Maybe you don't know but the site is no longer Good Old Games. They have changed profile so more new and indie games will be rolled out.

Also, don't forget that it has to be far easier to get indie titles working on the computer builds in their office than it is for older games, so that might have a part in it. I'm sure they have plenty of old titles they're working on for release, but in the meantime, why not release stuff that's good to go without tweaking for newer systems?

I'm ok with it, I'm in gog.com because of the DRM free part.

I liked it better when it was Good Old Games..... sigh, oh well, things change. I can understand the move because Indie games are getting more popular, so theres money to be made.

I am perfectly fine with GOG having an equal share of new and old games, as long as they try to maintain some base level of quality; I've never been one for playing or not playing a game based on release date.

Anyway, that was this week: before that, it was Spycraft, Powerslide, Carmageddon, Moonbase Commander, Etherlords, Post Mortem, and Battle Realms--all old games. Back when it was Good Old Games, and they released one game a day twice a week, that would have been three and a half weeks worth of old games right there. Continuing to go back in time, we then get Prince of Persia 2008 and FTL, two more recent games, but also Warlords, Gangsters, Urban Chaos, Worms 2 ... I keep hearing about how GOG is abandoning classic games, but I never quite see the evidence for it.

I do think that it was bad PR to only release new games during the conference; they knew that they have fans who like indie games and fans who like old games, and with four games being released, there was no reason not to have a mixture; especially since the new games they did release weren't exactly wildly famous or widely-requested. But I think that was just run-of-the-mill incompetence, rather then anything sinister.

Me too. I get that they probably want to expand, but I was hoping they would expand into console games and other platforms. I'm sure there are a ton of Amiga and Commodore games that I haven't yet played, but would love if given the chance.

I don't get the complaints either. Besides, how often do classics need to be released here anyway? Even if it's just 2 a month, that's still plenty. How much old school gaming do you really need in a month? There's already a library of old games that can last a person years here already, and then 2 more a month will keep the backlog growing. Have all the complainers actually played all of their older games that they've bought?

The issue there is that this used to be the only specialist shop for those games made compatible on newer hardware. And now they've lost focus on that.

They're still releasing old games, but I think there's this sense, rightly or wrongly, that the newer releases are delaying the backlog of games that Mr. Gog has available to release.

But, it's hard to say as additional revenue is also more money to put into bringing old games up to date as well.

Same here.

Reason? MONEY!! Always follow the money. Modern indies are probably very easy to fix if there even are issues and might be more lucrative. Oh and they haven't stopped with oldies, it's just take more time and effort.

I'm fine as long as they keep it balanced and a standard of quality control and support (e.g not releasing popular indies or classics without fixing them or adding too many features that they can't support reasonably well.)

Why is it an issue? Like I said 2 releases a month and the current library of old games is still plenty enough for anybody

Right, but that's why I wanted to point out, "Back when it was Good Old Games, and they released one game a day twice a week, that would have been three and a half weeks worth of old games right there." Since they've increased the number of games they're releasing, they can lose focus but still be releasing as many old games as ever, even if that sounds like a paradox.

Because that's not really how that works. It's enough for everybody if you happen to want those particular games and GOG is releasing them as soon as they're ready. But, if you don't want those games, then it's not really anything at all in terms of a release. They could release tons of games that I have no interest in and it doesn't actually mean anything positive for me if the games I want haven't been released.

I doubt they are releasing games as quickly as they're ready just because it's not predictable how long it will take until a game is ready for release.

Plus, they used to relase that many every week.

I think this is something I completely agree with you on. I love a game regardless of when it was released, SO LONG as it is quality, fun and I am happy with my purchase. Do I want more old games? Hell yeah, however, I think any game that is fun, DRM-Free and made with a standard of care and quality should have a home on GOG.com.

That all being said, more classic games too please. :)

The difference is that you can get all of the Indie games that GOG offers elsewhere, but a lot of the old games aren't really available any more except from eBay and they may or may not work.

DRM free is great, but at the end of the day, people holding out for DRM free new games have the option of caving, but for a lot of the old games, that option doesn't exist at all.