Posted November 03, 2024
Onox: GOG feels dead to me (mostly) because of the regional pricing… I have not bought anything here in over two years, and this has also caused me to gradually lose interest in visiting the website. I am sad about it, but don’t know what to do
GOG and dead? Well, I have bought more in the last two years than ever before, the community (and my circle of friends here) is getting bigger and bigger, at least for me personally, it is really active here and on a purely human level I have met a lot of helpful, friendly people here. And then interesting games keep coming into the shop here. Yes, the AAA titles and the usual suspects are missing, but on the whole there is an increase in the range and thanks to the cooperation with Amazon Prime all Prime customers get plenty of games for free. That is quite remarkable and should pay off for GOG.
I am also regularly happy to be able to play all my GOG games without DRM. Every time internet services fail or the internet connection itself goes down for a while, I remember the freedom that offline installers give. I don't care about regional pricing at all, I only buy games on sale anyway at the price they are worth to me.
If some games with outdated patches were updated, GOG were to focus more on multiplayer titles and a few big studios decided to simply publish everything here, then that would be almost perfect.
If you feel sad about it, then I have a very simple suggestion for you. Just don't buy any more games with DRM, the more people stop doing it, the more games will appear here in the medium term. Because regional pricing is not an argument that I can understand. Games have never been as cheap as they are today, unless you absolutely have to spend 100 bucks on Star Wars Outlaws, the new Indiana Jones or the latest football game. Or even crazier, buy a cosmetic package in a free2play game for a lot of money. :D
You should hold on to the good things and not the bad ones. And if you don't enjoy games at all anymore, then there are other nice hobbies.
Post edited November 03, 2024 by kultpcgames