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.
Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option
Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 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?
Abnorc@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Select a game from a catered library to be granted lifetime ownership? Like rent to own perhaps?
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But they specifically don’t appear to be talking about that
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Source code access to your library?
alehel@lemmy.zip 3 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@feddit.org 3 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.world 3 days ago
If that’s the case, I may be interested. I’d still like Galaxy on Linux before I give them additional money.