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GOG News and Updates 2011
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Dog Problems
Banned
epmode said:
I do the same thing. Once I get a downloadable version of a game I usually donate the physical copy to Goodwill or something.
Uh oh. I'm severely tempted to buy all those D&D games. I missed out on all of these games, but was able to play the first Baldur's Gate a few years ago. I've also just recently started playing D&D.
The problem is I've got way too big of a backlog, plus all the new games coming out this fall/winter. Decisions, decisions...
The problem is I've got way too big of a backlog, plus all the new games coming out this fall/winter. Decisions, decisions...
Sir Garbageman
Member
Neverwinter Nights is the only game of the bunch I haven't played? Game is pretty trash right?
Sir Garbageman said:
The 2 expansions are pretty good, but yeah, the OC isn't that great. It's still worth a pickup though, if you haven't played it before.
I really enjoyed Hordes of the Underdark (the 2nd expansion) since it had that never-ending dungeon sense (down and down we go).
Sir Garbageman said:
It's pretty bad compared to the Baldur's Gates. Although I've never played the expansion packs. Going from a party of 6 to 2, it's pretty bad.
I'm playing through BG1 in Tutu again now, and damn, Neverwinter Nights sucked compared to these games. And I'm not even into BG2 yet!
So, maybe I should just pick up the last two games that I didn't have before this sale...
And to be honest, this might be the best sale ever. I mean it's a sale of the best games ever pretty much.
and Minsc, have you ever considered making that gog.com logo in the first post into a link to the site?
And to be honest, this might be the best sale ever. I mean it's a sale of the best games ever pretty much.
and Minsc, have you ever considered making that gog.com logo in the first post into a link to the site?
Think I'm going to pick up ToEE and Demon Stone.
RTSs are not my favorite genre, and I already have several sitting in my backlog that I'm not even that excited to get to. Unless there's some compelling reason to get Dragonshard I'll pass on it.
And I already have NWN on disc and it's nowhere near the pain to install and get working as the infinity engine games so not worth double dipping. And I don't even like it that much. I really should try the xp's though, people say they get better.
RTSs are not my favorite genre, and I already have several sitting in my backlog that I'm not even that excited to get to. Unless there's some compelling reason to get Dragonshard I'll pass on it.
And I already have NWN on disc and it's nowhere near the pain to install and get working as the infinity engine games so not worth double dipping. And I don't even like it that much. I really should try the xp's though, people say they get better.
LocoMrPollock
Banned
nexen said:
Yeah, it hasn't aged well. I was a bit disappointed with it, having enjoyed it a lot back in the day.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Eusis said:
Hordes of the Underdark was a really fun expansion and worth the low price of admission on its own. If you're looking for a story driven D&D game that takes place in some interesting places then you can do much worst. However it's much more linear and smaller in scope than BG2, so I'd never recommend buying it over that game or Planescape if you haven't been through them yet.
Joseph Merrick
Member
they're still 140k downloads off. but the counter will keep accelerating as it gets closer. it's at 25 downloads per minute now, it was at 16 when it started. pretty good
walking fiend
Member
am I reading it right, there has only been 6 million downloads from GoG? That puts the whole revenue of the store at a maximum of $600 million? 
walking fiend said:am I reading it right, there has only been 6 million downloads from GoG? That puts the whole revenue of the store at a maximum of $600 million?
60 million.
My guess is real revenue is around 20 million. Free downloads and $6 games, along with sales.
That said, the rights they got are probably pretty cheap so it's profitable.
Joseph Merrick
Member
I'm sure there is a percentage of 'steam type users' on gog as well, who never download or play their purchases. don't forget those! hehe
Heads up:
That's the pick of people who signed up on https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264761233544656 - dunno if it's possible to still do that, though, given it's elapsed.
(Also, there's a 'real treat' to come today, although that could just be referring to this)
silphatos said:
@silphatos We'll start that today
That's the pick of people who signed up on https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264761233544656 - dunno if it's possible to still do that, though, given it's elapsed.
(Also, there's a 'real treat' to come today, although that could just be referring to this)
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Just came to say Wong Commander 3 is hella fun.
Refreshment.01
Member
You should never fall back to Digital Distribution, at least not the way Steam handles it. GoG is great though.epmode said:
Togglesworlh
Banned
Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to tell exactly when that six-millionth is actually going to happen. The counter moves at a constant rate. There's no way people are downloading at a constant rate. ):Joseph Merrick said:
Unsure if it's accurate or not, but:Togglesworlh said:
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/help_us_achieve_6_million_downloads_milestone/post264
Togglesworlh
Banned
Aha! Interesting.fallout said:
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
walking fiend said:am I reading it right, there has only been 6 million downloads from GoG? That puts the whole revenue of the store at a maximum of $600 million?
I was very surprised. I knew it'd be a relatively small shop, but I had no idea it would be his small.
Togglesworlh
Banned
Downloads is separate from purchases. I've never downloaded half of my purchases. U:
archnemesis
Member
I've downloaded 15 out of 35, but that includes a few free games and all the D&D classics I bought this weekend.
Of All Trades
Member
I used to be in the "haven't downloaded" group but after last year's stunt I rapidly downloaded all my games and the manuals to an external hdd. And mirrored that. There may be a couple games in my account I haven't pulled but I'm ready for GOG-death.
Minsc
Gold Member
Stumpokapow said:
Yeah, its definitely got some growing to do! You can see they were off to a relatively slow start compared to more recent months, though that peaks with the holiday sale where the entire site was on sale, so it's probably a little deceiving. Wasn't there some PR a while back that had them pegged as one of the bigger non-Steam DD stores too? Maybe I'm mixing that up.
I'd still like to think the more popular titles on GOG (Fallout, BG, Torment) are selling in the 100,000+ range before the big drop to the ones few people care about like Atlantis which must sell very poorly. However, we know The Witcher 2 (highly ranked on GOG's sales sorting) sold ~1M worldwide, with around a 80/20 retail/DD breakdown, so maybe it's more like only 50,000 for the bestselling games on GOG if combined DD sales for TW2 on all services including GOG were ~200k. The 6 million total is also less impressive when you take in to account that all the bestselling titles are the free ones, so you have to give maybe (number out of a hat) ~100k-200k downloads to each of the 7 free titles totaling say ~1 million of the 6 million downloads. Would also be interesting if we had a number from Steam to put it in perspective, even if it was just rounded to the nearest 100 million(?).
Joseph Merrick
Member
it only shows the correct number of downloads when you load it. the counting isn't actual.
Rocky_Balboa
Member
Too bad I already have the Broken Sword games.
protonion
Member
In addition, we mentioned that the user who will make the 6 millionth download will receive the whole GOG.com catalogue for free! It was not a prank and the user who should start "wrestling" with his virtual shelf full of awesome classics is Dotur who downloaded Icewind Dale 2 exactly on 2011-09-29 at 07:39:43 EDT. Congratulations! We'll send you the gift certificate with all the games from the catalogue.
Lucky bastard!
Lucky bastard!
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I missed out on Broken Sword.
Are any of the games this weekend any good? I have all the empire earths but nothing else. Are the Lords of Magic/Realms any good? Thanks. And ya, I'm also guilty of not downloading all the games I've purchased. Some are really long!
Are any of the games this weekend any good? I have all the empire earths but nothing else. Are the Lords of Magic/Realms any good? Thanks. And ya, I'm also guilty of not downloading all the games I've purchased.
Some are really long!