1. GOG is a niche market, not a trade giant. The peopel buying games on GOG are not the "average" gamer.EtherealBeaver said:How did GoG survive then before they even considered having newer games and why are there tons of pirate sites specifically dedicated to games which are at least 10 years old and why do they easily have 200.000+ members? It sounds like an unfounded postulate which doesnt really hold up to be honest.Strazdas said:your a rare breed then. most "Average" gamers dont even know what baldur gate is.
There are many gamers who are specifically looking for older games because they come from a time when making games was more about doing what you love and less about money. Games like Doom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Syndicate, Populus, Master of Magic or any other of the massive horde of popular cult games from back then have quite a following still but if always on drm had been around back then, we wouldnt still have access to these gems because the servers would have been put down long ago.
That we still have access to WC3 is because Battlenet runs on the same servers and because other clients like Garena took over most of the burden anyway - but that is entirely besides the point because regardless of internet, you can still play the singleplayer and the LAN parts of the game.
2. GOG sells newer games as well. just the 2005+ (their own filter on thier website) shows a whole bunch of games, and thats less than 8 years.
3. 200.000 is a very small number. Lets say 10% of the world play games. Thats 800.000.000 people. So GOG has userbase that is 0,025%. Statistically irrelevant.
Granted there ARE gamers that love older games, im merely arguing that they are a very small group and does not represent the average gamer.