I think you meant to say " it seems unlike MS would even consider gog"

That fact that the definite publisher is bringing 25 titles to GOG pretty much narrows the possibilities to EA or Squeenix/Edios (assuming that MS is out of the question), I don't think the rest would even have 25 titles worth putting on GOG; in LucasArts case, that would be almost their entire library, which would be completely unprecedented.

Yes I did, (and now edited) - thanks. That's a good point. LucasArts does have a lot of games but 25 titles would be almost everything people might want from their catalogue (unless they hold rights to titles other than those originally published by LucasArts?).

- we get new high-profile classics - mmm, only a classic if you want it
- we get confirmation of three new big publishers (one soon, two later) yes, but shrouded in mystery once again
- we get the Witcher for cheap and as part of W2 hype - couldn't care less, not my type of game
- we get a site update soon with PM and new, still optional, downloader - my downloader works perfectly
- we get an update on GOG's well-off status - there are other gaming site, even that sell drm free games

Not ragging you or anything :-) just saying that because of the way that GOG handled this with all the mystery, people were bound to get expectant about their favourites. I'm sure some people were delighted with Atari, but others were disappointed.

I agree with basilizek and tarm.I can't believe I woke up at the crack of 2pm just to read this not so hype worthy news

Honestly Baz? I think you're putting waaaaay too much thought into the announcements of new GOG stuff. Maybe its just my lax attitude on waiting for something I know is coming, but we get what we get when we get it. Big hype, little hype, normal hype, it doesn't matter. Several people will be thrilled with the next release, several people will be disappointed, and there will be several in between.

Regardless, we still get what we get when we get it.

Great point ChaunceyK. Also just a request to all Goggers, not to flame anybody about their reaction, although a little debate is always cool hee hee. I for one was very dissapointed today, but I'm sure others downloaded Alone In The Dark right away.

100% agree!

I agree with Chauncey on this.....everyone is getting upset over their own overinflated expectations here. And it's their fault in part, not just Gog's.

The LucasArts Star Wars games alone would easily be 25 games plus .....

It could certainly be them .....

GOG have three problems with that.

1. Many old games are hard to get to work on new machines and OS and GOG don't have that many employees working on it.

2. GOG usually don't get all the games a publisher owns. That's up to which the publisher wants to sell and for what price.

3. Good marketing. Releasing one or two games a week makes people come back regularly. Combine this with frequent sales and you have a winner.
If GOG released all games at ones many customers would buy what they want and then disappear.

These points are a bit annoying but I don't mind really. Except that publishers ain't selling ALL their games to GOG. ;)

Actually it's good they brag. They're basically telling business folks "Look this business model works and is profitable so do business with us because we'd both profit". So they're not bragging to us customers. This is why I call the conference a advert.

Edit:
I have a confession to make.
GOGs stunts usually irritate me a great deal but on the other hand they are a big part of why I come back here and participate in the community for a while. Guess I'm a masochist. :P

Again it takes TWO parties to sustain hype, the ones who started the ball rolling and those keeping it alive with speculation.

As for all the good things they announced: New publishers coming to Gog, and possibly ones we've wanted for awhile now.....and a new PM feature coming as well. Plus the Witcher 1 on Gog! And more Atari titles. To say they're only talking about doing their jobs is accurate, but still not as bland and unwanted as you make it out to be.

Bad news? Yeah. Okay.

As for me the most important message from that conference was that gog.com business is running WELL: old publishers are happy with the sales and publish another portions of their back catalog, new publishers are coming (3 of 5 most expected/biggest will appear in this year!), development team improves site and adds new features etc.

Sure I would gladly hear some more details – but let’s face it – no matter how detailed gog.com would be – I always would like to know a bit more: “It’s EA? Great - so what games do they officially own, which games will be released first, could you be more elaborate on releasing agenda, what are other two publishers...”

What I didn’t like was:
- not keeping to announced time schedule! I had all nicely planned this evening (including putting kids to bed a bit earlier) – I turned on PC at 6:55 pm CET just to watch French Monk for entire 5 min :-(
- technical problems with watching conference live

Good they put video on site almost immediately.

I also think gog.com should suppress marketing messages a little bit. More information – less marketing babble. An example from today’s release: “Alone in the Dark 1+2+3” on game-page would look better than “Buy Alone in the Dark and receive a FREE copy of Alone in the Dark 2 AND Alone in the Dark 3!”

Yes but GOG ISN'T telling you to do so......and you didn't SAY the announcements were bland and unwanted(the announcements being unwanted and the hype, not the actual things being announced.), just that it seemed they were to you imo.

I meant TELLING as in ordering....they aren't ordering you to do so.......seriously you seem to be reading more into this than is healthy. Gog staff might slack a bit here and there in certain departments but they do some good for those that like what they do, and then you complain when they've done such stunts in the past and act as if it shocked you they did it again and thus they should be ashamed of themselves.


I still have to watch it....was it any good then? I missed it as I overslept thus I have to play catchup on like 7 pages of the old CDP Days thread and 27 pages of the new one PLUS this thread and the Lucasarts is coming one..........this is gonna be murder on my fragile mind I tell ya.