lol, because it's Good OLD games.
I know it would draw a crowd if you could get x game in drm free format and get the soundtrack and etc for 5.99 to 9.99, but not only would that be insane (lol new games retail for fifty to sixty dollars and they need that twenty dollar soundtrack money, not like you couldn't rip it from the game anyway), but it would be against the mission statement.
Now you're probably thinking, 'why not just change the mission statement?'
because if that's what the heads at GoG.com wanted, it would have been that way to start. Now stop asking for new games, you ijiots.

I assume that requiring no DRM and a 5.99 to 9.99 price point will effectively stop newer games from being offered on the site.
A better question I'm curious about is how old is old? The newest games I've seen on the site is about four years old. I've no problem with that, but old can be a pretty subjective term.

Better than on GameTap where people request DS, Wii, 360 and PS3 exclusives. It boggles the mind sometimes.

What about Toca Race Driver 3? That game's only 2 years old! I think they're still selling that at my local EBGames for $25. LOL.

There's no way a publisher would sell a new game for $6 here when they can sell it for 10X more in store. ;)
But today's brand-new games are tomorrow's good old games.

Interesting. That gets back to my question.. How old is old? :)

As for really old games, they still have to live up to their guarantee to work on Windows XP and Vista. If they have to start relying on Dosbox, that guarantee is going to be a bit iffy... Then again, how is Stonekeep going to work?
EDIT: Scratch that about Stonekeep. There was a Windows 95 version; I guess I never saw it at the time. So to answer your question... probably no older than Windows 95 games? Or Windows 3.1?

It's not that iffy. If set up properly by an installer, Dosbox runs 95% of all DOS games flawlessly on Windows or Linux. The only limiting factor is CPU speed, and if you're running Vista or XP, you're probably covered. It's improved rapidly, and is one of the most amazing pieces of software out there, for sure.
Steam uses it, and they don't seem to have any problems.

I can't seem to find the post at the moment, but probably because it is late here. I believe one of the devs responded to a similar question though and stated there really was no minimum age. It is just a matter of good games that have come and gone since. I was also surprised to see TOCA, but I think it's great, as it shows just how much variety we may end up with here at GOG!

Oh, I definitely agree that Dosbox is an incredible program, but it's not perfect. Even with a good installer, you often have to go through some tinkering to get some games to run good.
For example, I recently bought the X-Com series off of Steam. I already have the first 2 games, but it was cheap enough that I thought I'd just finish the collection. Anyway, I tried out X-Com: UFO Defense. Sure enough, it opened up Dosbox and started the game. But immediately, I found that it ran way too slow and the digital sound effects didn't work.
Manually going into the configuration, I was able to fix the sound, but even speeding up the game didn't really fix things as there would be places where the game ran too fast and others where it was still too slow. And that's with a fairly standard setup (Intel Quad Core, 4GB RAM, SB Audigy 2, Geforce 8800GT). I'd hate to think what others have to go through with something less common. It's because of unworkable problems like these that I have 2 much older systems with DOS and Windows 98 that I use if I'm having trouble.
The above situation is not a big problem for most of us classic gamers. But for those who don't know much about computers or emulation, they would be pretty frustrated if they had to work with this. Currently, the games here are pretty much install-and-play, but DOS games are a bit more situational to work on every modern computer. But if GOG.com can do that, I'll most certainly bow down before them and proclaim them the masters of PC retro gaming. :D I just don't think they'll do it because it's not really feasible to try to get the DOS games to work on every configuration without a lot of hassle. Besides, 1995-2005 has a HUGE amount of games in that time period for gog.com to cover, so I don't think we'll be running short.
P.S. Sorry for the rambling. lol

i think the reason GOG is selling Toca 3 is something to do with codemasters. We dont know their polecy when it comes to selling games online. it might have been something like. if you want to sell the following games then you have to sell this game also.
I am ofcourse just guessing here

Ok, forget what I said about GOG.com not using DosBox. They actually are! LOL! I just tried out Shattered Steel and yes, it uses DosBox. The interesting thing is that they seem to have a customized frontend for this specific game. This includes a section to change the graphics settings and even an automatic setup for hosting or joining network games. Tried out the game and even though the cinematics were off-centre, the game played fine. I wonder if they have different frontends made for each DOS game...
I stand by what I said before, though. If GOG.com can pre-configure each DOS game so that it's just as install-and-play as their Windows games, they most definitely are the masters of PC classic games. ;D

I'm crossing my fingers for more!

Pre Xp perhaps? Or Win 95?

This might just be because I absolutely love TOCA, but I think old for a game is when a game has no more real visibility compared to it's heyday, and TOCA fits perfectly there. Everyone knows Fallout and Fallout 2, but really they're only talked about as games that came and went except in the hardcore cRPG community. Same with TOCA, no one but big race fans would know anything about it except that it's a really well reviewed racing game from a few years back. At least IMO, that's what makes a game old, considering the relative newness of gaming as a form of entertainment.