LOL, this was so fun to read XD

...or those votes come from trolls who don't even use GOG :)
I would expect much more trolls swarming around such controversy.

Ha ha!

As giddy as a glitch-ridden sticky-tongued goat.

It seems a bit of footage from today's staff meeting at GOG has found its way online:
http://youtu.be/YgYEuJ5u1K0

Seriously though, I'm looking forward to reading the letter tomorrow.

Looks like it. Now press <i>Down, Down, Down, Down, High Kick</i>

This does not sit very well to me. One of GOG's core strength has been that it's fair to the consumer, that's why I was won over in the first place, and this... This does not seem fair... For the past year plus I've shunned all other digital retailers, happily uninstalled steam (and regardless of what happens, this stays gone), and basically exclusively taken my business to you and I've urged others to do the same whenever I could... But this certainly makes me question how wise that was... I mean, I know it's not fully your decision to make really, but that doesn't make me feel any better. And you could, of course, have stood your ground too, so it's not likely you're completely innocent either. GOG is changing and I do not like what it's becoming. Pretty sure I don't think any game is worth that tradeoff...

Will you atleast provide any information on the sales page on each game profile about how much the mark up is compared to the cheapest price available so that we'll know how badly we're getting screwed over? Or at the very least whether the game is listed with region pricing or is using worldwide pricing, so we know which games to avoid and/or figure out work arounds for?

Oh, that is so clich&eacute;!

You fight like a cow!

I am rubber, you are glue!

You could take on the Swordmaster!

My name is feared in every dirty corner of this island!

Just want to summarize my feelings on why this announcement doesn't make me happy since perhaps some folks from gog are reading.

I'm very disappointed because IMO you were absolutely correct in that video many have linked to regarding the unfairness of regional pricing. I mean, regional pricing in and of itself doesn't make it unfair, there can be legitimate reasons for that, such as shipping costs. But when dealing with digital distribution, there is absolutely no legitimate reason for it.

And most importantly, for me the biggest thing that drew me here was and is DRM free games. And while regional pricing isn't going to affect me directly, it does make me 1) feel for the unfairness of my fellow man (or woman) who gets hit with higher prices and mostly 2) it makes me worry about DRM free remaining something that gog would fight for.

There was another video posted here (sorry, no links, after I post this I'll try and find them) where gog spokesmen were talking about these issues and how they had turned down publishers in the past because it was important for them to maintain those values they claimed to hold, with one of the speakers emphatically using the term "No compromises" (This was an excellent example of why I loved gog, they had principles). And regional pricing was specifically mentioned as a reason for turning down opportunities in the past, as was getting games DRM free.

Well, it's now been shown that something has changed where instead of turning down those opportunities as in the past, gog has now decided to compromise. So no matter how much you may insist otherwise, one is left with the reality that change is now possible regarding DRM free games.

That said, I think this could have been handled a lot better, and I still hope for the best from gog. I still hope that DRM free games remains something they're unwilling to compromise on, and that they will minimize both the impact and amount of games being regionally priced. Unfortunately, nothing gog says can now reinforce that hope, only time will tell now.

Here is a link to the first video which discusses the unfairness of regional pricing for digitally distributed games, which I applauded at the time and agreed with. (And still do).

And I think this is the link for the second video I referenced, where we're told about opportunities that had to be turned down due to one of the issues gog stood for. I'll see if I can now watch it some to find the exact time on there that I'm referencing. 21:40 is a good place to start, with the no compromises comment coming and then an explicit example of an opportunity turned down because the other companies wouldn't agree to "one world - one price."

ah so that's why some games are so sparse on the extras. I was wondering why that is on some. you can't scan manuals or just put together the developer-created wallpapers and such that were used as marketing when the game came out? didn't know why more games couldn't look like system shock or the witcher or icewind dale I think. concept art and developer work and things. that's pretty sad that you have to get legal approval on the extras.

well then let me just say thanks for all the work you have done that way including the stuff that never got added in.

I recently bought a Roland MT-32 (Old edition), so I can bask in the original tune of the Curse of Monkey Island as it was meant to be. Ahhh, bliss :-D

Man this takes me back.

Me, My Amiga, 8(I think) 3 1/2" floppy disks(DD turned into HD by drilling a hole into them), and "The Secret of Monkey Island"

.....Dammit, I'm old!