Basically this is just a micro-rant, so bear with me; on one hand, GoG is doing a service to a lot of people by providing games that some people have never seen and never played before that, and I loath to use the word, deserve to be played. On the other hand, I already own most of the games and refuse to pay more than once for a product that isn't consumable, like a game (the main reason I don't play MMOs). My problem is I want to support GoG but I can't rationalize, for example, paying 10 bucks for Torment when I'm staring at my box copy that, to be honest, I installed last night, along with the widescreen and UI patches, when I was reminded of the game by GoG releasing it. Anyone else have this issue? I mean, I'm also rather cheap, my money is well earned and I prefer to keep it than spend it unless either necessary (food, water and power, etcetera) or incredibly meaningful (art, books, music), and video games, these days, tend to fall into neither category.

I don't understand your point. You don't want to spend money on games you already own. That's a wise decision. I don't either.

If there's nothing on here you want that you don't already have, where's your dilemma? You can support GOG in ways other than financial, if that's what's bothering you. Spread the word. When you see someone on a forum or website talking about old games, mention that many older games can be found on GOG. See someone ranting about DRM? Mention they can get DRM-free games on GOG. You don't have to personally spend money to help GOG out.

No issues here. Most of the games I've bought on this site I either never had the chance to play, or I lost the discs over the years.

Like the poster above me mentions, there are many ways to support GOG without buying anything. You should never feel obligated to buy something just because you are a part of the community. It can certainly help to see all the work they put into making games compatible, but it's not necessary.

What I would advise is to rethink your outlook on games and what they're worth, as well as how valuable this service GOG provides can potentially be. I'm sure you don't own everything on this site, and there's quite a variety to choose from. $10 is what? An hour's worth of work for most working class people? $5.99 is half that? That's a minimal investment to check out some of the classics that helped pc and even console gaming become so successful.

However, despite the cheap price tag, again, you shouldn't feel obligated to buy stuff just to buy it. I always research games on here before I buy them... But that's just me.

Hope this helps!
-Cym

You can sell some of your boxed games on ebay to a collectors and get them here.

You get more space on your shelves, plus you should probably get more money from selling games you have (if you have some rare stuff) than spending on those games here. So that would make it profitable (well, you can spend those extra cash on more games, that you don't have yet).

Depending on the games, I would very likely re-buy them just to be legally DRM free (as opposed to my current less-than-legal solutions). For example, my retail copy of Darkstar One has the awful TAGES copy protection system on it, which is a pain in the ass to circumvent, but GOG offers a nice DRM-free version that is probably worth the 10 bucks and I will very likely buy it if I ever get the itch to play Darkstar One again. I don't have a problem buying a game again if the new purchase has added value that is worth paying for, but if you don't see any value to re-buying these games, there's really nothing wrong with that. You can still support GOG in the ways Coelocanth mentioned, or just wait until GOG adds something that you like but don't already have... its bound to happen sooner or later.

Look at it this way. You're a customer. That means that you buy things you think are worth buying. If you have a game already and don't think that the benefits of buying it on GOG make up the extra cost, then don't buy it, it's that simple.

There are some reasons for rebuying games here other than purely for "supporting" GOG though. For example, I already own UT2004. However, I'm going to buy it on GOG soon. The reason? I'm going to reinstall my machine in the near future, and the version of UT2004 I have is the 6CD version. Rather than be bothered with the whole disc swapping thing, I'm going to buy the GOG version.

There's nothing wrong with treating GOG like a business.

There are some cases where I have repurchased games from GOG for various reasons, such as easier compatibility or eliminating disc swaps (I'm looking at you, Baldur's Gate), but I am not a charity. If I don't want the game or if I don't like the price, I'm not going to buy it just because I like GOG's mission statement or because I want them to be profitable.

The coffee shop on the first floor of my office building went out of business last year. I didn't want the guy to go out of business, but the fact is, he had crappy food. I'm not going to buy crappy food just to support small business owners.

As far as being willing to spend money on a movie ticket but not a computer game, well, that's your prerogative.