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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostWow... That's a bit of a surprise. Yeah, I'm thinking there might be a bit of a re-evaluation coming up because of that.
It seems that the company owning GOG has been having financial troubles, and that there is a meeting by the owners coming up this week -- and apparently some private party has bought quite a big percentage of shares. The question remaining, however, is what this means to this service loved by so many. Some have speculated with GOG being required to add DRM...
Well, we'll find out quite soon. But if this is only a PR stunt, it certainly hasn't brought thus far anything good for this company:
http://www.facebook.com/gogcom#!/gogcom?v=wall
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Rumor has it that DRM-free is one of the main reasons for things going the way it was.
Originally posted by GOG-twitter-feedSometimes it's really hard being DRM-free... hard to keep things the way they are and keep management and publishers happy
If so, the management and publishers should realize that this is part of the REASON that GoG was doing well over pretty much everyone else. But, sadly, the idiots seem to think that all of this "content" is a magic money machine and it's a license to print themselves riches forevermore.
DRM gets introduced, they're going to see people just go back to P2P and go about infringing the hell out of it instead of paying for it legally at a fair price.
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Almost certainly a marketing stunt
Originally posted by Aradreth View PostSvartalf you might need to move some titles around as gog.com has closed down (at least for now).
NeoGaf's source
Kotaku's story
Blog pointing to the same info as above
So chances are the site will "magically" pop up on the 22nd again, with some explanation.
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Originally posted by dashcloud View PostSeveral different sources point to this being a (poorly-conceived) marketing stunt:
NeoGaf's source
Kotaku's story
Blog pointing to the same info as above
So chances are the site will "magically" pop up on the 22nd again, with some explanation.
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Originally posted by Aradreth View PostI hope it is a poorly thought out marketing stunt.
Originally posted by GOG.comUPDATE 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 [email protected] if you're a media representative or to [email protected] if you're a user without a GOG account.
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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostWow... That's a bit of a surprise. Yeah, I'm thinking there might be a bit of a re-evaluation coming up because of that.
If their native language isn't English I'm willing to cut them some slack about the wording on their announcements. The original message could be read as "We've thought about it, and GOG can't stay as it is. Thank you for your support so far, its been great. The concept behind GOG isn't gone, though we're closing down the current service while we sort out some stuff.". Unfortunately their update, presumably intended to dispel some misunderstandings and false conclusions, was also ambiguous enough to be open to interpretation. However, "..we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion... Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons." does sound like their saying, "We had to shut down the site/etc. because management and the tech guys said so. Sorry about the wrong impressions this has caused".
The 'statement' they're releasing today should have coincided with closing down the site, but I'm happy to blame either executive meddling or just general executive stuff up (announcing what they're actually doing, mainly). I wouldn't be surprised if they unveil the new service, though, since it would explain them shutting down a few days prior (much easier to revamp stuff if you're not working on an active system).
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