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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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[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Do you not have to update that script every time you play a new game? Cloud saves are pretty automatic, and regardless of platform, they've been pretty reliable too. It also fits that use case that you go to a friend's place and want to show them something in your save file on a whim.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago
[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, that's what I use when I need it for GOG saves. But typically, every game puts their save file in a different spot, so you do need to do a one-time setup for each individual game.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Typing backup "Game" "/path/to/files" is pretty simple though. I wouldn't complain about cloud saves existing, but I won't rely on them and absolutely wouldn't pay for them.

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