Malik wrote:Once I pointed out that GOG stood for "Good Old Games", and when I complained that it's become a platform for Indie distribution […]
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Once I pointed out that GOG stood for "Good Old Games", and when I complained that it's become a platform for Indie distribution and New games site instead being a springboard for selling legitimate, otherwise impossible to buy old games, everybody at the GOG forum pounced on me saying GOG is just GOG, and even rated negative at my post. I wanted to post a screenshot from Web Archive showing their original purpose of existence, but got discouraged by their attitude.
I'm not surprised, they lost their focus again.
I would have been happier if they had other sister sites for selling Indie and newer games and now, another site for movie distributions.
And just focus GOG for Good Old Games. (You can't find the reference "Good Old Games" anywhere on their website now.)
There's absolutely nothing wrong with continuing to call it the "Good Old Games" website, provided you can acknowledge that nowadays, the name is nothing more than a reference to how they started out, since now they do modern games, indie games, and have just started releasing indie movies.
I actually think it's a REALLY stupid idea for companies to rebrand themselves and their image just because their focus shifts. Brand loyalty is built upon a foundation which starts with a name. If you change the name, you change the foundation and alienate people in the process. Coleco is an EXTREMELY good example. The name "Coleco" is itself a shorthand word meaning "Connecticut Leather Company"... so when they started making video games and Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, did they change the name of their company to reflect that? NOPE. "Coleco" has established their name and thus they don't have to change it, even though the products they're most known for now have nothing to do with leather. It's not a misnomer to continue calling them the "Connecticut Leather Company" either, it's just a mouthful in comparison to "Coleco". :B
"GOG" will always stand for "Good Old Games" no matter what anyone says. Sure, that's only a part of what they do anymore, but that's not the point. The point is they have a name that is recognizable and they offer products and services people want. ;)
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