GOG is NOT going away

[A Black Falcon]

Everyone's games are safe and the site is back and better than it was before.

Their games were safe anyway, if they'd downloaded them yet, given that GOG is DRM-free...

I mean sure, I don't think scaring people like that was a good idea. I do think that it's good that it made some people think a little more about the perils of buying things from digital distribution, you don't own most DD things like you do a real physical product... GOG is better than most because of the lack of DRM, but with most other services that is not the case.

Plus of course provided you get a complete copy you'd get actual physical copies of those manuals, control cards, etc. At least with GOG you get copies of all the paperwork that came with the game originally, which isn't something you get with most other DD services, but still it's not quite the same.

But still, DJ you go a bit too far... no lasting harm was done, they didn't con anyone into buying something with a lie that they were going to shut down or something, they simply vanished for a few days without warning. And the service is quite good, has a good selection, and there's no DRM and those PDF manuals and more.

I agree it was a bad idea, and maybe poor business practice, but it did get the attention they wanted, particularly paired with BG and Torment coming out. That latter point really countered any bad PR they'd gotten, I think, and between the two they seem to have benefited... though yes, I do wish they'd done it in a less annoying way.