Much like Far Cry games where you need a ubi account, I guess GFWL will stay, also FO3 proved that it can be optionally removed on certain games with no issues.

Just for info: All the games you stated there are available on Desura DRM-free. They're not published by Capcom there. I think Capcom assumed publishing duties for the Steam release only.

In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if they ended up in the Indie Royale in the near future.

Thanks for the info. That reminds me that I need to check out Desura's catalogue.

I'm going to disagree with you there. Capcom's license to sell games featuring Marvel characters is active and they continue to make games with them. As such, they should be able to distribute those games as they see fit. Disney only comes into play where it involves licensing the characters to Capcom, not when publishing the game. Now, if the license had lapsed, it would be a different story.

To sell in Japan, Capcom JP must authorise it. GOG only sell worldwide, so if they want to sell Capcom games, they must have Capcom JP's permission to sell in Japan.

DD never flopped in Japan. It never got support from the start; just like physical retail. Capcom, etc., are happy to put out their games on PC via retail, but most stores (with the exception of some PC hardware stores and electronic stores which drastically inflate prices) refuse to stock them.

Capcom, like most publishers here, don't have any interest in supporting the PC via DD despite it being the only channel which won't actively refuse to stock their products. Which leaves the growing number of Japan based PC gamers no alternative but to import.

But all of that's kinda irrelevant. Simple point is, GOG currently only release worldwide with one price for all (with the only exception being Witcher 2, which is still sold worldwide, but at different price points). So unless GOG dump their worldwide availability stance, the number of products from Japanese publishers is going to be very very few.

So now the refusal of a Japanese publisher to support their own market could certainly affect other regions even if the local arm of the publisher gives GOG permission to sell in those regions.

Not going to see them. Capcom JP are actively refusing to allow their sale in Japan. Even Nyu-media have been unsuccessful in changing their mind and they jointly hold worldwide distribution rights.

As I said in my previous post, I'd love to see GOG find a legal way around this which doesn't involve regional restrictions, but if they are going to be relying on Capcom JP saying, yes; it ain't gonna happen.

Got even more bad news for you. Nyu-media confirmed over Twitter that GOG rejected their games as "Arcade style games are not a good fit for GOG".

^^^ maybe they think they wouldn't sell on PC? Seems unlike GoG to turn down an offer like that.

Can't believe they nabbed Capcom.

This seems interesting.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/29480001/thank-you-for-joining-gog-capcom

Christian Svensson
Corporate Officer/Senior Vice-President

"We've been working on it for a long time... you'll note it's a CUSA title up there for now (CUSA owns Street Fighter). We're still trying to bring Capcom Japan around."

That is interesting. Certainly makes SF4 all the more likely.

I find the idea that Capcom still has the source code to the PC version certainly plausible, and they quite possible that they can put together an offline-only version that excises all mentions of GFWL.

Not a wise decision by gog - and i hope they will reconsider.
Quite contrary, shmups would be a very good thing to add to gog's selection imho.

The individuals that turned this down should be tortured by evil monks ;P

I second that.

Totally instabuy if its the arcade edition ;)

I posted that a few days ago here, but thanks for bringing this up again.

Now, Sven also had this to say on the subject (apparently, it might take a while for CJ to come on board) :

"We run all PC digital distribution relationships worldwide from our office, but everything we do that makes use of CJ titles or IP requires Japan business (including "domestic sales"), IP and producer approval... even promotions. So the internal coordination can get quite tricky.

If we get resistence from Japan, what we like to do often is work deals on our side, get some appropriate experience and data with a partner or program, and then take that data back to Japan to make a better case to expand our product relationships/demonstrate value to our business.

Such a process has been successful in the past however that process unfortuately does take time."

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/29480001/thank-you-for-joining-gog-capcom&post_num=17#525926645

That is pretty bad on GOG's part. The company should be aiming for high-quality games of every genre.

Anyway, I would love to see the Phoenix Wright series to be sold at GOG. They are probably among my most favorite of visual novel games.

I do have to say at this point that this is a very frank and open statement from a VP and company both renowned for being evasive and massively downplaying negatives. The DLC and DRM affairs of Capcom in the past have always been whitewashed in the past, and this dragged his and Capcom's reputation down massively.

This is an entirely new side to them, and I like it. It's almost indie-like in its candour. Perhaps they've learned from mistakes?.