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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
Can anyone tell me if this means that:
- all prices will be displayed in my currency (euros)
- all prices will be converted 1$=1€

or this will apply only to some new games that request it?

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rrr8891: why is everyone complaining about price increases anyway? you know you can just torrent all this shit, right?
We would like to obtain them legally, of course.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by phaolo
Posted February 22, 2014
I imagine the announcement may have gone over better if the 3 regions they were adding weren't exactly the 3 regions where the prices are traditionally higher than the US price. It would've been nice if they had leveraged some regional pricing benefits for countries with lesser economies.

As it is, this announcement almost certainly means "prices are going up for these 3 regions we used to sell in $ to"
Posted February 22, 2014
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Gearmos: You mean regional prices with the usual one dollar = one euro price conversion, right? But we will be charged in dollars... These are not good news.
Gearmos, that is one of the usual practices, but not the only one, sadly. The worst case I've encountered is what Daedalic does to their German speaking customers. They're easily asking 150% more from their domestic target group. Developers/publishers can set the prices regionally however they possibly want to. That can mean absurd ripoffs if these devs don't want to play it fair.

Let's hope it's mostly the dollar to euro "conversion". But hitting that button really is pandora's box.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by Vainamoinen
Posted February 22, 2014
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phaolo: Can anyone tell me if this means that:
- all prices will be displayed in my currency (euros)
- all prices will be converted 1$=1€

or this will apply only to some new games that request it?
The way I read it, the answers are
No
No
Yes
At least for now.
Posted February 22, 2014
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This site was once called Good Old Games. Then Indie games were introduced and the name changed to GOG. Well, okay, I am fine with that... You do have to extend your possibilities, since you are a business after all, but this goes too far.

I do not use Steam or any other service than GOG for buying my games, even if I then have to miss some great games like Skyrim. I became mad for not being able to play this one... but for me, it is about ideology. DRM cannot and must not be accepted and I love GOG for making this possible for us.

Regional pricing is just as unfair and unacceptable as DRM, in my honest opinion. It cannot be justified and of course there is the question: Would I, GOG, offer for example Skyrim DRM-free, but with regional pricing, so our friends from, the hell do I know, Spain, have to pay twice the prize?
I would say: NO! You might say: YES!

This is unethical and I will not buy one of this thee games with regional pricing, no matter how bad I want them. This is a path I cannot follow you and I have to say, I am somewhat disappointed.
Posted February 22, 2014
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phaolo: Can anyone tell me if this means that:
- all prices will be displayed in my currency (euros)
- all prices will be converted 1$=1€

or this will apply only to some new games that request it?
Prices will be displayed in your local currency, but charged in dollars. And this will apply (only) on some new games.
Posted February 22, 2014
Now that's just great. $ = € = £ prices incoming! Just like I told Humble: Have some ******* integrity. Didn't expect GOG to cave in so soon after Humble. What an extremely poor joke this is.
Posted February 22, 2014
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Seems like this thread is still going strong, for better or worse. I wonder if people would have been more acceptant of this decision if we'd actually been told what "great" games specifically we'll be able to purchase here in the near future. Unless those games aren't so hot after all, in which case it would probably have infuriated people even further. :P

But seriously, it's kind of disappointing how this is advertised as good news, when we don't actually have access to the positive aspects of it. I thought we'd finally gain some more insight into GOGs future releases, or that we'd be able to pre-order some of those games right away.

As for the regional pricing, what exactly does it mean anyway? I'd personally be fine with it if it meant prices will be more "fair" around the globe, but that's not really what this is about, is it? I mean, will countries where the average income is lower be charged lower prices because of this? Or will the publishers focus on squeezing more money out of "rich" countries?
Posted February 22, 2014
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phaolo: Can anyone tell me if this means that:
- all prices will be displayed in my currency (euros)
- all prices will be converted 1$=1€

or this will apply only to some new games that request it?
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Sanjuro: The way I read it, the answers are
No
No
Yes
At least for now.
Thank you Sanjuro.
If it is so, that's a slightly better news.
I'll probably just skip those games anyway, due to the high price :P

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Gearmos: Prices will be displayed in your local currency, but charged in dollars. And this will apply (only) on some new games.
That is bad for cards with foreign fees..
Post edited February 22, 2014 by phaolo
Posted February 22, 2014
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Vainamoinen: I wish you made at least that impossible by saying: European Union, one price.
Slightly offtopic: that would be great if applied when european countries "buy" debt, but in reality Germany gets interest rates close to 0%, while others get 5% or more. And i dont see the european union or the european central bank pushing for that either.

Ontopic: This news wasnt what some were asking for, when wishing gog should announce soon to be released tittles earlier, or at least at the same time as other online stores do. But in the end, it wont make much diference to me, aslong as the game is sold drm free, the price asked has to meet what i think the game is worth, if it's higher, it's a matter of waiting for the inevitable sales to see if it matches what i'm willing to pay for it. But strip drm free from games, and that's an entirely diferent discussion.
Posted February 22, 2014
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Urnoev: Regional pricing is just as unfair and unacceptable as DRM, in my honest opinion. It cannot be justified and of course there is the question: Would I, GOG, offer for example Skyrim DRM-free, but with regional pricing, so our friends from, the hell do I know, Spain, have to pay twice the prize?
I would say: NO! You might say: YES!
International pricing is abused to an absurd degree. The original idea isn't the worst, Urnoev, it really isn't. You ask a price from the individual target country which you believe is reasonable and the customers there are willing and able to pay. International pricing reality looks different. For our Czech friends, a 20$ price tag looks just plain gruesome - in Germany, you would mostly consider that a bargain. That is a reality where international pricing could help to adjust. Alas, I don't see THAT happening. :(

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darkangelz: Slightly offtopic: that would be great if applied when european countries "buy" debt, but in reality Germany gets interest rates close to 0%, while others get 5% or more. And i dont see the european union or the european central bank pushing for that either.
Indeed offtopic - and not my topic, either. All I know is that I personally get next to 0% interest on my bank account here while prices are increasing at their usual 2% per year. Saving up for retirement? Just forget about it.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by Vainamoinen
Posted February 22, 2014
I could have sworn that one price for all was one of the things that GOG stood for along with DRM-free. As in, I am sure it was stated by at least one blue and by an article written on this website.

I may continue using GOG. But I don't think I'll be advertising GOG to my friends and people I meet anymore. Selling games before they were complete was fair enough, I just won't buy them until they have been combined (complete packages was one of my trinity reasons for joining GOG). But this is wrong. If the only difference is to make up for tax then that would be acceptable but I am pretty god damned sure that isn't the case.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by MichaelFurlong
Posted February 22, 2014
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CharlesGrey: Seems like this thread is still going strong, for better or worse. I wonder if people would have been more acceptant of this decision if we'd actually been told what "great" games specifically we'll be able to purchase here in the near future. Unless those games aren't so hot after all, in which case it would probably have infuriated people even further. :P

But seriously, it's kind of disappointing how this is advertised as good news, when we don't actually have access to the positive aspects of it. I thought we'd finally gain some more insight into GOGs future releases, or that we'd be able to pre-order some of those games right away.

As for the regional pricing, what exactly does it mean anyway? I'd personally be fine with it if it meant prices will be more "fair" around the globe, but that's not really what this is about, is it? I mean, will countries where the average income is lower be charged lower prices because of this? Or will the publishers focus on squeezing more money out of "rich" countries?
i wish region priceing worked like that but sadly no , more likely than not it will mean a return to the %300 mark up's for people in county's like Australia , New Zealand Greece and so on
Posted February 22, 2014
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CharlesGrey: Seems like this thread is still going strong, for better or worse. I wonder if people would have been more acceptant of this decision if we'd actually been told what "great" games specifically we'll be able to purchase here in the near future.
Well, maybe in that case the GOGers would have aimed their hate rather at the developers that we *actually* owe this new policy to. :P
Posted February 22, 2014
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CharlesGrey: Seems like this thread is still going strong, for better or worse. I wonder if people would have been more acceptant of this decision if we'd actually been told what "great" games specifically we'll be able to purchase here in the near future. Unless those games aren't so hot after all, in which case it would probably have infuriated people even further. :P

But seriously, it's kind of disappointing how this is advertised as good news, when we don't actually have access to the positive aspects of it. I thought we'd finally gain some more insight into GOGs future releases, or that we'd be able to pre-order some of those games right away.

As for the regional pricing, what exactly does it mean anyway? I'd personally be fine with it if it meant prices will be more "fair" around the globe, but that's not really what this is about, is it? I mean, will countries where the average income is lower be charged lower prices because of this? Or will the publishers focus on squeezing more money out of "rich" countries?
No, as far as I am concerned: no game is worth it. Its for this reason I ONLY buy games on steam now when they have a huge deal. Since steam is getting a lot of oldies lately, that were only sold here before, using gog is getting less and less appealing. If this is going to happen for all games here, then i will not buy any games new here. It,s better for my wallet but it,s still disappointing. When gog use to be good old games, they were the only store were i felt to customer was the most important part in the business plan. Now they are getting just another store and I will take my wallet to the cheapest one aka steam christmas and summer deals.
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