GOG.com Closes its Digital Doors
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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I logged on to GoG today to look for a certain title and was deeply saddened by the announcement I found. *sniffle* And to think I was only logged on there yesterday, adding Psychonauts and Arcanum to my Wish List.
Alas.
I'll continue to hope that someone will pick up where they left off... But I won't expect it. The industry probably doesn't have enough nice-ness left to support such noble undertakings.
And I was really, really planning on picking up Arcanum soon. Here's to you, GoG; you were wonderful while you lasted.
Alas.
I'll continue to hope that someone will pick up where they left off... But I won't expect it. The industry probably doesn't have enough nice-ness left to support such noble undertakings.
And I was really, really planning on picking up Arcanum soon. Here's to you, GoG; you were wonderful while you lasted.
This is a major problem for the Freespace 2 SCP community. Without GOG, the last way to get a good copy of Freespace 2 now vanishes. Now I have a very good internet speed, which means that all seven games I bought from the service are on my computer, but this is still very upsetting.
I'm hoping its a marketing stunt, but if it is, its a poor one. Giving no warning whatsoever combined with the nature of the event (making all of its services inaccessible.) I've checked the downloader app, and if it is a marketing stunt (which at this point I doubt) then they've shut down all download servers.
That said, I wish the best for GoG. It was the best thing online for a long time.
I'm hoping its a marketing stunt, but if it is, its a poor one. Giving no warning whatsoever combined with the nature of the event (making all of its services inaccessible.) I've checked the downloader app, and if it is a marketing stunt (which at this point I doubt) then they've shut down all download servers.
That said, I wish the best for GoG. It was the best thing online for a long time.
Fsck fsckity fsck-fsck!
I only bought two games off them, but I valued GOG highly. I also valued their 'no copy protection' stance -- the principal reason I will never install Steam.
If this [em]is[/em] a publicity stunt, I will be sorely vexed. Enough to leave GOG? Perhaps not; what kind of sale are they going to offer by way of apology?
I sincerely hope they won't suddenly require a "download manager" or some other thinly-veiled attempt at usage monitoring. That kind of childish nonsense is an absolute deal-breaker. I won a free downloadable copy of "Dragon Age: Origins"; I returned the prize because it required me to install a piece of spyware called EA Download Manager (or, as I called it, stEAm). Absolutely unacceptable.
Oh well, we'll see what happens. I'll probably fire up my copy of Psychonauts this evening...
I only bought two games off them, but I valued GOG highly. I also valued their 'no copy protection' stance -- the principal reason I will never install Steam.
If this [em]is[/em] a publicity stunt, I will be sorely vexed. Enough to leave GOG? Perhaps not; what kind of sale are they going to offer by way of apology?
I sincerely hope they won't suddenly require a "download manager" or some other thinly-veiled attempt at usage monitoring. That kind of childish nonsense is an absolute deal-breaker. I won a free downloadable copy of "Dragon Age: Origins"; I returned the prize because it required me to install a piece of spyware called EA Download Manager (or, as I called it, stEAm). Absolutely unacceptable.
Oh well, we'll see what happens. I'll probably fire up my copy of Psychonauts this evening...
"....This is actually a really sad day, as along with Steam, GOG was one of the best places to pick up older games without having to shell out a small fortune on eBay, or fiddle around for hours trying to get a game designed for Windows 95 to work on XP."
The above paragraph from the article is part of the reason GOG went down. Steam always being mentioned in the same breath every time GOG is mentioned, and the truth being hidden to help Steam over GOG because Steam is American and GOG is European.
In the above quote for example, it implies that Steam games are also DRM free and tweaked to work on XP, Vista, etc. This is not true. Only GOG did that, and here we are seeing Steam promoted as doing something they don't. This happens all the time. GOG was not at all like Steam, other than you paid for a game and downloaded it! If GOG goes, you watch how quick prices will go up on the retro games Steam sells!
I think what happened is that GOG ran out of companies willing to let GOG sell their games DRM free. They knew if they wanted to sign up more titles they would need some sort of DRM after all. this is what GOG 2.0 will be, higher prices and some form of DRM.....
The above paragraph from the article is part of the reason GOG went down. Steam always being mentioned in the same breath every time GOG is mentioned, and the truth being hidden to help Steam over GOG because Steam is American and GOG is European.
In the above quote for example, it implies that Steam games are also DRM free and tweaked to work on XP, Vista, etc. This is not true. Only GOG did that, and here we are seeing Steam promoted as doing something they don't. This happens all the time. GOG was not at all like Steam, other than you paid for a game and downloaded it! If GOG goes, you watch how quick prices will go up on the retro games Steam sells!
I think what happened is that GOG ran out of companies willing to let GOG sell their games DRM free. They knew if they wanted to sign up more titles they would need some sort of DRM after all. this is what GOG 2.0 will be, higher prices and some form of DRM.....