Man, is GoG really that desperate now?

No matter, roughly 10 more titles to back up and i'm in the clear no matter what happens.

I have been against this from the very start, I only see this as a bad look for GOG in the long run because as you say, is a public traded company and the fact that this stuff (subscriptions) are a slippery slope.

I personally only see this getting worse in the long run, but I would be happy to be wrong.

Will you be addressing complaints people have regarding the preservation program?

I haven't experienced it myself but a few people are claiming that the preservation version of Dragon Age Origins is broken due to changes made by the preservation.

Have also read people complaining about a music glitch in Heroes of Might and Magic 2 that is still present in the preservation version.

Just to add seeing as we are talking about the Peservation progam, when are we going to get points 1 & 2 (which are both lies) fixed? (This is ment at king and not at wolf)

1. This game will work on current and future most popular Windows PC configurations. DRM-free.
2. This is the best version of this game you can buy on any PC platform.

Both of which are false (hence why you should take what GOG promise/say with a grain of salt.)

Dragon Age doesn't work for me, and has not since GOG "fixed" it.

And Shadow of the Tomb Raider is missing DLC from GOG's version (even if it was never ment to be added it still makes point two not true.) Also anything using GOG's Steam client takes alot longer than using Goldberg on it. (20 seconds for Rise of the Tomb Raider vs instant using Goldberg on GOG's version. Again a loss for point 2.)

I'll add Fantasy General, the English version intro video is in german now.

Also, while i haven't tasted it yet, i'm sceptical about The Witcher who knows if it still works.

While not related to the PP GOG refuses to fix Skyrim they break a popular game and now they expect us to use galaxy to roll back to a previous version as a fix. GALAXY IS NOT A FIX!

What exactly is it that we are being asked to preserve, here? Video games, or this company? It seems like we are being emotionally manipulated to a certain extent just to maintain a struggling business, 'it’s a new way for players who care about game preservation to directly support our ongoing work,' they say.
'You truly care about video game preservation, don't you? We can't save these games without your continued donations! Without you, these games would surely perish; and you wouldn't want that now, would you? So money, please'

Oh, bugger off would you, you aren't fooling anyone. Well, perhaps the people who are happy to piddle away money to see pictures of random dogs are. If you love dogs, you can look at them for free and even donate to their continued rescue at your local shelter; or online, like Takis Shelter. The same goes for video game preservation.

It's like all the adverts that the elderly are intentionally bombarded with just because they can be drained of funds more easily, to beg for a monthly fee to feed some African child or save some animal or other; and in return, they'll send you occasional updates about how well they are doing, and it will be all thanks to you! Thanks for the offer GOG, but I politely decline.

Thank you for mentioning that. I keep wondering will they fix it before Skyblivion releases or not (as I would like to replace my Steam version wiith the GOG version but don't because of this issue.)

So long as this doesn't create a two-tier system where Patrons get things like:

- early access to patches because this also means said patches can remain early access forever (thus patron only)

- exclusive patron only DLC content for their games

- priority on support tickets when it should be first come first served

how weird, followed by, yea but... you can also play some games early.... ending with, actually why not, it is so weird it could be amusing....

Oh noes... they got the patches 3 days ahead of the others as extra paying customers..... like this is worse than any other offense imaginable

It is weird, especially since most of us oldies are known to have grown used to a certain set of conditions.... and even as a right political spectrum guy i say why not? it is weird but it might be fun

We already had two tiers of GOG customers:
1. GOG Galaxy users
2. Customers who are ignored by GOG support

And now they are adding an extra tier? What is going to be the new ranking?

My bet is on:
1. GOG Galaxy users paying a subscription
2. GOG Galaxy users not paying a subscription
3. Customers paying a subscription but not using GOG Galaxy (I suspect this group is going to stay empty)
4. Customers who are ignored by GOG support

Sounds like the first baby steps into a two-class-system on gog.com.

Somehow I am not 100% sure that Gog saying to game publishers "Guys even thought we only have a fraction of Steam market share we are going to ask you to give us a bigger cut than them, but it's ok, it is for game preservation, you know the thing you never gave a damn about and even sometime thought against." is really going to be very successful.

Patrons page - not yet seeing a link to this marketing page and FAQ about the program, so herewith.

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I've been seeing hints about this on the API for the last couple of weeks, but I have to say I'm relieved with the direction this has taken. I feared quite a bit based on the name. It very much doesn't feel like it's something which is for me, and I don't expect it to be a big success, but if GOG gets enough out of it to be worth it, then more power to them.