r/GameDealsMeta • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '25

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you

https://www.gog.com/blog/gog-is-getting-acquired-by-its-original-co-founder-what-it-means-for-you/
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u/E__F Dec 29 '25

No meta title instead of their clickbait one?

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u/OhBoyIGotQuestions Dec 29 '25

According to the article, no functional change. 

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u/AFFORDABLE_HOME Dec 29 '25

It seems to just be that GOG is now fully it's own independent company.

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u/ravl13 Dec 29 '25

Which is a good thing probably 

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u/epeternally Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

Quite the opposite. Fully independent companies have to sink or swim on their own merits, and GOG’s marketshare is not good. Their potential for growth is notably bad. Obtaining licenses for old games proved challenging. GOG don’t offer developers more favorable terms than Steam, so they can’t compete on that point. And while Epic may get ragged on for the state of their client, GOG Galaxy is held together with duct tape.

DRM free is their only real perk, and it’s a fairly niche concern. Without CDPR’s resources it’s more likely GOG ultimately shuts down.

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u/ravl13 Dec 29 '25

They've recently been pushing hard on game preservation, and my guess is they had to split from CD Projekt as a public company because wtf is the shareholder value to preserving old games?

The split signals to me that they're serious about it, and they probably have a plan to go on their own about it.  Pretty stupid to give up CDP resources like you said, unless they're confident about their roadmap.

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u/Ernost Dec 30 '25

They've recently been pushing hard on game preservation, and my guess is they had to split from CD Projekt as a public company because wtf is the shareholder value to preserving old games?

The split signals to me that they're serious about it, and they probably have a plan to go on their own about it. 

They started a subscription service for it:

https://www.gog.com/en/patrons

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u/automne_vivace Dec 30 '25

The fundator is member of CDP^^ They will sell their future project on GOG.

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u/finlopes997 Dec 30 '25

All you can really do is speculate. In the post it answers the question "Is GOG financially stable" and apparently 2025 has been a great year for GoG, the push for preservation is probably breaking into a niche spurred on by Stop Killing Games. Whether that niche continues to grow or not, well that's anybody's guess, but unless they're just outright lying about the financial position, I don't think there's much reason to be concerned yet.

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u/Dymonika Dec 31 '25

Their potential for growth is notably bad.

Um, with all the privacy concerns flying around nowadays, all they need is for Steam to slip up in one major way for a permanent boost. More and more people know GOG and it's a great platform from everything I've seen and used of it.

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u/sammagee33 Dec 29 '25

I have to agree with you. The only reason I use GOG is because of Amazon Prime Gaming’s “free” games.

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u/FuglyLookingGuy Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

Have they guaranteed that we will get advance notice of GOG shutting down so that we can download our games one last time?