GOG Amps Up Game Preservation Efforts with New EFGAMP Game Archive Project Partnership

[Cpt.Jank]

We recently reported on the Good Old Games's Game Preservation Program's success, with the storefront preserving two 30-year-old Warcraft games. Now, however, GOG is partnering with the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP) for future preservation efforts. EFGAMP is "the largest organization in Europe dedicated to preserving video games as cultural heritage," giving GOG's commitment to game preservation a lot more weight than previously. The partnership could also help GOG work within and with European governmental and non-governmental institutions, like museums and other organizations, in order to further the game preservation cause.

Perhaps more interestingly, as a game distribution platform with some development talent behind it, GOG actually brings something to the table that was previously missing from EFGAMP as a foundation. In the announcement, the foundation and GOG claim that 2024 was something of a tipping point for consumers when it comes to both the erosion of game ownership and game preservation as a whole. The subject of game ownership was a recurring theme in 2024, with games like The Crew joining the aforementioned Warcraft games in being delisted from stores—at least with the GOG delisting, the games are still maintained for existing owners. The goal of both GOG and EFGAMP is to preserve the history of gaming culture, allowing future generations to experience and learn about important moments in gaming history.


View at TechPowerUp Main Site | Source

 

[eidairaman1]

Better hope nintendo doesnt hit them with dmca

 

[Chaitanya]

Better hope nintendo doesnt hit them with dmca

They dont have any nintendo games in preservation effort.

 

[eidairaman1]

They dont have any nintendo games in preservation effort.

I know they been pulling alot of stuff away, destroying their own history.

 

[Chomiq]

Here's hoping that GOG will stay in business long enough.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Better hope nintendo doesnt hit them with dmca

Nintendo can go boil their heads.

Here's hoping that GOG will stay in business long enough.

What do you mean?

 

[Chomiq]

What do you mean?

Well they won't be able to preserve much if they're out of business, right? They still need to make money from sales to maintain operations.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Well they won't be able to preserve much if they're out of business, right? They still need to make money from sales to maintain operations.

They're making gobbs of money, enough to keep Steam, microsoft and Epic on their collective toes.

 

[Nostras]

Well they won't be able to preserve much if they're out of business, right? They still need to make money from sales to maintain operations.

Uhh, isn't GOG owned by CD Projekt? I wouldn't worry about them going out of business anytime soon.
Seems more likely to me that CD Projekt decides this is no longer worth pursuing.
Which I don't see happen for a loooong time.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

I know they been pulling alot of stuff away, destroying their own history.

Nintendo literally has nothing to do with GoG's efforts.

Well they won't be able to preserve much if they're out of business, right? They still need to make money from sales to maintain operations.

GoG has no issues with profitability. They've not lost money in YEARS.

 

[Chomiq]

Nintendo literally has nothing to do with GoG's efforts.


GoG has no issues with profitability. They've not lost money in YEARS.

You were saying:

 

[Onasi]

@Chomiq
Yeah, I have no idea either. GOG itself was profitable only for a single quarter in 2023 and had mild losses throughout 2024. It’s still better than their disastrous 2021. It doesn’t matter, really, since the point, at least according to CDPR, was never profit, but the whole preservation and anti-DRM movement. As long as they keep on trucking with that they will continue to see GOG as worthwhile. But they aren’t playing to compete with Steam, that was never in the cards.

 

[Chomiq]

@Chomiq
Yeah, I have no idea either. GOG itself was profitable only for a single quarter in 2023 and had mild losses throughout 2024. It’s still better than their disastrous 2021. It doesn’t matter, really, since the point, at least according to CDPR, was never profit, but the whole preservation and anti-DRM movement. As long as they keep on trucking with that they will continue to see GOG as worthwhile. But they aren’t playing to compete with Steam, that was never in the cards.

Yeah but even preservation by GOG is limited to items that you purchased on GOG.

Even now if I want to play Warcraft 1 and 2 I can't do it because it is desisted, even though it is preserved on the GOG but only people that bought it before delisting can download it on their store.

 

[Chaitanya]

Well they won't be able to preserve much if they're out of business, right? They still need to make money from sales to maintain operations.

Nintendo has literal mountains of cash, they are far more protected(from product failures) compared to competition who rarely keeps cash on hand.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You were saying:
View attachment 380063

That's just one quarter of last year compared to the previous year. Now show the full Year On Year...

 

[Chomiq]

That's just one quarter of last year compared to the previous year. Now show the full Year On Year...

That won't be available until late March.