Game store GOG has a new blog post up detailing how they're doing, and it seems like things are starting to go a bit better for them. Back in 2021, I reported on how in the CD PROJEKT financials, it showed that GOG was losing money, so it seems they may be starting to turn things around a little bit.
In their new post, they showed that for 2022 they have seen an 11% increase in active users across all of GOG services with an 18% increase in their overall user base. However, GOG Galaxy only "remained consistent", so it seems they aren't seeing much growth for their launcher. They're also reporting a net profit of $1.2M USD, noting they're losing around 4% due to suspending operations in Russia and Belarus.
Nothing close to how they were doing in 2020 though, which they attribute the spike that year to Cyberpunk 2077 and COVID-19 increasing sales due to people being at home more.
As for their market split they're seeing 53% from Europe, 37% from North America, 4% Asia, 4% Australia and New Zealand and 2% elsewhere.
The amount of games releasing on GOG has been increasing every year too, although it's nothing close to what Steam has, since GOG do a little more curation on what they accept (which is at times a little weird on what they deny). From 296 releases in 2018 up to 684 in 2022.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: mphuZWhy should I read something on the Internet if I live in Russia myself and see everything from the inside?WOW! What a coincidence, my compatriot!
Quoting: mphuZYou know that you can sell games for Steam and GOG on different platforms, right?Me? May be. CDProjekt? No. I mean, which stores have I missed? VKPlay? No, doesn't look like it:
You *do* understand the difference between CDProjekt selling their games to Russians directly and someone else re-selling (probably stolen) Steam keys for the game on a shady site, don't you?
Yes, you can "emigrate" into Kazakhstan in order to purchase the game on Steam, but I doubt this counts.
I am genuinely curious what have I missed. Can you post a screenshot of a place where exactly CDProjekt has started to sell its games to Russians?
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Quoting: Alm888I am genuinely curious what have I missed.If you really are from Russia, then you will easily find out exactly where the game is sold.
Quoting: mphuZSorry, it does not work that way. What's the site name? "rutracker.org"? Since when the GOG-keys are being sold on the third-party sites?Quoting: Alm888I am genuinely curious what have I missed.If you really are from Russia, then you will easily find out exactly where the game is sold.
As I've said, shady key re-seller sites do not count.
On a different note, recently the "all-favorite" game "X4:Foundations" has gotten a 6.00HF3 patch. Guess what version is on GOG?
That's the level of "service" Linux gamers are being treated with.
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Quoting: Alm888Sorry, it does not work that way. What's the site name? "rutracker.org"? Since when the GOG-keys are being sold on the third-party sites?Ask CDPR how their keys are sold on third-party sites.
As I've said, shady key re-seller sites do not count.
Are you confusing rutracker with other sites? Well.. that says a lot.
Quoting: Alm888Guess what version is on GOG?The version the developer uploaded?
Quoting: Alm888That's the level of "service" Linux gamers are being treated with.The windows version is updated?
Quoting: mphuZQuoting: Alm888Sorry, it does not work that way. What's the site name? "rutracker.org"? Since when the GOG-keys are being sold on the third-party sites?Ask CDPR how their keys are sold on third-party sites.
As I've said, shady key re-seller sites do not count.
Are you confusing rutracker with other sites? Well.. that says a lot.
You aren't giving arguments. "Guess what this picture is from" isn't one. If you know sites that are selling keys legally, with the knowledge and approval of CDPR, there shouldn't be a problem naming them.
Quoting: EikeYou aren't giving arguments.What for? If a person is really my compatriot, then he will perfectly recognize this site.
Legitimate key sales? This is done quietly between our companies and the publishers themselves. No one will tell you openly that they continue to sell games in Russia and Belarus after "leaving" these countries.
Firstly, it will look stupid and hypocritical.
Secondly, a lot of crazy people will run to shit on Twitter after that. And no one needs it - neither the company nor ordinary users.
Companies continue to make money in Russia and Belarus. They are capitalists, not idiots.
Quoting: mphuZQuoting: EikeYou aren't giving arguments.What for?
Why not?
Quoting: poiuzThe windows version is updated?Of course. (Remember, Windows has Galaxy Client that gets updates immediately, unlike "offline installers" we are forced to rely upon). And yes, the Windows version is currently updated to 6.00HF2.
This is not the exception. It is the norm for GOG.
Quoting: mphuZIf a person is really my compatriot, then he will perfectly recognize this site.Excuse me? Since when I'm legally obliged to know every shady store out there?
Just so you can understand me easily: Я не собираюсь гадать, в каком Яндекс-маркете или у какого Ростелекома ты собрался покупать ворованные ключи. Хорошо, может быть и не ворованные, может эти "уважаемые партнёры" закупили ключики загодя и теперь распродают остатки неликвида. Что это меняет? Ты говоришь, что этот именно CDProjekt продаёт свои продукы. Пруфы в студию! Пока что с твоей стороны -- одни домыслы и тупые игры в "угадайку".
Last edited by Alm888 on 6 May 2023 at 12:04 pm UTC
Quoting: InstallSteam is drmThis is simply not true, and I'm surprised that this superstition still persists. While Steam actually offers their DRM to publishers, I haven't heard of any game sold on Steam and GOG that got DRM on Steam (though there might be a few exceptions). If you don't believe me, try to launch the *.exe of Witcher or Cyberpunk on Steam without having the Steam client open. I suppose that 99% of what is DRM free on GOG has no DRM on Steam either.
Here is a list of DRM free games on Steam:
https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games
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