Posted November 03, 2017
Lifthrasil: Well, Microsoft is known for not caring about backwards compatibility. And that was partially the reason GOG exists: to make old games run on newer system. That is part of what they offer. But they are having less success with that since Win10 - and the suspicion that it might be because they don't focus enough on that old core service, but too much on acquiring newer games and growing, is actually not that far-fetched!
Acquiring newer games and updating older games are two different tasks held by different persons with different job requirements. GOG, as was pointed out in the first answer, is looking for those who will be able to "make old software work on modern systems".