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Rewards for being a devoted GoG Customer
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noliveking I think that GoG should put up a system so that after a set amount of time (a year or something like that) if you've spent X amount on games you get a free game for your devotion to GoG! Of course there might be limitations like having the more expensive titles being restricted (Witcher 2 as an example) but I think this would be an excellent idea that would encourage people to buy!
SargonAelther Hey GOG, we know you have some GOG-branded thingymajigs. You don't sell them or anything.
You should consider sending some kind of physical GOG keepsakes to people for every 1000 games they buy/own. Obviously not everyone would want them and not everyone would want to give you their address and whatnot, so it could come in the form of an email with a redemption link, or a special popup on the site with a redemption link, where we would enter postal details, etc.
kr0znik downvote
Mr.Frost Seeing as the "activate steam games on GOG" wish has a lot of votes and "GOG Connect" exists, being both of them a big "Fuck You" to loyal customers in favor of those who decided to use cheaper platforms...
centrafuge GoG is the diamond standard of a notably corrupt industry. By being a devoted GoG customer, you are enabling this light to keep shining through the darkness. EA = United Airlines/BP Oil/Comcast/Trump Administration.
joppo Add my downvote to the many that didn't like this wish. It smells of a terrible idea for all the reasons people already stated below.
hanshan Gamestop does it (games). Amazon doesnt (hard goods). Could go either way. Dont know enuf about the specifics of the game digital distribution industry.
utaQcee5 This doesn't seem like a good idea. Downvote. GOG should focus their efforts on making downloading, updating and backup easier not cheap content handouts to boost adoption. Leave the content, bundling and acquisition to the content creators. Make a great storefront, stick to your principles and don't be evil; adoption will follow. If you build it, we will buy! Also, 'free' loyalty rewards are never really free since there's a material cost to GOG for every gift. It's really just 'non-loyalty' customers subsidizing 'loyalty' customers' gifts. Everyone's prices go up a little, and I'm not big on hidden costs. Give it to me straight doc.
xig I don't understand all the flames in the comment there.
Basically, most people are complaining that loyalty programs is just "greediness".
But, seriously guys, being rewarded by a free game because a loyalty program is definitively no more "greedy" than buying most games during huge 70% discount sales every month or so.
Both are just common business practices, used to reward different kind of customers. That's all. Nobody is greedy, everyone just want to be happy and play a lot of DRM-free games!
ZMacZ A lil store cash maybe ? For each $10 spent get $0.10..
Save up enough to buy a game with..? would be ok I guess...
jtimon86 Give people free game will not encourage them to buy, they will just ask for more free stuff u__u
jtimon86 Gamergate levels and Steam badges are good examples of rewards for players. Recently Kongregate put some sort of pet system in their site. So there are good examples of rewards without the game giveaway bs. BTW Steam badges, and Gamergate levels give you discounts in the store, that can be done, but in small doses. GOG already give players a bunch of free games.
maxpoweruser Sorry, that was a bit blunt. My concern is that this looks like it's about locking special offers behind a paywall, and potentially dividing the community.
maxpoweruser I think this is a stupid idea that would irritate people.
NoClass77 Gog already does this to some extent. Witcher 3 is 20% off if you have the first two games, plus they throw in Neverwinter Nights.
Gnostic Oh Dang, I voted when I see the title, but once I saw the description I want to unvote. How can I unvote?
Hanglyman Seems a bit greedy to me. GoG already has deep discounts during several sales per year, and usually an opportunity to get a free game here or there as well. If you want free games or games that only cost a few bucks, all you need to do is visit the site regularly.
Ebany Voted. I made a post similar to this a while back, bit of an experiment. Ironically I'm looking for it now as I have to have out a couple of gifts. While I did it for almost solely for academic reasons, the argument about the big spenders been recognised (if they wish) is certainly valid. I have a vested interest in seeing GoG succeed, for that an adequate incoming is required which GoG won't find from the tiny spenders who only come out on "specials".
Chauncellor Have to agree with those disparaging this idea - they do enough and we pay little for a lot.
ssokolow I'm not a big fan of this as suggested, but I wouldn't be averse to them giving out free copies of low-rated (crappy) games to collection-obsessed nerds like me who own nearly every game in GOG's catalog except for the crappy ones.
(And the ones I already own via Humble Bundles but, even for those, I'm re-buying them through GOG at a glacial pace to show my support.)
giles This makes me wish there was a "downvote" feature for the wishlist. The cost of administering loyalty programs just drives up prices across the board.
MagicVision Totally agree with all the comments against this - GOG is about the best value, most rewarding distribution platform out there. Think how many games they have given away even when their sales perform well (eg. Fallout 1, 2 & Tactics most recently). Asking for too much hinders GOG's investment into continuing to source them Good Old Games.
mkell_226 This gets a downvote. GOG already takes fantastic care of its customers, and I see no reason at all to start some kind of loyalty program.
Grargar Considering that GOG already offers a free game every summer and every Christmas, I don't think it's necessary.
blackberrypatch The reward is not having to deal with Steam.. also less trickery because reward/loyalty programs' discounts drive regular prices higher.
CoronaBunny To the people who ask for discounts, etc. I do not agree: GoG is small, they need the moola (hey, who doesn't?).
Their product is E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T: customer gets well-packaged good cheap game & GoG guys get money: that's the equation.
Personally I hate 'loyalty' programs: it always feels like someone is trying to f-k me over for a few extra cents in the background somewhere. Same reason that DLC's make me want to take up cannibalism (or at least get a few pigs and a good stereo to train them with - mhua-ha-ha!)
I am speaking as a VERY devoted customer: the only thing I really won't buy are those full-price new games. But I do have them wishlisted... heh, heh.
CoronaBunny How about an extra vote (i.e. the ability to double-vote, triple vote, etc) for every 50 games you own? I'm just asking, since I voted for Oni and Aiken's Artifact last year sometime (and Hellgate London just now)... and would like to air my opinion again!
I feel disenfranchised! Har!
^.^
Staredown The only reason I would want such a feature is because I am greedy and covetous to an irrational degree. My reward is for being 'a devoted GoG Customer' is not having to put up with Steam, Origin, Windows Live, or any other 'services' who think that the way to woo me as a customer is to treat me like a criminal.
Though I would like to be able to mark games I already own. But that is another wish for another time.
Davoto /downvote. The game you buy is thanks enough.
HertogJan I wouldn't mind that, but I doubt it would ever happen.
Still something like an occassional extra discount code, either in % or $, would be nice.
there could be some limitations, like not valid for games currently on sale, valid only during a certain period, linked to an account, can't be used to purchase gifts, ...
Trajhenkhetlive I guess it's not really a reward, but I second the idea of building up the old games catalog. That's reward enough for me which I would gladly pay up for. The old Mech Warrior games, the AD&D Gold box games, maybe in the far future old console games.
jsjrodman Personally I think an unasked for thank you every once in a long while would have more effect.
Jalister The reward I want from GOG is more DRM games brought here DRM free.
Grid, Dirt, Fuel, Overlord 2, Crysis, Grand Theft Auto 4, and so on. There are so many games I want to play, but I won't deal with Starforce, Secorom, GFWL, Rockstar's service, UPlay and so on.
dcbernman Oops mixed I don't think GoG needs to change and it's great the way it is at the end there ^^;;
dcbernman Hm... while at first I thought this would be nice, I'd rather the GoG team continue doing what they're doing. Better to get more great games on the site than start playing favorites. This site's ease of access, class, and customer service ARE the best perks of all. It's part of why so many of us really, truly appreciate and feel attached to this site as opposed to other ones. It's no easier to get games now than it was when I instasplurged on Master of Orion 2 when I first came across GoG. And, in the same way that all my friends I've recommended this site to love it like I do, I don't think GoG is great the way it is.
m0l3ch It would be nice if my 230 games got me a perk or two.
Joyous GOG could implement a plan that goes along these lines: when you buy a certain number of games you get a discount on the next game you buy. Another plan GOG could implement is to have a small, permanent reduction in price for games for buying a lot of games.
Not too sure if they have something like this already but I think it is a fair award for being a hearty consumer of old games.
LilythGeist Maybe if the awards were being purely cosmetic? Say additional avatars, skins for website and things like that :)
Awesomov This really shouldn't happen considering the fact that GOG is already heavily spoiling their customers; doing something like this would probably hurt them and cause everyone to lose all of that spoiling they do to us already.
blackraven A nice pat on the back for being a good lad... hows that for a reward? A bit of alright ain't it?
##@@##@@ GOG's games are already cheap enough, and DRM-free on top of that! So I would only agree with this suggestion if the rewards wouldn't be coming out of GOG's pockets, such as achievements displayed by the site, etc. And even those aren't necessary, if costly to implement. C'mon, guys, you already get rewards for being devoted GOG customers: you get to play a lot of great games without DRM for very low prices!
ELFswe As people allready have stated. The games is allready cheap enough as is but GoG still gives us sales.
Greybriar Isn't it enough that GOG.com provides us with DRM-Free games? I want them to stay in business and keep offering more and more DRM-Free titles, not limit them in their efforts by reducing profits.
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Xaromir GOG gives us enough free stuff as is, i don't want to rob them. Some of you guys are greedy.
011284mm If people get a reward only because they have stuck around then that makes those just joining feel left out. I know others who have GOG accounts who have been here much longer then I have, So they have picked up extra free games along the way. Yet they may only have bought 2-10 games from the site. I on the other hand joined less then a year ago, and now I own over 200 games on GOG, because I enjoy playing a wide variety of games. The thing is different people here want different things from the site and by GOG treating us all as equals, we all get to enjoy the games and what this site offers. So we can all feel rewarded for being here. So GOG should not just be rewarding members for buying every game they have ever played, or for having joined up at point in time X. We should all be rewarded with reasonably priced games that we want to pay for and play, and so far I feel like I get a very good deal from GOG.
skeletonbow I agree, this would be a nice reward to have. Having said that though, I did receive a freebie game or two in the past for having had a GOG account for over a year or so even though I'd never purchased any games up to that point. I've since purchased almost 1/4 of their catalogue now though, and while I don't have any expectations or sense of entitlement, some freebie games or swag from time to time would be nice icing on the cake of an already awesome deal. ;o)
baneofpigs I agree with the "virtual rewards" idea. The games are already cheap, and I want to see them stay that way. Long Live GOG!
dom1000ca @Photoleia, @Katosepe: Definitely.
Jalister I feel like GOG already has a good reward model. I joined about two weeks after launch, but I see no reason new customers should not get rewards. Those new customers already missed out on rewards that were provided in the past.
Love & Thunder @Photoleia Agreed.
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