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GOG is exploring ways to bring physical PC games back
GOG is exploring selling physical PC games through its digital storefront, according to business development manager Marcin Paczynski.
He described a goal in which customers could choose a game online and have a physical copy delivered.
The idea is intended to give players more choice and support game ownership and preservation.
PC gaming has largely moved away from physical releases, while games that are no longer easily available can be difficult to preserve.
GOG would need to solve storage and delivery logistics to make physical distribution work.
It may also need publishers’ permission to store and sell their games.
No launch date or decision to proceed was announced, and Paczynski said the idea has been under consideration for years.
GOG is exploring the possibility of selling physical PC games, according to its senior business development and partnerships manager, Marcin Paczynski.
The idea is intended to give players another way to own and preserve games.
Paczynski said physical distribution would require logistics, storage and additional publisher permissions.
He described the idea as complicated but said it had been on the company’s mind for years.
- Who
- GOG, with senior business development and partnerships manager Marcin Paczynski discussing the idea.
- What
- GOG is exploring ways to sell physical versions of PC games.
- When
- The idea has been on GOG’s mind for years; Paczynski discussed it in a recent interview.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- To give players more consumer freedom and support game ownership and preservation.
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Paczynski said the idea of offering physical games had been on GOG’s mind.
Paczynski discussed the idea in an interview with GamesRadar+.
- Company
- GOG
- Manager
- Marcin Paczynski
- Potential offering
- Physical versions of PC games
- Operational needs
- Logistics and storage
- Permissions
- Additional publisher permissions may be needed
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What people are saying
You go to your shelf on GOG, you click on the game that you would like to receive a physical copy of, you order it, and it gets to you. That would be a perfect scenario.
Because we are talking about physical media, we need to think about logistics, we need to think about storage
a very, very complicated thing