DArtagnan said:I'm no big fan of marketing, but what's so bad about this?
Sir_Brennus said:However, I am more and more assured in my personal policy to not buy anything from any download service there is.
One of the biggest fears I have about digital distribution is that the sites I use will go bust and I will lose the games I have. There are a number of titles on GoG which I haven't downloaded as I assumed I could just get them at a later date. This kind of crap plays on exactly those fears and makes me think I should own a boxed copy. It also makes GoG much more difficult to defend against people who simply use abandonware sites+Dosbox to play these old games…they haven't seen their service withdrawn this weekend, have they?
Well this is annoying. I liked them and have probably spent at least $100 which with the low prices is quite a bit I think. Not even sure I've downloaded all of the games I've purchased but probably have so if they don't implement the redownload mechanism I'm probably ok and heck I can probably live without them.
This does point out one of the major issues with online retailers like gog, steam, d2d and impulse. I've stopped making local backups assuming that I can download again if I really want to play again. I think steam is safe but with the elemental hiccup I can envision scenarios where impulse disappears within the next year.
People get upset that they can't download their games now. This second. Not that they were going to, but they might have, and now they can't until next week.
I personally don't see it as a big deal but, in all fairness, this is the way people typically feel, so GOG has misjudged it badly if this is a marketing stunt.
I don't think anyone's really said it's that much a problem, except those who've seen it as Gog.com actually closing. It's astounding the number of people who still believe Gog.com is closing, even after the news was proven to be a hoax. If you look at Destructoid's article, you'll see what I mean.My god, what a small world you live in - if this is what constitutes a problem in it.
As can everyone else. But still, it's been a bit of a wake up call for many.I bought a number of games from there myself, but I think I can survive waiting a few days to get to re-download them.
I'd hardly call them "tiny" prices, but perhaps that's because I'm on limited funds. I've seen games on Gog.com for cheaper elsewhere (Such as King's Bounty: The Legend). But the price isn't the problem.How much can you really expect from the TINY prices they're charging for those games?
Yes, and yes. Gog.com has been a great addition for the PC gamer, but it still doesn't stop this move being a completely idiotic one.Ok ok, on principal it's wrong - but I guess I think there are bigger issues in this industry and gog.com has done a lot more good than bad, in my opinion.
It has to be very good to make up for all the credit they've lost though.
I don't think anyone's really said it's that much a problem, except those who've seen it as Gog.com actually closing. It's astounding the number of people who still believe Gog.com is closing, even after the news was proven to be a hoax. If you look at Destructoid's article, you'll see what I mean.
As can everyone else. But still, it's been a bit of a wake up call for many.
I'd hardly call them "tiny" prices, but perhaps that's because I'm on limited funds. I've seen games on Gog.com for cheaper elsewhere (Such as King's Bounty: The Legend). But the price isn't the problem.
Yes, and yes. Gog.com has been a great addition for the PC gamer, but it still doesn't stop this move being a completely idiotic one.
They dropped service without warning, and midway through a sale. They put up a message which, at face value, reads as a "Gog.com is dead. Buh-Bai!" message, but if you read between the lines it's much clearer what's going on (i.e. coming out of beta). A lot of this could have been avoided if they'd said it as it was, not trying to joke us around.
I'm no big fan of marketing, but what's so bad about this?