Well, just because you don't consider them 'actual' PC games doesn't mean no one else does. ;)
There may be some issue with this, although I'm not sure of the actual numbers with releases of games from 2010 and more recently with regard to whether there are more, less, or steady.

There has, but it's not what many think. Again, JMich has been tracking releases for some time and his numbers show there is no letup in the release of old games. But there is an increase in 'indie' titles and other things. (I don't know the numbers offhand for the period you specifiy).

So, if we're still getting a steady flow of old games, is it really a big deal that we're also getting other things too (new 'indie' releases, movies, 'in-development', etc.)? Again, just because we're getting this other stuff, it doesn't mean we're getting less old games.

JMich's post with the exact numbers of old releases from 2008-2015. It's too soon to talk about 2016, but I'll say that January was a pretty lacklustre month. Here's hoping that the rest of the year doesn't follow the same pattern.

Pic related.

My thanks, gentlemen. :)

Is there any way to filter this 'In Dev' stuff from the front page? I'm not interested in it and should therefore be allowed the pleasure to 'hide' it from view, similar to other categories like 'indie', would love to get rid of all that too!

I wholeheartedly agree! Put that on the wishlist. :)

I was hoping someone could tell me what the fuck is the difference between "pre-order" and "in development", apart from the fact that I part with cash before I have received a working product.

I plan to then send this answer to my boss (who doesn't work in the lala land of software development) and ask if i can get paid for a fucking project I haven't finished.

Fucks sake, its crazy. And you are the people that is making this happen, NOT gog.

The difference is that with "in development" you pay to work as a beta tester.

Can you smell that?
That's CAPITALISM, baby!
*sound of money*

The primary difference between "pre-order" and "in development" is that you get 14 days to experience the "in development" product to decide if you actually want it. If you don't like it, you get your money back. That's a lot more to base a purchase decision on than a "pre-order"

I no longer pre-order things, buy early access/in development games, or crowdfund games, but I have before.

I don't quite understand why people are so against this. If you don't like early access/in development, then don't buy them. If you don't buy them, then this has a total of zero impact on you. If you do like buying early access/in development games, then do buy them here rather than on steam. Here they're DRM free.

*snorts cash*

Thanks for the info, but I am far from convinced.

You are correct, it will have zero impact on me because I simply will not entertain it.

I would like to see these developers put into place 14 days in their end user agreements and even if they did it wouldn't mean shit.

By buying into these products you are simply hurting yourself as a consumer.

Exactly my point. So why bother complaining about it?

Some people (not myself) like to buy early access games. GOG has just given them a DRM free option to do so. Isn't that a good thing? Doesn't that actually help promote DRM free on the whole?

It will also help GOG. I guarantee that there are people who own games on steam that are available on GOG simply because they bought them on steam during early access. Unless that person buys a second copy at GOG, that's a lost sale for GOG. Capturing those early access buyers is money in GOG's pocket. And here's the important part: as far as I can see, it in no way detracts from the rest of GOG's library. People who don't buy early access aren't impacted at all.

What's the downside?

So what exactly is the end result with this guy? If you dont like Gog, then talk about it with someone who agrees (like on steam forums). He cant be stupid enough to think he is going to get somewhere with anti-gog speech on gog forums.

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