While it hasn't been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate.

While it hasn’t been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate. This isn’t the first time GOG have asked for people to donate, as back in June they added a donation form to the checkout page but this goes one step further.

The main point of the GOG Patrons program appears to be directly supporting their game preservations efforts as part of the official GOG Preservation Program. Not to paywall anything on the GOG store, just as an additional way to support GOG directly.

  • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.orgEnglish
    101·
    1 day ago

    You can only sign-up with a credit card, which I don’t have. I guess I will keep my money then.

    Edit: To add some reasoning to why I was interested in subscribing. Apparently patrons are involved in the decision making on which games get added to GOG from the dreamlist. I wanted to subscribe for 2-3 months to see how much influence patrons really get and if GOG shares some background info about the process of getting games on GOG and making them playable on modern systems.

    • A Mouse@midwest.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Aw, that’s a shame. I do want to point out that if you have PayPal, at least in the U.S. you can get a debit card that links the balance and other cards connected to the PayPal account.

      • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.orgEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Not located in the U.S.

        I should just get a basic CC, but I only need one like every two years or so, not really worth the hassle.