Posted January 28, 2009
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Sorry for the incoming TLDR..
@Desikratis (and probably everyone else :)) - we understand what you feel and we're there too :) We also like to have a mixture and believe you me, it's not easy finding owners of the rights of older games, some of our searches have taken weeks only to find that we're stuck at some lawyer who won't say anything because he's signed a non-disclosure agreement and will contact the licence holder at his discretion.. *sigh*
Deals like this one with JoWood are really good for us, apart from giving us some fantastic titles which appeal to some more than others (granted) but also the visibility and also give us time to continue our search for older titles.
Saying that, we sometimes take what we can get (within reason of course) but you want old, we want old but sometimes we won't get old, we'll just get good games. And DRM-free of course :)
So we take some newer titles which hopefully in time, we'll lead us to the old archive of various developers and publishers.. where those gems are hidden in the deepest dungeon :)
We also get to vent some of that frustration playing a great title like Painkiller :)
They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, but that stake gun is really tempting :))
We've got a few older titles coming soon ;)) but you'll have to wait for the announcements (and the games when they're ready.. it's that compatibility thing again :)) Looking at Deus and Robinson's Requiem, I can tell you we had that those two with our programmers and test teams for weeks until we had a version we were happy with. So patience please and hopefully we'll release something really old soon and hopefully they will appeal to you too :))
So for now, whilst your waiting, maybe a stake gun sir? :)
Oldski
MD of GOG
@Desikratis (and probably everyone else :)) - we understand what you feel and we're there too :) We also like to have a mixture and believe you me, it's not easy finding owners of the rights of older games, some of our searches have taken weeks only to find that we're stuck at some lawyer who won't say anything because he's signed a non-disclosure agreement and will contact the licence holder at his discretion.. *sigh*
Deals like this one with JoWood are really good for us, apart from giving us some fantastic titles which appeal to some more than others (granted) but also the visibility and also give us time to continue our search for older titles.
Saying that, we sometimes take what we can get (within reason of course) but you want old, we want old but sometimes we won't get old, we'll just get good games. And DRM-free of course :)
So we take some newer titles which hopefully in time, we'll lead us to the old archive of various developers and publishers.. where those gems are hidden in the deepest dungeon :)
We also get to vent some of that frustration playing a great title like Painkiller :)
They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, but that stake gun is really tempting :))
We've got a few older titles coming soon ;)) but you'll have to wait for the announcements (and the games when they're ready.. it's that compatibility thing again :)) Looking at Deus and Robinson's Requiem, I can tell you we had that those two with our programmers and test teams for weeks until we had a version we were happy with. So patience please and hopefully we'll release something really old soon and hopefully they will appeal to you too :))
So for now, whilst your waiting, maybe a stake gun sir? :)
Oldski
MD of GOG
Post edited January 28, 2009 by Oldski
