GOG.com

[PosledniKovboj]

It certainly is. All the more reason to find somewhere else to spend my gold.

 

[Metro]

CD Projekt is mediocre at best, no surprise there. They don't even really care about DRM they just chose the anti-DRM angle as a marketing niche.

 

[JudasIscariot]

GOG is beyond any help. I wrote them an email asking about the recent explosion of Kickstarter/Indiegogo projects and suggesting they jump at them because I missed a few good Kickstarter deadlines etc. The email had the word Kickstarter like 5 times in it. This was the reply:

I'm afraid that I can't comment on whether or not we'll be releasing certain titles. I can only assure you that we're doing everything possible to get our hands on the best good games, both old and new.
Unfortunately the process is very complex and difficult. Not all publishers wish to sell their back catalog, not all can be convinced that "no DRM" is a good idea, and sometimes it's just plain impossible to research who (if anyone) has the rights to a certain title. Getting an old game to work on modern systems often proves to be the easiest task.
Check out this Q/A video, featuring one of my superiors - Marcin Iwinski, for a first-hand view of how it works:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GOGcom#p/u/17/mrk7R5mSgzI
Finally, please stay tuned and check out our news page every week for new release info.
Regards,
Natalia
GOG.com Support

Polish cannot into cloudfunging

So Project Eternity, Carmageddon, and Faster Than Light are not "jumped upon", then? :D

Those are three kickstarter projects that I know I can talk about publicly as being "jumped upon". Criticism is fine but please have enough decency to do some research :D

 

[PosledniKovboj]

Not the point at all. May I suggest an english-potato dictionary?

 

[Metro]

: x

 

[JudasIscariot]

Not the point at all. May I suggest an english-potato dictionary?

I wrote them an email asking about the recent explosion of Kickstarter/Indiegogo projects and suggesting they jump at them

Your words and I responded to them by naming projects that have been jumped at. Where is the problem?

 

[Overboard]

The point is that they didn't jump at the games PosledniKovboj is interested in and which he fucked up at funding. This means they are shit.

PosledniKovboj perhaps you should have phrased your letter to them thus, in the grand tradition of submissions to broadsheets:

Dear GOG.com

I find your failure to jump at Kickstarter/Indiegogo projects which I find interesting to be most disappointing. Obviously you know nothing about the game distribution business, since you cannot identify the games which I like. I find this very irritating, and will no longer patronise your obviously failing business.


Yours sincerely,

Irate in Islamabad

 

[Jaesun]

I was rejected and I have doubts about being on GoG (mostly because they'd want to sell it for dirt cheap and it doesn't mean it wouldn't be buried out of sight like it is on another platform I'll refrain from naming, who actually asked me to link to my product there to bring them customers).

Fucking WAT?

 

[Charles-cgr]

Jaesun What part needs clarification? It is a pretty convoluted sentence...

 

[Jaesun]

Jaesun What part needs clarification? It is a pretty convoluted sentence...

Just a bit disappointed this could not be on GOG. As for the WHY is a bit unclear.

 

[Charles-cgr]

Jaesun What part needs clarification? It is a pretty convoluted sentence...

Just a bit disappointed this could not be on GOG. As for the WHY is a bit unclear.

I was claifying that I did apply, despite some doubts on pricing being forced down and exposure being potentially pretty limited. It could be buried in the catalog and never offered as an upsell or announced as a new release or whatnot. Then supporting this doubt by saying this is exactly what happened elsewhere (without the lowered price). When they rejected it they told me that had they accepted it they would have wanted to price it at $9.95, but that was clearly after saying no. Worst of both worlds: having to promote, pay a high commission and sell at a low price. Unless of course they display it prominently enough to have volume compensate but that is a big gamble.

But this wasn't the reason it was rejected. They just told me their plates were full in 2012 (back in March) and didn't respond to a second application I sent a couple weeks ago (yet, I suppose it could still happen). Actually you're right... the "why" is rather unclear.

I'm not criticizing them... I try not to be publicly sore about things... Too often

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Charles-cgr

Forgive my ignorance, but what game are you speaking about?

 

[Charles-cgr]

Curious_Tongue

This one

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Curious_Tongue

This one

Thanks heaps.

 

[PosledniKovboj]

The point is that they didn't jump at the games PosledniKovboj is interested in and which he fucked up at funding. This means they are shit.

PosledniKovboj perhaps you should have phrased your letter to them thus, in the grand tradition of submissions to broadsheets:

Dear GOG.com

I find your failure to jump at Kickstarter/Indiegogo projects which I find interesting to be most disappointing. Obviously you know nothing about the game distribution business, since you cannot identify the games which I like. I find this very irritating, and will no longer patronise your obviously failing business.


Yours sincerely,

Irate in Islamabad

that is exactly it thank you for explaining that to the crowd of infidels, I have to look after my rapesheep flock

 

[evdk]

I have to look after my rapesheep flock

Jesus Christ, I foresee a wonderful Blesk article about this.

 

[Charles-cgr]

Gog responded this morning, apologizing for not having answered the second application which they found in the spam box and confirming that they don't think SSU is a good fit for GoG.

Yes. They are watching. Shhhhhh. :D

 

[evdk]

Gog responded this morning, apologizing for not having answered the second application which they found in the spam box and confirming that they don't think SSU is a good fit for GoG.

Yes. They are watching. Shhhhhh. :D

Eh, JudasIscariot works for GOG.

 

[Charles-cgr]

Gog responded this morning, apologizing for not having answered the second application which they found in the spam box and confirming that they don't think SSU is a good fit for GoG.

Yes. They are watching. Shhhhhh. :D

Eh, JudasIscariot works for GOG.

I did suspect that but just because someone is polish... Wasn't sure. Anyway I don't think I wrote anything offensive but writing without tone can be misinterpreted. I might have come accross as a sore loser.

Which is entirely untrue! Too oldschool for Gog! I wear that as a badge of honor.

 

[Jarpie]

Gog responded this morning, apologizing for not having answered the second application which they found in the spam box and confirming that they don't think SSU is a good fit for GoG.

Yes. They are watching. Shhhhhh. :D

Eh, JudasIscariot works for GOG.

I did suspect that but just because someone is polish... Wasn't sure. Anyway I don't think I wrote anything offensive but writing without tone can be misinterpreted. I might have come accross as a sore loser.

Which is entirely untrue! Too oldschool for Gog! I wear that as a badge of honor.

When I get home from work, I'm gonna buy your game just for that.

 

[Morgoth]

They got Bioforge up.

Good or shit?

 

[evdk]

They got Bioforge up.

Good or shit?

I seem to remember enjoying this, but it's open ended IIRC and the planned sequel never materialized.

 

[Captain Shrek]

Gog responded this morning, apologizing for not having answered the second application which they found in the spam box and confirming that they don't think SSU is a good fit for GoG.

Yes. They are watching. Shhhhhh. :D

Eh, JudasIscariot works for GOG.

I did suspect that but just because someone is polish... Wasn't sure. Anyway I don't think I wrote anything offensive but writing without tone can be misinterpreted. I might have come accross as a sore loser.

Which is entirely untrue! Too oldschool for Gog! I wear that as a badge of honor.

And he posts some of the more helpful comments, just to cement it down.

 

[asper]

Bioforge released on GoG...! Unique game, play it!

My favourite box art of all time

 

[spekkio]

One of the best games nobody played (me included ).
I've heard that controls are worse than NWN's camera. y/n?