Mori_Yuki: It would come as a surprise if they thought it was. There is no difference between hiding a game and not clicking on games. In both cases they will not make a sale. The ability to hide games is going to speed up browsing the catalog, while also making it easier for us to discover games we are interested in, will translate into more sales in less time.
I agree with this, for the reasons you state.
On a personal note, I now refuse to browse through large sales pages, I only check the first few, and so anything that sensibly culls the number of games presented to me would mean I browse more, perhaps all pages. So it could only be of benefit to GOG and providers.
Mori_Yuki: Tracking the number and titles of hidden games could help them making better decisions as to which games to add and which ones they should ignore because they aren't like to sell well.
I don't agree with this, as there can be many reasons, as I suggested in my last post, why someone might want to hide a game. We don't want GOG making illogical assumptions.
Think about how many own games at Steam or on disc, and then buy them again DRM-Free at GOG. This would be a mixed bag scenario. Many would hide games they own at Steam or elsewhere, while many others wouldn't. The only feedback GOG would get that would be valid, would be from those hiding the games. GOG would not know how many were actually interested in the games from the remainder, to counter the negatives. The closest you might get to a positive count would be from those who have it on their Wishlist.