I am very happy, that a site as amazing as this exists. I am here to express my sincere gratitude. :D
GOG live long and prosper!

Just make sure you don't mention the competitors, specially for the DRM free market. GOG decided recently most mentions about such competitors would count as "unwanted advertisement", or something like that.

I was aware that linking to competitors was now an issue, but it's gone beyond that?

As for GOG...

... I'm very glad they exist and want them to do well... but sometimes they do screwy, screwy things

I do think GOG can make significant improvements to improve their standing in the PC storefront market but am glad that they exist as a DRM-alternative to Steam and Epic.

The reason why I dived into PC gaming was because I wanted to not only be able to play my favorite games regardless of the gradual advances in hardware and also be able to share classic games I enjoyed with my kids when they arrive. GOG gives the best chance of that (games will remain accessible even if the storefront goes down and I do not believe that any company is infallible. Steam seems invincible now but so was blockbuster and Lehman Brothers).

I do wish GOG added more community building features like the ability to post guides for games and share videos and content. It would naturally attract people to the storefront which could then result in sales and a bigger potential audience which would then also improve GOGs ability to get more and newer games into their storefront as well, creating a virtuous cycle.

their efforts to preserve older games and new ones in the drm-free format is very much appreciated.

One thing that many people tend to forget is that... that... ummm...

Their goal is to make money, not be some beacon of virtue preserving some sort of art.

Don't you know that... ? :P

Yeah, thanks GOG.

Even though the site is not the same place I joined all those years ago, and GOG has forgot many of their original core promises, it's still my number one place to buy and get games.

Even if GOG is not the shining DRM-free beacon it once was, it is still the best burning candle in the world of DRM darkness.


To be a little poetic here.

What would happen to my games if GOG shuts down?

Backup your offline installers. As the name implies, there's no online check (DRM) when installing. But you obviously wouldn't be able to download anything if the website disappears.

How do I download my purchased items? - GOG Support Center

Why would one say that? Especially one who made this praising thread about a year ago?
In any case, even IF this would happen, I guess they would make an announcement about 2-3 months prior, for us to download our games. For example, in autumn 2252, they would send e-mail to the implanted PCs in those living people's heads, saying "We are shutting down on 1-1-2253. Download your games."

And there will be frustrated people world-wide trying to download their libraries from overloaded servers.

@OP Don't rely on downloading your purchases at the last minute, download your offline installer backups now just in case. No harm in being prepared.

Assume that GOG may go down fast without a lot of prior warning and backup your games accordingly.

Not all companies that go out of business have the luxury of planning 2-3 months prior to their demise. It may be either extremely sudden or otherwise, even if they realize their fate ahead of time, they may lack the resources/autonomy to do much of anything.

It is a mistake to assume that corporations are stable entities that can be depended on in the long run. They are not.

Governments are better (when it is not a banana republic), but the best is a world-wide decentralized entity.

Remember what happened in 2010...then imagine that to happen again, but this time without the good ending.

https://polycount.com/discussion/76879/gog-com-shut-down
https://www.pcgamer.com/gog-com-apologise-for-hoax-closure/

(for those not in the know)