Czudowny: ...
Seriously - they did it for hard bucks and because they filled a niche - they succeeded. There were no Legends of Morals involved and no Titans of Ethics participated in their creation.
tfishell: So? You're acting like this is a bad thing. People wanted legal copies of old games to buy again, GOG provided that niche, like you said. We can be appreciative of the work they've done untangling some of the legal situations regarding games.
Why are you so angry about this?
Exactly.
Sure, there's a little bit of gushing every once in a while. I don't think I go quite that far but I'll say that I am quite appreciative that gOg are doing exactly what tfishell says: convincing publishers to re-release their old titles DRM-free, and putting in the work to get those old games to run well for as many customers as possible.
And the company did sort of 'save my gamez'. I don't think I would otherwise ever have even hoped to have played the Crusader titles again, or get a shot at finally playing Privateer 2 all the way through since my old 286 at the time wouldn't cut it.
How about System Shock 1 and 2?
Yeah, I think it's fair to say gOg has saved some gamez. And some of us really appreciate that. Nobody was doing it (at least not on a large scale), these folks did, and I hope they're finding financial success in brightening our day just a little bit by doing what they do.