Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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.world 3 weeks 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.
TinyShonk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
When did they take it away?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure, but years ago, at least. Likely to save on server hosting fees. If you go to download the installer now, you only see the latest version, but you used to see every version.
TinyShonk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh, I thought you could still download older versions under download offline installer