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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 24, 2014
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mondo84: In case anyone reading the thread just wants to see TET's responses, they can browse the thread showing only staff posts.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/announcement_big_preorders_launch_day_releases_coming?staff=yes
Thanks!!!
Posted February 24, 2014
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geoconker: Just dropping by to show some support for GOG on this matter. I know this was certainly one of the hardest decisions to make on the history of this company, but it will be accepted by users eventually. The reginal pricing issue is a punch on our faces and we didn't want it to happen, but this move definitely means more DRM-free games here we wouldn't get otherwise. Some publishers like Ubisoft and 2k Games seem to love this practice, sadly, and they won't change their mind just because GOG customers want them to.

GOG's main goal (DRM-free games) is still intact, but their business model MUST expand in order to accomodate more customers and release some big games we are still missing here.
It will probably blow over, but people will not accept region pricing unless they get in store credits.
Getting a free game wont cut it since you cant be certian that the user want that game.
Many wont even accept that and will complain when they have an oppertunity to do so later down the road.
Posted February 24, 2014
http://linuxgamenews.com/post/77412821915/what-choices-do-linux-users-have-to-buy-games
Posted February 24, 2014
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Sanjuro: (Dishonored for example)
BETHESDA!!!!
Posted February 24, 2014
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geoconker: Just dropping by to show some support for GOG on this matter. I know this was certainly one of the hardest decisions to make on the history of this company, but it will be accepted by users eventually. The reginal pricing issue is a punch on our faces and we didn't want it to happen, but this move definitely means more DRM-free games here we wouldn't get otherwise. Some publishers like Ubisoft and 2k Games seem to love this practice, sadly, and they won't change their mind just because GOG customers want them to.

GOG's main goal (DRM-free games) is still intact, but their business model MUST expand in order to accomodate more customers and release some big games we are still missing here.
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Reaper9988: Eh once you compromise on one principle the next will follow sooner or later. And this is not the first principle GOG would compromise at (DLC ie.).

I think Guild Wars 2 is a good example of this happening too.

Getting run of the mill AAA games on GOG is imo not worth it.
DLC was also first introduced after a voting poll here, the majority voted for DLC.
I dont know about you, but from where i come from usally the majorty wins when talking about voting in general.
Same with newer games and indies, introduced after the community voted for it, so if you want to complain about those, do it towards your fellow gamers that voted for the change.

Btw im not happy about region pricing either but i dont blame GOG for stuff they had nothing to do with.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Lodium
Posted February 24, 2014
I have a question for you all.
how does Gog grow if they seemingly are hitting brick walls bringing in new AAA games without doing this?. even though I don't like what is happening, I still want the company to grow but how can it, if its harder to get classic games and rely on trawling through indie after indie? ( hell I'm kinda over the oversaturated indie market as it is). I like and want PC games. not emulations or mobile games ( in case any one suggests those as an option)...
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Sanjuro: (Dishonored for example)
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Novotnus: BETHESDA!!!!
one benefit if its Bethesda, Skyrim, morro wind, Dishonored :D
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Niggles
Posted February 24, 2014
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Niggles: I have a question for you all.
how does Gog grow if they seemingly are hitting brick walls bringing in new AAA games without doing this?. even though I don't like what is happening, I still want the company to grow but how can it, if its harder to get classic games and rely on trawling through indie after indie? ( hell I'm kinda over the oversaturated indie market as it is). I like and want PC games. not emulations or mobile games ( in case any one suggests those as an option)...
Thought they were on something of a mission to change the industry, to show that another way exists and works, not just to grow. If they hit a wall with AAA titles, they hit a wall with AAA titles and see what can still be obtained by going around it while they chip away at said wall as well, however long it'll take, not by shrugging and giving in.
Posted February 24, 2014
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Novotnus: BETHESDA!!!!
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Niggles: one benefit if its Bethesda, Skyrim, morro wind, Dishonored :D
Can't wait to be able to buy horse armour DLC for Oblivion!
Posted February 24, 2014
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adamhm: I have no idea, although Ubisoft has previously shown a willingness to experiment with DRM-free releases at launch (Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Prince of Persia 2008, Rayman Origins all launched DRM-free) so I'd guess they're more likely than EA. That's partly why I'm so curious about what GOG has signed up... I'm sure it must be something pretty major for them to make such a big policy change.
I'm too tired to go check right now - was any of the games you mentioned released after the introduction of UPlay? Because if none was, they wouldn't actually count as a reliable example on what super recent or planned release could come from Ubi, would they?
Posted February 24, 2014
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adamhm: That's partly why I'm so curious about what GOG has signed up... I'm sure it must be something pretty major for them to make such a big policy change.
We'll see. Personally I think this is in no small part due to the fact that Witcher 3 preorder will be coming up and will again be regionally priced and with regional versions of the game (considering it's the same publisher again), so this re-introduction was going to happen anyway, even if it could have been limited to only that one game.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Pheace
Posted February 24, 2014
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RS1978: Yes, this would absolutely justify this move, but I'm more than sceptical. EA had to remove both Origin and Bioware Social Network, I really don't see this happen.
Or more precisely, in-game online activation for overpriced DLCs that can only be bought with BioWare points. ;)
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Leroux
Posted February 24, 2014
Well I guess it is time to find a friend in the USA who is willing to gift games to the Euro Zone.
I've just saw what happens in the humble bundle store. Games like e.g. Starbound were 13.99$ and the next day it was 13.99 Euro. WTF?
I' dont know what publishers are thinking? Euro Zone is the land of milk and honey and money is on the road or what?

Regional prices are okay IF and ONLY if the prices are converted propertly! But 10$=10Euro is not okay, and I wont buy this games.

Just my 2 euro cents...= 1 US Cent
Posted February 24, 2014
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Niggles: Gog never advertised itself as being pro complete editions being sold here.
Allright i thought it was but i couldn't find anything that said GOG was actually against DLC so I'll accept that.


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Lodium: DLC was also first introduced after a voting poll here, the majority voted for DLC.
I dont know about you, but from where i come from usally the majorty wins when talking about voting in general.
Same with newer games and indies, introduced after the community voted for it, so if you want to complain about those, do it towards your fellow gamers that voted for the change.
I dunno principles usually don't get voted on, after all you're not principled if you change them on popular opinion.
But GOG also wants to make money of course and as said maybe being against DLC is not actually something that was in the mission statement.

Still adding newer games and DLC was just a logical beginning to what were seeing now.
Some poster earlier in the thread put it nicely, seeems GOG is in the transition from movement to pure business.

The change from "The good guys" to just another company to EA can go fairly quickly.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Reaper9988
Posted February 24, 2014
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Niggles: I have a question for you all.
how does Gog grow if they seemingly are hitting brick walls bringing in new AAA games without doing this?. even though I don't like what is happening, I still want the company to grow but how can it, if its harder to get classic games and rely on trawling through indie after indie? ( hell I'm kinda over the oversaturated indie market as it is). I like and want PC games. not emulations or mobile games ( in case any one suggests those as an option)...
Oh, so you think they'll grow by abandoning their comparative advantages and becoming yet another online game store?
Posted February 24, 2014
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OldFatGuy: Thus, I thought you guys were done. I can't imagine, however, that this thread comes as a shock.
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TheEnigmaticT: Well, yes and no. We knew that, especially given how little I was able to get clearance to tell you guys, that this would not go over smoothly. The strength of the reaction has made TheFrenchMonk and w0rma rethink our messaging priorities and we're telling you guys things that we had not initially planned to go into the details of yet.
And this, my friends, is how good companies handle bad news. By keeping the lines open with customers and clarifying in response to concerns.

Contrast GOG's handling of this with Adobe's recent BS (summary: ahaha, we're going to obsolete all your ereaders and prevent you from reading all your books because our good friends the publishers asked us! mwahaha). GOG gave us a heads-up as soon as they could. Well in advance of when they'd need to. GOG does have a history of doing the best by their customers, and even going to extra mile. GOG continued to talk to us, even outside of office hours, and is preparing an extra explanation with more details.

I don't like regional pricing. This could be very bad. But so far, GOG is handling this intelligently and responding to questions openly. I appreciate that, and I'm willing to see how this shakes out. If we wind up getting LucasArts, Bethesda and Microsoft on GOG because of this, I'll be thrilled. If we wind up getting more Larian Studios, I'll be kind of ticked off. We'll see.
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