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GOG.com to focus on “handpicked” DRM-free games amid financial lossesNo more picking games up with their teeth
No more picking games up with their teeth
CD Projekt say that they’re re-focusing GOG, their digital storefront, “more on its core business activity.” This is in response to the store losing money - around $2.21 million year-to-date.
“Regarding GOG, its performance does present a challenge, and recently we’ve taken measures to improve its financial standing,” said CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz duringa quarterly earnings call on Monday. “First and foremost, we’ve decided that GOG should focus more on its core business activity, which means offering a handpicked selection of games with its unique DRM-free philosophy. In line with this approach, there will be changes in the team structure.”
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This isn’t the first time GOG has made adjustments to its remit. The storefront launched initially as Good Old Games, focused on reviving unavailable or difficult to obtain classic games and making them available without DRM. In more recent years, they broadened their approach to also include new games, keys for other storefronts, and a store-agnostic game launcher calledGOG Galaxy. In 2019, GOGmade around 10% of its staff redundant.
What “a handpicked selection of games” means in practice isn’t clear. Perhaps they currently select what games to sell with their feet. Or perhaps it means being more selective and not oopsie-doopsieletting Hitman on the store when it basically has DRM.
