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Posted February 21, 2014
The DRM-Free Revolution Continues with Big Pre-Orders and Launch Day Releases!

Good news! GOG.com is going to bring you more fantastic launch day releases, preorders, and other exciting new content from some of our favorite developers. We've lined up 3 big titles that we will be bringing to GOG.com in the next couple of months for sale or preorder that we think will be hits with all of our gamers; and we have more equally exciting games coming up soon.

If you've been a member of the site for a long time, you may recall that when we launched sales of The Witcher 2 on GOG.com, we had to add in regional pricing. The game cost different amounts in in the US, the UK, the European Union, and Australia. We're doing something like that once again in order to bring you new titles from fantastic bigger studios. Since we don't accept currencies other than USD on GOG.com right now, we'll be charging the equivalent of the local price in USD for these titles. We wish that we could offer these games at flat prices everywhere in the world, but the decision on pricing is always in our partners' hands, and regional pricing is becoming the standard around the globe. We're doing this because we believe that there's no better way to accomplish our overall goals for DRM-Free gaming and GOG.com. We need more games, devs, and publishers on board to make DRM-Free gaming something that's standard for all of the gaming world!

That brings with it more good news, though! As mentioned, we have three games we're launching soon with regional pricing--two RPGs and a strategy game--and while we can't tell you what they are yet because breaking an NDA has more severe penalties than just getting a noogie, we're confident that you'll be as excited about these games as we are. For a limited time, we will be offering anyone who pre-orders or buys one of them a free game from a selection as a gift from GOG.com, just like we did for The Witcher 2.

If you have any questions, hit us up in the comments below and we'll be happy to answer (to the best of our ability).

EDIT: Since we've answered a lot of the common questions already here (and lest you think that we've ignored you), it may be handy for you to check out the forum thread about this and search for staff answers by clicking this link here. (hat tip to user Eli who reminded us that the feature even exists. :)
Posted February 22, 2014
Personally the limit will be when the games stop being DRM free. That day, GOG will be dead for me. I don´t care if the online component of a game needs DRM, but any offline component must stay DRM free, and if the online component launched back in its day without it, it shouldn´t have it either.

I disliked back in the day the start of selling Indie games or new games, because I only saw GOG as a way to get old games. But they won´t be able to get more old games forever and as much as they are getting Indie games, there will be a moment too when they won´t have new ones either. They need to publish at least some of the games that are currently made by the industry, and that comes with a cost.

I´m one of the people who gets highly prices over other similar regions, but I don´t care as long as GOG keeps DRM free and this doesn´t start regional discount sales. It depends too on the released games and what their prices are, of course. Those three games must be really something to step out of a GOG principle, and I think if GOG isn´t going to keep that one, it should be removed from any publicity of GOG (or at least say "hey! we haven´t got regional prices for games that aren´t new releases"). I think too that if that´s the case, the first permanent discount GOG should make is standirizing the price for all regions after a set of time.

When I see the games and the prices, I´ll be able to judge better.
Posted February 22, 2014
Great to see GOG bending over backwards yet again. Can't wait till DRM gets removed.
Posted February 22, 2014
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caul: Great to see GOG bending over backwards yet again. Can't wait till DRM gets removed.
Really. So, when have they been bending over backwards? And for whom? Seems to me they bend over backwards for us most the time.
Posted February 22, 2014
The ozzy government isnt trying to drag Microsoft and Adobe through the courts for regional software pricing because it is a good thing.

I say regional pricing, but i mean price gouging. It is data and costs no more to be downloaded in one country or another. Unfortunately for dinosaurs the internet doesnt quite work in the olden style ways they would like it to.

I AM DISSAPOINT GOG, just dont stock these products if you are required to screw your customers like this.
Posted February 22, 2014
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CarrionCrow: My advice to anyone who's going to be shortchanged by this move, anyone who's going to get burned by price increases, by policies they don't want, by perceived erosion of principles - DON'T BUY THE GAMES. I know that's hard, I know that a whole lot of people want to support GOG, want this to succeed, a lot of people who truly LOVE games, but if you're truly livid about the situation, do the best you can to resist the urge to say screw it and eat the difference because whatever title is just what you're looking for or have been waiting for. Keep your wallet in your pocket and let the numbers show your displeasure at the situation. Don't get irate now and cave later. If something so egregious is in motion, don't reinforce it by making the numbers look better. If the numbers turn to crap in light of these events, the business model will have to be reverted to its original form. GOG may be a better type of company in a number of ways, but they still want your money. That's a given. The numbers will dictate the course more than a thousand threads with a hundred thousand posts of people being upset.
But which events would that be? They're attempting to bring Day-1 releases to DRM-free while introducing regional pricing at the same time. If the numbers are crap, which will be blamed - regional pricing (for which publishers have evidence that it works) or DRM-free niche?

I asked TET about this, curious if he'll respond.
Posted February 22, 2014
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StingingVelvet: I don't agree with "one world, one price" and never have. It's ridiculous to expect Russians to pay the same price as me for video games. The trick is not to overcharge people in certain regions, to price fairly everywhere.
Well, that fair pricing sure as hell is not going to happen.

There are about 20 different countries/areas that share the Euro currency, each with their own relative purchasing power. But as for regional pricing, there is not going to be country-specific prices, there is going to be currency-specific pricing.

For most games this has traditionally meant that € prices are some +20% more expensive than US$ prices.

And what do we really pay for? Well, one explanation is the costs of localising the game. But that's real BS. For instance, Nordic countries always end up paying for "localising" while the game is still not available in any Nordic language. In fact, most players end up playing it the English language version anyway, instead of German or French versions.

There's nothing fair in any of that.
Posted February 22, 2014
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! =/

I prefer to wait and see before I go all out with the doom and gloom.
Posted February 22, 2014
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mistermumbles: The sky is falling! The sky is falling! =/

I prefer to wait and see before I go all out with the doom and gloom.
I prefer not to be blindfolded and have my hands tied while some mysterious agent tells me to enjoy something. :B
Posted February 22, 2014
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caul: Great to see GOG bending over backwards yet again. Can't wait till DRM gets removed.
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scampywiak: Really. So, when have they been bending over backwards? And for whom? Seems to me they bend over backwards for us most the time.
Um, I think that's what he was saying.

Why the fuck is this thread 55 pages long?
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Posted February 22, 2014
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Darvond: I prefer not to be blindfolded and have my hands tied while some mysterious agent tells me to enjoy something. :B
DId they send another local paladin recruiter here?
Posted February 22, 2014
Well, as long as those games are DRM-free...

I have a question, though. I may have friends in different parts of the world, if they buy the game as a gift for me, will they pay "my" price or "their" price???

PS: The different pricing in different regions is BS, it can not be justified.
Posted February 22, 2014
,As a guy who can't stand Steam and all other forms of DRM, I'm glad GOG is finally selling AAA games at launch.As long as the games here remain DRM-free, I will continue to support GOG.
Ps: Please let South Park : the stick of truth be one of those games :)
Posted February 22, 2014
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rrr8891: I have to say that the general tone of this thread is faggot cranked up to 11. Why is everybody here so whiney and hysterical??
Personal attacks, how lovely.

Be polite and treat others just like you want them to treat you. Everyone should feel comfortable and therefore any language or content that is harassing, intimidating, threatening, discriminating, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or offensive in any other way will not be tolerated. This also includes links to such content;
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Posted February 22, 2014
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NetAndy: Well, as long as those games are DRM-free...

I have a question, though. I may have friends in different parts of the world, if they buy the game as a gift for me, will they pay "my" price or "their" price???

PS: The different pricing in different regions is BS, it can not be justified.
TET said earlier that there won't be any changes to the gifting system.
Posted February 22, 2014
Can't wait to see what those games are! Hopefully something I'm interested in.

I love You, GoG!
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