I think votes should only be given to people that actually buy games. 5 votes per dollar spent and only given to people who spend money for example. This way the votes from people who actually buy games have a lot more voting power than those who do not buy games.

Just a thought

I would actually buy games, if the ones I am interested in and voted for were introduced to the catalogue.
In other words, I don't intend to spend money (on things I don't really want, too) just to be given the opportunity to spend more money in the future.

Why paywall the wish-/dreamlist? Is it some kind of an exclusive club I haven't heard about before?

Huh. I'm pretty sure that's a worse idea than my "Must spend a pittance to post on the forums" idea.

A penny for your thoughts, sir!

It's mostly meant as a measure against spambots and to prevent trolls in retrograde from risking assets to make everyone's life worse.

Talk about a way to ensure a massive drop in the number of votes and therefore making the list even more irrelevant than it already is in any negotiations, if not even detrimental...

First of all you are making a presumption that there is in fact any voting power achieved by any of us.

Secondly, GOG wants more customers, and if those aren't buying at GOG because the games they are interested in aren't here, then voting for such games is a way to encourage them possibly turning up and GOG getting more money etc as a result.

Thirdly, what harm does those extra votes do anyway? None that I can see, as they don't detract from other games wished for, as each stands on its own. It is the totality of votes for a game that is possibly important, not the spread of them.

It's not a bad idea. If they've done something differently, it must be working because I don't see much spam here anymore.