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Posted July 11, 2011
Hello, I'm just curious where money for games bought at GOG go to. Do they reach their creators? Or just publishers? For example do the creators of Fallout 1&2 get something for games we buy? Thank you for your patient answers.
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Posted July 11, 2011
It depends on just who GOG has a contract with, and who that person or group has contracts with. In some cases the original developers have the full rights to the game and thus get all the money from a sale (minus GOG's cut). In other cases the publisher owns the full rights so the original developer sees absolutely nothing. And then there are numerous cases in between those two extremes, with pretty much every type of convoluted contract and distribution of money you can imagine.
Posted July 11, 2011
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Kristijonas: Hello, I'm just curious where money for games bought at GOG go to. Do they reach their creators? Or just publishers? For example do the creators of Fallout 1&2 get something for games we buy? Thank you for your patient answers.
I think every agreement (between GOG and owner of license) differs. But anyway it is GOG's business, and they do not share such infos.
Posted July 11, 2011
Thank you for your answers. My question is answered. Although, is it possible for ownership rights to change? For example one company makes and publishes the game and then someone else buys the name (and rights to sell it?) ?
Posted July 11, 2011
The money gets donated to puppies, babies, and rainbows.
Posted July 11, 2011
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Kristijonas: Thank you for your answers. My question is answered. Although, is it possible for ownership rights to change? For example one company makes and publishes the game and then someone else buys the name (and rights to sell it?) ?
Yes, it is possible, but new owner should respect any previous agreements till their end. Then GOG would need to sign new one with new owner.
Posted July 11, 2011
If I remember correctly, there are a couple of examples where the developer gained back the right to sell the games from the publisher and THEN they made a contract with GOG. The two examples I'm thinking are the Age of Wonder games and Another World, though I could be wrong.
Posted July 11, 2011
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Kristijonas: Thank you for your answers. My question is answered. Although, is it possible for ownership rights to change? For example one company makes and publishes the game and then someone else buys the name (and rights to sell it?) ?
Yep, it actually happens quite often. And the rights can also end up being split up between multiple companies, with one company having the copyright to the specific game, another company having the trademark rights to characters or names within the game, and another one holding the distribution rights, with none of them being involved in actually making the game. It can end up being an absolute mess at times.
Posted July 12, 2011
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El_Caz: If I remember correctly, there are a couple of examples where the developer gained back the right to sell the games from the publisher and THEN they made a contract with GOG. The two examples I'm thinking are the Age of Wonder games and Another World, though I could be wrong.
That happened with Gothic 1 as well. So far as I know, GOG is the only place where you can buy that game by itself.
Posted July 12, 2011
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Tulivu: The money gets donated to puppies, babies, and rainbows.
I thought they are donated to those poor server gremlins, IT gnomes and pixie polices? :-)
Posted July 12, 2011
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Tulivu: The money gets donated to puppies, babies, and rainbows.
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tarangwydion: I thought they are donated to those poor server gremlins, IT gnomes and pixie polices? :-)
No! What is the point of cheap labor if you give them charity?

BTW I love your avatar.
Posted July 12, 2011
Money goes to rights-owners, like anyone else who sells these games. Simple as that.
Posted July 12, 2011
I guess that most of the money goes directly to the stock holders of Ubisoft / Atari/ EA /1C whoever else are the big publishers on Gog while original creators were compensated a long time ago. Rest goes to the remaining few independent still existing creators.
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