{"id":92464,"date":"2026-11-03T08:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92464"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:38:13","slug":"gog-wants-to-bring-back-physical-pc-games-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92464","title":{"rendered":"GOG Wants To Bring Back Physical PC Games, But There\u2019s A Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While PlayStation 5 console owners are preparing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/sony-confirms-playstation-disc-production-will-end-in-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discless future<\/a>, PC gamers have been living in all-digital world for decades now. The advent of Steam and cheaper broadband internet helped end physical PC game sales in the early 2000s, but GOG is dreaming up a future where these games can thrive once again&#8211;if it can get past a few obstacles that stand in its way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/as-publishers-like-sony-kill-physical-games-drm-free-store-gog-preserves-classic-big-boxes-with-3d-models-and-box-art-you-can-print-and-build-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GamesRadar<\/a>, Marcin Paczynski, GOG&#8217;s senior business development and partnerships manager, laid out a dream scenario in which a consumer can browse GOG, select a game, and have a physical copy delivered to their home. &#8220;Ideally, my dream would be to be able to buy physical versions of those games on GOG,&#8221; Paczynski said. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While that sounds ideal, it&#8217;s easier said than done, as Paczynski noted that selling physical goods is a logistical challenge when compared to running a digital storefront. Physical media requires organizing storage, delivery, and additional publisher approvals, but Paczynski hopes to see it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While PlayStation 5 console owners are preparing for a discless future, PC gamers have been living in all-digital world for decades now. The advent of Steam and cheaper broadband internet helped end physical PC game sales in the early 2000s, but GOG is dreaming up a future where these games can thrive once again&#8211;if it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":92466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92467,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92464\/revisions\/92467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}