The games store is losing money, sadly, and so has a new strategy \u2013 going back to the past.<\/b>
\nWe\u2019ve just heard that GOG.com is losing money and has decided to change tack as a result, going back to its roots. The digital store, which is owned by CD Projekt, is taking a different approach by reverting to its original philosophy of a tight focus on a smaller selection of PC games which aren\u2019t hampered by any DRM software. As The Verge spotted, the CFO at CD Projekt, Piotr Nielubowicz, commented: \u201cRegarding GOG, its performance does present a challenge, and recently we\u2019ve taken measures to improve its financial standing. \u201cFirst and foremost, we\u2019ve decided that GOG should focus more on its core business activity.\u00a0\u00bb Nielubowicz explained, \u00ab\u00a0Which means offering a handpicked selection of games with its unique DRM-free philosophy. In line with this approach, there will be changes in the team structure.\u201d Namely that some developers will be transferred away from GOG.com\u2019s operation, following the announcement of the loss of around $1.14 million (about \u00a3850,000, or AU$1.6 million) in its latest financial results (even if overall revenue was up slightly). GOG.com is pivoting away from its recent broad strategy of trying to compete with the big online gaming platforms on PC \u2013 namely Steam and Epic Games \u2013 and concentrating on what made it popular in the first place. That\u2019s DRM-free games, of course \u2013 with DRM always attracting the ire of a fair number of gamers \u2013 and old PC classics to boot (remember that GOG stands for \u2018Good Old Games\u2019) which are suitably fixed up to work on contemporary PCs, hopefully avoiding any potential frustrations with the kind of issues that can crop up with aging titles and new hardware. Most recently, we\u2019ve seen GOG.com offer some classic Star Trek titles such as Bridge Commander from 2002 (delivered with the v1.1 patch). On the whole, this new strategy represents an understandable move, and indeed GOG.com was always biting off a hell of a lot to attempt to compete with the big players, especially when Epic is busy throwing an absolute ton of (Fortnite) cash away on huge games as freebies to attract new users. Hopefully GOG.com can revert to successfully carving a more profitable niche in the PC gaming scene, because we \u2013 and plenty of others \u2013 want to see it stick around.<\/p>\n