Usually when Microsoft ends support, nearly everyone migrates. Which makes sense, I mean once support ends, you're taking big risks by staying on an OS with potentially many zero day vulnerabilities that will last forever because they aren't being supported anymore.

I didn't want to migrate from Win95 (I literally was just beginning to understand almost everything about Win95 when I had to migrate). Then I didn't much want to leave XP. Same with 7. And I don't want to leave 10 either, because it's always this whole new learning process. It seems like right around the time I start getting comfortable with a version, that's when they end support for it. And I don't have the guts to continue to go on the internet with a completely unsupported version. And given the history, that's true for most people. When support ends, a large, large migration occurs every time. And I'm pretty sure Microsoft is ending Win 10 support soon. (Can't recall if it's 25 or 26, but I wanna say it's this year).

EDIT: Yeah, it's October 2025 according to this.

EDIT2: Typing the term zero day reminded me that I just watched a series on Netflix with that very title, starring Robert DeNiro, with Joan Allen and Angela Bassett for old farts like me who recall them. It wasn't DeNiro's best work IMO, but it was an entertaining series. Just wanted to give it a shout out if others have Netflix.

Windows 10 IOT has like 7 years left of life and worth looking at and there are places still offering the licenses for that. Those will still be updated for YEARS to come.

I migrated to Linux and it's been almost trouble free as there are a few distributions setup to make it easier for people coming from Windows, I've also been able to play about 95% of my GOG library and that has been getting smaller and smaller with the advancements in WINE and Proton.

EDIT: Never mind, I think I totally misunderstood what Windows 10 IOT was.

Translation: "We broke Dragon Age: Origins and refuse to fix it and now we are going to break more games!"

Please don't make me hope beyond hope :D

Nice to see GOG get some more exposure via FGS.

Where are they wrong? Also criticism is always important, it helps balance out blind praise and positively biased posting.
I remember not wanting to move from 98se to XP. Eventually I bit the bullet and ended up loving it. That aside, as long as one doesn't click on or DL dodgy email attachments or links and has a good AV/firewall they'll be fine...even after EOL.

It appears that, so far, the legacy "Classic" version of Fallout 2 has not received the same treatment as the GOG preservation program version. In GOG galaxy, if you un-check keep the game up to date, it will show a list of the patches--and the last patch for the classic version of Fallout 2 is 10 years ago. Really hope they fix this and add preservation support for all versions of the game. Though, since there aren't too many instances of games going away and coming back and then also ending up in preservation program, that may not be the likely outcome.

I thought that GOG made it unmistakingly clear that the preservation program is first and foremost about making sure that the games are playable on current and future OS's, for now at least.

Things like providing original files including the unmodified exe's, ALL the different sound/music and graphics options (EGA, CGA, VGA, etc) the original releases came with, as well as ALL the release versions for ALL the platforms of course could be something they plan to tackle further down the road, once the program has gained enough traction and become more established.

Trying to preserve your ability to play games on modern systems I guess :p "Preservation" might not have been the most accurate word choice, but at this point it is what it is.

Best bet for the "true" originals is abandonware sites and similar.

According to a recent GOG interview it seems they will release an old jrpg soon. People say it might be breath of Fire IV and GOG mentions that game alongside freelancer at the end of this video. So I guess there is a chance for Freelancer.

And maybe BOF too? *happy autismo screeching noises*

And the usual people are being negative. Repeating the same talking points like a broken recorder. The joy of GOG forums. I only had the classes version of Fallout and did not receive any updates for it. I’m going to say no to the classes being updated, which is disappointing..

I dont think having last known functional games for Win10, is unreasonable, as they currently sell them. When gog changes over to Win11. They should supply the last Win10 for offline installer available as well. Win10 users are going to continue to use their equipment that Microsft wont allow upgrading. Thus, users can download the Win10 offline games via a modern device and transfer those offline installers to an offline Win10 machine.

Makes more sense than scrapping millions of computers, because MS are a pack of assholes.

Plus MS has made it clear they dont care if our software functions properly on Win11.