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Posted March 08, 2016
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ERISS: Ask to SEGA drm-free games here:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/b30628954756
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PookaMustard: How do I do so? It went to a path regarding mobile games and whatnot.
You've answered: There is 'whatnot' too, such as TotalWar serie...
Posted March 08, 2016
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vicklemos: WUUT

Bold comment: if SEGA comes, better bring some SATURN and DREAMCAST games with them. Emulated to perfection ;P
Gimme my Saturn fighting games, 2d sidescrollers, gimme my Sega GT, my Shenmue, by Skies of Arcadia ;)
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Emob78: Been following the new releases lately? Gog front page looks like a giant advertisement for Toys R Us.
Oh, you mean like today's pre-order? You dislike 'em this much? I like these... ;P
And Toys r wut? :P
Posted March 08, 2016
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P1na: I'm pretty sure they have, but Japanese publishers are problematic. Also, it's believed Sega doesn't want to sell PC games in Japan, so lack of regional rrestrictions is what keeps them off GOG
That doesn't make sense. Why the hell would the top managers of Sega deny themselves the opportunity to get some extra money? I'm sure there are just enough Japanese gamers who would love to buy some games off of Steam or GOG to result in profit.
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Grargar: A list of games that are regionally-locked on the Japanese Steam store. It's not pretty, I would say, but that would be an understatement.
Not to get too off-topic but the title of that first game is pure genius.
Post edited March 08, 2016 by infinite9
Posted March 08, 2016
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ERISS: Ask to SEGA drm-free games here:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/b30628954756
I dropped hints about GOG while trying to still answer honestly. There was never really a "Additional comments?" area.
Posted March 09, 2016
Best thing Sega ever did was form the S.S.T Band :).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtAENbrZ-Y
Posted March 09, 2016
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infinite9: That doesn't make sense. Why the hell would the top managers of Sega deny themselves the opportunity to get some extra money? I'm sure there are just enough Japanese gamers who would love to buy some games off of Steam or GOG to result in profit.
You are right, Sega doesn't make sense. They make (probably Japan only) arcade machines of total war but refuse to sell total war games on PC in Japan. If I was a cynic, I would think they try to force Japan to use only consoles and arcades because that makes them more profit.

In my personal experience, "PC games store" was an euphemism for "porn game store"
Posted March 09, 2016
If Sega (and/or Capcom, or any of the JPN pulbishers that won't come here) said: "Ok, we will distribute on your site, but you must region block Japan (and/or East Asia - which JPN publishers tend to do on Steam fyi). Would everyone be ok with that and say "OK". Would GOG admin even take such a deal? Would the userbase accept Japanese published games, knowing that the country of Japan (and likely all East-Asia) were region blocked? Or would everyone panick about it being a harbinger of things to come?

I personally would be fine if Japanese publishers came to GOG with the caveat "block all East-Asian purchases", and I live in that region for now. There is always a way to get something if you really want anyway, and I imagine most of the site's userbase is in the Americas and Europe anyway.
Post edited March 09, 2016 by BrandeX
Posted March 09, 2016
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BrandeX: If Sega (and/or Capcom, or any of the JPN pulbishers that won't come here) said: "Ok, we will distribute on your site, but you must region block Japan (and/or East Asia - which JPN publishers tend to do on Steam fyi). Would everyone be ok with that and say "OK". Would GOG admin even take such a deal? Would the userbase accept Japanese published games, knowing that the country of Japan (and likely all East-Asia) were region blocked? Or would everyone panick about it being a harbinger of things to come?

I personally would be fine if Japanese publishers came to GOG with the caveat "block all East-Asian purchases", and I live in that region for now. There is always a way to get something if you really want anyway, and I imagine most of the site's userbase is in the Americas and Europe anyway.
There's the question of, 'Just how many Japanese Consumers does GOG serve, anyway?'
Posted March 09, 2016
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BrandeX: If Sega (and/or Capcom, or any of the JPN pulbishers that won't come here) said: "Ok, we will distribute on your site, but you must region block Japan (and/or East Asia - which JPN publishers tend to do on Steam fyi). Would everyone be ok with that and say "OK". Would GOG admin even take such a deal? Would the userbase accept Japanese published games, knowing that the country of Japan (and likely all East-Asia) were region blocked? Or would everyone panick about it being a harbinger of things to come?

I personally would be fine if Japanese publishers came to GOG with the caveat "block all East-Asian purchases", and I live in that region for now. There is always a way to get something if you really want anyway, and I imagine most of the site's userbase is in the Americas and Europe anyway.
sounds like console gaming from the 80's and 90's all over again
Posted March 09, 2016
AFAIK, they have pre-existing publishing contracts in the Asian region, or at the least something related. This is why virtually none of their (AAA Japanese publishers) games are available digitally in East Asia.
Posted March 09, 2016
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infinite9: That doesn't make sense. Why the hell would the top managers of Sega deny themselves the opportunity to get some extra money? I'm sure there are just enough Japanese gamers who would love to buy some games off of Steam or GOG to result in profit.
I doubt the reason they don't want to sell PC games in Japan is because they think there's no demand. I rather think that it's because they don't want to 'compete with themselves'. If Japanese gamers had the option to buy them on PC then they might not buy the games on wherever it is Sega is selling them.
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BrandeX: I personally would be fine if Japanese publishers came to GOG with the caveat "block all East-Asian purchases", and I live in that region for now. There is always a way to get something if you really want anyway, and I imagine most of the site's userbase is in the Americas and Europe anyway.
Heh, why not? GOG's already thrown away flat pricing, allowed pre-order exclusives and regionally staggered release dates. Having a release date of 'never' in one region is just the logical extension. Thankfully I've mostly stopped caring... and buying.

EDIT: Or hey, they could give some games such a staggeringly high price in Japan that either no one buys it or they make a shitload of money from whatever sucker does. It's a win win! Hooray for New GOG, it's nearly as good as New Labour.
Post edited March 09, 2016 by SirPrimalform
Posted March 09, 2016
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ERISS: Ask to SEGA drm-free games here:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/b30628954756
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tfishell: I dropped hints about GOG while trying to still answer honestly. There was never really a "Additional comments?" area.
Yeah, that's a bummer. I mentioned the lack of DRM-free choices as a reason why I don't play mobile games, and referred to GOG.com forum as where I found out about this survey.
Posted March 10, 2016
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Grargar: A list of games that are regionally-locked on the Japanese Steam store. It's not pretty, I would say, but that would be an understatement.
It would seem that "more than 150" is also something of an extreme understatement.
Posted March 10, 2016
Not ONE mention of the Total War games? Which Sega DOES publish?!

One of the inportant old school PC games we NEED in GOG?

Armies of Exigo
Bohemia Library
Blade of Darkness
Diablo 1 and 2
Starcraft 1
Warcraft Trilogy
Black and White 1 and 2
Full Throttle
Command and Conquer series
Monkey Island 3 and 4
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Age of Empires serires
Civilization series
Half-Life 1 and 2
Counter Strike and Condition Zero
Doom 3 and Ressurection of Evil expansion
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2
Mechwarrior series
SimCity 1 and 3000
The Sims 1 and 2
Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, 2, and 2142
Call of Duty 1+United Offensive
SWAT 4
Commander Keen
Hexen series
Heretic Games
Total War Rome 1, Shogun 1, Medieval 1 and 2
Marathon series
Myth seires
Wizardry 1 to 5
X-COM seires
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 2 and 3 and their expansions
Tom Clacny's Splineter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory
Brother's in Arms Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood
Tron 2.0
Grand Theft Auto 1, 2, 3, Vice City, San Andreas
Red Orchestra 1
Rise of Nations Gold
Crysis 1+Warhead
Throne of Darkness
Shadowcaster
Dune 1 and 2
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Zax: The Alien Hunter
Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Siege of Avalon
Seal Of Evil
FATE games
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War 1 and 2
Warhammer Dark Omen
Power Monger
Descent Series
Post edited March 10, 2016 by Elmofongo
Posted March 10, 2016
valve and blizzard titles ...riight
step away from the shrooms fongo you had enough

and what does this list have to do with sega anyway ?
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