http://www.gog.com/wishlist/movies

Most, if not all, of the posters offered are pretty high resolution already :) Some of them weigh in anywhere between 26-100 MB in size :)
welovemovies@gog.com :)

That depends on them, I guess. I really don't have the details as far as movie acquisition is concerned :)

Actually, we will be adding MKV formated movies some time next week so you can choose between MP4 or MKV :)

I wouldn't worry about the movies having a negative effect on the games side of GOG :)

We remain staunchly focused on getting all of the good OLD and NEW games. I realize that this sounds like handwaving PR speak and all but we signed more classic games and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon :) How many more, I can't get into detail but let's just say that there's more :)

As for the movies themselves, we want to do for them as we are doing for games: get rid of that godawful DRM. That is our primary goal for everything that we do here at GOG :) Our selection is small as of right now but we're still experimenting with what is a completely new venture for us :) All I can say is keep an eye out and who knows what other kind of movies or TV shows might show up? :)


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Well, we don't want to take the extras from the games and also the extras are beholden to a different publisher than a given movie. In short, it's really complicated :)
As I said to Crosmando, we'll be adding MKV versions of movies and you can choose whether you want the MP4 version or the MKV :)
We are working all the time to get all sorts of cool and interesting movies and even genres but this will take time depending on the willingness of various movie creators or publishers willingness to go DRM-free :)

We make sure to include all of the possible subtitles for every movie that has them :) Unfortunately, not every movie has official subtitles and we cannot make them ourselves...unless you'd like us to get "creatve" with our translations :D


Excellent! Always nice to see the wishlist get used :) Thanks!

Yes, those movies that have subtitles will have a bonus item called "subtitle pack" showing up shortly :)

edit: in case it's just the English subs, the bonus item will be called "subtitles (English)" :)

We have a wishlist dedicated to movies now :)

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/movies
You're welcome :)

Look below my post :)

Baby steps, shmerl, baby steps :D

New movies are coming, yes :)

As for Galaxy, all I can say is "Soon" :)

It depends on the creators or publishers as far as subs are concerned but we'll always make sure to include ALL the possible subs available :)

Soon :)

Hi guys,

We've been reading all your comments and I'd like to reply to 3 key questions that have been regularly coming up for the last few days :)

1. Why did GOG decide to launch DRM-free video content?

Releasing video content on GOG is something we always wanted to do, because we are not only games freaks, but we also love watching tons of movies and TV-series. Our initial intent was to give a 2nd youth to classic movies and tv-series. X-Files, Mac Gyver, Star Trek, wouldn'it it be cool to have them all in a digital curated collection of yours? 100% DRM-free, with the possibility to watch them anywhere, anytime, on any device you own? We'd love that. Exactly like we used to collect and enjoy DVDs, but with nowadays' digital convenience (no need to have a heavy massive shelf in your living room :)

IWI and myself spoke to most of the major studios in the U.S. and Europe. We spoke to 8 out of the 10 most famous studios out there. Our pitch? Pragmatic and based on GOG's history --> "Our approach to digital distribution (DRM-free, fair regional pricing, free goodies) encouraged millions of nostalgic passionate people to buy classic games from us rather than pirate them. We know it does work, here is evidence (*) . We distribute 800+ games for 200+ partners, including major publishers and smaller independent studios alike. We can even take the financial risk on us. Just give us a try".

(*) sales numbers here, I cannot share them with you guys, I'd have to kill you :)

We met lots of interesting studio executives, who totally understood our pragmatic arguments. Many of them even admitted that there is no DRM that can prevent a title from being pirated and that some of their movies sometimes even got pirated before release, just like games unfortunately.

We even got one offer approved by the business folks of a major studio, but the deal eventually got cancelled because lawyers were worried that it would give the impression that majors are giving up the fight against piracy.

Also, most of the major studios told us, each with almost the very same words: "we like your ideas, but we neither want to the first studio to say yes, nor the last one. Please let us know when one of the other major studios says yes, we will then probably consider following".

We had a B plan up our sleeves though: launching our DRM-free video section with documentaries instead. The world is becoming (has become?) digital, so it was natural for us to start with documentaries dealing mostly with the gaming, geek and internet cultures. We know that many of you are interested in these themes, and so are we. Also, the companies owning rights for documentaries are usually well aware of the ineffectiveness of DRM and we almost instantly agreed with them to give DRM-free digital distribution a try on GOG (which we'd like to thank them for).

2. Will GOG only distribute DRM-free video documentaries then?

No. Life is full of colours and that's why we would like to diversify our offer, as long as it suits your tastes of course.

We will run some experiments from time to time. Talking of which, many of you requested movies in this discussion thread and we have signed a handful of these already. We will release one this week actually. We want to find out what's the kind of video content you guys like or dislike; which helps us shape the future of our video activities accordingly. Don't forget you can vote with your wallets, so if you want to support our initiative and like what we release, you can help GOG and its current/future video partners to develop our DRM-free initiative :) We really would love to free videos from the chain of DRM.

Our ultimate goal? Convincing someday movie majors to give a second youth to their classic tv-series and movies, to start with. And until we get there, convincing more & more partners of various size to join GOG.com and let us curate their video content ! We know it is a tough challenge, but "impossible is not GOG" as the saying goes :) We'll do our best.

3. Is GOG forgetting its gaming roots?

Let me say it loud & clear: no, we are definitely not!

We remain gamers at heart. This has been, still is and will always be our main hobby and passion in life. We just believe games are not the only kind of content that deserves to be DRM-free. We believe entertainment as a whole should be DRM-free, hence the fact we launched video content on GOG.

Don't worry -- we have several major gaming-related announcements and surprises for all the gamers out there until the end of the year and we remain totally focused on that. You have my word on it guys. Not only mine actually: you've got everybody's word at GOG, seriously. (well, apart from our business development manager for movies, whose full-time role is to help us make that section of GOG grow of course. Please excuse her :p)

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Thanks a lot for your feedback (whether positive or negative) guys about the launch of our video content. Please keep on commenting upcoming video releases on GOG. I cannot guarantee we will be regularly posting answers as long as this one (congrats if you reached this part -> achievement unlocked!), but I can guarantee we'll read your feedback carefully.

Best DRM-free wishes,

Guillaume and everybody at GOG.

I use VLC without any issues whatsoever :)

edit: VLC also has excellent support for subtitles as you can easily turn on the subtitles on the fly in any movie that has the subs within :)