So I went to gog to see if the original fallouts were still available, but now I ca't find them. What is up with that?

http://www.gog.com/news/removed_from_catalog_fallout_1_2_tactics

The rights moved from Interplay to Bethesda after a lawsuit.
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/bethesda_sues_interplay_over_fallout_licence/page1/?search=fallout%20bethesda
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/bethesda_tweets_fallout_games_returning_to_steam_let_em_know_we_want_em_back_on_gog_too/page1/?search=fallout%20bethesda

More threads about this:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general?search=fallout%20bethesda

Thanks. That was really helpful. :)

Guys, i really don't want open new thread so i ask here, is there any official statement from gog.com, whether there will be fallout again in stock or no?

GOG still hasn't said anything on the matter. I'd say chances aren't good that we'll see the classic Fallouts being sold here again, as Bethesda is being Steam-centered as always and even though they got a lot of questions regarding the re-release of the games on GOG, in an official tweeter post about getting ready to make the games available on Steam again, all they answered the entire time was that Steam is their priority, right now, and that they're focusing on having the games ready for a Steam re-release and nothing else, at the moment. Since I don't keep up with Steam, I don't know whether the games are available over there again, or not, but until that happens and Bethesda gets that oh-so-important priority out of the way, I guess there's no Fallout news to be had on the GOG front.

I am not positive, but I got a strong feeling that Bethesda has been paid off by Valve for a while now. All their games since New Vegas is Steamworks and Morrowind and Oblivion got Steamworks added.

Ask Bethesda, GOG staff can't tell you anything even if they knew something.

Strangely enough, Fallouts 1 and 2 still aren't available on Steam. If this was just Zenimax-hates-everything-not-Steam then they ought to be back there already. Perhaps there's something more going on here.

People were too quick too jump at Zenimax/Bethesda, making it look like Interplay was the victim. Interplay has a history of mismanagement and financial mistakes, and Bethesda is definitely not the "bad guy" in this matter. Looking back, it was Interplay who ruined the Fallout franchise. You can read more about it on the Fallout wikia.

That being said, Bethesda definitely favours Steam over GOG -- and any other digital store out there, to be honest. I'm not debating whether they should or shouldn't, I'm just stating a fact: they seem to be Steam-exclusive. Obviously, this is going to take a while, as they need to remove all references that Interplay was once responsible for the games, and they're probably also integrating steamworks or whatever it's called (not a Steam user, here, so excuse my ignorance) into the titles. Legal/copyright issues are always a pain in the butt to sort out, and I'm not surprised they are taking their time to get the games back on Steam. Still, the fact they're only focusing on Steam and that it's likely GOG won't see the games available in their catalog again is arguably what stands closer to the truth of the matter.

Still, they knew this was coming. They had two full years to prepare for it. It's quite clear they love Steam above all others to a pathological level, so why aren't the games back on Steam yet? Is there some rights issue we're unaware of, or is Zenimax incompetent, or are they trying to pull some Disney Vault shenanigans?

It just seems to me that since Steam has crawled up their ass and laid eggs, they'd try a little harder to get the games back on sale there. All they're doing now is losing money, since both FO1 and FO2 still sell well even today. It would be amazing if the games came back to GOG, but if they can't even manage to get them back to their preferred distributor, what hope do we have?

You raised some interesting questions and I agree with you. My main point was that Interplay is definitely not guilt-free, they treated their Fallout franchise like crap, and when they tried living off of it too much harm had been done.

But, yes, ZeniMax/Bethesda are no saints, I can't say I like them or the way they treat consumers, and I most definitely won't buy their games, as good as they may be, because they're just that: video games, and if people keep buying them just to be "a part of something" everyone is, or because they "need to have the latest Bethesda game", they'll keep feeling entitled to treat customers like crap, and will keep releasing their ever-so-buggy titles that everyone gobbles up because it's "the Bethesda experience, and I must be a part of it, or I won't be one of the cool kids". We seriously need to get our heads out of our own asses and stop being so spoiled and egotistical, as a society, because companies have no right whatsoever to dictate how things are, over citizen/customer rights.

Sorry for the vent, it's just that all this bullcrap annoys me a whole lot. Answering your last question, though, I'd say not much. They probably are taking their time because they didn't make the games and they don't feel they're part of the "Bethesda standard of FPP open world buggy quality standard" crap, and, therefore, they don't feel the games as their own.

They WILL show up on Steam, though, obviously. As for GOG? I wouldn't bet on it.

Ever since Bethesda split into Bethesda Softworks and Bethesda Game Studios, not to mention the whole Zenimax bullshit, it's been all about the mon-ay.

FO 1&2 are almost at the point of the original Doom games however. Source code isn't free obviously, but it's getting to the point where they are so widespread and old enough that you can pretty much email someone the game.

I already had it on GoG, but I couldn't resist and I bought it on steam when FO 1, 2 and tactics were on sale for what was it, $1.79? They will go on sale for very cheap again, but if you NEED your fallout fix they are very easy games to acquire.

tl;dr Don't sweat it. They will be on sale on steam, and anyway they're already all over the place. You can get the games one way or another without much effort.

I know you just started going on the forums but come on.....you HAD to of seen the big news articles on the first page of the forum! Bethesda owns all of Fallout and will only play ball with Steam

I honestly didn't see it LOL. I'm not the most observant person in the world, and I guess that I just didn't see the article.