Blah, blah, blah. Same old shit. You really think it would have been better for GOG to just die off gracefully as people lost interest as the well of old games dried up?

I still find it amazing just how few people have any business sense whatsoever. No wonder we're in a global recession when this is what we've got to work with.

Sarcasm is ever harder to detect. Plus you have Adzeth up there saying it actually was like that.

Like the others stated - it didn't really changed. It only looks like GOG is releasing less old games, because they release more games in general.

But usually, we get at least one oldie a week, sometimes we got two, sometimes even more.

I am still waiting for another batch of EA / Square games, though. (why waiting with releasing another Hitman games...?)

When GOG proposed the change of including newer games, I panicked that it would change the culture of the site. I loved having a place that celebrated each rerelease of an old game and had advertising banners for old games.

I don't feel like that has disappeared, we've just made more room for (largely) indie titles. Actually, I'm happy to have a place to buy DRM-free games on release as well. Nobody does DRM-Free as well as GOG, so as long as they keep pumping out classics, I'm happy to share some space with newer DRM-Free titles as well.

"I AM A GOD!"
"you're god?"
"No, I'm A god, not THE god."
"Ray...next time someone asks if you're a god...you say...YES!"

Sorry, couldn't resist, I love those movies.

Ah, well, thing is, what are some key words one is suppose to use to find threads like this? I suppose he could have searched a few pages back to see if anything similar had been posted recently, but as far as using the search option, it can be hit or miss. This would be great, but I'm guessing GOG doesn't want to dig themselves into that hole, and leave some flexibility for some release days.

Yup. I think I've made more peace with it than you, but maybe not as much as SimonG. I dunno... :P

I'm not really planning on getting any new games here because I don't have a good machine to play on, and Steam is my place for that as DRM there doesn't bother me. (as I only get new-ish games cheap there anyway)

Not just groundhog day, some editing is also back to the future, replying to comments that haven't been posted yet! Really confusing ... :D



Yeah, the search function is subpar. Well, like I said, I guess I wasn't quite fair, it seems the OP's emphasis is more on the lack of distinction between new and old and not on a perceived lack of old. Still not a new complaint, but one that is more valid than the other.

Considering the regularity of those threads in spite of raw statistics, it seems to be mainly a failure on the part of gog PR.

Agreed.

It's crappy web site design is what it is. It doesn't make GOG any less good, just not as attractive and that is something a web based shop should find important.

This has been discussed before at great lengths, and the fact of the matter is that classics are released at least at the same rate as they were before (TheEnigmaticT explained this quite well in a similar topic I now seem to struggle to find). The higher frequency of new releases just means that each release is less of an event than previously so you might be less inclined to notice a game that you would've dedicated the entire day to a year ago, even if it wasn't all that old or good or interesting.

And then there's that "certain age" mentioned in the opening post. What do you propose we do there? When is a game "old"? Moving a game from one download service to another must be an unnecessarily big pain in the ass as well even if the services were related.

And what about policies on price and DRM? Weren't they an important part of GOG as well back in the Olden days?

Has anyone—by chance—noticed GOG doesn't sell old games exclusively anymore?

I'm actually very pleased with the current situation. We get at least the same constant stream of "old" releases (and that is proof that the "o" hasn't been forgotten) as we did in the past and we also get newer games that I wouldn't otherwise have a chance to play because I won't play games that have to be activated on line. What's not to like about that?

If the newer games really annoy you and you hate logging on only to find a release of a new game (And that would be better than no release at all?) then only visit once every few weeks and you're bound to find a bunch of older games that have been released in your absence. Like it would have been a few years ago. Happy again?

WHAAAAT??!?!?!