WOW!! I can't believe that!! LOL, my memory sucks yet I get something like that from all the way back in the 1970's right.

Unbelievable.

I was talking both on short and long term. Steam and others are not going to encroach on GOG's drm-free territory anytime soon and they certainly weren't going to shake things up by abandoning regional pricing. Quite the contrary on both occasions, as we've seen with Humble Store's shift to regional pricing and Steam key emphasis. There has been no indication that GOG's been doing financially badly or that it's going to do worse at any point in the future. Its customer base and coverage has only grown so far, and fast at that, mainly because of its image as a distributor that respects its customers.

I agree with your theory, I really, really do (so no hate my way please); but we are talking about computer games ...
If we were talking about some moral issues, standing up for others rights, etc I would be marching with you.... but we are talking about ... non-necessity, PC games... I just don't get it... :)

Never underestimate the power of a riot!

Because you keep quoting huge amounts of text from other people and then just saying "Yes I agree!"

Oh, I didn't know this. Do you mean bannings or folks just leaving the forums in anger??? I never knew them to ban anyone before, but I'm sure they can. I didn't think of that.

Okay, thanks...I will try to watch that in the future!

Because everyone already has Dungeon Keeper as part of last weeks sale.

Wow... 36 pages and counting (got maximum posts per page enabled).

Might as well throw my two pennies on the large pile that has by now accumulated.

Personally, DRM-Free is THE number one reason I shop at GOG. If I have to choose between Steam and GOG, GOG always wins, regardless of price. I have passed up Steam sales of games that are available on both platforms just so I could get the GOG version, even if more expensive. Eventually, I want my entire library to be DRM-Free. All other considerations are secondary to me.

Now, that being said, I do still sympathize with those in dismay over the regional pricing news. I chose a few choice snippets from amongst the many postings (yes, I browsed all 36 pages, though only skimmed the last 5-10) that I feel convey my thoughts better than I can (and I believe they are still in context):

No, it really is up to the publisher / developers. GOG could have chosen to not participate, but at the risk of stagnating. That course would be bad because, as CarrionCrow states:

Personally, I am in agreement with TET's take on it (from a long-term view):
However, that is just GOG doing what they can to influence things from their side. Those who want to change this sad state of affairs need to do their part too as consumers (as a couple folks pointed out):

Also, I would like to re-post deonast's warning to publishers and developers - his statements about what he will or will not do as a consumer are a good template to follow:
Lastly, those unhappy with the regional pricing scheme need to be motivated enough to take political action within their country, by supporting those politicians who will advance the cause and deal with the legalities involved.

Unfortunately here in the USA I have a better chance of climbing the face of Mount Rushmore.

The situation is not much better here in America; in fact, likely worse. Many members of Congress (and their constituents that continue to vote them in) are both douches and turds, with the only way to tell them apart being the color and just how much they stink. America is its own kind political, frustrating hell. Not much to be optimistic there, and even though this is an election year I think the constituents of the pols that need to go will just put them right back in. Too bad there is no minimum intelligence requirement to vote.

But I digress...

Anyways, my hats off to TET for trying to make the best of a bad situation (from the perspective of all those negatively affected). As has been pointed out:

All we can do in the meantime is wait and see. GOG has (for the most part) actively engaged their community, and actions in the past that have raised this much ire have yielded great benefits while not having our worst fears come to pass. For that, I will give them the benefit of the doubt.

But know this: GOG, only because of their DRM-Free mantra, replaced my previous number-one place to shop: Stardock. Once Stardock went down, I stopped buying games from them and have not bought from Impulse/Gamestop since. You lose the DRM-Free GOG, you lose at least this customer. Consider yourself warned.

I'm not meaning to throw hate at you, and if so, I apologize. And I understand you don't get it.

Sure it is just computer games. Some might say if you give an inch in one industry others follow. Imagine if the major food companies decided hey lets charge much more in certain markets because they have no choice but to buy from us. Sure that isn't likely in the short term, but it isn't unheard of that other industries can copy tactics that are successful.
Of course that is all very tin Foil hat, but not impossible. If consumers and people and governments always sat back and said it doesn't impact other industries lets not do anything imagine where we would be by now.

You don't need to be violent to get a point across, but you often need to be vocal.

As far as I can recall, banning is solely reserved for spammers and people who severely break the forum rules. Like post truly hate-filled comments, or advertise pirating sites, etc. I think Groze was talking about the people who are choosing to leave GOG as long as regional pricing is being implemented. There have been quite a few.

Not that this post would matter at this point, but I think we should maybe put down our pitchforks for the moment and see what happens. I'm hoping that gog will reject region pricing that are blatant ripoffs like what is done on Steam. I can see where this can be a help in some ways to people if it is based more on cost of living or legitimate conversion rates than in 1 USD = 1 Euro bullshit.

Gog is one of the more reasonable gaming companies out there, lets give them a chance. They are not going "Mwahaha, lets put the screws to our customers and alienate our whole base." That would be stupid and suicidal.

It's not a game. It's reality. The reality is that despite the USA having the highest average income in the world, strangely enough you guys pay less for the exact same content compared to Europe and Australia. This policy change will most likely not affect you at all.

Maybe if you had to pay 40%+ Markup on the exact same content delivered from the exact same servers you too would had taken comfort in GOG's strong anti regional policies of the past. Knowing that you were not going to be discriminated against based on the location of your I.P was quite the draw card for those of us not lucky enough to live in the most prosperous nation in the world. Perhaps if you were paying this Markup you would understand why so many people are upset that GOG did a 180 degree turn on a previous core tenant of theirs and have ensured that we are treated differently because of our country of origin.

But as I said, congrats on being American.