Posted December 22, 2015
I think this program yet again proves that the GoG people are for gamers. It is a great idea and I hope people won't try to abuse it, but based on the success of DRM free I think this community is mostly honest people.
I've kept nearly every game I got since I was a kid. I'm talking about PC games from the original floppy disc version of Tie Fighter, X-Com Terror from the Deep, and my old NES version of Mega Man 6. It is very reassuring to know that I can come here and get a DRM free copy of my old PC games that will work with the current OS. I don't think I really ran into an issue with this until I tried to play Mechwarrior 2 on Windows 7 a couple of years ago.
I have boxes and boxes of my old games, most of them with the original package. It is so reassuring to know that many of them are kept safe in this digital format. Not only are they safely stored, but more easily accessible than digging through my entire closet through all the boxes to find it, and I can confidently install and run my game for whatever classic fix I'm looking for.
Then there is the main perk of getting the old games that are no longer available. It may be a game you had and lost, or a game that you never got a chance to buy when it was on the market.
I don't know what the demographics are of the ages of the average GoG account holder, but I would assume that it is a pretty wide range. Many of the younger gamers probably don't know what an epic service GoG truly is, but all of us older gamers truly know and appreciate it.
You guys have truly made a gamer's dream come true, thank you!
I've kept nearly every game I got since I was a kid. I'm talking about PC games from the original floppy disc version of Tie Fighter, X-Com Terror from the Deep, and my old NES version of Mega Man 6. It is very reassuring to know that I can come here and get a DRM free copy of my old PC games that will work with the current OS. I don't think I really ran into an issue with this until I tried to play Mechwarrior 2 on Windows 7 a couple of years ago.
I have boxes and boxes of my old games, most of them with the original package. It is so reassuring to know that many of them are kept safe in this digital format. Not only are they safely stored, but more easily accessible than digging through my entire closet through all the boxes to find it, and I can confidently install and run my game for whatever classic fix I'm looking for.
Then there is the main perk of getting the old games that are no longer available. It may be a game you had and lost, or a game that you never got a chance to buy when it was on the market.
I don't know what the demographics are of the ages of the average GoG account holder, but I would assume that it is a pretty wide range. Many of the younger gamers probably don't know what an epic service GoG truly is, but all of us older gamers truly know and appreciate it.
You guys have truly made a gamer's dream come true, thank you!