Rejoce! GoG now offers... uh... Early Access games... {crickets}

JasonPratt · January 30, 2016, 05:49:29 PM

So, I have mixed feelings about this. GoG has now started offering early access games.

This... this seems so not needed. And yet I want GoG to make a profit so it can survive (since if it folds then I've lost the games I paid some money for). And some Early Access games deserve as much exposure and sales as they can get. But already ever-unfinished dregs are creeping in.

On one hand, it's their company, I agree they can do what seems best to thrive (so long as they aren't cheating), and it isn't like we're forced to buy any such things.

On the other hand, it feels like another few feet down a slippery slope, somehow. :-\

I don't understand my feelings on this. But here's a thread to talk about this move in a leading industry player, if anyone wants.

jomni · January 30, 2016, 06:05:55 PM

Not Good OLD Games anymore. >:(

Huw the Poo · January 30, 2016, 06:08:13 PM

Quote from: JasonPratt on January 30, 2016, 05:49:29 PM
since if it folds then I've lost the games I paid some money for

Nope. You can download all your games DRM-free.

Quote from: jomni on January 30, 2016, 06:05:55 PM
Not Good OLD Games anymore. >:(

They haven't been Good Old Games for a long time. Now they're just GOG, which is not an acronym.

Nefaro · January 30, 2016, 09:40:00 PM

Quite alright with me.

Hopefully I can pick up a specific EA title on either site, if I decide to buy into one, without being forced to buy via Steam.

If we don't want to buy something EA, then we still have the option to wait until it's proclaimed finished.

Win-win.

JasonPratt · January 30, 2016, 09:56:11 PM

Quote from: Huw the Poo on January 30, 2016, 06:08:13 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 30, 2016, 05:49:29 PM
since if it folds then I've lost the games I paid some money for

Nope. You can download all your games DRM-free.

...I blame Galaxy for making me forget that I can actually download installers from them.

Greybriar · January 31, 2016, 03:53:59 AM

The way I see it, selling early access game will improve GOG's bottom line and help keep them in business so they can continue to sell DRM-Free games. I don't have to buy GOG's early access games, so I don't have a problem with it.

jamus34 · January 31, 2016, 08:06:01 AM

As long as they clearly mark it and build in some sort of return / refund policy...I have no problems with it.

They seem to be doing both.

In the end they are a business who is competing with a 900lb gorilla. They need to do what they can to survive. I can't fault them for that.

tgb · January 31, 2016, 08:45:39 AM

I think Darkest Dungeon was the final straw. They're probably feeling the loss of a year's worth of sales to people who have no problem buying into Early Access.

bobarossa · January 31, 2016, 10:03:45 AM

I think this is great news. Maybe GOG will accept Worlds of Magic now as an Early Access game. That way I can experience the bugs while waiting for my never-to-arrive DRM-free version I was promised.

Anguille · January 31, 2016, 11:24:04 AM

Quote from: bobarossa on January 31, 2016, 10:03:45 AM
I think this is great news. Maybe GOG will accept Worlds of Magic now as an Early Access game. That way I can experience the bugs while waiting for my never-to-arrive DRM-free version I was promised.

Ahah....same here.

Nefaro · January 31, 2016, 02:31:09 PM

Quote from: tgb on January 31, 2016, 08:45:39 AM
I think Darkest Dungeon was the final straw. They're probably feeling the loss of a year's worth of sales to people who have no problem buying into Early Access.

Not only that but many new releases are offered on Steam weeks before GOG gets their version.