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Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:16:47 2015 No.2836582 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /vr/,

Any recommendations for hidden gems on GOG? Underrated games that deserve some love?

I love games like that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:20:18 2015 No.2836589 File: 6 KB, 500x500, merchant_1434147178741.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2836582

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:24:33 2015 No.2836602 >>2836589 Yes? No?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:00:49 2015 No.2836663 >>2836582 >buying old games

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:11:31 2015 No.2836689 :/

Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:21:23 2015 No.2836708
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The only thing GOG releases are good for is pirating, OP. Even that's a near thing; they often don't get them playable on modern systems (also known as THEIR FUCKING JOB) until a patch or two, and having the files trapped in a Winblows installer is fucking _bullshit_.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:24:06 2015 No.2836719 >>2836582 Most of the adventure games. Try Harvester. >>2836708 Ever thought he was looking for suggestions to pirate?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:35:45 2015 No.2836730 FBI here, go ahead.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 00:51:22 2015 No.2836863 >>2836582 you should post on lereddit about gems or check racketboys list of le gems! retro gems are my favorite too. Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 00:55:11 2015 No.2836870 >>2836582 Shadowman, if you`re into action adventure collectathons

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 01:15:42 2015 No.2836913 Why did all the third-worlders jump out at this thread to justify themselves for not paying for other people's hard work? This had nothing to do with piracy (aka stealing).

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:07:15 2015 No.2836989 >>2836913 >piracy (aka stealing) Nice try, agent.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:25:57 2015 No.2837009 File: 18 KB, 364x365, 372.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2836913

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:26:45 2015 No.2837010 >>2836913 GOG is using cracks from GameCopyWorld. I wouldn't exactly call that hard work. Not to mention the original devs. are getting nothing out of it most of the time. I guess if you're a moralfag, sure.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:42:19 2015 No.2837042 King of Dragon Pass is pretty fun.

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:49:34 2015 No.2837063

>>2836708
They already removed the encryption from the Archive files in their executables, after a stink a few months ago.

And their track record for releases working is still pretty good.

>>2836913
Well, realistically speaking the original developers are, in general, not seeing a dime of these sales.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:51:33 2015 No.2837068 >>2837063 No because that is how standard contracts work. People like to frame this shit as evil but when it is standard operating procedure.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:55:20 2015 No.2837076 >>2837068 Evil can certainly be standard operating procedure. Indeed, the world is replete with such instances.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 02:57:35 2015 No.2837080 >>2837068 Wait, so you say no, then you agree with me about that's how it works? What? I was just commenting on where the money was going. I generally buy my software, if it's available for a reasonable price.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:32:43 2015 No.2837245 >>2836663 Surely no one on /vr/ would do such a thing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:37:44 2015 No.2837252 File: 153 KB, 3050x2233, Square_Steam_Logo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hey /vr/, Any recommendations for hidden gems on STEAM? Underrated games that deserve some love? I love games like that.

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:37:58 2015 No.2837253

>>2837063
>>2837080
It's an oversimplification though.
The publishers who fund the devs do so based on estimates of returns.
If you were to take away future returns on old games, that would reduce the value of investing in devs in the first place and affect publisher decisions.

Of course really this is all just part of the evil of uncontrolled capitalism and the concentration of power in the hands of a few.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:41:12 2015 No.2837258 File: 109 KB, 1250x458, amazon_logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hey /vr/, Any recommendations for hidden gems on amazon? Underrated games that deserve some love? I love games like that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:44:31 2015 No.2837261 File: 27 KB, 630x355, uplay-ubisoft-logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hey /vr/, Any recommendations for hidden gems on Uplay? Underrated games that deserve some love? I love games like that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:50:54 2015 No.2837264 >>2837253 >Of course really this is all just part of the evil of uncontrolled capitalism and the concentration of power in the hands of a few. Just a heads up, you're being a pretentious sociologist retard in a thread about GOG.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 05:52:33 2015 No.2837267 >>2837063 I missed the stink, fill me in?

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 14:31:14 2015 No.2837827

>>2837267
GoG's installers are really archives, but some of them had encryption to prevent people from extracting the files from the archive without the executable, since only the executable had the key for the archives.

People got pissssed, so they stopped doing it.
For 99.999% of users it makes literally no difference though. But it's important for people who want the software to work 20 years from now.

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 14:49:44 2015 No.2837853

>>2837010
>devs don't get paid!

Devs get paid by publisher to make game. Publisher gets paid by retailer to stock game. Retailer gets paid when you plonk down your cash. So who gets hurt when you don't buy a copy? Retailers.

Here's the digital version:

Devs get paid by publisher to make game. Publisher gets paid by you to download game. So who gets hurt when you don't pay? Publishers.

Here's the GOG/Steam/whoever version:

Devs get paid by publishers to make game. Publishers get paid when they sell rights to game to third-party seller (just like retail). Third-party seller gets paid when you pay for a download. So who gets hurt when you don't pay? Third-party sellers (just like retailers).

Are you seeing how this business works now? There is literally nothing you can do as the end-user that will have any impact on the devs getting paid because they were already paid in the first place. None, exactly NONE of the money you pay goes to them if you're buying it directly from their company or if you're standing in line at WalMart, or if you're downloading it off piratebay. You have never had any financial impact on a developer for any retro game ever.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 15:56:01 2015 No.2838008 >>2837853 Except for shafting future devs from making the kinds of games you play, since if the publishers get less money it's less likely they'll pay for the same kind of content again.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 16:13:12 2015 No.2838040 >>2838008 > if the publishers get less money it's less likely they'll pay for the same kind of content again A game's sales are a direct reflection of devs' work. A shitty game is shitty work and people who do shitty work shouldn't be in business.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 16:33:49 2015 No.2838064 File: 1.07 MB, 1191x2500, ef4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2837010 >>2837063 >>2837253 >>2837264 >>2837853 >>2838008 >>2838040

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 16:35:58 2015 No.2838067

>>2838040
>A game's sales are a direct reflection of devs' work
if you completely disregard marketing and branding

people will keep on buying the next iterations of COD, FIFA, NFS or F1 games regardless if they're shit compared to the last one or not

>A shitty game is shitty work and people who do shitty work shouldn't be in business.
the world would be a much better place if it worked like this. but it doesn't

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 16:44:04 2015 No.2838080 Slave Zero

Anonymous Sun Dec 6 16:46:21 2015 No.2838086

>>2838067
>people will keep on buying the next iterations of COD, FIFA, NFS or F1 games regardless if they're shit compared to the last one or not

You know how I know you're just repeating a sentiment instead of actually making a point on your own? Because every franchise you just listed has declining sales relating the least popular/worst reviewed entries in that series. Seriously, look at any 2K sports game, some of them were just fucking mauled by fans and critics and certainly don't enjoy the kinds of success the better liked entries do, what you're implying is that the sales just never abate and that's absolutely false.

You're right about marketing, I suppose, in terms of the sales, but a shitty product is difficult to market even if you do con a few users.

>the world would be a much better place if it worked like this. but it doesn't

Trust me, shitty products are everywhere and you haven't heard of hardly any of them because they're shit. You're just hating the mainstream and equating a bad product with one you don't like.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:01:18 2015 No.2838110 >>2838086 >a shitty product is difficult to market even if you do con a few users you underestimate the power of marketing

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:13:39 2015 No.2838131 >>2838110 Because like, ff13 did so well first release Even though it's part of a successful series ansmd was heavily marketed everyone still knew it was shitty

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:25:47 2015 No.2838143 >>2838110 Yeah, ok, so at what point are we going to admit that justifying piracy by taking a stance on dev remuneration is totally nonsensical? Or were you just here to bitch about how games you don't like sell well?

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:26:49 2015 No.2838146 File: 64 KB, 800x488, f95.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2838067 >>2838086 >>2838110

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:28:00 2015 No.2838149 >>2838146 Shut the fuck up, you're the most annoying one here.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:29:07 2015 No.2838151 >>2838143 my only point ITT is that the quality of a product does not directly reflect its sales without also taking marketing and branding into consideration >games you don't like wonder where you even got that implication from

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:30:36 2015 No.2838153 >>2836708 _stop_ _fucking_ _posting_ _like_ _this_ _you_ _goddamn_ _retard_.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:41:21 2015 No.2838186 File: 12 KB, 131x239, 1401014510908.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >this thread

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 17:41:49 2015 No.2838187 File: 92 KB, 625x626, 796.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2838153 >>2838149

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