GOG wants to sell boxed PC games again, but admits it is 'very, very complicated'
In short: The DRM-free store is exploring shipping physical copies of games you already own in your digital library.
GOG, the DRM-free PC game store owned by the CD Projekt group, is looking at selling physical games again. Marcin Paczynski, the company's senior business development and partnerships manager, said so in an interview with GamesRadar.
How it would work
Paczynski's idea is simple: go to your GOG library, pick a game and order a physical copy delivered to your door. 'That would be a perfect scenario,' he said, adding that the company has been thinking about it 'for years now.'
The problem: logistics
Selling boxes is a completely different business from running a digital store. 'Because we are talking about physical media, we need to think about logistics, we need to think about storage,' he explained, calling it 'a very, very complicated thing.' Even so, he is not ruling it out.
Why it matters
A disc works as a backup if your hard drive dies, and it helps preserve older games at risk of being lost. At a time when many companies are walking away from physical formats, GOG's idea goes the other way.
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