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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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HGiles: I haven't seen any games proposed that would make this move worth it. GOG should have waited until they had some top requests on the wishlist in the bag before going forward with this.
We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
Posted February 24, 2014
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It's hilarious how you guys look like grown up babies, searching for GOG videos related to this thing.

It isn't about the money, If GOG doesn't offer them with regional pricing some people will just be "oh well, not on GOG I'll go to Steam" where probably it will be DRM'ed and others may not buy it at all.

It's still a win/win for both GOG and the consumer.
Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: How is removing a core value "adding"?
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VoxDeNube: It's simple. I feel like they are adding, you feel like they are removing. Fair enough.
Core values before:

1. DRM-free
2. Flat prices
3. Extra Goodies


Core values now:

1. DRM-free
2. Extra Goodies

What you are "feeling" does not match reality.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Ichwillnichtmehr
Posted February 24, 2014
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adamhm: retail is still a big thing and represents a large proportion of global sales
How can it be a "big thing" if digital chip away at it year after year, constantly taking from it.
So at maximum it is a "thing" that is visibly shrinking year after year.

But still, let me play your game on your on turf, trying to make some valid point, i'd say:
- you are wrong in assuming physical price must be equal or almost equal with digital price.
Physical addresses those customers that want that big box with all the goodies inside (aka collectors) so common sense would say they must pay more than digital marketshare that buys only 0/1 bits on the hard/solid drive without all those physical things.
Its only a matter of time until physical dies all completely.
So in reality what is driving regional pricing is pure greed.
Posted February 24, 2014
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VoxDeNube: It's simple. I feel like they are adding, you feel like they are removing. Fair enough.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Core values before:

1. DRM-free
2. Flat prices
3. Extra Goodies


Core values now:

1. DRM-free
2. Extra Goodies

What you are "feeling" does not match reality.
Reality is much more grey, dull and boring. I enjoy thinking differently, thank you very much. As I said before, if you feel like they are removing something, fair enough by me.
Posted February 24, 2014
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HGiles: I haven't seen any games proposed that would make this move worth it. GOG should have waited until they had some top requests on the wishlist in the bag before going forward with this.
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
You assume that I can be bought off with shiny goodies.

I'm afraid your assumption is wrong.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Ichwillnichtmehr
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
Wow, you really know how to make people curious. :D

As far as I'm conerned the most important thing is the freedom of any sort of DRM and that's final.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by RS1978
Posted February 24, 2014
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HGiles: I haven't seen any games proposed that would make this move worth it. GOG should have waited until they had some top requests on the wishlist in the bag before going forward with this.
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
I'm not so sure about that. You guys have at this point sold out absolutely every value you were pushing in the early days save the lack of DRM. I'm not sure what he could possibly say that's going to make people overlook the fact that we've effectively been lied to and used.

DLC separate from the base game, region free pricing, no releases without goodies, classic games only, games without massive widespread compatibility issues.

In other words, don't count on us getting over this any time soon. If this were just one thing, I think people would probably be less riled up, but it's been a long road and the trajectory is directly toward a normal mainstream store.
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: You assume that I can be bought off with shiny goodies.

I'm afraid your assumption is wrong.
^^ That. And in fact it's not even buying off, since we'd still be the ones doing the buying.

As for TET's message, I can guarantee there can be nothing you can put on the table to make me see this as in any way tolerable. Mentioned what might have been tolerable, in the sense of just laying the blame on CDP and not on GOG, in that long post I wrote earlier today, that's definitely as far as I'll ever go with this.
Post edited February 24, 2014 by Cavalary
Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Core values before:

1. DRM-free
2. Flat prices
3. Extra Goodies


Core values now:

1. DRM-free
2. Extra Goodies

What you are "feeling" does not match reality.
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VoxDeNube: Reality is much more grey, dull and boring. I enjoy thinking differently, thank you very much. As I said before, if you feel like they are removing something, fair enough by me.
Please address my argument, and show where it is incorrect.
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: You assume that I can be bought off with shiny goodies.

I'm afraid your assumption is wrong.

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VoxDeNube: Reality is much more grey, dull and boring. I enjoy thinking differently, thank you very much. As I said before, if you feel like they are removing something, fair enough by me.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Please address my argument, and show that my argument is incorrect.
Your argument isn't incorrect. It's your perception, not mine. There are no rights and wrongs here.
Posted February 24, 2014
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adamhm: snip

I just hope that everyone who's complaining now also refuses to buy anything on Steam, at retail or at any other store that uses regional pricing. And makes sure to complain to the relevant publishers each time they refuse to buy a game they'd otherwise be interested in if not for regional pricing.

snip
That would be me, but then I'm a more hardcore DRM-free advocate, so I have a lot to complain and pester publishers about. ;-P
Posted February 24, 2014
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VoxDeNube: Reality is much more grey, dull and boring. I enjoy thinking differently, thank you very much. As I said before, if you feel like they are removing something, fair enough by me.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Please address my argument, and show where it is incorrect.
Vox seems to be trolling to me...
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: You assume that I can be bought off with shiny goodies.

I'm afraid your assumption is wrong.
Too add to the former post....
If we couldn't waited for long times for drm free games ... how did GOG get all that money with so old and unshiny games ?
Post edited February 24, 2014 by unknown78
Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: You assume that I can be bought off with shiny goodies.

I'm afraid your assumption is wrong.
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Cavalary: ^^ That. And in fact it's not even buying off, since we'd still be the ones doing the buying.

As for TET's message, I can guarantee there can be nothing you can put on the table to make me see this as in any way tolerable. Mentioned what might have been tolerable, in the sense of just laying the blame on CDP and not on GOG, in that long post I wrote earlier today, that's definitely as far as I'll ever go with this.
I guess I should have wrote:

You assume that I will buy myself off with shiny goodies. ;)
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