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| 19 SEP 2010 at 7:22pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I am sorry to hear this, they served a valued purpose ti help get good games out to players.
this one note tho:
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I hope someday soon America wakes up and trashes the terrible and awful bane of cheap social gossip networking, it is a cancer on society and communication and i am very sad to see businesses being roped into it, please resist and do anyting and everythiing to help shut these black holes of civilization down. end of rant. thanks for sharing about GOG, i hope they can survive in some form.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 7:42pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Wow, that's a bit of a shock, hate to hear it. I had bought many games from them, and they were one of my favorite online game stores. Hopefully they can reorganize and bounce back.
I'm relieved to see they're going to give us a chance to let us download our games, but not looking forward to the process -- it's going to be a real hassle to download and organize and/or store everything.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 8:36pm |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | I bought two games from them. If I had known they were going to shut down I would have bought three more that I had planned on buying. I liked their games because they would work properly on my quad CPU computer.
I wish someone would buy out GOG as-is and keep it running.
I will miss GOG.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 8:56pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Oh no! I loved GOG! Finally old games that worked... I don't usually buy downloaded games, but their sysytem was so easy and hassle free, that I bought quite a few games off them.
I'd better also go and check if I have every downloaded, and perhaps quickly still buy what I can... :'( ..if one still can - seems not. Oh, boo! There were many games I was still planning to buy from them, I wish we had a bit more warning...
Thanks for the heads-up Arkadia.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 9:09pm |
| Deleted User | This is very sad indeed and seemingly quite unexpected. I'll miss my weekly emails. :'( I really appreciated the convenience of being able to save the games and manuals on DVDs without a hassle.
Now why did I happen to open my big mouth and tell all that I was going to buy Still Life but I would wait until it went on promotion. Too late now I suppose, at least for the time being. Whatever their issues I'll keep my digits crossed in hope that if possible the service will return eventually in some other form or fashion that will still suit the needs of its customers.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 9:19pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hmm....there is some speculation (and that's all it is right now, speculation) that this is a sort of marketing stunt, that GOG is simply ending its beta phase and switching to its full version. Or alternately is getting absorbed by another company. Whatever the truth is, they should have given us some warning instead of dropping this bomb out of nowhere.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 9:57pm |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Is there any other web site that sells these older adventure games, and modifies them so they will run on modern computers?
If anyone hears that GOG has merged with another site, please post the information here on the JA forum. I am still in need of some of these older games. I already own them in boxed CD, but getting them to run on my computer is a hassel. I prefer the modified version.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 10:24pm |
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Status : Offline | There seems to be some comfirmation that this is a very bad marketing stunt.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=23418875&postcount=240" target="_blank">
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=23418875&postcount=240
In the future i seriously doubt i will ever buy something on gog again, this is not the way you threat customers. >
I'm contacting VISA anyway to cancel my recent purchases, as I treat this as an internet fraud!
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 10:41pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Manipulating the customers who buy from them? What could they gain by that? Publicity? The worst thing they can do is turn their base against them, which they are doing very well, indeed, if that forum post is true. When you lose customers' trust, you're sunk.
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 11:43pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Bad publicity is still publicity, and it's working.
Story is on most major game sites, spreading like wildfire through the various forums I visit, etc. Never saw so many topics and people talking about gog like this.
I hope it is a marketing ploy and they are simply going into release and out of beta while scoring some major publisher/games (planescape torment/system shock, etc).
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| 19 SEP 2010 at 11:53pm |
| Deleted User | This guy almost sounds like he knows what he's talking about: :-/
I'll post this again, as the trading value (Market Cap) has been ignored (even by me) up until now. According to this, Optimus (Who own CDP I can say with utmost certainty now), have a market value of less than $6million. Even with the recent lift in their share price this company is utterly worthless. The reason? Before they bought CDP, Optimus racked up some serious debt, and took on even more to buy CDP, this has left them in a major hole financially.
As stated above, last week Optimus sold 3.5million shares and has tried to re-jig the company to transfer their debt to something less unstable, this has triggered an EGM (For this Wednesday) which on it's own, would be unexciting. However, someone appears to have bought all the shares in one block and are using their new power to force Optimus to change their company strategy. This investor is at the moment, unknown but will be revealed at the company EGM.
My opinion is that this mystery investor has called for GOG to be totally changed, possibly to have DRM introduced and to change their business model completely. This leads me to believe the investor is a publisher, but I am not sure who, but there are signs that MAY be pointing to Atari SA, CD Projekt's long term publisher partner in Europe.
On the backside, and if there's any truth to this, I just hope that none of this has a negative impact on the future of CD Projekt.
The Link in reference (Polish)
http://www.bankier.pl/inwestowanie/profile/quote.html?symbol=OPTIMUS&format=detailed
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 12:14am |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | [smiley=shocked.gif] Totally caugth off guard, here! I just bought Cannon Fodder from them, this morning! I wondered why their weekend promo ended sooner this time (usually they end Monday), and now it seems this was the reason....
I'm a bit apprehensive with all this, not only about the games I've already bought from them, in previous promos (I only downloaded 2 of them :-/ ), but also because there were lots of other games I was saving for future promos to try buying!
I think this is a very strange thing and part of me (the part which loves old games and DRM free games) really hopes this temporary or some kind of stunt...
I'll add to the speculation my own 2 cents: recently (last Thursday, I think) Age of Wonders was added to their catalogue. AoW 1 was already available. AoW2 and AoW3 were supposed to be available next (with their own pages, and prices, already available). Now, I'll use a great example from a TV show I recently saw: if you had a crush on someone, would you ask that person to go out on a date in the weekend, if you were going to plan the Armageddon for Thursday? [smiley=detective.gif]
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 12:34am |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | http://www.gamersgate.com/
Gamersgate seems to offer the same type of download service for these older games. From everything I read on their FAQ it seems they have the very same type of service as GOG. The game list may not be the same, but it's nice to know they are in the same business of downloading these older games.
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 2:19am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Some info here, basically collaborating what CB's source said, although more uncertain about the takeover. Also mentions that GOG shut down with no warning while people were downloading, cutting them right off. Just crazy. :-?
http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/breaking-gog-com-shuts-down-we-investigate/
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 3:45am |
karlaAdministrator
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Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Uh-oh. Nice of them to say something to their affiliates about this.
It seems that our storefront, which I just updated a couple of days ago, is now toast. [smiley=hair_pull.gif]
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 4:04am |
Pygmy_MarmosetIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | It boggles my mind that people are still paying for older games in this day and age.
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 4:21am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By JamesTheRogue (20 SEP 2010 4:04am)
It boggles my mind that people are still paying for older games in this day and age.
It boggles your mind that some of us would like to support older games/developers instead of simply pirating them?
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 5:05am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By JamesTheRogue (20 SEP 2010 4:04am)
It boggles my mind that people are still paying for older games in this day and age.
And DVDs of older movies, CDs of older albums and any other vehicles of older entertainment should be free for ole P.Marmoset!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 7:28am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Bottom line: If they introduce DRM, they'll be losing me as a customer. That's a definite.
I certainly also hope a takeover by a publisher won't mean their prices will be going up, though that in itself won't be the deciding factor to make me stay away. RM definitely will.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 1:01pm |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 23 JUN 2010
Status : Offline | Hoping for the best, expecting the worst........ We shall see.
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 9:14pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
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Location: PT
Status : Offline | After the initial shock faded, and reality kicked in, this seems a perfect example of a potencial situation that can plague and mine digital distribution...
What happens to your games if something happens to the company that sells them? The only digital-only games I own are from GOG, so I'm not 100% sure of what I'm saying, right now, but, from my limited knowledge, a game with a distributor like Steam, and other alike, needs the vendor to be online, to exist, right?
GOG doesn't! That's one of the things that I really liked about the company. When you pay for the game, you own the game, simple as that... after you download the game, you can play whenever you want, no need to be online, you can perfectly save it on a DVD a install on a laptop to play on a trip, far from home and internet connection....
So, what we are seeing here can really make people think... what would happen to all of our "digital-only" commodities if the company to which you are basically "renting" stuff, ceases to exist?
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 10:07pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I don't buy from Steam because I don't like their system. I buy from AdventureShop, once in a while from GOG, and Direct2Drive (I think).... but I need the games on my machine. I might wait years before playing them again. I want to own what I own, not lease it or only own playing privileges on their playground.
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 10:19pm |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | What happened to GOG has had an effect on me and probably others that goes beyond the closing of their web site.
For example, when we wake up each day we naturally expect certain things we depend on in our daily lives to be there waiting for us. It’s very unsettling to have something we value suddenly disappear without warning. It makes us feel insecure. It makes us feel as if we don’t have the control over our lives we thought we had. It’s like going to work and without prior warning getting laid off, or going to your bank and finding it closed.
I had an account at GOG. I owned games that I thought I could always download again if my hard drive were damaged, or if I were to buy a new computer. GOG left like a thief in the night. It feels almost criminal.
Yes, I can back up my games, but that’s not the point. I now feel a little less secure about other companies I have dealing with. It is very unsettling, and I think this is what most of us are feeling.
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| 20 SEP 2010 at 10:24pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | update on the gog website:
UPDATE 20.09.2010
First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn't manage to download all their games. Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons.
At the same time we guarantee that every user who bought any game on GOG.com will be able to download all their games with bonus materials, DRM-free and as many times as they need starting this Thursday.
The official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events is planned on Wednesday. If you want to receive further information about GOG.com, please send an email to update_media@gog.com if you're a media representative or to update_users@gog.com if you're a user without a GOG account.
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