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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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MissMadHattress: No, please no.

One of the reasons I buy games at GOG is BECAUSE of the price in dollars. Most - if not all other stores makes it unfair for the customers in EU when using regional pricing.
You are one of the few stores left that seems to actually care for the customers.

Please make it stay that way...
This is only planned for new games so far. Games currently in the catalog should stay with flat pricing at least until contracts are renegotiated. There's at least some time before regional pricing starts impacting currently released games.

I know that's not a great consolation.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by HGiles
Posted February 24, 2014
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hedwards: Going with the crowd never requires integrity or principle, going against the crowd does. The DLC thing was a stupid idea and this is also a stupid idea, neither are examples of GOG being principled or particularly virtuous.
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Lodium: Uhm, so if the majority vote for a passing of a law suggestion it wont get passed because of principles?
Il give you that in most cases the suggestions wont get passed before several votings on the same subject/topic though, but it will still get changed if theres enough votings where the result all point in the same direction/result.
This migth take years though but that law woud still get changed in the end.
I always thought being a politician and having principles is mutually exclusive lol.

Seriously though if a politician is voted over it doesn't mean he changes the stance on the topic(at least the ones with integrity).

GOG isn't a government though they have the luxury of just not putting up for vote something they have a fierce stance in.

Anyways i like GOG and because i like it i find the trend alarming. After all there was not even a vote on changing one of the core principles.
I will withhold final judgement till the bigger explanation is coming around though
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Reaper9988
Posted February 24, 2014
I can´t believe you really decided to punish me as a German. I loved gog for the drm-free games that I was able to buy here, but if you really do regional pricing it´s time for me to move on. Yes I live in Germany and yes I probably earn more money than people in other countries but what the fuck is the reason to think that´s enough to ask me for more money than other people who were born elsewhere? This makes me angry. GOG started as a really good and customer friendly company but now your going a wrong way. No money from me anymore until this is stopped. *so angry*
Posted February 24, 2014
Steam is trying to become the next Microsoft and it seems like Gog is trying to become the next Steam. This is what this sugar coated disaster of a news makes me think.

Your credit in my heart is bigger than this Gog, but I don't like the place this road leads (or may lead) to. I wouldn't vote "yes, I want newer DRM-free games on GOG" in a poll you did couple of years ago if I knew this would happen. You betryaed one of your principles and tried to pass it as good news while you are doing it. It's the way you did it, as much as what you did, that hurt us. A "we did everything we could but life sucks, so here are some freebies to make up for it" message would be much more respectable than "Rejoice! We're throwing one of our principles that differs us from competition out the window! Yay!"
Post edited February 24, 2014 by hayali_icraat
Posted February 24, 2014
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Upuautger: I can´t believe you really decided to punish me as a German. I loved gog for the drm-free games that I was able to buy here, but if you really do regional pricing it´s time for me to move on. Yes I live in Germany and yes I probably earn more money than people in other countries but what the fuck is the reason to think that´s enough to ask me for more money than other people who were born elsewhere? This makes me angry. GOG started as a really good and customer friendly company but now your going a wrong way. No money from me anymore until this is stopped. *so angry*
This isn't good news. But it's only 3 new games so far. Games that are already here will keep the same prices until their contracts come up for negotiation. Since the games pages will show if the game is regionally priced or not, it will be easy to tell which games are impacted. Just don't buy those games.
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: 100PLN? Not exactly a high-stakes game. I think the pizza cost more than the pot. :P
But Pizza can't buy you games now, can it?

The pot still gets you the first two S.T.A.L.K.E.R games and today's promo if you already have Carmageddon 1, and still be left with a few cents change ;-P
Posted February 24, 2014
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hayali_icraat: Steam is trying to become the next Microsoft and it seems like Gog is trying to become the next Steam. This is what this sugar coated disaster of a news makes me think.

Your credit in my heart is bigger than this Gog, but I don't like the place this road leads (or may lead) to. I wouldn't vote "yes, I want newer DRM-free games on GOG" in a poll you did couple of years ago if I knew this would happen. You betryaed one of your principles and tried to pass it as good news while you are doing it. It's the way you did it, as much as what you did, that hurt us. A "we did everything we could but life sucks, so here are some freebies to make up for it" message would be much more respectable than "Rejoice! We're throwing one of our principles that differs us from competition out the window! Yay!"
I agree. The original announcement was done badly and that caused a lot of the anger. GOG's followup seems to be handled much better. They've also promised a more detailed explanation. I'm waiting to see how the next announcement goes.
Posted February 24, 2014
So are these 3 new games coming this Week?

2 RPGs and a Strategy?

I be surprised if its Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Command and Conquer from EA.
Posted February 24, 2014
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Elmofongo: So are these 3 new games coming this Week?

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
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Leroux
Posted February 24, 2014
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Elmofongo: So are these 3 new games coming this Week?

2 RPGs and a Strategy?

I be surprised if its Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Command and Conquer from EA.
Not this week. One of them is coming soon, in the next few weeks probably. No timing was announced for the others.

One of them is probably Divinity: Original Sin. TeT used that as an example in one of his earlier posts. That doesn't seem worth it to me. Another one is probably Age of Wonders 3. I think we could have gotten that here anyway, just not as a day 1 release. There's some speculation that a third is Witcher 3, but I don't think so.

Staff comments with timing info: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/announcement_big_preorders_launch_day_releases_coming?staff=yes

If those are the games, I will be very, very disappointed.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by HGiles
Posted February 24, 2014
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HGiles: One of them is probably Divinity: Original Sin. TeT used that as an example in one of his earlier posts. That doesn't seem worth it to me
I don't see how anyone can entertain the possibility of any game being worth it. It's not as if we can't buy the games elsewhere.
Posted February 24, 2014
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HGiles: <snip>
If it's already been announced that a particular game is coming to GOG then I doubt that game is one of the games mentioned in the announcement... otherwise, why the secrecy?
Post edited February 24, 2014 by adamhm
Posted February 24, 2014
Wouldn't mind if this open the possibility entire KONAMI catalogue, new & old coming down here.
Posted February 24, 2014
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HGiles: snip

GOG gave us a heads-up as soon as they could. Well in advance of when they'd need to.

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While I do appreciate the open channels and all, I prefer to be a bit more realistic about the actual reason this bomb was dropped as early as possible - they surely didn't want this firestorm of a discussion that's still going strong to be in the Release Thread. So, now was exactly when they needed to - plenty of time for us to complain/ vent/ scream/ curse/ whatever and for them to do some damage control and all this well before the actual release date.

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Grargar: With the exception of Rayman Origins, all those aforementioned games were released before the implementation of Uplay. In the case of Rayman Origins, I suspect it has to do with the fact that it was ported from consoles to the PC instead of having a simultaneous release, because its sequel Rayman Legends, which released simultaneously, got slapped with dear old Uplay.
Ok, speculation continues then. Is Rayman Origins sold anywhere else DRM-free?


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tfishell: I'd prefer (and I know this still sounds bad to an extent) GOG just sees enough drop in sales to rethink this change, certainly not enough to make them go out of business or fire too many staff.
How many are "too many"? Is there an acceptable number of lay offs?
Posted February 24, 2014
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graspee: I don't see how anyone can entertain the possibility of any game being worth it. It's not as if we can't buy the games elsewhere.
Yeah, we could buy them elsewhere... but locked down with DRM. I'd rather pay the higher regional price and get a DRM-free version of a game than pay the US price and have a DRM-restricted copy.
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