GOG used to be a respectable place, the initiative to preserve old games was something genuinely nice in a world where nobody cares to preserve things. I have stood for them for a very long time, but after current decisions, and even the recent sale of GOG going back to the founder, things have gotten unbearable. I have lost respect, because they don’t really care about art in the first place, only about the profits that old games can bring. After all the secondary market for this is an absolute pool of madness, it was an excellent opportunity to profit from the discontent of people.
GOG tumbles down
Swearing to defeat the DRM demon Steam, it seems that we have lost a powerful force trying to block the monopoly. Now it seems that they have decided to undo all of their good deeds by perpetuating an issue that they ignored. Banners are important pieces of art made to draw people in and get them hooked to things, the more skillful the person is behind these the more people you get. That could have been covered by hiring someone instead of making slop images, it is funny that a company about preserving art does not understand or care about art.
Regardless, GOG also deals with many controversies and issues, the biggest glaring issue is the lack of games in the store, making it a very unpopular choice compared to Steam. Not to mention that unlike Steam, they don’t have a tag to denote what is “AI” slop or not, which erodes the trust of customers who wish to get new games. There’s many problems to fix, but we are sure that this will keep being ignored, so if they don’t care why should we even care about GOG? They will certainly never preserve Digimon World, and even if they did I can just emulate it.
