Good Old Games Shutting its Doors

[exfileme]

The digital distribution service that offered PC games without DRM has seemingly shut its doors.

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[DrInfested]

Nooooo! Not GOG! I bought the old Fallout games and some other stuff from them.

 

[the_krasno]

Sad news

 

[shotgunpadre]

I regret not having bought anything from them. damn ..

 

[IM0001]

Would have used them if I knew they existed.

 

[teaser]

Yeah,I purchased about 6 games from them,it was a cool company,on the gog website after you logged in you could go to your bookshelf and they would have all the game boxes of the games you purchased,it was pretty neat...sad to see them go

 

[milktea]

Wow, this seems to be the only article on Tom's that everybody agrees on.

 

[g00fysmiley]

didn't know it existed. i'd have patroned such a service had i been aware of it

 

[f-14]

ah man i didn't even know this place existed :*(

 

[Guest]

It would be great if Steam would run a service like that.

 

[nevertell]

God god dammit.

Oh well, time to buy some of those Frictional games studio games. Does it really sound that awkward ?

 

[Marco925]

I think they shoulda advertised more, i haven't even heard of them

 

[backin5]

It has been rumored in forums that this is some sort of a publicity stunt.

Being one of its costumers, I sure hope so. When I first saw this message on GOG last night, I seriously panicked.

 

[HavoCnMe]

NO BS, me and my friend just discovered this site on Friday 9/17/2010. I was going to purchase a bunch of games this Friday....Oh #ucking well i guess.

 

[davcon]

Same here never heard of them.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]deuce271[/nom]It would be great if Steam would run a service like that.[/citation]
+1 to that, maybe for a premium after you have bought the game from Steam, you can buy original manuals or artwork.
For those who want it, of course, it could be a nice little added bonus.

 

[Chris_TC]

[citation][nom]deuce271[/nom]It would be great if Steam would run a service like that.[/citation]
Steam already has a bunch of older games which all run flawlessly on Windows 7 64.
I hope the entire catalog of games on GOG will be moved over to Steam. That would be so awesome, I'd buy a TON of stuff.

 

[tallpaul02]

this is a bad way to find out about great sites

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Chris_TC[/nom]Steam already has a bunch of older games which all run flawlessly on Windows 7 64.I hope the entire catalog of games on GOG will be moved over to Steam. That would be so awesome, I'd buy a TON of stuff.[/citation]
Yes we know, the good thing about GOG was being able to get some of the other things from a game such as the manuals, but being able to also get physical ones as well would make a great cottage industry.
I for one would love to get the original manuals from the Wing Commander series.

 

[Vestin]

[citation][nom]backin5[/nom]It has been rumored in forums that this is some sort of a publicity stunt.Being one of its costumers, I sure hope so. When I first saw this message on GOG last night, I seriously panicked.[/citation]
If you're right - it's quite brilliant, actually. They needed to take the site offline for a few days anyway (to go out of beta) and someone probably figured that the only way to get some free and widespread publicity would be to "feign death"... which is infuriating in its own right, similarly to how a nice and timid person might only get noticed and praised after being found dangling from a tree.

We'll have to wait for Wednesday to find out, I guess...

 

[Guest]

Honestly I visited gog a few times... they were ok, but really the selection/pricing was kinda subpar (I did buy 3-4 games from them). I didn't realize they were drm free, and that fact, as evidenced in this article, most likely made it really hard to be competetive with either. Honestly a revamp (if that indeed is what's happening) is probably a good thing, let's hope they come back, steam needs some healthy competition.

 

[iNiNe5]

never heard of them until this article... probably would have bought from them.... someone dropped the ball in terms of how to promote the company. didn't advertise to the right people?

 

[stevelord]

This sucks. I only discovered them this past year. DRM free clasics for 9.99 or less.

 

[Darkerson]

Yeah, Ive been reading on this, and it seems from the wording on their site, that they will stop existing in their current state. Most of the people Ive talked to about this seem to think they will starting to use some form of DRM in their comes after the reboot.

 

[kelemvor4]

Like several others, I've never heard of it prior to this article. They could have used some sort of advertising.