I think GOG will mean Good Old Games for a while, and will be associated with other concepts that were originally spread - "making old games work on modern systems" (well, this will still certainly be true to a degree, but it probably isn't as strong a focus) - until these ideas stop being spread by people and the new 3 are spread instead - DRM-free, goodies, and worldwide pricing.

Grumpy Old Gamers... read the forums, it's all the convincing you'll need:)

Well yeah to everyone, but GOG.com had a reputation, of 5.99 games and 9.99 games.. now it becomes a wide range of prices. Alan Wake, it is nice, but it is not GOG (Good Old Games! Considering it just is a PC release. Sooner or later, everyone going to buy junk on this site, with new games and 49.99/59.99 pre-ordersl

I like a small website with a purpose, GOG (Good Old Games) and not another site like GamersGate, Impulse, Direct2Drive. Everyone is going DRM Free!

I think it's natural for them to aim bigger. Every single business entity in this world aim to become bigger than what they originally start. I can imagine they now have become bigger than they were 4 years ago, probably more employee.
At this point it's hyperbole and over dramatic because they still release plenty of good old classics, once or twice per week.

Actually I'm just as willing to praise when they do something right & when a good game is released and nothing I've complained about is unchangeable.

If they want indie & modern games that's fine but design the site so they fit in properly & are organised and catalogued correctly instead of jumbled in with the old games, try and keep some semblance of price brackets (even if it's a basic filter for games under $15, over $15 etc). Find some means of coming to a price agreement with the Publishers so game prices aren't a rip-off (lower prices mean more purchases & a larger end income, we all know that.) or at least stick to the principles you've hammered into the minds of regulars. Organise what kind of games are released when & tell the community about it.

At the end of the day these aren't massive demands and none of them would harm gog. It took years for them to do the last site update and it's pretty threadbare with a lot of features still missing, many of which I'd consider common sense to include, especially when taking the branching out into account.

And the forums aren't the company... they're the customers and a lot of them have similar complaints, I couldn't care less if I'm majority or minority at least I'm trying to do something about it. If I bother you that much, ignore my posts, simple.

Your right on the pricing reputation, but keep in mind that outside of the usa Steam users pay more than we all pay on GOG's newer more expensive tier games.

but your wrong on 'everyone going DRM free'. Infact it's the complete opposite, and has been the trend over recent years. GOG is the only DRM free game provider by default.

Everyone else, Steam, AAA box-copy game publisher, uses some form of DRM. Even most Indie games will come with some sort of DRM layer if you download it from other DD sites. Heck even casual gaming ala Big Fish etc is all DRM controlled, which is ok when things wok fine, and not when they don't.

And this is not even getting into the ethical issues around spyware type DRM and data-mining to sell on to third parties for advertising aimed directly at you, wether you want it or not. There is a whole corporate minded area here that most people are completely oblivious too, but companies make money out off, without your consent (unless you read the full EULA and dont install the game/product).

GOG is going against this tide, and it's one of the main reasons i'm happy to give them my money. They are what they are for the benifit of gamers, not just about squeezing every last penny out of your interactions with them, as is the case with every other DD platform currently, in one form or another.

Saying Good Old Games is like saying Good Old Boy - Has nothing to do with Age