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GOG GALAXY 2.0 discussionIntegration of two accounts from one service (8 posts)(8 posts)
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Posted July 24, 2019
Hello! I think it would be great to have a possibility of adding more than one account from one service. I know that for Steam, GOG, Uplay or Origin it is not that simple but for xbox and psn it could really easy to add since it does not actually launch the games.
Posted July 24, 2019
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Evoliver: Hello! I think it would be great to have a possibility of adding more than one account from one service. I know that for Steam, GOG, Uplay or Origin it is not that simple but for xbox and psn it could really easy to add since it does not actually launch the games.
Thanks for suggestion. We were deliberating this in early stages and agreed that for foreseeable future we stick to one account linked per platform policy.
Posted September 22, 2019
Well, I would kindly ask you to reconsider. Those of us who are longer in gaming than a couple of years inevitably have more than one account per service, and many services do not allow us to consolidate our game libraries. To manage large game libraries in a comprehensive fashion, more than one account per service is inevitable.

Just for your consideration, there are many valid reasons to have today more than one account per service, which were not, by any means, avoidable at the time they were created, by those of us who have been gaming for quite a while and have seen those services organically evolve. Here's a few examples:

- Playstation store was not available in my country for many years (more than 15 years since its inception, in fact) and I had to open a US account to be able to purchase games and play online. Now that it is supported locally, I also have a local account. Sony still does not allow to consolidate libraries.
- Ubisoft started to collect email addresses and linked those to games way before they decided to start their Uplay service. (They just asked for an email address and password before allowing you to start an Ubisoft game, without explaining why.) When they finally started Uplay many years later, they just converted the email addresses they collected into Uplay accounts. I then ended up with 3 Uplay accounts that I could not consolidate. The original reason why Uplay was created is to prevent second-hand reselling of games, and they are very adamant on not allowing account consolidation which would let people circumvent their intentions.
- EA did the same with Spore accounts. I registered my copy of Spore with a different email address than my Origin account, and to my surprise EA created another origin account for me with my Spore credentials. I solved this problem by buying another copy of Spore that I linked to my main Origin account.

Any service that aims at providing a consolidated games library for everyone needs to take these realities into account. I will, myself, not be able to settle for GOG Galaxy as my "main library" if it does not provide a solution to these service consolidation problems.
Posted September 22, 2019
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dewries: Well, I would kindly ask you to reconsider. Those of us who are longer in gaming than a couple of years inevitably have more than one account per service, and many services do not allow us to consolidate our game libraries. To manage large game libraries in a comprehensive fashion, more than one account per service is inevitable.

Just for your consideration, there are many valid reasons to have today more than one account per service, which were not, by any means, avoidable at the time they were created, by those of us who have been gaming for quite a while and have seen those services organically evolve. Here's a few examples:

- Playstation store was not available in my country for many years (more than 15 years since its inception, in fact) and I had to open a US account to be able to purchase games and play online. Now that it is supported locally, I also have a local account. Sony still does not allow to consolidate libraries.
- Ubisoft started to collect email addresses and linked those to games way before they decided to start their Uplay service. (They just asked for an email address and password before allowing you to start an Ubisoft game, without explaining why.) When they finally started Uplay many years later, they just converted the email addresses they collected into Uplay accounts. I then ended up with 3 Uplay accounts that I could not consolidate. The original reason why Uplay was created is to prevent second-hand reselling of games, and they are very adamant on not allowing account consolidation which would let people circumvent their intentions.
- EA did the same with Spore accounts. I registered my copy of Spore with a different email address than my Origin account, and to my surprise EA created another origin account for me with my Spore credentials. I solved this problem by buying another copy of Spore that I linked to my main Origin account.

Any service that aims at providing a consolidated games library for everyone needs to take these realities into account. I will, myself, not be able to settle for GOG Galaxy as my "main library" if it does not provide a solution to these service consolidation problems.
Having multiple accounts is against many of those services ToS.
Posted September 25, 2019
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paladin181: Having multiple accounts is against many of those services ToS.
except steam I believe? Valve does not care how many accounts do you have, they even suggest to open additional account to contact support if the main account is not reachable.
Post edited September 25, 2019 by djoxyk
Posted October 27, 2019
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paladin181: Having multiple accounts is against many of those services ToS.
Is it though? Not in the case of those I mentioned (Sony, Uplay, Origin/EA). Maybe others.

In any case, my point was that those services made multiple accounts for their users _automatically_ at some point in their evolution, and it is still not possible today to consolidate some of them. In some cases creating multiple accounts is still unavoidable today. For example, if you switch your country of residence you _have_ to create another Sony account. If any of that is against any ToS, that would make this whole situation even more kafkaesque.

This problem tends to affect the very people who could make good use of GOG's game consolidation feature: those who have been around for a while and tend to have large game libraries.
Posted October 28, 2019
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paladin181: Having multiple accounts is against many of those services ToS.
Actually, it's quite the contrary, the majority of other platforms specifically state that you'll have to create a second account if you move to a different country, which is exactly how I ended up with 2 accounts on basically every platform.
Not having the ability to import all of my games to Galaxy is super annoying and completely defeats the purpose.
Post edited October 28, 2019 by Waytelem
Posted November 20, 2021
Any updates on this functionality? It would be so helpful!
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