Posted November 30, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22808199/cd-projekt-gog-losses-restructuring-earnings-2021
"These latest statements came after disappointing financial results for GOG. The storefront saw a slight increase in revenue but a net loss of around $1.14 million in the last financial quarter. Overall, it’s lost about $2.21 million over the past three quarters compared to a $1.37 million profit over the same period in 2020. CD Projekt didn’t immediately reply to questions about how its new strategy might translate into changes to GOG’s features or catalog."
I was hoping old timers would be interested to discuss this vague statement about the store's policy, possibly going back to more curation or simply to a blanket "no" to a lot of new games coming here. Situations like games that require online connections for various in-game content, progression or simply sold with missing content, or disasters like the Hitman release, the strange integration with Epic Games Store, the destruction of the file downloader in favor of GOG Galaxy, which takes precedence over the simple installer files have possibly eroded the trust in GOG as well.
Do you think it could be as bad as stopping support for game installers (which they still call "Backup offline something" to make it sound archaic or unneeded), or simply cutting off unreliable publishers or games that might not be profitable?
"These latest statements came after disappointing financial results for GOG. The storefront saw a slight increase in revenue but a net loss of around $1.14 million in the last financial quarter. Overall, it’s lost about $2.21 million over the past three quarters compared to a $1.37 million profit over the same period in 2020. CD Projekt didn’t immediately reply to questions about how its new strategy might translate into changes to GOG’s features or catalog."
I was hoping old timers would be interested to discuss this vague statement about the store's policy, possibly going back to more curation or simply to a blanket "no" to a lot of new games coming here. Situations like games that require online connections for various in-game content, progression or simply sold with missing content, or disasters like the Hitman release, the strange integration with Epic Games Store, the destruction of the file downloader in favor of GOG Galaxy, which takes precedence over the simple installer files have possibly eroded the trust in GOG as well.
Do you think it could be as bad as stopping support for game installers (which they still call "Backup offline something" to make it sound archaic or unneeded), or simply cutting off unreliable publishers or games that might not be profitable?
Post edited November 30, 2021 by kmanitou
