dnovraD: More to the point: My computer doesn't have an optical media drive. My future computer, won't have an optical media drive.

joelandsonja: Good suggestions, but I'd much rather use a proprietary cartridge, rather than an SD card.

joelandsonja: . I remember posting that first thread back in 2015, saying that GOG should release a handheld ... and low and behold Steam released a handheld several years later that went on to sell millions!

Dark_art_: You lost me there. I understand the need for some more durable setup but a proprietary cartridge?

So you mean GOGtendo sWitcher.

Edit: I wonder if on that setup we will have to buy the same game again and again.

joelandsonja: The first thing I said to my wife when I made this post was "I don't know why I even bother posting on the GOG forum, because a lot of people on there get triggered by topics like this so easily" ... and what do you know, I was right.

I love it when random strangers on the GOG forum feel the need to make financial decisions for the company.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion (even if it sucks), but what the hell do you guys know about running a business?

[...]To be honest, I'm not even pitching the idea to you, because you're not really the target demographic that this project is aimed at.
I've found that the people on the GOG forum are EXTREMELY toxic and usually set in their ways.
I don't know why, but most of you seem to be completely against change on any level.

The only advice I can give you is to try thinking about these things for more than two seconds before responding.

joelandsonja: And offered print-on-demand physical copies of games from their existing library? Users could purchase digital titles from GOG’s website and have them preserved on a physical cartridge.

Timboli: I guess a good number of us need to float a crazy sounding idea now and then ... and yes, I too have been guilty.

I once floated the idea of a GOG Console ... really just a PC in a box, that would work with both controller or mouse & keyboard, depending on the game.

My stance was, that consoles had the right idea. A bespoke system that programmers knew what they were coding for, rather than all the PC variations of hardware out there. That is the true benefit of a console.

So a similar setup for the GOG Console.

GOG would get a specific set of hardware, that they would test their games on and master to the point of working well.

We the customers could then buy that exact same hardware and have no issues with our GOG bought games, or if we did, GOG would have them too, and could work away at a fix for all.

Of course, it would need to be a pretty beefy and advanced system, due to new old games turning up at GOG, and even then, at some point, that GOG Console would become redundant, or just limited to previous games up to a certain set of criteria. Still GOG could do both approaches, what they do now and a GOG Console that was specifically limited to Good Old Games.

Such a GOG Console might even attract more Good Old Games, because it was unique and had great benefits. It might help cut through the red tape and license issue etc. It could give GOG some good credo and respect.

Anyway, enough of my crazy idea.