GOG gone? DRM'd? WTF?

[D.D.D.]

I didn't see a post for this but, GOG is down/gone/gonna be DRM'd/??? now.

http://kotaku.com/5642141/what-happened ... -old-games

What do you suppose is gonna come from this?

[irixith]

I was shocked to see this news. I really hope I can get on there and download my (rather large) game library from them.

[noiseredux]

isn't this the antithesis of GOG?

[Niode]

After having a look around it seems that it's a marketing stunt for the launch of it going final.

[irixith]

If it's a PR stunt, it's absolutely terrible.

[AppleQueso]

If it's a PR stunt, it's absolutely terrible.

...aren't most PR stunts?

[irixith]

If it's a PR stunt, it's absolutely terrible.

...aren't most PR stunts?

..hmm. That's probably very true.

[Niode]

If it's a PR stunt, it's absolutely terrible.

It got everybody talking about it though. I guess as a PR stunt, it's pretty effective.

They could have used a bit more tact though.

[enderfall]

Going by their twitter post on 9/17:

Sometimes it's really hard being DRM-free... hard to keep things the way they are and keep management and publishers happy

It would seem to me that they are being forced by publishers to include DRM. And yes, that would be the antithesis of what gog.com was originally about. But, considering many of the games in their catalog are not available anywhere else, I suppose having DRM would be the lesser evil of no access to the game.

Oh, and once again, thank you pirates. Yet another example of how they are screwing over legitimate consumers (if in fact my theory is correct).

[AppleQueso]

The pirates aren't screwing legitimate consumers over, the publishers are. The pirates are just an excuse.

If the publishers could they'd find a way to charge you per-level to play a game.