Funny.

i agree with you granduk, this site is for talciocs like tinye... :-/ i think that if game needs only directx 9.0c, then it might be compatible with win xp. if dx 10, then you need vista+. dx 11 means win 7 and 12 means win 10

How is it different from them originally excluding older operating systems from system requirements despite many games still working on those operating systems (games that were originally designed for pre WinXP OS but GOG system requirement state WinXP or newer as OS requirement)? And what if future version of installer software they're using stops working on WinXP (or any wrapper/any other third party software bundled with games for that matter)? Technology moves ever forward and backward compatibility can not be maintained forever (not without programs like DOSBox, emulators and similar programs anyway).

I couldn't find "talcioc" in the dictionary.

Someone wanna help me out here? :P

you still want someone to help you get crucified?

XP was great don't get me wrong but man you have to upgrade at least to 7 Now that was the mother of all Operating systems. it's pretty damn modern and a decent huge amount of XP games work on it with the right downloads beside it.

Upgrade man! :)

Yeah, man, I know. Till 2020, man. Then you'll be saying it again, right? :D

As you could read upper, I do have a PC with Win7. The problem is not in me, the problem is in this "figure of silence" about games that ran, run and will ever run on WinXP.
Moreover, fpr example, as I already mentioned in City of Abandoned Ships thread somewhere around, this game DOESN'T run flawlessly on Win7, and it runs NAMELY ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESSLY under WinXP. Concealing it is a bad service from GOG.

The situation with game info provided gets worse and worse here on GOG since they shamefacedly changed Good Old Games into "just GOG" (what the hell is that "GOG" at length? Magog engine already had a good pun about it in its very name).
And not only with game info, saying sincerely, but it's a matter of another long long discourse.

They're not concealing it, they're telling you what systems THEY support. You can run a bunch of GOG games on Android with a bit of work, but I don't expect GOG support to help me do it and I don't expect refunds if I can't manage it. It's the same for XP- if you can make it work, hooray for you, but it's not guaranteed so it's not listed.

Also, Windows 7 is good, Windows 10 is basically malware. Upgrade to 7 and stay there. Yes, even after 2020.

Yep, it's all about support. XP is dead as far as support goes. Time to take off the tin foil hat and recognize that. I am sure some of Gog's library runs on win 95 as well, but gog sure as hell isn't going to waste money on supporting that configuration.

oh god another one.just install fresh version of 7,8,10 or whatever and get over it

GOG used to stand for Good Old Games, it never meant Good Old Geriatric system. And now GOG just means GOG. The only thing a game needs to loose support for an O.S. is a patch that is not tested on the O.S., just updating the installer might do it .

Another reason XP support is dying is that it is probably harder to find tech support employees who know XP, those that know it are probably older people who expect bigger salaries. Training young employees to support XP is probably not cost effective.

And I do not see why GOG would need to make a big announcement that they are stopping XP support, GOG's clients already represent a niche market, the XP gamers are even a smaller niche.

If you want a company that caters to XP gamers than start one.

Or do something simpler, start a WinXP support thread so people can help each other make games work on XP, or simply share their experience with games that are not suported but work "right out of the box".

I did not like it when my Commodore 64 stopped being targeted by game makers but that is the way the computer industry works.
Talcioc seems to be flea market in Romanian, I do not know how it relates to you.

"conscience" actually. *sigh* thx.

To be honest, 64bit XP sucks. And most devs target 64bit directly lately. Besides there are better alternatives out there than XP.

"Complot"?

will you two get a fucking room? thanks.

OP:
One day, Sooner or later XP support was going to end, its not a conspiracy or a plot, all things come to an end.
Just like one day Windows 7 support will end.

But if a game works on XP, just play it man. enjoy it, dont worry too much about it.