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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
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vojtasass: Anyway just wait and see how much these new games will cost.

BTW - it's really sad to see, how ungrateful people are after everything GOG did.
I wouldn't say people are being ungrateful (odd phrase of words for paying customers). I am very appreciative of DRM free, their good installers and now the FLAC soundtracks. I don't think it hurts however for customers to voice their worry, grievances with region pricing as traditionally it is bad news for large areas of the world.

It is kind of odd for them to bring up the region pricing so far away from these games actually getting here (they are still negotiating with the publishers/developers is what I gathered). They are not in a position to give examples or fully justify their position. Am sure the conspiracy theorists out there would say it was to generate this huge forum of opinion against it to perhaps as an example to said publishers/developers that it may not work as they expect.

However I'm not a conspiracy theorist, most publishers wouldn't care or look at GOG forums.

Still not being ungrateful just being concerned.
Posted February 22, 2014
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Russonc: also, I thought that game censorship in some countries (like Germany) was controlled by the government of those countries....no??
No, the governments don't censor games, the publishers self-censor their games in order to have an easier time marketing and selling them in the target countries to a wide audience.

Governmental institutions may control age restrictions, by deeming a game harmful to the psyche of children and young teenagers, for example, so you can't sell the game to minors. And if you can't sell the game to minors, you can't advertise it to minors either, so you have a hard time getting much publicity for it and you have to fear that you won't make as much money as you hoped for. In reaction to this, the publishers have their games cut so they can advertise and sell it to an all-age audience (more or less, of course it's not quite as black and white).
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Posted February 22, 2014
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You are loosing your integrity GoG...!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos

If you really have to do it to greatly extend the other core DRM-free principle of yours (picture related), then fine.
But then at least realize this!!!
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/fair_price_regional_price_badge
We should be given the option to vote with our wallet against the jewish publisher suits. You don't want us to think that you're loosing your transparency and you are on their side right? State it explicitly which games have regional pricing and inform publisher how much they are loosing here because of their jewishm.
Dont give up on your fight for better gaming world, that have won you all these loyal fans and customers, which are loosing not a small portion of trust in you over this, please!!!
This was the SECOND of your TWO CORE principles ffs!
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Posted February 22, 2014
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Leroux: Well, this opens the door for games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and for some reason even Hexen to be released on GOG for everyone not living in Germany (as it is on Steam and I think on id Software's homepage, too), because that would be "still a game that's DRM-free in 195 other countries in the world, which seems a lot better to me than a game which is DRM-free in 0 countries." By accepting deals like that they're actually cementing these "standard" business practices they claimed to fight ("even GOG is doing it now!"). That's not the GOG I felt enthusiastic about in the past.
Are you sure that Doom is not available on Steam? Didn't Bethesda remove the Nazi references in Doom II's secret levels included in Doom 3 BFG Edition, to make it universally accepted?
Posted February 22, 2014
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deonast: It is kind of odd for them to bring up the region pricing so far away from these games actually getting here (they are still negotiating with the publishers/developers is what I gathered).
Actually Tet said in one of his responses that they're close to releasing at least one of the titles and that that is why he brought the issue up now. Basically to prepare people for what's soon going to happen.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by Pheace
Posted February 22, 2014
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Niggles: I have a question
Why is censorship in germany so heavy handed in regards with games? . I know our own ****ers of goverment are tossbags themselves.....
I believe that's because some douche bureaucrat believes that if you pretend nazi times never happened people won't get stupid ideas about nazi ideology being good.
Same thing happens with communism in post-soviet Poland (for example, there was a big outrage from 'right-wing' when a mobile network made a satirical ad about Lenin).
Posted February 22, 2014
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deonast: It is kind of odd for them to bring up the region pricing so far away from these games actually getting here (they are still negotiating with the publishers/developers is what I gathered).
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Pheace: Actually Tet said in one of his responses that they're close to releasing at least one of the titles and that that is why he brought the issue up now.
any idea which one?. cant think of any AAA games due to release right now...
Posted February 22, 2014
Please reconsider.

Not getting massively screwed over on regional pricing is one of the reasons I actually like GOG.
It's also why I refuse to purchase certain games elsewhere where the price difference is more than just conversion & crosses into gouging customers outside of the favoured (ie: U.S.) region.
This is disappointing; it really does seem like you're stepping away from ideals that made you stand out as a solid alternative to the likes of Steam.
Posted February 22, 2014
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Pheace: Actually Tet said in one of his responses that they're close to releasing at least one of the titles and that that is why he brought the issue up now.
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Niggles: any idea which one?. cant think of any AAA games due to release right now...
Not a clue. I guess release was the wrong word to use, it's more likely to be a preorder 'release' I'd imagine, given the title.
Posted February 22, 2014
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There is another reason why i dont quite understand this move.
Acording to some internet searches i did, GoG.Com is the second biggest Digital Game store only beaten by Steam and thats nothing to sneeze at and quite an acomplishment.
Now why have GoG become this big?
Well one can argue that its because of DRM free games a great community and worldwide flat prices and probably some other reasons ive forgotten about.

Now, if gog is the second biggest one why do they need to follow what the rest of the world does since
one of the principles have gotten them where they are today.
Woudnt it instead be smarter to demand of anyone that want to publish here that they follow the principles to be more liked?.
Lets say EA wants to publish here and to do so they agree to the principles by gog meaning EA getting more liked in the process.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by Lodium
Posted February 22, 2014
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Russonc: If GOG is still the cheaper price, why would you suddenly buy at a higher price elsewhere? Just like if GOG price is higher than others, I would suspect you would buy elsewhere even today (before the change actually occurs).
Some people like to make their purchasing power count and vote with their wallets. For whatever minor effect it may have.

I know I could have bought some games cheaper on Steam than GOG, even many that have no DRM other than Steam downloader itself, but to this date, I have NEVER SPENT A SINGLE CENT on Steam.

That is because I feel their principles are flawed from the very beginning and I don't want to give any money to such company. The couple hundred games I actually have on Steam have all been codes from bundles or free gifts from some place, but I have never paid a single cent.

As far as GOG goes, I used to think it's OK to pay a bit more because they are supporting the kind of distribution models that I support (DRM-free, one service for all, no extra costs for expansions, etc.). Now it really may come to the point where the cheapest price is all that matters, which would be very unfortunate.
Posted February 22, 2014
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N3xtGeN: We should be given the option to vote with our wallet against the jewish publisher suits.
This could use some better wording.
Posted February 22, 2014
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N3xtGeN: You are loosing your integrity GoG...!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos

If you really have to do it to greatly extend the other core DRM-free principle of yours (picture related), then fine.
But then at least realize this!!!
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/fair_price_regional_price_badge
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Dont give up on your fight for better gaming world, that have won you all these loyal fans and customers, which are loosing not a small portion of trust in you over this, please!!!
This was the SECOND of your TWO CORE principles ffs!
This is indeed very sad. :(

GOG, please keep your integrity here.
Becoming another Steam is not the solution, becoming a BETTER steam is the solution: picking up only their technical advantages, while keeping the GOG philosophy of being customer oriented strong! :)
Post edited February 22, 2014 by shaddim
Posted February 22, 2014
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Niggles: I have a question
Why is censorship in germany so heavy handed in regards with games? . I know our own ****ers of goverment are tossbags themselves.....
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Novotnus: I believe that's because some douche bureaucrat believes that if you pretend nazi times never happened people won't get stupid ideas about nazi ideology being good.
Same thing happens with communism in post-soviet Poland (for example, there was a big outrage from 'right-wing' when a mobile network made a satirical ad about Lenin).
Link please? ^
BTW, loved your Molvania music video. Campy 80's music, but from an artist that clearly doesn't take himself serious, thanks for the blast.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by jorlin
Posted February 22, 2014
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d2t: I think they said earlier in this thread that they plan on accepting payments in local currencies like Australian Dollars, Russian Rubbles and some other. So you should pay in AUD, without conversion fees.
I could be wrong but I'm sure they advised they would show the different amounts, but you would pay in US dollars as they had no intention of implementing other currencies. I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere from TED but good luck finding it now in all these pages.

So you'd pay higher because of where you live plus the currency conversion fees, currently Australians using Paypal with their rate on currency conversion have 15% on top of the price, starts to become very expensive
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