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Tales of Monkey Island is not part of the GOG Preservation Program as far as I can tell[0]. This policy update is for games part of the program. https://www.go

Tales of Monkey Island is not part of the GOG Preservation Program as far as I can tell[0]. This policy update is for games part of the program. https://www.gog.com/en/game/tales_of_monkey_island https://www.gog.com/en/game/tales_of_monkey_island

thaumasiotes 2y ago
They have another policy specifying that they maintain the games they sell. They don't sell as-is, they warrant that the game will run appropriately. But we know they don't honor that policy. What would you conclude?
- izacus 2y ago
  Why the heck do you think it's the stores job to employ developers to maintain games for you forever? How do you think that actually works out? For games that are sold for usually less than 15 bucks?
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    Because that's what they say their job is? Did you read the rest of the comment thread? I believe what _I_ said about it, personally, was "that's not worth much" (because they don't do it).
- graynk 2y ago
  > They have another policy specifying that they maintain the games they sell. They don't sell as-is, they warrant that the game will run appropriately. Would be helpful if you've linked to that policy :) They do update some of the classics, that's true. Expecting them to fix bugs in every single game on the store is madness. They do have tech support that you can reach out to and they refund games if they don't work for you. That's as much as one can expect.
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    https://www.gog.com/about_gog https://www.gog.com/about_gog > Even if the game is older than you are, we test it thoroughly, fix all the bugs, and apply patches so it runs flawlessly on your next-gen PC and on modern OSs.
    - graynk 2y ago
      Not a good look to be sure, but it's hardly a policy, is it? It's a single marketing blurb (with "Upgrading classics for present-day" blurb atop of it BTW, so even there it's not claiming to fix __every single game__, but it does align with the preservation program) The actual policies are here: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201526109-Policies-General-Info?product=gog https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201526109-Polici...

thaumasiotes 2y ago

They have another policy specifying that they maintain the games they sell. They don't sell as-is, they warrant that the game will run appropriately. But we know they don't honor that policy. What would you conclude?

izacus 2y ago
Why the heck do you think it's the stores job to employ developers to maintain games for you forever? How do you think that actually works out? For games that are sold for usually less than 15 bucks?
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  Because that's what they say their job is? Did you read the rest of the comment thread? I believe what _I_ said about it, personally, was "that's not worth much" (because they don't do it).
graynk 2y ago
> They have another policy specifying that they maintain the games they sell. They don't sell as-is, they warrant that the game will run appropriately. Would be helpful if you've linked to that policy :) They do update some of the classics, that's true. Expecting them to fix bugs in every single game on the store is madness. They do have tech support that you can reach out to and they refund games if they don't work for you. That's as much as one can expect.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  https://www.gog.com/about_gog https://www.gog.com/about_gog > Even if the game is older than you are, we test it thoroughly, fix all the bugs, and apply patches so it runs flawlessly on your next-gen PC and on modern OSs.
  - graynk 2y ago
    Not a good look to be sure, but it's hardly a policy, is it? It's a single marketing blurb (with "Upgrading classics for present-day" blurb atop of it BTW, so even there it's not claiming to fix __every single game__, but it does align with the preservation program) The actual policies are here: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201526109-Policies-General-Info?product=gog https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201526109-Polici...