A lot of YouTube videos are reporting CDPR profits down 67% and shareholders are abandoning the company, mainly due to Cyberpunk 2077 not being allowed back on the Playstation store, because it is their main storefront that gives them most of their sales.

Is GOG going to be shut down if CDPR goes bankrupt?

Should I stop buying games on GOG and go back to Steam?

A lot of hearsay lately, I wouldn't pay much attention to it.

yes i can only recommend that, based on my years of experience with gog. there a lot of reasons to not support gog/cdpr. but i don't know if they will go bankkrupt this year or in the near future.

oh ffs, wasnt there a thread on this two years back?

Tough to use more than one store isn't it? Convenience is King/"All my games in one place" (something about "mindshare" too probably)

But at least you can easily back up the games you already bought here :)

Their earnings report came out is why... They're not even losing money topline.

GOG did lose money Q1 2021 though, sadly.

Yes their stock is in the absolute toilet, but the chance of them going insolvent is.... less than zero really based on this balance sheet.

I would argue the opposite, that their best days are behind them because the people at the top don't learn from their mistakes. Doesn't mean they're going bankrupt, but I do expect they'll be relying on crowdfunding going forward.

GOG as a store is not a moneysink (GOG Galaxy development aside), so in the worst case that CDP goes bankrupt/closed down, GOG will be sold to another entity who would be interested in keeping it alive and generate more revenue.

"A lot of youtube videos" lol

A lot of youtube videos say the earth is flat

I didn't quite keep up with the details of what happened with Cyberpunk 2077 but didn't someone at CDPR get a bonus of millions of dollars? Why should someone get a bonus for making a mess? Money like that could be better spent on GOG.

Lol no. They may not be at their absolute best point ever but they're far from going bankrupt. It's just because Sony is being ridiculous and because they are very behind on their patching/DLC schedule due to that moronic ransomware attack.

Why would you go back to Steam? If a game is available on both GOG and Steam you always buy on GOG.

If I buy something on GOG I basically "own" the game. Assuming I download the offline installers and take care of my personal backups (you're stupid if you're not backing up your offline-installers) no one can take that away from me.

That's not the case with a rental service like Steam. Valve has straight up said that Steam is a rental service. If something happened to Steam or Valve, well, you're entire library is more or less gone. If something happens to GOG, well, my games are fully useable and in my possession. I'm not dependant on some shitty App like Steam to install and retrieve the software I paid for.

GOG = Here's your purchased software. It's your's to keep forever, and even if something happens to us. Just make sure you don't lose it!

Steam = Here's access to your "lifetime" rental. If something happens to us though, you'll no longer have access to our service and therefor any of the software you thought you "owned" when buying from us.

But seriously, GOG is not going anywhere. The Summer sale will be starting soon (hopefully tomorrow) and you should always buy with confidence. Feel good knowing that if you buy something on GOG you're getting the best version of that game possible, because it's one that you have control over and actually "own".

No GOG = No buy.

Nothing lasts forever but not likely for a good long while.

CDPR made gross profit of 28.6M GBP and net profit of 17M GBP in Q1 2021. Worrying for CDPR because it's the same as last year except CP2077 released in December and couldn't boost revenues, but they have a lot of burn remaining to fix CP2077 and release more Witcher expansions (and mobile ports), which is part of their corporate strategy going forward.

GOG made gross profit of 10.4M GBP and net profit of (364k) GBP in Q1 2021. Their revenue went up 936k GBP compared to Q1 2020. Their direct selling costs and overhead has increased. So they're fine if they're waiting for their new talent to pay off or can cut overhead if need be. Their net losses would have to be multiple quarters of deep red to be worried, enough to erase all feasibility of the project.

If CDPR or GOG file for bankruptcy, they can always restructure their debt and make a return. Though, that's when you should be seriously backing up all your games. If they fail again after that, they might be sold off to another major player in the market.