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Posted September 18, 2015
And it wouldn't be the same without you all.

Almost 7 Years
Just about 30,000 Wishes Added
Around 3,980,000 Votes Cast
And over 1,000,000 Votes Fulfilled

The Community Wishlist is one of the things that makes GOG.com tick, because no matter what, we're always working hard to listen and deliver. Whether it's games, website features, or GOG Galaxy development - the Community Wishlist is always the first place we look, and it's proven time and time again to be our favorite bargaining chip on the quest for new games and a better GOG.com. With just a tad over one million wishlist votes fulfilled, we want to take this opportunity to look at just a few of the wishes we got to take on.





Out of all the games in the world, several stand out as most highly requested. <span class="bold">System Shock 2</span> at 36,000 votes was one of our first major conquests - this is the game that really paved way for the most fantastic retro releases and, back when we needed it most, showed how much demand and excitement there can still be for the classics. Who knows, perhaps there is more legendary horror lurking right around the corner, hackers.
<span class="bold">The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind</span> at 25,000 votes just joined our gang alongside the earlier Elder Scrolls titles and more Bethesda goodness - but that's not all the wishlisted games, not by a long shot. With your help we checked off the <span class="bold">X-Wing</span> and <span class="bold">TIE Fighter</span> series, <span class="bold">DOOM</span> & <span class="bold">Quake</span>, <span class="bold">Sam &amp; Max Hit The Road</span> and way, way more.





Bit by bit, we're improving GOG.com - adding new features, and changing things up. Across the years we've added and [url=https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games]Linux support (and then changed the Linux icon) to your games, introduced little things like update notifications, [url=https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/change_log_in_game_library] change-logs, and the ability to mark your games as completed (and many other tags). The community wishlist was also one of the many reasons we began working on GOG Galaxy.





There's still a lot of work ahead of us, and there are a ton of things in progress: we're still hunting for more, and more, and more classics, we're working on making GOG Galaxy the best gaming client you've ever used, and we're still actively seeking a specialist who can hook us up with some more time (a few hours per day would be nice) to do all that. All of this, while we continue to be a DRM-free store today, tomorrow, and forever!





The community wishlist is a great way for you to keep us aware of your needs, and it's an equally powerful tool for us to react, and to prioritise the future. So if there's a game you've always wanted, a great idea for the site, or something that's been bugging you for ages - don't hesitate, make a wish or cast your vote. It might just become our next big project.
Posted September 20, 2015
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MetisRebel: And for the record, I like my new list and hated the shelf.
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0Grapher: Ô_Ô

Well, at least I can live with the new shelf since they implemented manual sorting for tags...
Amen to that. And I keep having to change it TO list as opposed to grid layout. As I am easily confoozled it helps me to figure out what I'm doing ;)
Posted September 20, 2015
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MetisRebel: And for the record, I like my new list and hated the shelf.
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0Grapher: Ô_Ô

Well, at least I can live with the new shelf since they implemented manual sorting for tags...
I just wish they would increase the number of tags... 50 is just not enough for sorting at least the first page :P
Posted September 20, 2015
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JohnD212: I've only recently started using GOG and all I can say is wow. I'm never going back and all my games are coming from you. The website is amazing. GOG Galaxy far surpassed my expectations. Great job. Please keep up the good work. Big fan here.
Welcome aboard John!

I've liked GOG for a long time. I far prefer it to Steam, myself. I use the old GOG downloader and still prefer it to any other game downloader.

Once a month I go through my Steam wishlist and if I find any games have come to GOG, I delete them from there and add them to my GOG wishlist. I far, far, prefer to buy from here whenever possible.

And the people seem nicer too :D
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0Grapher: Ô_Ô

Well, at least I can live with the new shelf since they implemented manual sorting for tags...
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moonshineshadow: I just wish they would increase the number of tags... 50 is just not enough for sorting at least the first page :P
*lol*

You game collecting junkies crack me up :p
Post edited September 20, 2015 by MetisRebel
Posted September 20, 2015
I hope these will be fulfilled one day:
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/lets_us_gift_away_games_from_our_library_that_we_havent_downloaded_yet
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/zombie_smashers_ii
Posted September 20, 2015
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mobutu: I hope these will be fulfilled one day:
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/lets_us_gift_away_games_from_our_library_that_we_havent_downloaded_yet
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/zombie_smashers_ii
I think that's a good idea. I have some games that due to physical impairment, I simply cannot play. Some were bought before it was this advanced.

One I got in a pinata and I can't play platformers.

I'd love to give them to someone who could enjoy them :)

Oh and to their credit--GOG has the *best* refund policy I've seen on a game downloading site, anywhere!
Post edited September 20, 2015 by MetisRebel
Posted September 20, 2015
GOG's a goddamn juggernaut!

Keep up the good work guys :D
Posted September 20, 2015
1,000,000 Wishes
Congratulations GOG
Post edited September 20, 2015 by gogwitcher300
Posted September 20, 2015
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mobutu: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/lets_us_gift_away_games_from_our_library_that_we_havent_downloaded_yet
A similar entry with a few more votes:

Allow transfer of unused games from your shelf to others!
For those who have bought games on impulse, regretted it, have no intention of playing them, haven't ever downloaded them or their bonus features and want to give them away to someone who will put them to use.
Post edited September 20, 2015 by Barry_Woodward
Posted September 20, 2015
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GOG.com: <span class="bold">System Shock 2</span> at 36,000 votes was one of our first major conquests - this is the game that really paved way for the most fantastic retro releases and, back when we needed it most, showed how much demand and excitement there can still be for the classics. Who knows, perhaps there is more legendary horror lurking right around the corner, hackers.
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real.geizterfahr: System Shock 1 confirmed!
What!? Where!? *Frantically searches site!*

...Oh damn you with the Illuminati reference!...Damn you to hades!

Even though I already have the abandonware version, I'll still be one of the first to snag the gog version in a nano second!
Posted September 20, 2015
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mobutu: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/lets_us_gift_away_games_from_our_library_that_we_havent_downloaded_yet
Do want. I have a few games I'm quite sure I'll never play, and wish I could give them to somebody who would.
Posted September 20, 2015
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tfishell: That focus seemed to slip in 2013 and mid-2014 (iirc), for reasons seemingly unbeknownst to us. However since LucasArts came (Oct 2014), we've been getting plenty of great classics.
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hedwards: Well to be honest, I know that, my original point was that they've changed their values substantially. The fact that they're still bringing in games like that is pretty much the only reason I'm still here. It's certainly not because I think they value me or my business. I just don't want to pirate games I can buy legally.
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markrichardb: I tend to question your interpretation of GoG’s focus when compared to the past. True there are more Indi games than old games being released on the site each month, but the output for old games has been as strong as past years, perhaps much more so given the bounty of titles named earlier. We’re talking about games where GoG needs to hire Batman and gradually construct a lineage chart just to find out who owns what, and then create a new version for modern systems often without the original source code. The business side and public face may have changed, but when it comes to GoG in-house development they never lost focus.
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hedwards: The site was originally Good Old Games, 100% of their focus was on old games. Now it's less than 100% and I can't see how anybody can argue otherwise.

There are other ways they could have gone about this that wouldn't have been as ridiculous. They named the site GOG and they had to redefine it to god only knows what as it's not even just games any more.

Running out of old PC games is understandable, but spreading into new games largely defeats the purpose of the site. They should have moved into retro console games before they moved into moves, for example.
Sorry, but all due respect I simply don't buy that, and I for one, don't want to rely on steam as my only choice for both new and old titles, and fully welcome the newer indie and semi new releases as well as older titles offered that already resides on many of our HDDs as abandonware anyways!

Hell, I, and pretty much everyone here already pretty much own most of these classics thanks to dosbox, that I/we really don't need gog, but guess what, I am more than willing to pay for these games in order to keep a such an important and viable alternative to steam's DRM mandated format in business, and if that means that gog will quit carrying titles from the 90s then so be it!

Seriously, just how long will they be able to stay in business, while attempting to compete with Humble/steam and gamers gate, while relying on such a finite library!? Hell, most of these old dev-houses died in the first place in order to cater exclusively for the niche crowd as this is the precise reason they both became EA's IP and abandonware in the first place...

Yeah I get it, and agree with the fear and anger of having to deal with yet another company changing for the worst, as I am old enough to have a clear basis of comparison of most of the rotten changes in this industry, however, this ain't one of them...
Post edited September 20, 2015 by takezodunmer2005
Posted September 20, 2015
Thanks for being here GOG.com and keep improving!
Posted September 20, 2015
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hedwards: Well to be honest, I know that, my original point was that they've changed their values substantially. The fact that they're still bringing in games like that is pretty much the only reason I'm still here. It's certainly not because I think they value me or my business. I just don't want to pirate games I can buy legally.

The site was originally Good Old Games, 100% of their focus was on old games. Now it's less than 100% and I can't see how anybody can argue otherwise.

There are other ways they could have gone about this that wouldn't have been as ridiculous. They named the site GOG and they had to redefine it to god only knows what as it's not even just games any more.

Running out of old PC games is understandable, but spreading into new games largely defeats the purpose of the site. They should have moved into retro console games before they moved into moves, for example.
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takezodunmer2005: Sorry, but all due respect I simply don't buy that, and I for one, don't want to rely on steam as my only choice for both new and old titles, and fully welcome the newer indie and semi new releases as well as older titles offered that already resides on many of our HDDs as abandonware anyways!

Hell, I, and pretty much everyone here already pretty much own most of these classics thanks to dosbox, that I/we really don't need gog, but guess what, I am more than willing to pay for these games in order to keep a such an important and viable alternative to steam's DRM mandated format in business, and if that means that gog will quit carrying titles from the 90s then so be it!

Seriously, just how long will they be able to stay in business, while attempting to compete with Humble/steam and gamers gate, while relying on such a finite library!? Hell, most of these old dev-houses died in the first place in order to cater exclusively for the niche crowd as this is the precise reason they both became EA's IP and abandonware in the first place...

Yeah I get it, and agree with the fear and anger of having to deal with yet another company changing for the worst, as I am old enough to have a clear basis of comparison of most of the rotten changes in this industry, however, this ain't one of them...
GOG hasn't really changed things for newer games. Most if not all of the games coming here are also coming to other DRM-free shops. And those shops were started before GOG made any hint that they would be moving into the newer games market.

As I complained at the time, there are ways they could have made the move that wouldn't have been as injurious. My favorite solution was to have a sister site that specialized in newer games that are just DRM free. It would have allowed them to grow in a way that made sense. You wouldn't have the clashing interests of the newer gamers and the older gamers. The communities could largely ignore each other.

But, like with everything else here, the problem isn't so much the change as how it was set up and managed. They had to literally change the name as a result of it. It's no longer Good Old Games, I'm not even sure what the name is now. I think it's just GOG.
Posted September 20, 2015
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takezodunmer2005: Sorry, but all due respect I simply don't buy that, and I for one, don't want to rely on steam as my only choice for both new and old titles, and fully welcome the newer indie and semi new releases as well as older titles offered that already resides on many of our HDDs as abandonware anyways!

Hell, I, and pretty much everyone here already pretty much own most of these classics thanks to dosbox, that I/we really don't need gog, but guess what, I am more than willing to pay for these games in order to keep a such an important and viable alternative to steam's DRM mandated format in business, and if that means that gog will quit carrying titles from the 90s then so be it!

Seriously, just how long will they be able to stay in business, while attempting to compete with Humble/steam and gamers gate, while relying on such a finite library!? Hell, most of these old dev-houses died in the first place in order to cater exclusively for the niche crowd as this is the precise reason they both became EA's IP and abandonware in the first place...

Yeah I get it, and agree with the fear and anger of having to deal with yet another company changing for the worst, as I am old enough to have a clear basis of comparison of most of the rotten changes in this industry, however, this ain't one of them...
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hedwards: GOG hasn't really changed things for newer games. Most if not all of the games coming here are also coming to other DRM-free shops. And those shops were started before GOG made any hint that they would be moving into the newer games market.

As I complained at the time, there are ways they could have made the move that wouldn't have been as injurious. My favorite solution was to have a sister site that specialized in newer games that are just DRM free. It would have allowed them to grow in a way that made sense. You wouldn't have the clashing interests of the newer gamers and the older gamers. The communities could largely ignore each other.

But, like with everything else here, the problem isn't so much the change as how it was set up and managed. They had to literally change the name as a result of it. It's no longer Good Old Games, I'm not even sure what the name is now. I think it's just GOG.
Fair enough, I can now understand your concern is for the way it was handled more than what was changed.

Hmmm, the only newer DRM free gaming outlets that I know of would be humble, yet even they still offer DRM riddled shitware, I too, would like to see a balance in having two sister sites, as having separate, but equal alternatives to steam would add nothing but more choices and variety for the end user (Which I would enthusiastically support) but am unsure how that could be accomplished as I really don't know how large their gog team is.

I must confess that my major concerns are the DRM free titles and their maintenance of being a proper alternative to steam by offering newer titles, and not so much of the logistics in the management and/or functionality of the site's particulars, such as forum search queries and the like.

Though I haven't seen a gaming forum where there was such a low existence of trolling/flaming with the successful use of this forum's self-moderation, the overall system seems to me at least, pretty stable. But again, that is not much of a concern to me as of yet.
Post edited September 20, 2015 by takezodunmer2005
Posted September 20, 2015
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hedwards: GOG hasn't really changed things for newer games. Most if not all of the games coming here are also coming to other DRM-free shops. And those shops were started before GOG made any hint that they would be moving into the newer games market.

As I complained at the time, there are ways they could have made the move that wouldn't have been as injurious. My favorite solution was to have a sister site that specialized in newer games that are just DRM free. It would have allowed them to grow in a way that made sense. You wouldn't have the clashing interests of the newer gamers and the older gamers. The communities could largely ignore each other.

But, like with everything else here, the problem isn't so much the change as how it was set up and managed. They had to literally change the name as a result of it. It's no longer Good Old Games, I'm not even sure what the name is now. I think it's just GOG.
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takezodunmer2005: Fair enough, I can now understand your concern is for the way it was handled more than what was changed.

Hmmm, the only newer DRM free gaming outlets that I know of would be humble, yet even they still offer DRM riddled shitware, I too, would like to see a balance in having two sister sites, as having separate, but equal alternatives to steam would add nothing but more choices and variety for the end user (Which I would enthusiastically support) but am unsure how that could be accomplished as I really don't know how large their gog team is.

I must confess that my major concerns are the DRM free titles and their maintenance of being a proper alternative to steam by offering newer titles, and not so much of the logistics in the management and/or functionality of the site's particulars, such as forum search queries and the like.

Though I haven't seen a gaming forum where there was such a low existence of trolling/flaming with the successful use of this forum's self-moderation, the overall system seems to me at least, pretty stable. But again, that is not much of a concern to me as of yet.
It's probably not an obvious point, but having been here since the beginning, it troubles me the way they've mismanaged it. There were always going to be growing pains, but they didn't need to be so significant.

The forum now is crap. 4 or 5 years ago it was awesome, but the amount of trolling and the complete lack of consequences is killing the forum.
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