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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 18, 2015
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Vestin: Anyway - I'm glad we've reached a point where GOG aren't the struggling indie underdog that only the hipster gamers have heard of, and have reached the phase where people literally claim they've "sold out". SELLOUTS! SELLOUTS, I tell ya :D!
What's a "hipster gamers"?
Posted September 18, 2015
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nightcraw1er.488: What's a "hipster gamers"?
Gamers that play games before they're released I think.
Posted September 18, 2015
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nightcraw1er.488: What's a "hipster gamers"?
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Smannesman: Gamers that play games before they're released I think.
And they where so much better in the alfa. :)
Posted September 18, 2015
And maybe one day we will see Mechcommander 1-2 here, and all the mechwarrior games.
Posted September 18, 2015
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nightcraw1er.488: What's a "hipster gamers"?
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Smannesman: Gamers that play games before they're released I think.
Why do they not just call them "Testers" then?
Posted September 18, 2015
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Cavalary: They're not not selling games in China at the moment, people from there can buy. (Or at least MaGOG doesn't detect anything blocked there, does it?) And I actually recall a discussion on here quite some time ago when someone from China was mentioning payment methods used there and a blue showed interest in more details about what they should look into for that market.

Edit: Here, found someone from China requesting a payment option. More recent than what I remembered, and no blue there, but anyway...
Interesting. Might be part of the "gray" gaming market. Regarding Chinese game censorship there is quite a list of possible offences:

- Gambling-related content or game features
- Anything that violates China’s constitution
- Anything that threatens China’s national unity, sovereignty, or territorial integrity.
- Anything that harms the nation’s reputation, security, or interests.
- Anything that instigates racial/ethnic hatred, or harms ethnic traditions and cultures.
- Anything that violates China’s policy on religion by promoting cults or superstitions.
- Anything that promotes or incites obscenity, drug use, violence, or gambling.
- Anything that harms public ethics or China’s culture and traditions.
- Anything that insults, slanders, or violates the rights of others.
- Other content that violates the law
Posted September 18, 2015
T'would be churlish of me not to acknowledge many good things that GOG has done. In the spirit of a happy weekend, I'll focus just on that this thread, and say well done.
Posted September 18, 2015
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Smannesman: Gamers that play games before they're released I think.
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nightcraw1er.488: Why do they not just call them "Testers" then?
Everybody likes pretending they're more than they really are.
Which is why janitors are now often called 'maintenance technicians' or 'custodians' for example.

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IAmSinistar: T'would be churlish of me not to acknowledge many good things that GOG has done. In the spirit of a happy weekend, I'll focus just on that this thread, and say well done.
You're going to make me churl.
Post edited September 18, 2015 by Smannesman
Posted September 18, 2015
Congrats GOG and thanks for all your hard work!
Posted September 18, 2015
Congratulations GOG, keep up the good work. :D
Posted September 18, 2015
Should I raise a wishlist entry to have the SecuROM files removed from FEAR Platinum? I know it is inert and that it only gets triggered by trying to use the multi player executable, but the multi player servers for this were removed so that functionality is dead and the inert files and registry entries could still impact a live SecuROM installation if the user (maybe even unknowingly) installs a SecuROM enabled game (now less likely with Windows 10, but that's not the point).

Plus, you said you were working on doing this back in April, 5 months ago, and the fix should be easy - just remove the multi player executable.

Oh, and I hear Defcon has account based DRM present.

EDIT: Other than this, though, it's been good so far.
Post edited September 18, 2015 by korell
Posted September 18, 2015
Thanks, GOG, for granting those wishes and for all the hard works and efforts you've put into. And special thanks for the DRM-free policy. I believe the DRM-free with the quality package you're offering make you stand out and have great continual support. I wish you live long and continue granting people more wishes. I'll continue to support you. :)
Posted September 18, 2015
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korell: Should I raise a wishlist entry to have the SecuROM files removed from FEAR Platinum? I know it is inert and that it only gets triggered by trying to use the multi player executable, but the multi player servers for this were removed so that functionality is dead and the inert files and registry entries could still impact a live SecuROM installation if the user (maybe even unknowingly) installs a SecuROM enabled game (now less likely with Windows 10, but that's not the point).

Plus, you said you were working on doing this back in April, 5 months ago, and the fix should be easy - just remove the multi player executable.

Oh, and I hear Defcon has account based DRM present.

EDIT: Other than this, though, it's been good so far.
that sound logic, remove something that was needed for something thats now no longer there.
so basically some drm free games that need serials should also be freed of the need to enter these, cause they are drm free.
But other then these minor things it has been very good so far.
Posted September 18, 2015
Your stats:

wishes added: 11, wishes voted: 335

wishes fulfilled from all your votes: 58

Thank you, GOG! :-)
Posted September 18, 2015
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hedwards: Not really what I meant. They used to be just old games, now the focus has slipped quite a bit. They do get new games, but it's not their focus.
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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.
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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hedwards: Not really what I meant. They used to be just old games, now the focus has slipped quite a bit. They do get new games, but it's not their focus.
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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.
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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