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.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    91·
    27 days ago
    • a tool for backing up offline installers

    This really should be something they offer for free, and there are already some FOSS options that do this, although they aren’t as good as I’d like.

    • ability to install previous versions of a game

    This is a feature they already have for free and there would (or at least should) be backlash if they were to lock that behind a subscription

    • extra insight into the preservation work they’re doing.

    Sure, neat.

    • voting rights on games to bring into the preservation program.

    Sure but said votes better have an actual impact.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      27 days ago

      The previous versions of a game thing is something they took away, IIRC. They only keep the latest version and a patch to get up to it available for download, and you can only roll back to previous versions that you had already installed over time, or something like that. This is them seeing if you want to pay money to get a feature back that they used to offer, which is kinda lousy.