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Posted December 09, 2016
There are a ton of titles that just wait to be released here, stop with the shitty new games we need good old games!!!
Posted December 09, 2016
Not that I disagree, but what would you consider an old game? 5 years old? 10? 3? 6 months? The completion of DLC and expansion packs? Removal of tech support or multi player? I'm sure gog has its own ideas about what constitutes an OLD game, but I'll be damned if I've yet to get a solid answer to this burning question.
Posted December 09, 2016
JMich?
Posted December 09, 2016
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Matewis: JMich?
We should try to get his statistics thread stickied ^^


EDIT : Found it!
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/this_years_releases_on_gog/post68

Relevant extract (I hope JMitch don't mind. Otherwise I'll edit my post

And the yearly data:
July 1st, 2008 till June 30th, 2009
GOG Released 128 games. Out of those, 58 (~45%) were pre-2K ones.
July 1st, 2009 till June 30th, 2010
GOG Released 101 games. Out of those, 42 (~42%) were pre-2K ones.
July 1st, 2010 till June 30th, 2011
GOG Released 71 games. Out of those, 1 (~1.5%) were Day 1 games, 34 (~48%) were pre-2K ones, and 39 (~55%) were 10+ years old.
July 1st, 2011 till June 30th, 2012
GOG Released 116 games. Out of those, 5 (~4%) were Day 1 games, 52 (~45%) were pre-2K ones, and 66 (~57%) were 10+ years old.
July 1st, 2012 till June 30th, 2013
GOG Released 171 games. Out of those, 39 (~23%) were Day 1 games, 46 (~27%) were pre-2K ones, and 64 (~37%) were 10+ years old.
July 1st, 2013 till June 30th, 2014
GOG Released 192 games. Out of those, 67 (~35%) were Day 1 games, 37 (~19%) were pre-2K ones, and 45 (~23%) were 10+ years old.
July 1st, 2014 till June 30th, 2015
GOG Released 261 games. Out of those, 81 (~31%) were Day 1 games, 40 (~15%) were pre-2K ones, and 62 (~24%) were 10+ years old.
July 1st, 2015 till June 30th, 2016
GOG Released 309 games. Out of those, 103 (~33%) were Day 1 games, 56 (~18%) were pre-2K ones, and 81 (~26%) were 10+ years old. 17 games entered InDev and 2 InDev were released.

So to make this short : we had more "old" games added on catalog this year than at any moment of GOG's history.
It's just that we also have a lot of new releases, and the oldies tend to come in massive batches when a new publisher comes on board
Post edited December 09, 2016 by Kardwill
Posted December 09, 2016
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kingkob: There are a ton of titles that just wait to be released here, stop with the shitty new games we need good old games!!!
I like new games. Fuck off.

Yes, I'm fresh out of patience for discussing the issue for the nth time. Fuck off is all I've got.
Posted December 09, 2016
Asterix&Obelix XXL2 would be good since it is incompatible with windows 7-8 and 10. But Atari is not able to make a digital release.
EA could release old need for speed underground 1-2, most wanted and carbon
Post edited December 09, 2016 by LiefLayer
Posted December 09, 2016
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kingkob: There are a ton of titles that just wait to be released here
... but sadly publishers, lawyers and/or technical support staff said no, for various reasons. It isn't as easy as crossing titles off a shopping list. You have to find out who owns the rights to them, the involved parties have to be interested and in agreement with each other, they have to accept GOG's DRM-free policy and agree on prices, and GOG has to make sure the games run on modern operating systems. Many "good old games" that aren't here yet, aren't here yet for a reason. And that reason isn't "too busy with new games". The alternative to these new game releases wouldn't be old game releases but no game releases or much less releases in general.

Also, the obligatory "GOG stopped being called Good Old Games four years ago - it's been 'GOG.com' only now for half of its lifetime".
Post edited December 09, 2016 by Leroux
Posted December 09, 2016
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Emob78: Not that I disagree, but what would you consider an old game? 5 years old? 10? 3? 6 months? The completion of DLC and expansion packs? Removal of tech support or multi player? I'm sure gog has its own ideas about what constitutes an OLD game, but I'll be damned if I've yet to get a solid answer to this burning question.
Everything before the year 2000 will be great.
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kingkob: There are a ton of titles that just wait to be released here
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Leroux: ... but sadly publishers, lawyers and/or technical support staff said no, for various reasons. It isn't as easy as crossing titles off a shopping list. You have to find out who owns the rights to them, the involved parties have to be interested and in agreement with each other, they have to accept GOG's DRM-free policy and agree on prices, and GOG has to make sure the games run on modern operating systems. Many "good old games" that aren't here yet, aren't here yet for a reason. And that reason isn't "too busy with new games". The alternative to these new game releases wouldn't be old game releases but no game releases or much less releases in general.

Also, the obligatory "GOG stopped being called Good Old Games four years ago - it's been 'GOG.com' only now for half of its lifetime".
Yes I'm familiar the difficulties but GOG needs to fight harder and be more creative.
Post edited December 09, 2016 by kingkob
Posted December 09, 2016
Bloodwych!!!!
Posted December 09, 2016
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Matewis: JMich?
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Kardwill: We should try to get his statistics thread stickied ^^
As of today, it is stickied :P
Posted December 09, 2016
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Kardwill: We should try to get his statistics thread stickied ^^
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JudasIscariot: As of today, it is stickied :P
Nicely done :D

Edit: But I bet it still doesn't stop people complaining ;)
Post edited December 09, 2016 by adaliabooks
Posted December 09, 2016
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JudasIscariot: As of today, it is stickied :P
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adaliabooks: Nicely done :D

Edit: But I bet it still doesn't stop people complaining ;)
No but at least it will be a lot easier to redirect them so they can keep busy for a while :P
Posted December 09, 2016
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kingkob: Everything before the year 2000 will be great.
Everything? Everything?!? EEEVVVVERRRRYTHINNNNNGGGGGG?!?!??!?!??!

Even Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge? Or Virtuoso?

Are you out of your mind? No, in fact: are you out of MY mind?
Posted December 09, 2016
We need older games that are newer than the really old games! :-P
Posted December 09, 2016
Circuit's Edge. Damn, I still play it by the virtue of DOSBOX.
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