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General discussion (archive)GamesRepublic.com - competition or potential partner for GOG?(44 posts)(44 posts)
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Posted April 22, 2014
http://www.gamesrepublic.com/ is to launch tomorrow, April 23rd.

As announced few months later, e.g. here:

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/204436/Games_Republic_a_communitybased_games_storefront.php

Do you think is it a competition or potential partner for GOG? Or maybe these 2 sites are to co-exist peacefully on the market?
Posted April 22, 2014
Judging by the eye-cancerous red text on grey background I'd say neither. :P
Seriously, I refuse to read the text even once... whatever the page says, it's not worth my eyesight.

Edit: Oh, it gets even better further below where there's red text on red wires in the background. Oh my...
Post edited April 22, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted April 22, 2014
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zeffyr: co-exist peacefully on the market?
As opposed to what, violently opposing each other?
Posted April 22, 2014
i don't really understand what it will do unique. I don't want to see the wheel reinvented, i just want a place where to buy cheap nice games preferably drm free, that's about it. All I see on that page is a bunch of fluff.
Posted April 22, 2014
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F4LL0UT: eye-cancerous red text on grey background
that's awful
Posted April 22, 2014
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zeffyr: co-exist peacefully on the market?
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Crosmando: As opposed to what, violently opposing each other?
Competing for a customer.
Post edited April 22, 2014 by zeffyr
Posted April 22, 2014
No .
Posted April 22, 2014
Also, anybody else feeling weird about them having a fist as a symbol for something that goes by the name of "republic"? The combo makes my brain hurt.
Post edited April 22, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted April 22, 2014
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zeffyr: http://www.gamesrepublic.com/ is to launch tomorrow, April 23rd.

As announced few months later, e.g. here:

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/204436/Games_Republic_a_communitybased_games_storefront.php

Do you think is it a competition or potential partner for GOG? Or maybe these 2 sites are to co-exist peacefully on the market?
Looks like they are trying to get dev's (with help from bloggers) to sell through their store much like Humble.If anything it looks like competition for Humble.Not GOG. I couldn't name any bloggers of games to be honest.

And that frontpage is dreadful imho...who in this day and age makes a frontpage which scrolls like that ...so loooooooonnngg....
Post edited April 22, 2014 by Niggles
Posted April 22, 2014
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F4LL0UT: Also, anybody else feeling weird about them having a fist as a symbol for something that goes by the name of "republic"? The combo makes my brain hurt.
Red Faction was what I had to think of. =P
Posted April 22, 2014
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F4LL0UT: Judging by the eye-cancerous red text on grey background I'd say neither. :P
Seriously, I refuse to read the text even once... whatever the page says, it's not worth my eyesight.

Edit: Oh, it gets even better further below where there's red text on red wires in the background. Oh my...
Oh, come on, a little eye cancer never killed anybody.
Posted April 22, 2014
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Niggles: Looks like they are trying to get dev's to sell through their store much like Humble.If anything it looks like competition for Humble.Not GOG.
No, you see, they are direct competitors because GOG's and 11 Bit Studios' offices are practically on the same street. See the attachment.
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Posted April 22, 2014
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F4LL0UT: No, you see, they are direct competitors because GOG's and 11 Bit Studios' offices are practically on the same street. See the attachment.
Battle of the road
Posted April 22, 2014
I don't see any mention of offering DRM-free games, so no.
Posted April 22, 2014
Sounds like populist rabble psychobabble.
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