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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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hedwards: 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.
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JudasIscariot: Excuse me for barging into TET's area here but as one of the folks responsible for ensuring the games have the most amount of goodies I feel I should clarify this: there are times when a game has a) nothing but the manual even in the original release b) in the case of indie games, we do what we can with what we get and c) sometimes the extras don't approved because of legal issues on the extras themselves.

I know I am being a wee bit defensive here as I, as well as my colleagues, take my job seriously.

Thanks for reading :)

edited for clarity :)
Thanks for helping clarify the process, Judas!

I understand GOG tries their best on this area, and you can only give what the devs/publisher agrees to give... but the fact still remains, in some of your games, GOG's version seems the poorer, compared to what's available in other stores (like the current Humble Bundle). And that is something it should be fought, and renegotiated, for better future deals. Don't give up on these, ok?

I still hope a Deluxe edition of the Raven, or the Book of Unwritten Tales, will be available in the future here!
Posted February 24, 2014
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Mr.Frost: This is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS!!!

I AM GOING TO BOYCO... Hey! look! Flatout is on sale!

*bought

...

I can't stay mad with you guys...
FlatOut is awesome you very sensible chap.
Posted February 24, 2014
Sorry but i have to repost this once again, it's just too funny in hindsight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos&index=4&list=PL1F3FBEB10D92C9E8
Posted February 24, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Excuse me for barging into TET's area here but as one of the folks responsible for ensuring the games have the most amount of goodies I feel I should clarify this: there are times when a game has a) nothing but the manual even in the original release b) in the case of indie games, we do what we can with what we get and c) sometimes the extras don't approved because of legal issues on the extras themselves.

I know I am being a wee bit defensive here as I, as well as my colleagues, take my job seriously.

Thanks for reading :)

edited for clarity :)
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WireHead: Thanks for helping clarify the process, Judas!

I understand GOG tries their best on this area, and you can only give what the devs/publisher agrees to give... but the fact still remains, in some of your games, GOG's version seems the poorer, compared to what's available in other stores (like the current Humble Bundle). And that is something it should be fought, and renegotiated, for better future deals. Don't give up on these, ok?

I still hope a Deluxe edition of the Raven, or the Book of Unwritten Tales, will be available in the future here!
I can't say that we didn't notice the current trend in some of the bundles regarding the OSTs and other things but I also can't say why they are offered the way they are offered because neither you or I know the details that are behind the scenes :)

edit: we don't give up but we also can't force someone to give something to us if they legally can't due to outsourcing the soundtrack, for example.

As far as the Deluxe versions being available here, well, all I can recommend is that you send that kind of feedback through the official Contact Us link. Make your voice heard :)
Post edited February 24, 2014 by JudasIscariot
Posted February 24, 2014
I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
Posted February 24, 2014
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jfanno: I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
They knew that if they had taken a poll, that the majority would have been against it on principle, or because it would have been unfair to the people in some regions of the globe.
Posted February 24, 2014
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jfanno: I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
As customers, thankfully, we can still talk with our wallets. Rest assured i won't buy any of those "bigger titles".
Posted February 24, 2014
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OldFatGuy: I'm thinking they have a much better sense of empathy for their fellow gamers than those from the country I would still bet makes up more of the 4.8% than any other.
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Novotnus: ...or those votes come from trolls who don't even use GOG :)
I would expect much more trolls swarming around such controversy.
Shills and their thrills, man.
Posted February 24, 2014
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jfanno: I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
Somebody else made one.
Posted February 24, 2014
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jfanno: I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
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Cavalary: Somebody else made one.
LOL, I doubt that's quite representative, but it is kind of funny.
Posted February 24, 2014
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jfanno: I wonder if, hypothetically, a poll was taken, how many of the loyal customers who spent their money here, and thus helped keep this company solvent(a great deal of which, were to one degree or another, motivated by the site's affirmed convictions), would have supported this move to take the "1world-1price" off of the list of convictions for the site. This is just a guess, and I'll admit, a very biased one; I think over 80% of the customers would be against this trade-in for "bigger titles".
And I'll take another biased leap: the leadership of this site already knew that we wouldn't like it, and did it anyway. Now of course customers are not the same thing as shareholders or board members; they don't make authoritative decisions; this isn't our site. But it is nice to know where we stand in the eyes of the leadership; that with reference to the general direction of the site, and which convictions will still be held on to, and which ones won't, we are merely customers, and nothing more.
(to anyone who wants to say otherwise, why were we not asked?[maybe we were at some point asked and i just missed the poll)
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Cavalary: Somebody else made one.
We've had our own for about 3 days now:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/ban_all_regional_pricing_from_gog_stick_with_your_principles

Considering all the attention this has received the turnout is rather weak IMO.
Posted February 24, 2014
There was no chance of me ever liking the announcement of any form of regional pricing here on GOG, but seriously, starting something like this with "Good news!"... sorry, that's about the safest way of not making me want to have a rational discussion about this.

Not cool. >:(
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheOperaGhost: snip
I'm going to second the motion to please take this tripe to another thread.
Posted February 24, 2014
LOL, that is how they drop all their principles one by one, first they have dropped the "good OLD game" peinciple, now the currency one. I really dont care about the pricing system, if i dont like the price i dont buy, but i hope they wont go too far with all this dumbing down of the site.
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheOperaGhost: snip
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OldFatGuy: I'm going to second the motion to please take this tripe to another thread.
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