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Posted February 26, 2019
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What would happen if GOG had to shut down for some reason?

I see a lot of folks state that you need to be backing your games up to spare hard drives and whatnot. Well, a lot of folks aren't going to have the wherewithal to do that because its not something that certain people do. Especially the non-pc techy folks who just know how to hit a button and play. So if every game we didn't already have downloaded on GOG just vanished into the ether forever would be a shame. I don't see why a company with good morals would do that. So such a shutdown would blindside these folks and their games would be lost forever.

Whether you believe him or not, Gabe Newell has stated in the past that, should Steam be taken permanently offline, a patch would be made available that would allow users to continue to play all their games without the service needing to be active. It would probably work as a perpetual Offline Mode. But you wouldn't need to back anything up. Your entire library would still be present and you can download and uninstall games at your own leisure.

Is there such a contingency plan for GOG? Has GOG ever made an official statement on something like this?
Post edited February 26, 2019 by Kelefane
Posted February 26, 2019
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Same thing that happened to all the games in my Desura and DotEmu accounts. POOF! They're gone, just like that. If you haven't backed them up, you're fucked. Back up early, back up often.
Posted February 26, 2019
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fronzelneekburm: Same thing that happened to all the games in my Desura and DotEmu accounts. POOF! They're gone, just like that. If you haven't backed them up, you're fucked. Back up early, back up often.
So screw the guy who isn't techy or has the wherewithal to back games up? Not everyone does you know. These types of folks only know how to press a play button. Talk about being blindsided if this happens. I can picture this recent layoff doom and gloom news only hitting GOG's bottomline even more as these types of customers go to a more financially stable platform like Steam. So lets hope that news isn't as bad as it seems.
Posted February 26, 2019
Fear Factory said it best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0biWbuzxc

"You know you got to back the fuck up!"

In all seriousness though, having the games on GOG is kind of nice since hard drives and whatever can die on you. One piece of the security falls off if they don't have a plan.
Post edited February 26, 2019 by user deleted
Posted February 26, 2019
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Do you think Gabe would keep the servers running? No. Maybe they provide you for a patch for your already installed games and then poof. At least for GOG I have a backup of all my games.
Posted February 26, 2019
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Kelefane: It would probably work as a perpetual Offline Mode. But you wouldn't need to back anything up. Your entire library would still be present and you can download and uninstall games at your own leisure.
If a server is offline you won't be able to download and install anything.
Doesn't matter if its steam/gog.
Posted February 26, 2019
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blotunga: Do you think Gabe would keep the servers running? No. Maybe they provide you for a patch for your already installed games and then poof. At least for GOG I have a backup of all my games.
Maybe, maybe not. But at least Steam has commented on the subject in the past. Putting minds at ease, whether its blowing smoke or not, sometimes people just need to "hear" it.
Post edited February 26, 2019 by Kelefane
Posted February 26, 2019
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fronzelneekburm: Same thing that happened to all the games in my Desura and DotEmu accounts. POOF! They're gone, just like that. If you haven't backed them up, you're fucked. Back up early, back up often.
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Kelefane: So screw the guy who isn't techy or has the wherewithal to back games up? Not everyone does you know. These types of folks only know how to press a play button. Talk about being blindsided if this happens. I can picture this recent layoff doom and gloom news only hitting GOG's bottomline even more as these types of customers go to a more financially stable platform like Steam. So lets hope that news isn't as bad as it seems.
No backup? Then you must be the only person in here that does that.And if it goes under then ''tough luck''.
Posted February 26, 2019
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Kelefane: So screw the guy who isn't techy or has the wherewithal to back games up? Not everyone does you know. These types of folks only know how to press a play button. Talk about being blindsided if this happens. I can picture this recent layoff doom and gloom news only hitting GOG's bottomline even more as these types of customers go to a more financially stable platform like Steam. So lets hope that news isn't as bad as it seems.
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Tauto: No backup? Then you must be the only person in here that does that.And if it goes under then ''tough luck''.
I do personally. But I guarantee you that the posters on this forum make up a small minority of the actual paying customers on GOG. I also guarantee you that plenty of people don't because its not something that they think of or ever do or even know "how". Laugh all you want, but just because its a part of someones routine and deemed "normal", doesn't mean its someone elses normal or routine.
Posted February 26, 2019
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Tauto: No backup? Then you must be the only person in here that does that.And if it goes under then ''tough luck''.
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Kelefane: I do personally. But I guarantee you that the posters on this forum make up a small minority of the actual paying customers on GOG. I also guarantee you that plenty of people don't because its not something that they think of or ever do or even know "how". Laugh all you want, but just because its a part of someones routine and deemed "normal", doesn't mean its someone elses normal or routine.
You can't help everyone in the world and so once again it would be ''tough luck''.
Posted February 26, 2019
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Kelefane: I do personally. But I guarantee you that the posters on this forum make up a small minority of the actual paying customers on GOG. I also guarantee you that plenty of people don't because its not something that they think of or ever do or even know "how". Laugh all you want, but just because its a part of someones routine and deemed "normal", doesn't mean its someone elses normal or routine.
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Tauto: You can't help everyone in the world and so once again it would be ''tough luck''.
Okie Dokie!
Posted February 26, 2019
You don't know how to back-up a few files?

It's never too late to learn something new.
Or just ask your little sister, she will teach you.

In case even that fails, you could always book a trip to the moon and find everything you need:
Thirty-million-page backup of humanity headed to moon aboard Israeli lander - CNET
Posted February 26, 2019
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gixgox: You don't know how to back-up a few files?

It's never too late to learn something new.
Or just ask your little sister, she will teach you.

In case even that fails, you could always book a trip to the moon and find everything you need:
Thirty-million-page backup of humanity headed to moon aboard Israeli lander - CNET
You seem to be in the 1000+ GOG games league as well. So how come you think it's only about backing up "a few files"? Downloading all my games is going to take forever this way. I'd like to vote for a more user friendly way, too.
Posted February 26, 2019
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SuccessDenied: You seem to be in the 1000+ GOG games league as well. So how come you think it's only about backing up "a few files"? Downloading all my games is going to take forever this way. I'd like to vote for a more user friendly way, too.
Some easy way to back up every file on the concerned GOG account would be really great. Just let it run in the background and free up the user from all the hassle.
Post edited February 26, 2019 by user deleted
Posted February 26, 2019
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17.3 It seems very unlikely, but if we have to stop providing access to GOG services and GOG content permanently (not because of any breach by you), we will try to give you at least sixty (60) days advance notice by posting a note on www.gog.com and sending an email to every registered users – during that time you should be able to download any GOG content you purchased.
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-User-Agreement
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