[AdmiralAsshat]

> Why introduce a membership now? Is GOG in financial trouble?

Glad they put this into the FAQ, because that was certainly my first thought, although I'm not sure the answer really assuages my concerns.

You have to admit that the combination of "Original founder buys back GOG from CD Projekt" and then "GOG introduces patron tier" soon thereafter does suggest a company in some financial hardship.

[qwertfisch]

The patron program was introduced weeks (or even months) before the buyout of GOG.

[jadedtuna]

To be fair, a buyout is probably not discussed & agreed upon in a matter of days. Probably.

[qwertfisch]

Yes, agreed. I’m still wondering where the co-founder got the 25M dollars. Also if he just had separated GOG (and buy his shares) before CDPR going public in 2009, it would have been much cheaper. At that time GOG only was a plattform for good old games.

[izacus]

> I’m still wondering where the co-founder got the 25M dollars.

From sales of millions upon millions of copies of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 games?

[lenocinor]

Indeed. I regularly have to remind myself that The Witcher 3 is 8th on Wikipedia’s list of all-time best-selling video games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...