Delixe: I don't quite understand why some people are so vocally against GOG expanding their service. Surely thats a good thing? It really doesn't matter where the games originated as long as GOG continue to provide Good old Games and DRM-Free.
I also don't understand why people believe that if GOG diversify they will stop persuing PC games, thats just stupid. This is adding an
additional service to GOG not taking anything away from it's existing service.
If GOG were to approach say Sega for a Dreamcast collection they would only have to talk to Sega to get access to ALL Sega's Dreamcast
AND PC games. Once thats been done they could then simply approach Capcom and get all Capcom's Dreamcast
AND PC games. Similarly if they reach an agreement with Amiga Inc then they already have agreements with various Amiga publishers anyway. At the moment GOG can only tempt EA with selling their PC games. If they can tempt EA with selling their PC and Amiga games then that just sweetens the deal surely as games like Populous are just sitting on EA's books earning them nothing.
Incredibly well said, and I agree with you. I don't understand the hate either. While I do have a Wii, the Virtual Console (the MAIN selling point for me of the Wii) is the most janky, horrendous digital distribution experience I've ever seen. iTunes (or GOG for that matter) this ain't.
I'd love to see those old Nintendo titles on here, simply because GOG is about a MILLION times better doing almost EXACTLY what Nintendo's been doing for the past year, especially since Nintendo has been absolutely horrid at updating the VC as of recent. Plus, when GOG approaches, say, EA, they can say, "Hey, we can sell all these older titles that are making you exactly NO money, PLUS we can sell all these other older titles on consoles x, y, and z that are making you no money either! It's a win-win for you!"
Just saying.
BJ