We already have a wanted list don't we?
http://www.gog.com/wanted

I do wish we could know what stands a decent chance of getting a GOG release though.

Above all else, keep being DRM-free. Do that, and keep making all the releases play nice with current OS's and I'll shop here until die.


TheEnigmaticT: If you own more than 30 games, I'd say we have our hooks well and truly into you. ;)


Okay, well... what does it mean that I own 254 games?

I don't see the link anywhere.

Not so impressed with the "what would you pay for newer games?" bit; given that so many relatively new games end up in the sales bins of this world within a year (sometimes less) after release, some even at a price point comparable to or even below what GOG charges for much older games...

57 here *starts removing hooks with forceps*

Yeah the new games is tricky... I have really bought a lot of games due to the low price point. There's also what the new game is, a smaller indie title say frozen synapse I'd pay less for then say witcher 2 where I paid extra to import the huge version. It really starts to complicate what is currently a fairly stream lined system.

Not keen on the idea of gog.com releasing newer games. 99% of newer games are completely worthless. After all, the company's name is Good OLD games . com

I read it but I m also nipping this in the bud so to speak if they are thinking about doing that down the road like Impulse.

As I've said before, gog will need to diversify going into the future or risk becoming redundant. That may mean they choose to push into new games or they start moving towards becoming an indie portal (actually I kind of like that idea, would be able to keep the price points the same while really adding value to the experience. GOG get on this). If they don't push into other areas then they will soon be fighting the big boys, only problem being they will be fighting the big boys well after the war is over.

If you look at the quoted sections, you'll see that you actually didn't read the question correctly. It specifically says "Would you like GOG.com to distribute" rather than "Would you buy". Personally I'd never even think of buying COD Modern Warfare 3 even if it was on GOG but would I like to see it happen? Would I like to see a AAA release being sold on day one, DRM free for a fair worldwide price by a company that seems to at least vaguely give a shit about their customers?

The answer is fuck yes because even if the game is something I detest, that would be a magnificent achievement for GOG and an astonishing step back towards sanity for an industry that seems intent on shoving its head up its own arse and charging their customers for the service.

That would kill 40% of the positive aspects of GOG. The way they do business with us right now is perfect, IMO.

Oh, and imagine, what piece of crap that client would be after the GOG downloader disaster ;-) And how long us Mac/Linux users would need to wait to get it.
Why would we need that? At the moment, GOG is so wonderfully unobtrusive. This is one of the main reasons I am here. I *HATE* it, if some company wants to stuff its very own clients down my throat.

All, that I would like to see would be a REST API
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/any_chance_to_see_an_api_or_csv_for_those_game_library_apps

I'm all for new and mostly new DRM free games, just don't let it distract to much from the old games. I can't get them anywhere else and they are why I love this site.


Wow, 3 years on the site and this is my first forum post.

Survey done!

GOG, if you are going to use a third party (jotform.com in this case) for a survey - please provide a simple HTML link to their site rather than messing around with external Javascript. I like to run a secure system and in this case, it took me over half an hour (including reviewing the HTML source) to be able to access the survey form.

My main criticism of GOG currently is the website - pages are far too large (over 1MB on average, mainly due to a profusion of mostly unneeded graphics). Aside from making it slow loading (especially with "My Account" which grows with users' collections) it also causes problems for users with monthly bandwidth limits (who can download games outside peak hours to avoid problems) and must impose a significant bandwidth cost on GOG which could be reduced. At least allow users to select a "low-bandwidth" version of the site, with webpages averaging 100-200KB (easily achievable by using normal HTML links rather than Javascript - and minimal graphics).

As for new games, yes please! No other digital distributor can be considered a "safe" purchase IMHO due to their DRM. The sticking point would be price - GOG needs to be able to match the pre-launch discounts offered by retailers (and should be able to beat it, given the lack of physical costs - but then Steam screws their users over on price and most seem to love them for it).

At the same time, GOG should consider a lower price point for very old games (say US$3.99) such as many DOS-era classics and perhaps allow account holders to vote for a lower price on games - The Longest Journey may be a classic, but given its age I wouldn't consider US$9.99 a realistic price.

Totally agree.

Max years is 3+, I'm on something like 3.8 years.

Max games are 30+, I have about 32.

I suppose I'm atypical.