You know what the worst thing is? If these games actually fail on GOG, piracy and DRM-Free will be to blame, instead of regional pricing :/

Worldwide flat prices aren't fair for everyone, as well, with the currency conversions. Yes, we in the Euro Zone benefit from it, but when I tried talking about GOG to people in, say, the Russian Federation (I have some friends working there), they compared prices and came to the conclusion that GOG's pricing system wasn't exactly "fair" to them, so they kept buying off of Steam. Now, if you care about DRM-free games, then GOG is your only chance. Don't give me crap about Humble, those guys may have some DRM-free titles, but they're definitely not fully DRM-free. That's the only thing that has been a fundamental core value of GOG's, and arguably the one that's fair for everyone. Prices vary after conversion, depending on the country you live in, and, unfortunately, there's no such thing as "flat pricing", except in theory.Minimum wages here in Portugal are around €480/month, we're pretty poor, and this change in policy definitely hurts us, but in the long run I think it can be advantageous. What is fair to some is unfair to others. I feel for my Australian GOG friends, because they're the ones who'll get screwed the most but, again, it's not like they said this is going to happen for every game in the catalog.

It's only natural to be afraid, but it gets unhealthy when it becomes paranoia and assumptions based on conjecture. The "slippery slope logical fallacy" isn't good for anyone, it just helps spread fear and anger with no justification except for vague statements like "now that they've opened Pandora's box, it can't be closed", or "if they ditch one of their core values, they're just one step from ditching the others". We don't know.

Not being particularly excited and happy about this change in policy, myself, I still choose to follow the "wait and see" approach, as it seems to be the best course of action, as of now, when we know little to nothing about the whole thing, and pretty much every "fact" we put out, positive or negative, is still hypothetical and based on conjecture and assumption.

On the subject of how GOG decided to drop this bomb, coating the news by dressing them as "good news", that's the only thing I'm a bit mad about, but I'm willing to take that as having been an honest mistake. And, hey!, if anything, it shows GOG does care for their community, as they made this announcement in advance, unlike what every other digital distributor out there does. They usually make the changes and create a closed thread in their forums or release some PR announcement saying they've done it. GOG announced it weeks in advance, and has been allowing this never-ending venting, ranting, legitimate complaining and overreacting bitching and moaning all together. Like I said before, five years of stellar service and dedication, plus this openness towards their community earn them some respect and trust on our part, at least in my book.

true. Why not just let europeans pay double the price of the americans :D

Nice, but... Who is going to "pay" that price? Non-North American customers, of course. ;-)

The game was rigged from the start.

They're still using flat pricing except for new launches, though. I'm not going to get into slippery slope predictions. That's what we have right now in the present.

Folks aren't taking into account the worth of DRM-free with customers either.

Announcing that they were bringing newer games here and officially dropping "Good old Games" was suppose to spell their demise, because that was a major selling point that separated them from the other digital distributors according to a lot of members here back at the time. It hasn't happened.

Indeed, GOG won't die because one person changes their stance from excluively purchasing GOG content to treating them like any other DDR (for the benefit of clarity this means I will be making my purchase decisions based on the best price across all DDRs). To be honest I can't see where I have stated otherwise, or where my message was meant to convey this. GOG still sells and releases old games as well as new games, which has maintained its success. If it continues to sell the rest of its catalogue at region free prices then they will still be price competitive and thus will possibly be the best priced option, maintaining custom at its site. The point I was trying to make was that, to me, GOG represented more than a simple DDR for people like myself because of its principles, but its recent turn of face has eliminated that status and is now just any other supplier of games and thus expected to compete on that level.

True. You win people over time, then you do as you please. Look at EA, no matter how much they screw up, they still control the market. Titanfall is taking over peoples' wallets.

I think its because Gamers doesnt pressure their politicians much.
Look at Steam. Its just recently they had to go to court because of the no used games sell policy they had
and they (Steam) had been selling games to europeans many years before that.

Right, which has the implication, whether deliberate or not, that GOG will suffer from the decision that they've made. Or at least that's how I'm interpreting it, perhaps because I've seen it stated so much. I'm questioning that implication, is all, not your decision, priorities, or circumstances that you're in.

Gamers vote EA as the worst company in USA. Two months later, they buy the hell out of their games.... lol
You know... sometimes I feel like I want to call it quits.

Great Work, gog!

You now have officially become one of the big bads you always wanted to fight.
Treating every customer the same regardless where he came from? That's history now.

"regional pricing is becoming the standard around the globe" so we are doing the same.
Great, so why is that? It wouldn't become standard if not everybody would do it.
Next time a lemming jumps off a cliff, just jump after him. BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES IT.

So, instead of paying 9,99$ we europeans are about to pay 13,99$.
Man, that really sounds fair for all of us, doesn't it?

What's next gog?
Games only americans get but not europeans?
I knew something smelled fishy when Deponia 3 was released wihtout german and NOBODY said why.


Therefor:
Thanks liars, I am out of here.

For me it isn't just a matter of gaining or losing. It's a matter of "Should I have this in my possession right now?" Did I buy it? No. Did I create it? No. Was it a gift? No. Did I find it at a pawn shop/used game store/whatever? No. If I have it in my possession, and there's no good, valid, legal reason to have it? THEN I STOLE IT. "Oh wait, the people who spent the time making this to begin with, they stopped caring, so....field day!" Lie to yourself all day long, steal whatever you're going to steal. But call it what it is. No need for bullshit rationalization, we're all adults here. Do what you're gonna do, but keep the nonsense labels out of it. Right, it's abandonware. No, it's people looking for a reason. The company who makes it doesn't have any responsibility to keep supporting it until the end of time. Doesn't mean that they're okay with people swiping it. If they were? IT'D BE FREEWARE.

This makes me sad... =(