gog.com has closed down

[chronomaster]

VERY SAD NEWS AHEAD. SO SAD I MIGHT POST IT IN THE SAD THREAD.

http://gog.com/

Good Old Games has shut their doors. This is a sad time indeed.

[copulatingduck]

raped

[CaffeinePowered]

"This doesn't mean the idea behind GOG.com is gone forever. We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await."


So...what does this mean? What are they going to change?

[beep beep diglett]

end of beta maybe?

[Versus]

:'(

[Spore]

They're fine. This is just the end of the beta and a very bad publicity stunt. Fact.

[Chief]

whats gog.com

also bad publicity stunt

[chronomaster]

Someone should read their Twitter feed before saying they're just coming out of beta.

From the sound of it, they're hitting severe difficulties and are probably dead in the water. At the very least, GOG won't be coming back in its previous form and the people in it will be shuffled around to new projects. Chances are in that situation, our purchases won't follow if another similar service opens up.

[Spore]

Someone should read their Twitter feed before saying they're just coming out of beta.

From the sound of it, they're hitting severe difficulties and are probably dead in the water. At the very least, GOG won't be coming back in its previous form and the people in it will be shuffled around to new projects. Chances are in that situation, our purchases won't follow if another similar service opens up.

I bring to you this link from Polish investing site, Bankier.pl made by the CEO of CD Projekt.

http://www.bankier.pl/forum/temat_re-inf...41141.html

What it says in Americanese is this:

Warning, date of conference it’s most likely Wednesday 22nd in the evening. Information about this soon on GOG.com (don’t panic after reading information posted there. Please remember that it’s an online conference, organized for the first time
We practically closed our conference calendar and official info will be sent on monday, tuesday.

Yes, that's him setting up a big conference for his investors, and telling them in advance not to worry about the message that is going to posted on their site. Also, note the amount of smilies. CD Projekt has no plans to kill off GOG.

Edit: I'm starting to think that CD Projekt may partner with some larger publisher and make the service client based like Steam. That would be a bit weird though considering the site's previous stance on DRM which of course, is about not having any.

[at0m]

D: I really hope it's a bad publicity stunt, because I really really liked the concept. It was also the easiest way to get old games to run on newer systems.

[Spore]

They updated their website with a more straightforward message. Their investor message makes no sense any more though.

Edit: PC Gamer is going to have an interview with the folks at GOG this Thursday.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/20/it-may...old-games/

[at0m]

GOG.com 2.0 explained
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/14952-good...g-sept-23/

Looks like the investor stuff was true, it was all a publicity stunt for coming out of beta

[Spore]

GOG.com 2.0 explained
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/14952-good...g-sept-23/

Looks like the investor stuff was true, it was all a publicity stunt for coming out of beta

It feels good to be right.

[chronomaster]

They're still dead to me.

They were right. GoG isn't coming back. Not the way we would want it.

[Greatbacon]

They're still dead to me.

They were right. GoG isn't coming back. Not the way we would want it.

Wut, according to the article at0m linked, it sounds exactly as it was before, just a bit shinier.  There still isn't any DRM.

[at0m]

[quote author=Chronomaster link=topic=5003.msg174940#msg174940 date=1285212539]
They're still dead to me.

They were right. GoG isn't coming back. Not the way we would want it.

Wut, according to the article at0m linked, it sounds exactly as it was before, just a bit shinier.  There still isn't any DRM.
[/quote]also, trying to become the main alternative to STEAM.

[Spore]

[quote author=Greatbacon link=topic=5003.msg174945#msg174945 date=1285214599]
[quote author=Chronomaster link=topic=5003.msg174940#msg174940 date=1285212539]
I'm trying to save face and failing.

Wut, according to the article at0m linked, it sounds exactly as it was before, just a bit shinier.  There still isn't any DRM.
[/quote]also, trying to become the main alternative to STEAM.
[/quote]

And that sounds pretty great to me.

[chronomaster]

[quote author=at0m link=topic=5003.msg174948#msg174948 date=1285214958]
[quote author=Greatbacon link=topic=5003.msg174945#msg174945 date=1285214599]
[quote author=Chronomaster link=topic=5003.msg174940#msg174940 date=1285212539]
I'm trying to save face and failing.

Wut, according to the article at0m linked, it sounds exactly as it was before, just a bit shinier.  There still isn't any DRM.
[/quote]also, trying to become the main alternative to STEAM.
[/quote]

And that sounds pretty great to me.
[/quote]
They're not going to get there by toying with their base like that.

Then again, Activision and Apple are successful.