14 DAY TRIAL // Good Old Games, the digital distribution service focused on delivering classic PC games with low prices and functionality for current generation operating systems and computers, has revealed its expansion plans and how it's going to start selling new games in the near future.
GOG.com has certainly increased its market share in the segment of digital distribution on the PC platform by offering both older titles without any sort of restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, as well as a few new games, like The Witcher 2, because CD Projekt administers both the service and the Red studio that made the RPG.
In the future, players can expect quite a lot of new games to appear on GOG, as the managing director of the online service, Guillaume Rambourg has revealed that in 2012 a new strategy will be adopted and the catalog of titles offered will increase exponentially, both with older titles as well as new ones.
"Traditionally, GOG.com has looked for great classics that are three years old or older," Rambourg said. "We will continue to add classic games, of course, but we are actively working to sign newer titles now. Of course, these will have to come at a new, higher price point, but our key focus will always be on the same core values that have made GOG.com great so far: completely DRM-free games, flat prices everywhere in the world, and extra content and goodies for our fantastic customers."
The service now aims at reaching more than 400 games by the end of 2012, while working closely with independent developers and publishers who "feel a kinship with that 'good old spirit' that GOG.com embodies."
"We’ve made GOG.com the destination for classic PC games, but now is the time to take this to the next level and emerge as the best alternative digital distribution platform for all PC games," he concluded.
While it's going to be hard for any sort of digital distribution service to compete with Valve's Steam, it's great to hear that Good Old Games will expand its offerings in the future to more than just classic titles.