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Offtopic / Re: ???'s about state of Abandonware and sites like GOG.com

« on: November 07, 2014, 09:06:51 am »

I can agree with most of the sentiments here. In hindsight I would pinpoint my 'butthurtness' as knowledge that most original creators of the game may not receive any benefit from this new niche company.

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Offtopic / ???'s about state of Abandonware and sites like GOG.com

« on: November 06, 2014, 02:13:31 am »

Is anyone here a little upset about sites like GOG.com? I feel they are repackaging games just as they were released back in their day, and making profit from little work. For most of those with technical knowledge, they are offering little more than a lazy fee. I don't want to write a DosBox script for CASTLES  from interplay, etc.

I feel my only real complaint would be that they are offering little to the old pc gaming community that it cannot do itself, while resurfacing copyrights that I would assume will not benefit the original creators of the IP for the games. In my eyes gog.com is only a business modeled to profit from the work of the original IP team, to offer little of what is needed by the community, and to tighten the reigns for large businesses who bought out copyrights (EA) and continue to shit out games like Dungeon Keeper Mobile.

 
Thoughts?