Good Old Games Sale Spotlight

[Jennifer]

I've been wondering about System Shock 2 too. But, like Vainamoinen I'll wait for a discount before I buy it.

I was hoping that Love for Sail would show up for Valentine's Day. Oh well (I've still got to finish Larry 6 anyway).

[Chyron8472]

It occurs to me that there is many a game which is probably far less requested than System Shock 2, which cost more to buy either now or when they were first released (or both).

So I don't see what the problem is with asking people to pay 10 bucks for a fantastic game.


It's 10 bucks. 10 bucks is nothing.

[Darth Marsden]

I know, I know. But some people... they're not convinced it's worth it. And who are we to say they're wrong?

...well, we're smarter than they are, obviously.

[Chyron8472]

By that standard, no older games downloadable on consoles/tablets is worth 10 bucks.

Oh wait. Being that they're on consoles, they have some form of DRM on them, don't they? So that makes them worthless too, I guess.


My point is not to belittle. My point is to point out the silliness of complaining about not wanting to pay 10 bucks.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

By that standard, no older games downloadable on consoles/tablets is worth 10 bucks.

Depends on what has to be done with the game to get it running on tablets. But in principle, yeah. Games from the last century should be considerably less than 10 bucks, just as books or movies from that era should be accessible with a similarly reasonable price tag. The actual makers of said games have long ceased to make money out of them anyway.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Depends on what has to be done with the game to get it running on tablets. But in principle, yeah. Games from the last century should be considerably less than 10 bucks, just as books or movies from that era should be accessible with a similarly reasonable price tag. The actual makers of said games have long ceased to make money out of them anyway.

Define "last century." I wouldn't expect them to charge as much for, say, Zork or King's Quest 1 than for System Shock 2.

SS2 was released in 1999. not 1985.

[Darth Marsden]

Also, the thing's been held up in legal red tape for YEARS. Sorting all that out can't have been cheap.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Define "last century."

1900 - 1999. Thank you, thank you.

[Chyron8472]

So then if games from 1999 are $5 or so, then games from 1990 are worth $1.50?

This all despite the fact that these old games are still almost certainly playable right out of the box, come with extra pdf manuals and soundtracks, have no DRM, and free you from the need to keep up with any discs in order to play them?

Not to mention that without GOG, these games are obscure, expensive, and often hard to find reasonably priced legit copies of, (while still requiring the disc inserted to play.)

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

My point is not to belittle. My point is to point out the silliness of complaining about not wanting to pay 10 bucks.

In my case, it's simply because it's in a genre I usually don't play, so I'm not sure if it will be worth the price to me (for instance, Waxworks was a game that looked interesting, but that I didn't like too much because of it's gameplay (the atmosphere was great though). I paid $5, so I don't feel like I wasted my money. I most likely would have if I paid $10).

[Chyron8472]

That's the case where they might could do with some sort of playable demo or trial version of games.

But then trial versions might end up being full versions with time limits, which means DRM, so that idea is out.

[Gibbeynator]

Looks like this is shaping up to be GOG's fastest selling game of all time. 16 hours since launch, and it's pretty high up on GOG's best-seller list. As of this posting, the game is sitting pretty between Another World and the first Broken Sword.

[MusicallyInspired]

Why didn't they put the first game up, anyway? Because of the rights issues? Are the rights for both games not the same?

[Gibbeynator]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Why didn't they put the first game up, anyway? Because of the rights issues? Are the rights for both games not the same?

Who knows. It sounds like they might have only gotten the distribution rights to System Shock 2, and maybe they'll talk if that one does well. Of course, since it's sitting at roughly 127th place out of 505, it'd be crazy if they weren't at least talking.

[Gibbeynator]

Lame Valentine's day promo getting you down? Well, you need to get you some cRPGs, stat! What better way to celebrate the most requested RPG on GOG launching, than with an RPG SALE! Half off things like Divinity, Gothic, The Witcher and more.

And here's This Week in GOG for your recap and next game clue. Sounds like we're getting a sports game next.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

This all despite the fact that these old games are still almost certainly playable right out of the box, come with extra pdf manuals and soundtracks, have no DRM, and free you from the need to keep up with any discs in order to play them?

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Depends on what has to be done with the game to get it running

Sometimes, you will have to listen to people.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Why didn't they put the first game up, anyway? Because of the rights issues? Are the rights for both games not the same?

From the RPS interview, I got the impression that System Shock 2's digital distribution rights were only leased from the insurance company that now owns the Looking Glass share. The rights are still a horrible clusterfuck and haven't reverted to or been purchased by anybody.

[Chyron8472]

Makes me wonder how long GOG can be allowed to continue selling SS2.

[Gibbeynator]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

Makes me wonder how long GOG can be allowed to continue selling SS2.

If it keeps selling as well as it's selling, I can't see them pulling it any time soon. Still, given the volatile rights issues, best to grab it while you can.

[Gibbeynator]

Monday Gem Promo time! Get 60% off classic adventure game Sanitarium, which was overtaken on the best sellers list by System Shock 2 back on Saturday.

Edit: And I missed this one when I did the update, but here it is anyway; GOG has a new pricing structure for classic games! Don't worry, this isn't the much dreaded "50% anticipation tax", rather, it's a new $3.99 and $6.99 price point.