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GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam” (gameworldobserver.com)
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[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Selling old games and new games isn't mutually exclusive, and more money tends to be spent on new games than old ones. It's not unreasonable to expect that selling new games too could subsidise the work to make old games run on modern platforms.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

i mean I get that, but what I was saying was the original purpose of the store became an afterthought.