GoG's Dead

[denizsi]

Interesting, I never had these problems. I've ripped the audio in CDs of Outlaws, Blood, Interstate 76 and what have you, to mp3s years ago, when some of those have just recently come out.

 

[Trash]

Worst pr stunt ever?

 

[chzr]

 

[MetalCraze]

Well for this they totally deserve to die. But morons will continue to pay Herve Caen anyway so it's all fine

 

[Trash]

I honestly think the underdogs was a nicer website. Abandonia is neat too but undergroundgamer trumps them all. Who needs GoG when you've got that and dosbox?

 

[Darth Roxor]

There was also this one Abandonware site called 'Frenchkiss' or something like that. Now THAT was a cool site. Was

 

[asper]

I honestly think the underdogs was a nicer website. Abandonia is neat too but undergroundgamer trumps them all. Who needs GoG when you've got that and dosbox?

Home of the Underdogs was an awesome site. Extensive, good reviews, a lot of resources, awesome lists of games. True passion permeated that whole site. I still miss it

Anyway GoG gives a signal that there is an audience outside the mainstream. Hopefully this encourages development of interesting games. Hopefully.

 

[zeitgeist]

Anyway GoG gives a signal that there is an audience outside the mainstream. Hopefully this encourages development of interesting games. Hopefully.

Why would it, now that it's obvious that you can resell old games to that audience endlessly, generation after generation?

 

[Zeus]

Anyway GoG gives a signal that there is an audience outside the mainstream. Hopefully this encourages development of interesting games. Hopefully.

Why would it, now that it's obvious that you can resell old games to that audience endlessly, generation after generation?

Which is a good thing. I never understood why the games industry had little to no interest in bringing back the classics. You can go on Amazon and order Cassablanca on everything from VHS to Blu-ray, but just try getting your hands on Ultima VIII.

It took DOSBox to finally convince them to even try and release stuff like the Space Quest Collection.

Sad.

 

[MetalCraze]

Anyway GoG gives a signal that there is an audience outside the mainstream. Hopefully this encourages development of interesting games. Hopefully.

Some questions needs to be answered first.

For how long does it give a signal?
How many interesting games did it encourage?

You won't like answers. But it shows that you can actually sell DosBox, scene cracks and games dev studios and publishers of which are long dead
At best publishers that own rights on games they don't care about just see GoG as an additional source of an easy income. They will never pay for the development of games like that of course, because making a console shooter #2583 is way cheaper, quicker and more profitable.

 

[mondblut]

Anyway GoG gives a signal that there is an audience outside the mainstream. Hopefully this encourages development of interesting games. Hopefully.

I lol'd.