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Posted November 18, 2011
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Stuff: Dear GOG,

Release every DRM free game you can regardless of release year. Thanks . . . =)
This.
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Posted November 18, 2011
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Stuff: Dear GOG,

Release every DRM free game you can regardless of release year. Thanks . . . =)
This!

If gog starts to release new drm free games, I'll definitely buy them from here. Looking forward to it, actually :)
Posted November 18, 2011
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gyokzoli: I fixed it for you. ;-)
lol, thanks but . . . I must confess . . . some games I play aren't that popular . . . =)
Posted November 18, 2011
Actually the OP is in the minority on this one. According to the survey the majority of users who filled it in are for this change, rather than against.

Personally I said I'm all for new games, especially indie titles, DRM free and fair pricing, no 1$ = 1€ crap. Even the price point I put in the survey was 20$ (As in "Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game." :P ). And I think the new price points will be 13.99 and 16.99 if I'm not mistaken.

So what GOG announced fits my answers perfectly.
Posted November 18, 2011
I'm happy to announce, that we will be releasing a news post addressing all of our users concerns ;)

ETA 15 minutes...
Posted November 18, 2011
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Psyringe: It's also a bit baffling for me that there's a group of users who actively try to _prevent_ GOG from offering games that I might happily buy. Why not just be happy for those with different preferences than yourself?
It's gamer entitlement - the notion that if you hold a specific opinion, everyone else has to share it too and the notion of anyone thinking differently is appalling.

Personally, if GOG releases newer games, under the same general terms as its current classic releases, why shouldn't be people be happy over that?
Posted November 18, 2011
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Aningan: Actually the OP is in the minority on this one. According to the survey the majority of users who filled it in are for this change, rather than against.
Did I miss something, have the results of the survey been released? I would love to read them.
Posted November 18, 2011
..but what if the new price point is... ONE MILLION DOLLARS!?
Yeah, everything's going downhill from now on, baby.
Posted November 18, 2011
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Aningan: Actually the OP is in the minority on this one. According to the survey the majority of users who filled it in are for this change, rather than against.
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SimonG: Did I miss something, have the results of the survey been released? I would love to read them.
Hmmm, I looked for it and I can't find it. I probably misspoken. But it kinda makes sense, I mean it's most likely the reason for the announcement.
Posted November 18, 2011
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SimonG: Did I miss something, have the results of the survey been released? I would love to read them.
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Aningan: Hmmm, I looked for it and I can't find it. I probably misspoken. But it kinda makes sense, I mean it's most likely the reason for the announcement.
I believe I mentioned that users are in favor of the newer games on GOG in bluetext somewhere on these forums. We haven't released the actual numbers from the poll yet, though.
Posted November 18, 2011
I'm definitely in favour of new games.

About the price point - personally I think it would be good to have a window period of maybe 6-12 months (starting from the original release of the game) where there are no price points and the publisher decides an arbitrary price.
Post edited November 18, 2011 by Barefoot_Monkey
Posted November 18, 2011
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Stuff: Dear GOG,

Release every DRM free game you can regardless of release year. Thanks . . . =)
TRUTH... IT HAS BEEN SPOKEN!
Posted November 18, 2011
I wish GOG would just create a linked sister site called Good New Games (GNG).

I want to be able to buy DRM-Free new games, but we have something special here. I love that every time an old game like "Zork" gets released, there is a bunch of fanfare. It's like a constant celebration of PC gaming history to take part in the excitement of re-releases and to hear people reminisce about their favorite games of old. If GOG is going to sell new games and to attempt to go head-to-head with Steam, then that culture will change.

To stay competitive, GOG will have to post banners on the main page about new games. New games will become the primary subject matter of the forums. The advertisements will include new titles. New people will join the forums, including people that are graphics whores who will obnoxiously wonder out loud why gog even bothers to release old games with such crappy graphics. The cutlure will shift. GOG will not be able to remain a dedicated retro PC gaming community because GOG will not be completely dedicated to retro.

A sister site would solve this problem. GOG could remain how it is, and GNG could look shiny and new and have a design and marketing system that appeals to current generation gamers. Both games could end up on the same shelf, and the service could stay combined. This would just make the catalogues, forums, and marketing stay separated. And after 5 years, games from GNG could migrate over to GOG where we will celebrate their admission into the hallowed halls of PC classics.

GOG is a great service. DRM Free is a beautiful ideal that they have realized. I would like to see the DRM Free model applied to new games. We just need to remember, that this is also about old games and that a strong community has developed around this service that celebrates old games and features them on its main page exclusively. We have something special and, while new games would be welcomed, it shouldn't happen at the expense of the wonderful slice of gaming culture that already exists here.
Posted November 18, 2011
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jungletoad: I wish GOG would just create a linked sister site called Good New Games (GNG).

I want to be able to buy DRM-Free new games, but we have something special here. I love that every time an old game like "Zork" gets released, there is a bunch of fanfare. It's like a constant celebration of PC gaming history to take part in the excitement of re-releases and to hear people reminisce about their favorite games of old. If GOG is going to sell new games and to attempt to go head-to-head with Steam, then that culture will change.

To stay competitive, GOG will have to post banners on the main page about new games. New games will become the primary subject matter of the forums. The advertisements will include new titles. New people will join the forums, including people that are graphics whores who will obnoxiously wonder out loud why gog even bothers to release old games with such crappy graphics. The cutlure will shift. GOG will not be able to remain a dedicated retro PC gaming community because GOG will not be completely dedicated to retro.

A sister site would solve this problem. GOG could remain how it is, and GNG could look shiny and new and have a design and marketing system that appeals to current generation gamers. Both games could end up on the same shelf, and the service could stay combined. This would just make the catalogues, forums, and marketing stay separated. And after 5 years, games from GNG could migrate over to GOG where we will celebrate their admission into the hallowed halls of PC classics.

GOG is a great service. DRM Free is a beautiful ideal that they have realized. I would like to see the DRM Free model applied to new games. We just need to remember, that this is also about old games and that a strong community has developed around this service that celebrates old games and features them on its main page exclusively. We have something special and, while new games would be welcomed, it shouldn't happen at the expense of the wonderful slice of gaming culture that already exists here.
and finally a guy who understood the meaning of my call.... :)
Post edited November 18, 2011 by meudoland
Posted November 18, 2011
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jungletoad: I wish GOG would just create a linked sister site called Good New Games (GNG).
No offense, but I think the last thing most people want is to suddenly juggle two different sites, two different logins and two different forums.

GOG will still focus on old games. They are just adding new games when the opportunity presents itself, which is good because it means we get them DRM free from our favorite site. It's not like Mass Effect 3 is going to launch here (though if it did that would be AWESOME).
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