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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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wish they worked with opensource projects like Heroic to provide an easy and fast way to run their games on Linux like in Steam. And if they provided a donation option or something to fund that work.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They do that already. They're partnered with Heroic. If you buy GOG games through Heroic, Heroic gets a cut of that sale using a referral code program like you'd see in other stores. It gives Heroic some cash, and it gives GOG a line of sight into exactly how much revenue they're missing out on by not building the Linux launcher themselves. This is what got me to start buying from GOG again.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit, really? Do you have a source for that?

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/tag/v2.13.0

We also started a partnership with GOG and now every game you buy from the GOG store inside Heroic will give us a commission, so it is another way of supporting the project. :)

The link is also available at https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate if you prefer to purchase games in your web browser.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

Awesome, thank you!