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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
Wait, local price in USD? Does this mean if the AUD price is, say $50, then the US price will be $50 for it on the site? Because in that case, Australians (for example) will be paying FAR more money. I can't imagine it being a price conversion to make up the difference, not unless GOG plans on updating prices constantly.

Very disappointing news, especially with the way my local currency has been this past year.
Posted February 22, 2014
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InfraSuperman: It's a late goodbye, such a late goodbye
Goodbye, Blue Sky
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Posted February 22, 2014
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Kabuto: I can't believe how worked up people get over something that everyone else is doing. I genuinely believe you guys would be happier if these games never came to gog at all which is pretty odd.

Bottom line: A handful of AAA titles will have regional pricing. The colossal catalog, new classic releases and pretty much all indie titles continue to be one price for all here. The sky is not falling. Exceptions are occurring like they do everywhere.
This move is (probably) not as terrible as people make it here.
On the other hand, it's good that people complain. We need to send a message: 'We are worried'. I don't think we should allow GOG to take this new rule to their comfort zone.
Posted February 22, 2014
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THE ORIGINAL POINT OF GoG WAS:
To only sell games according to fair business practices, in hopes of drawing people to their service based on those practices. In hopes that people would come to their service and increase their market share, that way the industry might be slowly changed.
That was the goal so many people were supporting you for... To change the ways of the industry TOGETHER FOR BETTER.
I feel so much disappointed :( I didn't see this comming, its like everything in the industry is going to shit when even the best ones are falling. I guess the game industry really needs another crash.

If you are really going to realize this intention, this will never be forgotten to you by your fans. GoG will never be the same.
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Posted February 22, 2014
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graspee: It mystifies me how gog can try to tell us that their regional pricing will be done fainly. The whole point of regional pricing is that it's unfair. It's charging people more if they live in certain countries. How can that ever be fair? It's greedy fucking gouging gog, so don't you dare try to tell us to trust you.
Considering that you live in one of the wealthier countries in the world, I'm rather surprised that you use the word "fair" to describe a situation where you could pay less (US price) in one store than in any other store in your country (UK). To me it sounds like a good "deal" but it has nothing to do with fairness and here is why:

GOG also charges this - what you call "fair" - American prices to people in Eastern Europe or in Russia (countries with X times lower purchasing power parity than UK or US), while every single retailer here charges much less for games (in Russia, some games cost 1/3 or 1/5 of UK price - just like average salaries there).

You see, your definition / interpretation of fairness depends on where do you sit.
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Posted February 22, 2014
I view it the same as the Constitution... Great when written, but as times change so must the rules. Amendments have made good and bad changes... and amendments have also been amended. I'm not really agreeing but to say "GOG IS SHIT, IM NEVER COMING BACK!?!:!?@#J$LHR" before the change is even implemented is silly...

=]

to brighten your day, have a grin on me.
Posted February 22, 2014
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If anything, those living the EU countries or UK really have no argument to give as "fairness" has led to cheaper prices for you guys on this site for years over the actual country who's currency is used.
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Posted February 22, 2014
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JoseWisemang: this... is hilarious. It's like people are going to die if they have to pay $5 more than me for a videogame. "YOU ABANDONED YOUR PRINCIPLES!".... The great rustling of our time.
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StickOfPlywood: Sigh... this right here is why so many people in the world hate us so much...

We're not talking about $5 more... we're talking about the equivalent of $10 - $100 more for a SINGLE GAME!
I don't think the gap will arrive to 100$ (and we'll be really certain about this only after the deployment of this policy), but just for example a AAA game on day-1 is 60$ in the US, and it's being sold with a change rate 1:1 here in UE which means a 37% increase, pretty much ridicoulous.

I really don't like this change and my only hope is that prices will remain as much fair as possible (for example 30$-25€-20£-35AU$ which is less unfair than a 1:1 change rate). But then again, it will depend on the region and my main fear (just like many other people in this thread) is that there could be some great ripoffs.

Edit: Just to clarify, I know that a price increase is due to localization and marketing, but i don't think it justify THIS increase.
Post edited February 22, 2014 by dStefano
Posted February 22, 2014
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Kabuto: I can't believe how worked up people get over something that everyone else is doing. I genuinely believe you guys would be happier if these games never came to gog at all which is pretty odd.

Bottom line: A handful of AAA titles will have regional pricing. The colossal catalog, new classic releases and pretty much all indie titles continue to be one price for all here. The sky is not falling. Exceptions are occurring like they do everywhere.
"Everyone else is doing something bad, too" is not a very good argument.

I think it is extremely naive to think it will be just these three titles. By allowing regional pricing now, Gog is in no position to deny it to other publishers later.
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JoseWisemang: this... is hilarious. It's like people are going to die if they have to pay $5 more than me for a videogame. "YOU ABANDONED YOUR PRINCIPLES!".... The great rustling of our time.
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xxxIndyxxx: Now you know how the rest of the world feels about americans, bunch of hypocrites
That's not fair. There are a lot of US Americans in this thread who are against regional pricing too.
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Posted February 22, 2014
Bye.
Posted February 22, 2014
Off to do some work...Keep up the good fight all! :) Hopefully it won't be as bad as some seem it will be .. but time will tell.
Posted February 22, 2014
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Kabuto: If anything, those living the EU countries or UK really have no argument to give as "fairness" has led to cheaper prices for you guys on this site for years over the actual country who's currency is used.
So now exactly the same price is "cheaper prices"? Why are people in EU and UK expected to pay more?
Posted February 22, 2014
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Is it worth it GOG?

How long until one of these partners wants a simple CD Key DRM? Going to allow them to do that too?

You've made a concession to get these 'partners' on board, do you not realise that now you have made one they are going to push for more? That is kind of the way they operate, have everything their way or not at all.

While it may be an overreaction this concerns me. Regional pricing on digital goods is not fair business practice. It's horse crap through and through, it's profiteering and nothing else, there are no additional expenses to cover and you are now onboard with it.

Slippery slope good sirs, combine this with you asking us a while back if we'd accept simple DRM, DLC etc, I can't help but feel it's only a matter of time until you abandon another principle in the name of making more money from more games.
Posted February 22, 2014
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JoseWisemang: I view it the same as the Constitution... Great when written, but as times change so must the rules. Amendments have made good and bad changes... and amendments have also been amended. I'm not really agreeing but to say "GOG IS SHIT, IM NEVER COMING BACK!?!:!?@#J$LHR" before the change is even implemented is silly...

=]

to brighten your day, have a grin on me.
As for the first American Constitution... it was originally based upon the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) American Indian Constitution, which had no written form, but was orally proclaimed in their confederate union of 5 (later 6) nations. That happened between 200 - 300 years before the European American Declaration of Independence.

As for the modern American Constitution... pretty much everything in it has been ravaged by the increasing security state, as per the "Patriot Act", DMCA, SOPA and it's descendants, "Citizens United", rampant jerrymandering, combined PAC totals for single primary political parties which extend into the $100 billions, holding protesting civilians hostage, kill lists, increasing drone production... etc...

So yeah... Definitely not the kind of analogy I would want to pin upon GOG...
Post edited February 22, 2014 by StickOfPlywood
Posted February 22, 2014
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Kabuto: If anything, those living the EU countries or UK really have no argument to give as "fairness" has led to cheaper prices for you guys on this site for years over the actual country who's currency is used.
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bombardier: So now exactly the same price is "cheaper prices"? Why are people in EU and UK expected to pay more?
Because in EU we have something called VAT which must be included in the price? And that's up to 20-something percent of the price?

Plus, a lot of people in EU (especially in Eastern Europe) or in Russia are already paying more on GOG than any retailer in their countries. Precisely because of this "fair prices" that GOG enforces, even though publishers are happy to lower prices in their countries because of lower purchasing parity / piracy.

There is little fairness of pricing a virtual good that requires no manufacturing $5 if one person earns $7k a month while his buddy from other side of the planet barely makes $600 / month... before taxes.
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