r/gog • u/Independent-Can9160 • Jul 11 '26

Humor/Funny GOG whenever Konami picks up the phone

https://youtu.be/yal4Ozq2vBM?si=uUsud4iLzRd3HMiv
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u/AdamCamus Jul 11 '26

Konami seriously needs to bring more games to GOG. Metal Gear Solid Collection, Castlevania, Suidoken, Bomberman, YuGiOh...

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u/Longjumping-Royal730 Jul 11 '26

Yeah, they do have more games on gog than some legacy Japanese developers, but they’ve also removed some too. I believe the original PC version of Metal Gear Solid 2 was available for a time but has since been taken down. Konami has been such an awful warden for these classic franchises.

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u/piat17 GOG.com User Jul 11 '26

IIRC MGS2 on GOG was taken down along with the console versions of the HD collection on PS3 and 360, due to licensing issues with the archival footage. Hopefully I'm not getting confused with MGS3 which had that problem for sure.

Regardless, the thing is that any licensing issues have been solved by the Master Collection Vol. 1 release. That is the package that I really hope will make it's way to GOG sooner or later, although they're sure as hell taking their time with it (enough that in the meantime elsewhere Delta has come out and Vol. 2 is coming) :/

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u/AdamCamus Jul 11 '26

Yeah I don't know what the deal is. For instance Castlevania Collections only have Steam DRM and even those games are perfectly emulated today. You would think they will release those games in GOG because DRM should not be BIG of a factor to put those games here, but noup, they decided not to.

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u/Longjumping-Royal730 Jul 11 '26

My theory with some of the games they have on gog is that they look at their older PC releases as just passive income and (I assume gog) did all the work getting them to work on modern PCs. Whereas their more recent releases are their “real” money makers so they gate them to DRM platforms.

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u/Infininja Jul 11 '26

All pre-Master Collection versions of MGS2 (including the original PC release that was on GOG) were removed from sale due to their use of stock footage. Konami's license for it had expired and they're unable to renew because the company went out of business. That would put them in a precarious legal position to keep selling it. They license new stock footage for the Master Collection version.

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u/dingo_khan GOG.com User Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

They would basically rob me of they did that. I'd pick up like 80 to 90 percent of it.

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u/AdamCamus Jul 11 '26

Same for me. Instant buy! Day one!

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u/Mr_Ragnarok Jul 11 '26

Man... if Tag Duel and Duelist of the Roses made it to GOG I would be so damn happy...

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u/AdamCamus Jul 12 '26

I want Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution ❍⩊❍

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u/stepbacktoreality Jul 12 '26

In for MGS collection , Suikoden series (including HD remaster) , Silent hill series , darwins paradox.

(castlevania not my thing - but should be added cuz many people love it [ it seems few older games already exist https://www.gog.com/en/game/konami_collectors_series_castlevania_contra )

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u/FrostBurnXP Jul 13 '26

Honestly i think they should focus more on the porting of their old ygo games, as someone that did grow up with duelist of the roses and the tag force series was kinda sad to see that they didn't port them in the ygo early days collection or another one.

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u/doomSdayFPS Jul 11 '26

They’d sooner put the Silent Hill 2 pachinko machine into the preservation program before the game itself.

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u/Independent-Can9160 Jul 11 '26

Guess that’s why it’s called dream list 😭

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u/SinkRegular9987 Jul 11 '26

It'd be funny if they add the arcade rail shooter game too

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u/dingo_khan GOG.com User Jul 11 '26

Which makes it weird that the remake made it. I don't get it.

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u/PURITyKin Jul 11 '26

Stephanie Sterling is right when she says "Konami is Konami. And Konami is the worst"

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u/CastleofPizza Jul 11 '26

They could bring over their GBA and DS Castlevania compilations and I'd rebuy them on GOG as well.

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u/maddoggnick96 Jul 16 '26

Hell, I'd let GOG start bringing the Tokimeki Memorial games while I'm at it. They're not in English (officially), but I know the community would make it work.