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"Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 3 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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While I personally pitch in a few bucks every other purchase, I think they could more open and responsive on their preservation efforts.

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago

"...and also grants a number of perks like an exclusive Discord community..." 😬

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

GOG is nice and all, but it's a for profit corporation at the end of the day, and I don't trust corporations not to sell their values down the river when it becomes lucrative for them to do so.

I would far rather support the Internet Archive or something similar.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

Yep maybe start a new non-profit if they want to solicit donations.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I give a shit but that doesn't mean I have the money to buy games from anywhere......

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same... I already used all I have on food and shelter... literally have nothing else right now. :|

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

All the time some games are discounted to like two dollars.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd be much happier with GoG if they opensourced most of their stuff and supported stuff like Stop Killing Games.

For now, I buy games from them and backup the installers, but until they become more open, especially towards Linux, and stop using shit like Discord, my support will just be in the form of shopping for games I want. Nothing more.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

A sensible stance.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

support linux then.

can't support you if you won't support me.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Haven't read the article, but the give a shit part is likely from here, a reference to a reference:

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whatever you linked, it seems to be gone. I get a 404.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's gone from that thebrainbin.org lemmy instance, but lemmy.nz had it cached 😊

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks. The instance was having issues with the media hosting platform so it's in the middle of changing it, but the images should be back in a few days according to the announcement.