alehel

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[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, this was my thinking as well. Inflation + preparations for tariffs are likely enough to bring the price to 450.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

He'll probably claim they'd have doubled their staff by now if it weren't for them.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Developer just confirmed the they found and fixed the bug for the next version.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

I honestly felt the same. Then I thought, eh, let's just try. Turns out I don't care about my library being split. I just add desktop icons for the games I'm playing and launch them from there without thinking about what platform it's on.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm actually a member of his channel on YouTube.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, I'd much rather these be on Lemmy! I don't want yet another blog to bookmark. By being on Lemmy I also catch new posts pretty quickly in my feed.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I love these posts, but I need to make a bug report for the Boost app, because for some reason these posts are unreadable in that app. Scrolling is just way to sluggish. Not sure if it's the length, or number of images.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I honestly thought this was an option, but I can't see it in the client, and the offline installers only offer all patches and the latest version. Not the original version.

I agree that's daft, and hope that feature doesn't get paywalled. The more people who do the survey and stress these points, the better.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 49 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I got the impression they're aiming more for a "fan club" kind of thing where you get access to articles/videos/Q&A/voting rights, etc. So more a kind of Patreon like many creators have. I didn't get the impression that this would in any way change the business model of the store.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think the only way they can introduce a subscription without backlash is if they make it a purely community thing with a few bonuses. Give people access to special insights into their preservation efforts, special interviews, voting rights, Q&A, occasional free game, etc. If they lock features behind this like more cloud storage, or other stuff that customers simply expect with their game purchase, the press will be all negative.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I found that one weird as well. Lego Island wasn't just the first Lego game. It was one of the first open world games. Well worth preserving. Much more so than the Lego games that got added.

 

Just did a GOG survey that focused on the idea of a paid membership option on GOG. Seems they're determining what people would be willing to pay extra for. Some of the options were

  • a tool for backing up offline installers
  • ability to install previous versions of a game
  • extra insight into the preservation work they're doing.
  • voting rights on games to bring into the preservation program.

And others that I can't remember.

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