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On Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:11:13 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <
spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a followup:
There's an interesting article/interview with Kicinski --GOG's
new(ish) owner-- that goes into more detail about the purchase. You
can read it here:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-owner-of-gog-discusses-taking-on-steam-the-devil-of-drm-and-following-in-nightdives-footsteps
It includes a brief history of the company, some details on the sale,
and some ideas for the future. Nothing too solid (I mean, it's mainly
a puff piece intended, I think, to court investors) but there was one interesting fact:
I wrote:
GOG isn't really profitable.
And the article above confirms:
"Looking at the numbers, GOG has never been a big breadwinner
for CDPR. In the first half of 2025, it recorded a net
profitability of -0.9%, compared to 35% for the CD Projekt
group as a whole. It was a similar story for the 2024
financial year, when GOG recorded net profitability of
0.6%, while the overall group posted profitability of 47.7%."
GOG is barely breaking even. Which seems really odd, given that I
can't imagine its costs are that high. This implies that sales are
really low on the storefront.
Kicinski suggests this is because CD Projekt was prioritizing
resources toward its own software development rather than building up
GOG... but I think that's wishful thinking. GOG doesn't really need
much building up. It's built. People just aren't interested in what
it's selling. Which is terrible, but that seems to be the truth. I'm
not sure how disengaging from the CD Projekt money-umbilical is going
to help GOG.
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