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Old 01-04-2017, 04:23 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
GOG and Beamdog have some sort of understanding.

BG1, BG2, and IWD1 originals have been removed from GOG.com for separate sale. You can now only buy them by getting Beamdog's Enhanced versions. They include the originals, but the Enhanced versions are twice as expensive as the originals were.

I find that a *very* sleazy move. This arrangement forces people to spend money on the Beamdog versions even if they don't want them.

Maybe GOG.com arranged it that way with Beamdog. Maybe Beamdog now holds all the rights, even those to the original versions, and they have summoned GOG.com to remove the old versions. I don't know. I just don't like these kinds of practices.
Beamdog was founded by one of the owners of BioWare, so I wouldn't be surprised if they had some sort of claim on the rights.
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