joke did some permanent damage of their system in my mind
When the classics show up there i'm more inclined to buy them there than steam as they put more work to make them run on modern systems. I get why they moved away from it because there's only so many more old games out there to get vs new games will always come out
Edit: Also them doing a gag that their store was closing as some odd joke did some permanent damage of their system in my mind
The service is 11 years old by now. Any old game that might make some money and isn't stuck in some terrible license limbo has been re-released. I mean retro pc gaming goes back like what 1984 or so? so you've got like 15 to 20 years of games to re-release. That is just not a lot to work with, especially since most people probably don't want to pay for most games released during that time frame. I don't think its far-fetched to say they've reached the point where the games they could release on the platform just aren't popular enough or too expensive to make a return on investment.
I stopped using them after their social media transphobia and Devotion stuff.
I thought they were already focusing on hand selected games after the stories from developers who had well reviewed and popular games and couldn't get on the platform, doubt doubling down (or returning to it) is the solution. And indies aren't their solution because itch is filling that niche outside of Steam and developers are happy there.
I thought they were already focusing on hand selected games after the stories from developers who had well reviewed and popular games and couldn't get on the platform, doubt doubling down (or returning to it) is the solution. And indies aren't their solution because itch is filling that niche outside of Steam and developers are happy there.
They lost me after those asinine GG tweets. The Devotion shit didn't help either so yeah, I don't look for Gog when I buy games.
It's a bit sad because I always liked GOG, but using 2 storefronts is just a hassle.
I have so many games on Steam, at this point a game either comes to Steam or I won't buy it. I don't even care if the game comes 2 years later. My backlog is already way too big. Steam IS pc gaming. It's just how it is.
Epic Store won't be successful either.🤷
I have so many games on Steam, at this point a game either comes to Steam or I won't buy it. I don't even care if the game comes 2 years later. My backlog is already way too big. Steam IS pc gaming. It's just how it is.
Epic Store won't be successful either.🤷
Everything else aside they've almost always lost money on GOG for a awhile which is sad because I like them for being able to legally buy old games.
This going back like 9 years
The problem they have getting older games listed for sale is licensing issues are a nightmare to figure out for who actually owns it anymore. So actually trying to track down who to attempt to contact is insane.
Microsoft even said the same thing essentially with its own on the backwards compatibly solution stuff with Xbox, that mostly boiled down to licensing.
Another problem also ends up being that some game developers just treat GOG releases as an entire separate thing and release it followed by completely ignoring it for updates or DLC etc. GOG's official forums has pages upon pages of devs hucking up games that are essentially massively outdated compared to other PC platforms versions.
This going back like 9 years
The problem they have getting older games listed for sale is licensing issues are a nightmare to figure out for who actually owns it anymore. So actually trying to track down who to attempt to contact is insane.
Microsoft even said the same thing essentially with its own on the backwards compatibly solution stuff with Xbox, that mostly boiled down to licensing.
Another problem also ends up being that some game developers just treat GOG releases as an entire separate thing and release it followed by completely ignoring it for updates or DLC etc. GOG's official forums has pages upon pages of devs hucking up games that are essentially massively outdated compared to other PC platforms versions.
Crazy to hear but I can't remember the last time I bought a game from GOG. I kind of started to drift away when it became just another storefront and not the archival/modernization of old PC games it felt like.
Also, it's still "gee oh gee" to me. I can't call it gog.
Also, it's still "gee oh gee" to me. I can't call it gog.
Nah, there is still a lot I imagine. Silent Hill 2 and 3 are good examples.
I'm pretty sure their overall profits were up iirc, so they really aren't hurting.