GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe?

2026-07-04 06:17 UTC

This could be the case, or could not be. They shared a post on Reddit 19 hours ago from their official account, and I thought it might be nice to share that here, at least to spark some discussion. They simply shared a post titled: Shall we? 📦💿 With the following image: Link to the Reddit post is here if you want to see what others are saying about it!

Replies (17)

@explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 06:29

It’s fun for nostalgia but my pc doesn’t have a disc drive, nor even the space for one. Depending on your internet connection downloading is faster than reading from a disc even. If they were to somehow re-release old collector edition boxes that would become tempting.

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@tixooo@lemmy.zip 2026-07-04 06:41

If they so that, I’d re-buy all my got games instantly collectors edition. As long as they have no DRM, no internet requirements and I can play them whenever, wherever, I’m buying.

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@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 06:43

I’d rather see them just list the ISOs so we can burn them to disc ourselves. These are fun, but niche. Listing an ISO isn’t far off from what they regularly do.

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@Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-04 06:54

I mean box art is kinda cool, but who even wants to use optical media? It’s not the 2000s anymore. Possible idea, memory stick? Faster transfer speeds. Downside is it would cost quite a bit extra. But then posting internationally is probably going to cost a fair bit too so for a collectors item it might not be too bad and makes it actually usable.

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@Quokka@quokk.au 2026-07-04 07:10

Did GOG ever end up meaningfully addressing that neonazi shit?

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@rozodru@piefed.world 2026-07-04 11:27

do it. I don’t care about the practicality of it all I loved those big boxes. But they also need to have the big manuals inside also. Some of those manuals were absolutely awesome. Like the one for the first Heavy Gear. or the old flight sim games. Or like the original release of Final Fantasy 7 on PC by Edios came with a brady’s strategy guide. Heck bring back strategy guides too! I remember when World of Warcraft first came out I picked up the strategy guide with it cause it was full of WoW related Penny-Arcade comics in it and I was (heck still am) a massive fan of Penny-Arcade.

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@placebo@lemmy.zip 2026-07-04 08:42

I can’t say I want to pay extra for these large boxes with extra stuff, but smaller boxes like this I would definitely consider purchasing:

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@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-04 15:32

Much rather have them create read-only (or semi read only to import patches?) flash-storage USB sticks. Who the hell has a built-in CD player or even a BD-player in this time and age? I have an external USB-CD player but only so I can digitize the CDs I buy online.

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@zerofk@lemmy.zip 2026-07-05 05:57

I interpret it more as preserving those big box games from the past, not releasing new boxes.

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@Lumisal@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 18:16

Anyone know what was up with the Nazi symbolism they emailed purposefully? I would really want to support them but I need to know that it wasnt something terrible they did. Physical releases is definitely a plus as well.

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@Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-04 21:14

I don’t think we should create more waste in our world, so I’m voting against it. I’d want GOG to focus more on Linux and on getting more games on their store.

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@daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-04 20:02

If they came with manual, posters, artwork and all the goodies of old game boxes could be a win. Also better done with completed games that are no longer to be updated. For an empty box with a cd that once installed you need to download a 50Gb patch for it to be playable would make no sense.

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@NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2026-07-04 19:57

I really don’t want more packaging. Just give me a download to the file. I see zero reason to want more plastic like a disc, but I could understand why someone might want a box with a book, a manual, maybe some items from the game. My kids order stuff like this all the time from the independent game makers they like to support. Their book shelves have their favorite books and box sets of games, and they like it. I guess my point is: for indy game makers, this is already a thing.

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@RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 18:52

Optical media? Maybe not. Custom flash drives? That would be gravy.

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@goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 2026-07-06 03:08

I think it would be cool to have physical copies of your fav pc games. I think physical media in general should have a comeback

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@SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2026-07-06 03:34

They can do this for the upcoming Thief remaster…

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@creamfresh@lemmy.world 2026-07-06 06:13

please don’t produce more waste

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