I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer to whether or not GOG will let you register your own games that 1. GOG has on their site and 2. has a CD/Product key. I'm guessing that at the moment they don't allow you do this. But is it feasible idea do you think?

Also, they're not the license holders just resellers.
You can't register your keys at your local gameshop, you can't register them at GOG.
You could try e-mailing the publisher with pictures of you holding the CD and a newspaper and begging them for a GOG key though.

Or better yet contacting the publishers and begging them to list at GOG.
Thanks guys for your replies

It would be nice if they could work out a way of offering a discount for people that already own it, but I think logistically it would be a nightmare even if the rights holders agreed to the proposition.

http://items.gog.com/gog_EULA_pandemonium.txt

if you take a look at this document it would indicate that GOG is not able to do that because they just sell you a licence which allows you to use a game, this means when you buy a game you do not own the contents inside the gamet, you just have the right to use it.

And I do not think it is a feasible idea either, for two reasons:

1- gog will loose money. Each download costs bandwidth, and in this case they do not get anything in return. Also, since they are only retailers, do they not need to pay the right holders for each copy sold? and in this case they are selling a copy without any returns.

2- Abuse, it would be very difficult to implement a system like this for older games which is not open for abuse (I can think of a few ways to cheat right now, and I am not even good at it...)

No and No

The reasons have already been listed here

What I would really love to see GOG do in the future though are special community events for releases of Big games

For example: When a highly requested game like DOOM or Daggerfall for example releases here, those (limited amount) people that take their photo with their Original big box release and their GOG username in the photo (to prove that it's them) get a free code to get the game on GOG, or something like that

That would be pretty cool.

That would be pretty cool, as long as people aren't swiping the images off other websites, Google Images, etc. :P EDIT: Oh, GOG username in photo, DUH...

Nope. I can't see any reason for GOG to do that. It would be just a cost for GOG and no gain.

NO. NEVER.

The OP asked for CDP games. With them it could make sense, EA is doing the same. And they are doing it for The Witchers.


In general, just for clarification, buying a GOG game gets you into a bundle of contracts. Most prominently you buy the license for the game. (That means, e.g. if you own one of the recently republished D&D games, you also own the license to the GOG version, as those are the same.)

But for many people (like myself), even more important is the fact that you also close a service contract about storing, providing and supporting each game you bought here. Steam calls this their "subscription service, eg.

Therefore there is legally no leverage to get a GOG version of an already owned license, as it is a whole different contract.

Confusion - the OP did not say CDP (CD Project) games, but games for which he has "CD/Product key". Or am I misunderstanding again?

Oh, OK. I read the question this way (because otherwise it really wouldn't make any sense). As those old retail games hold a different license then GOGs altogether.