That's kind of a grey area afaik. I mean you do possess a legal license to the game if you bought it. It's kinda like my n64 died recently, I have all the carts still but no way to use the games (unless I want to emulate) just because the video output on it died.

In order to force you to do so. :)

The only reason any of the parties involved might want to remove the original games from individual sale is because of the notion that Beamdog's games would sell better if people didn't have a choice between the original and "Enhanced" editions. I say that is Beamdog's problem and shouldn't be GOG's problem.

Exactly. I would like to see which version would get bigger sales in scenario where both versions are available.

Maybe Beamdog got some deal with GOG?

I don't want to be a conspiracy theorst, but that does seem a very plausible scenario. Not too long ago the EE and originals were sold at the same time, and the only reason I can think of why this has changed is because either the EE sold like crap (and considering the pricing of it being double the price of the original, I am leaning this way.) or the originals sold like crap.
And seeing how Beamdog is a moneygrubbing bunch of scoundrels, they likely don't want competition of the games they "enhanced", and I use that term loosely here.

Less choice is always bad. All I can say. Shame on GOG.

This doesn't make much sense though. When that guy from Beamdog's support is mentioning it being GOG's idea, I think what he's talking about is actually adding the originals as bonus, not removing the originals from the store. And he also mentions that someone from Beamdog decided it was a good idea, only to go on and say that they're not the ones making the decisions, which sounds a bit hypocritical or at the very least confusing. In any case, he doesn't sound like really knows the whole story. Blaming Beamdog without having any evidence that they're responsible is wrong, but there is no real evidence yet that GOG are the bad guys here either. If anything, if for some reason other than their own decision they had to remove the originals from store and then they convinced Beamdog to bundle the games, we should be thankful for that.

"Planescape: Torment" was one of the best selling games around here afaik.

Removing the choice is most likely just to force people to buy the "EE"s and it's despicable.

When was that? From what I recall, the originals were pulled from sale as soon as the EE was released. Tell me if I have to go looking for the relevant news posts.

For BG at least, both enhanced and original were sold together for a long time.

EDIT:
Here, they were bundled only a year ago.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/definitive_edition_bundle_baldurs_gate_i_ii_icewind_dale_cabe2

You know, you're right. Hasbro would be all like "dude!? Why aren't you selling our games anymore?" if gog just decided to unilaterally bundle their games. I wonder just what that license agreement entails.

I'm sure nobody wants to be labeled the bad guy here and everyone wants an additional sale.

Ah, thank you. Memory isn't what it used to be.

You don't want to support Beamdog, you don't buy their games.
Your best chance now is to track down a physical copy.
I'm not naive, that is quite tough to achieve but it can be done.
Best luck

Vote here and hope.

If someone wants originals and does not want to support Beamdog, he can still buy retail editions on ebay.

And my personal opinion is that if someone is to blame, it should be GOG. After all, it's GOG's store. They decide what and how they sell. But frankly, I don't think they care about customers the way they did. They think $$$ first these days. Was it their idea or did they just accept Beamdog's thinking? It doesn't matter much. They just do what's convenient for them nowadays.

Not despicable, but definitely not the best of ideas. I won't ever fault a company for doing what they think will make more money in the long run. They run a business, not a charity. And while the move seems anti-consumer to some, it happens all the time. Go to a Ford dealer and ask for a new 2010 car. They don't have them, but will be glad to upgrade you to the 2018 model. They stop making old things. In software (since I know someone will bring up physical goods versus software) they stop supporting old things. It's not cost effective to have people working on old versions of things when there are new versions available. That GOG offered and was accepted to include the originals with the games is a good thing. GOG saw that the originals would drive at least a few sales of the new games.