drmlessgames: Anyone would like to speculate that on may 29th there'll be an annoucement saying due to new negociations with Codemasters those titles won't be removed from the catalog after all? :D
I'd say probably not. We could just assume that the corporate mind is inherently bad (which it sometimes seems to be, oh my yes), and that they quiver in nailbiting fear that people might play their games for cheap without DRM.
But it's a lot more likely that Codemasters had some small interest in GOG's business model at one point, negotiated a commitment with them to sell a few old titles through them for a specific, but private, period of time, and simply did not renegotiate the distribution deal for some of its titles. From what I've seen of corporate negotiations, this can be out of simple lack of interest, too-small profits for the trouble, or greener pastures for the old title. Or, sometimes, deals just fall through because they just fall through.
Don't get me wrong, I vastly distrust large companies as much or more than the next guy, but it's pretty likely that this title was yanked because of lack of corporate interest in negotiating with GOG, as much as it being profit-based.
Or maybe there's a midget in a motorized wheelchair biting down on a cigar, rubbing his hands with glee over the whole affair.
