The idea is that any user could go to their game library on GOG, choose one of the games, and order a physical copy delivered to their home. Marcin Pachiński, GOG's senior business development manager, outlined the plan in an interview with GamesRadar+.
You log into your GOG library, choose the game whose physical copy you want to receive, order it, and it gets shipped to you. That would be the ideal scenario.
— Marcin Pachiński, senior manager, GOG
He added that the company has been discussing the idea for many years. Putting it into practice, however, is a complex task, unlike anything the store currently does. Selling discs would require building logistics and organising warehouses, as well as obtaining separate permissions from game publishers. "And yet I really hope that one day we will manage it," said Pachiński.
Physical releases of PC games almost disappeared from shelves a decade ago, giving way to digital stores. On game consoles, discs still retain their popularity, although their share there is shrinking.
So far, GOG is taking only the first steps in this direction. Recently, the store added scans of original boxes from old games to its classics preservation programme. They can be printed at full size and assembled by hand. The project was prepared together with Benjamin Wimmer, who has spent many years single-handedly building a digital archive of packaging for classic PC games, the Big Box Collection.
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