themazingness: It would be cool if I'm wrong, but I don't see GoG accommodating a Steam key. They are in direct competition, unlike say Itch.io which had little competition so some devs have Steam keys with purchase.

I think you're more likely to see success via Atari or Digital Eclipse themselves. Either way, I'd like to know the outcome.

xpancakes11x.189: What I think gog should do regarding this situation is add this game to the preservation program considering these are old Atari titles and commandeer the game. Update it themselves. Take the files Atari and Digital Eclipse uploaded to steam and add them to the gog version by force. A "You refuse to update the game yourselves Atari/Digital Eclipse so we(gog) will do it for you to keep the game up to date.

vampirosuk: I have contacted Atari and politely requested they provide a Steam key for the 'Expanded Edition' of Atari 50 - which contains both DLC timelines.
Upon submission of the form on Atari's 'Contact Us' webpage, you will receive an automated email reply.
A screenshot of the GOG order page for Atari 50 can then be attached.

I will update this forum if / once I receive a response.

I have also contacted GOG support with a proposed solution going forward. This is my message:

[i]Hi,

Regarding Atari 50, sold on the GOG store, the publisher Atari has announced via Discord they will not be providing updates / DLC for the GOG and VCS versions.

Atari has also announced on Discord, that they will be providing free codes / keys to VCS owners who have purchased the base game Atari 50 - on the platform of their choice, which also includes Steam.

As there is no technical solution to this issue, which the publisher claims is the reason for the absence of a GOG / VCS release for the DLC, I would like to propose a solution for both current owners of the GOG version of Atari 50, and potential future customers of the GOG version.

I would like to request that GOG contact the publisher Atari, and arrange that any current owners of GOG Atari 50, can contact GOG customer support - this information would be provided by a bold disclaimer on the product page - at the top of the description - that current owners can contact GOG support for (at least) a Steam key - provided to GOG by the publisher. [current owners will also be notified via email from GOG of this]
This key would contain the product 'Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - Expanded Edition' - which contains all updates and both DLC packs.

Next to this same disclaimer of the product description, would also be a notice in bold, that 'Customers who purchase Atari 50, will also receive a Steam key with their purchase' (located in their receipt / library)
This would still encourage customers - who wish to retain the need for ownership - to purchase Atari 50 on the GOG store.

This positive and constructive gesture would go some way towards restoring good faith with regards to GOG customers towards Atari, and the GOG store itself.

This is a win-win solution for all parties.
[/i]

BanditKeith2: care to give some screenshots/image captures of the Discord claim?

vampirosuk: Easily searchable information on both Discord announcements (ending of support / free codes) - on YouTube, Reddit and on the GOG forums.

BanditKeith2: One you should not blindly trust youtube or reddit and 2 gog forums is not the source info ..where as Discord can be trusted when a official server true but you brought up the matter so you should iether have screencaped/screenshot the matter or literally linked to the Atari Discord

vampirosuk: The onus is not on me to 'prove' anything. If you don't 'trust' the information presented in front of your own two eyes, like 'screenshots' you asked me for - or YouTube videos which literally record the Discord post itself, then why don't you go to all the big effort of literally signing up to Discord to see for yourself?

Oh, and be sure to drop us a screenshot / link while you're there, so we can all see it's the 'official' server.

BanditKeith2: It is when you claim it as an official news on the game itself... thats how its been done on anything sense the internet has become the central hub for everything rather then legacy media and print .. Thus the as you put standard on you to prove what you claim via screenshots or links to the source, That or a link to say a official youtube channel of a company or the like..

vampirosuk: If you are unable to conduct research and discern between what's trustworthy / misleading sources being presented in front of you and reach reasoned conclusions on your own, well, I can't help you there.

The onus is on you - as the one disputing fact, with the word ‘claim’ - to prove me, prominent YouTubers (in faking videos?), their thousands of followers, the GOG forum members maintaining that specific forum, who have been registered on GOG for over a decade - I’m sure they will all welcome some rando newb, disputing already accepted and established facts about Atari’s announcements.

You're the only one who seems to be in denial that the ending of support / free codes from Atari is even a thing.
The rest of us, however, seem content to live within the confines of reality.

themazingness: I don't see any such information on the Atari Club Discord neither by looking where it should be, nor by searching what should bring this up.