There is a high unlikelihood that this would work. Not only would you need to factor in shipping, but EACH DISK would have to be customized for each account (some accounts needing 2 dual-layer disks due to size of installers/extras). Assuming the cost per disk is $10 for dual-layer disks, some accounts needing up to 3, and international shipping being like $20 (if US shipping and I'm just making up numbers), it's not too feasable to actually do from a consumer perspective.

Well, the USA military tested the Millenniata disks, and they say the product is up to the expectations....

That is what Millenniata claims. Some critical thinking questions to ask:

Did the US military really do those test? Where they properly conducted? What they did actually show, you know like in detail? Do the disk merely survive longer than regular DVD's or they they actually have a 1000 year life time? Has anyone else replicated the results of those tests? If their technology is so revolutionary why isn't it all over the news? Could the military tests be some kind of false positives? Did they somehow cheat them?

Why would you want Duke 3d on blu-ray?

This idea is silly and pointless.

Besides, if you really want to back up your stuff, just burn your own discs.

Many times the problem is on the receiving end. :)

I think the main obstacle was not the part of burning a disc, but downloading lots of (e.g. 400+) GOG games, especially through a slow or unreliable internet connection which might also have transfer caps.

I'd personally be fine downloading lots of GOG games (I can use either 10Mbps ADSL at home, or 100MBps broadband at work, both uncapped), but the GOG downloader client itself isn't that suitable currently for downloading masses of games. No "Download all games + extras" button, you see...?

http://www.mdisc.com/uploads/M-DISC_1sheet_ChinaLake_vF.pdf

I still have to find a more complete study, granted it is available on-line.

As I already said, even if the internet connection is great, the downloader client is not quite up to the task. Applies to the Steam client too by the way (in fact I personally feel downloading several games in one swoop in Steam is even much more of a bitch than with the GOG downloader).

And like I said before, if you are one of those people who have only few GOG games in their library, then yeah obviously you would probably have no use for such an extra service (with an extra fee). But that shouldn't prevent you from understanding that not everyone is exactly the same.

It is all about having options, apparently some are very much against that. If only I knew why.

Anybody rich enough to be in the position of buying 400+ games all at once for personal use, is probably rich enough to have a reliable internet connection.

I've got over 100 and that's over several years that I've been here. Once the initial download is complete, then you're only talking about downloading updates or when files are corrupted.

Seriously, having to worry about the bandwidth after buying that many games at once is a problem that I'd like to have.

To quote myself: "As I already said, even if the internet connection is great, the downloader client is not quite up to the task."

Too bad the unofficial JGOGdownloader or whatever, which was supposed to have the function of downloading everything from your account in one swift action, is not maintained anymore.

That said, yes it is possible to be wealthy but still have a pretty shitty internet connection. For example the people in rural areas. Down here the only broadband internet the ISPs offer in many rural areas are flaky mobile 3G connections, no matter how much you pay them.

Yeah, seems to me some people would argue about giving free ice with your drink at mcdonalds :/

Indeed, I have heard that in Canada and the USA bandwidth caps pretty much dilute the advantage of having access to high speed internet connection.

Just to make one thing sure though: I don't feel this extra service should be free. Ie. as you originally suggested, there should be some kind of fee to cover the expenses. Just so that the costs really go only towards those who use the service.

I don't know if it is legally possible or whether some third-party was able to set up such service (idea that I don't personally like; I think it should be endorsed and approved by GOG), yadda yadda yadda. But nice idea anyway IMHO.

I agree that it would not be free (otherwise there is no incentive for GOG to give the service), I only say it should have a reasonable price.

Yeah.. reasonable.. what is reasonable? We all don't have some hard drive which has many terabytes. I would like my gog games be in some disc also but let's face it for gog.. It would be a bad deal, sending stuff all over the world.

I have in the past twelve months acquired quite a lot of cheap stuff mailed to me directly from china and from what I see they mail to most important countries for a cheap shipping and handling fee (and sometimes for "free") so I do not understand why people keep saying will be expensive to send about five discs (my guess about the average size of collections of members a year old or more) to some place within the same continent. I would understand if they start with an "Europe only" test run and the increase the coverage bit by bit (until even the moon colonies are also covered *MUAHAHAHA* )