Just did a GOG survey that focused on the idea of a paid membership option on GOG. Seems they’re determining what people would be willing to pay extra for. Some of the options were

  • a tool for backing up offline installers
  • ability to install previous versions of a game
  • extra insight into the preservation work they’re doing.
  • voting rights on games to bring into the preservation program.

And others that I can’t remember.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    A subscription seems like the exact opposite of what GoG stands for. I buy a game, I own it forever. How does a subscription improve that?

    • alehel@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      401·
      2 days ago

      I got the impression they’re aiming more for a “fan club” kind of thing where you get access to articles/videos/Q&A/voting rights, etc. So more a kind of Patreon like many creators have. I didn’t get the impression that this would in any way change the business model of the store.

      • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.orgEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        I also got this survey and I had the same feeling. It felt more like a patron for their game preservation program with possible features like a members-only-community, interviews or documentation about the preserved games, their publishers/studios and the efforts to keep them running or some kind of loyalty rewards/discount coupons. Maybe even ‘special builds’ like ‘experience the OG version 1.0 of $game’.

        There was one option, that I interpreted like ‘maybe we will put future compatibility updates after purchase (e.g. supporting Windows 12 or whatever) behind the membership’ - but that’s purely my interpretation of a single bullet point style line in that whole several page long survey

      • daggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        If that’s the case, I may be interested. I’d still like Galaxy on Linux before I give them additional money.

    • Abnorc@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah I’m not at all against the idea of throwing a few bucks at them per month for something, but I just don’t see anything that fits in the context of why I use GOG in the first place. Voting rights doesn’t seem like a bad idea. Ideas like earlier versions of games, tools that help with backup, etc should be offered for free or sold for a one-time cost IMO.

    • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Select a game from a catered library to be granted lifetime ownership? Like rent to own perhaps?