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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 25, 2014
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ghostgate2001: Oh dear ... you don't visit GOG.com for several days, and then you find there's been a 3000+ post sh*tstorm going on while you've not been paying attention! Apologies to those who are already royally bored with this forum, but some of us only just got here.

GOG - it seems you're intent on bringing in regional pricing (on new releases, at least) but you also say you only accept payment in US Dollars, and therefore we'll be seeing regionally-adjusted prices in US Dollars. Is that about the size of it?

You do realise that those of us who do not live in countries that use the US Dollar and who make payments to you in US Dollars are ALREADY paying marked-up prices that exceed the apparent price? Credit card companies charge us conversion fees for foreign-currency purchases. PayPal sets its own (inflated) conversion rate, skimming a percentage for every dollar spent. Etc.

Therefore, if you're intending to charge us regionally-adjusted (i.e. increased) Dollar prices, we'll also be paying commensurately increased conversion-rates on top of that, further inflating the "real" price we pay. Surely the least you can do, if you're going to regionally-adjust prices, is also accept regional currencies - thereby removing the additional percentage of wallet-gouging that we'll incur from currency-conversion fees?
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TheEnigmaticT: We will have local currencies. Soon. Let's just say that getting those on board is not going quite as fast as we'd hoped, but the goal is to be accepting EUR, AUD, GBP, and RUB in the next few months.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted February 25, 2014
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wvpr: I'm not trying to say it'll happen that way. There will be PC's for a long time to come. But all it takes for Windows computers to start drying up is for the next Windows to crash and burn, and MS to make bad decisions trying to recover. Or for phones to eclipse MS so much that a phone company buys them out one day. It sounds crazy, but in computing the status quo can shift fast. Remember 3DFX? The pinnacle one year, gone the next.

It's hard to find fresh parts for computers built years ago. When Kodak stopped making popular lines of film, labs stopped developing it, and soon enough there was no easy way to use that film no matter how well your camera worked. Computers are the same way. Niche demand isn't enough to keep the big chipmakers in business. They go where the money is, and projects like DOSBox try to make up the difference. Right now it's easy to download software from third parties and run it on compatible hardware. Will that be true in 5 years? I can envision Steam moving a large number of PC gamers and game makers over to Linux, Microsoft successfully bottling up Windows through their app store, Google handling everything else PC-related, and companies like GOG left selling whatever's left to sell to a dwindling number of do-it-yourselfers. It doesn't have to happen that way, but to happen, it only requires a few big companies to shift course.
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RawSteelUT: Oh, anything can happen, of course. I just find that people are way too quick to crown the new king. 3DFX dying out was out of the blue, a result of monumental wastefulness and competition from nVidia. Really, it's the perfect bit of evidence that predictions are usually so far off, and that real change comes from so far from left field it's not even funny.
Absolutely. I have no idea what will or won't happen next. All I can say with certainty is that things feel more uncertain than they've felt for a long time. Computing isn't going to end, but how we compute keeps evolving quickly.
Posted February 25, 2014
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RawSteelUT: Oh, anything can happen, of course. I just find that people are way too quick to crown the new king. 3DFX dying out was out of the blue, a result of monumental wastefulness and competition from nVidia. Really, it's the perfect bit of evidence that predictions are usually so far off, and that real change comes from so far from left field it's not even funny.
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wvpr: Absolutely. I have no idea what will or won't happen next. All I can say with certainty is that things feel more uncertain than they've felt for a long time. Computing isn't going to end, but how we compute keeps evolving quickly.
True enough, that. But where it's going, who knows? Android consoles seem to be a huge bust, and judging by the pitiful selection of wireless keyboards at the local TigerDirect and Best Buy, people aren't exactly doing their spreadsheets and word processing on their tablets yet. Seriously, I've only ever seen ones by Logitech and they ain't cheap.

Who knows, maybe we'll get to a point where 64-bit will actually matter for most game releases.

A guy can dream, right?
Posted February 25, 2014
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ghostgate2001: Oh dear ... you don't visit GOG.com for several days, and then you find there's been a 3000+ post sh*tstorm going on while you've not been paying attention! Apologies to those who are already royally bored with this forum, but some of us only just got here.
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Niggles: Dont worry. U havent missed much. Most of the conversation has been going around in circles repeatly -

1) people think GOG will die
2) people saying they wont buy stuff from here anymore (as if they will get most of the drm free content elsewhere)
3) discussions of regional pricing and implications
4) gog losing its morals (some people are quite upset about this)
4) which games are coming. kickstarter games (some) seem to be doing the regional thing
5) TeT saying there will be a bit more detail tomorrow - the head honcho CEO will have a few words.....
6) someone saying someone has a stick up their ***
7) economic theories

Probably missed a few things :D
I think there were a few death threats along the way.
Posted February 25, 2014
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Niggles: Dont worry. U havent missed much. Most of the conversation has been going around in circles repeatly -

1) people think GOG will die
2) people saying they wont buy stuff from here anymore (as if they will get most of the drm free content elsewhere)
3) discussions of regional pricing and implications
4) gog losing its morals (some people are quite upset about this)
4) which games are coming. kickstarter games (some) seem to be doing the regional thing
5) TeT saying there will be a bit more detail tomorrow - the head honcho CEO will have a few words.....
6) someone saying someone has a stick up their ***
7) economic theories

Probably missed a few things :D
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Sogi-Ya: I think there were a few death threats along the way.
There were? I always miss the fun stuff.
Posted February 25, 2014
Oh, this news appears to be about something that will take a long while to happen.

All discussion apparently is about regional pricing instead of games. Try as I might, I didn't see anyone asking or saying why there's regional pricing in the first place. Anyone care to explain the rationale behind it?
Posted February 25, 2014
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RawSteelUT: 3DFX dying out was out of the blue
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_Bruce_: Really? Releasing the same thing constantly with higher clocks are more power draw wasn't a hint?
I don't really know a lot of the technical stuff, I just know that they were busy throwing stupid huge parties in their prime, and got caught flat-footed when nVidia came along and DirectX became more popular than OpenGL. Not making cards tailored to the mid-range market (instead just gutting their high-end cards' features to make "mid-range" cards) probably didn't help either.

Fun story, 3DFX' Voodoo was considered for the Sega Dreamcast, but were outperformed by VideoLogic. Speculation has it that at least part of Sega going with VideoLogic was because 3DFX leaked details about their project in their June 1997 IPO. The whole thing resulted in a huge lawsuit where Sega had to pay 3DFX $10.5 million.
Posted February 25, 2014
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RafaelLopez: Oh, this news appears to be about something that will take a long while to happen.

All discussion apparently is about regional pricing instead of games. Try as I might, I didn't see anyone asking or saying why there's regional pricing in the first place. Anyone care to explain the rationale behind it?
Greed and history.

Different markets had different prices before digital markets and as corporations are greedy they want the most out of consumers they can get. Thus they try to enforce these practices as long as they can.
Posted February 25, 2014
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dirtyharry50: Wow. Over 3,200 posts so far. It looks like we might have a movement here. This kinda makes me want to break out the old guitar and start up a rousing chorus of the "Alice's Restaurant Massacree." We can all sing it in harmony, with feelin'. Arlo Guthrie would be so proud of us. :D
Hey, you have some idea there. Lets all get fanatical and start the anti-regional prices revolution!
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Ichwillnichtmehr: 1. DRM-free
2. Extra Goodies
Extra goodies. /laugh 5 seconds you Bing / Youtube and you'll have the same things.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Elenarie
Posted February 25, 2014
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RafaelLopez: Anyone care to explain the rationale behind it?
Profiteering. Pure and simple. Some folks imagine it means "price adjusted for local market", but that's never been the case.

Ask Acti-Blizzard in whose world $60==€60.

Given that I would likely have to now purchase in €, this concept represents a serious PI.
Posted February 25, 2014
I am not surprised . These days nearly all stores , switched to regional pricing (DotEmu , Humble Store , Green Man Gaming and much more ...) , I don't see too much difference .
Posted February 25, 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.
And I'll second my reply.
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OldFatGuy: I'm going to second the motion to please take this tripe to another thread.
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donsanderson: Thirded
It's too bad that you consider essential human rights "tripe."
Post edited February 25, 2014 by TheOperaGhost
Posted February 25, 2014
Someone from the UK or W Europe answer something for me.

How is the regional pricing done on other online digital content like music and movies where you live?

Is it currency exchange + add applicable taxes and fees = price you're charged?
Post edited February 25, 2014 by JohnnyDollar
Posted February 25, 2014
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RafaelLopez: Anyone care to explain the rationale behind it?
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rustypup: Profiteering. Pure and simple. Some folks imagine it means "price adjusted for local market", but that's never been the case.

Ask Acti-Blizzard in whose world $60==€60.

Given that I would likely have to now purchase in €, this concept represents a serious PI.
South Africa is part of Eurozone now? That's news to me.
Posted February 25, 2014
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CarrionCrow: I'm not inclined to tell a company that I think highly of one day that they're garbage the next.
That is feedback and is highly recommended that customers make use of it.

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HGiles: she's saying 'Regional pricing is wrong"
Wrong. Correct is:
"Unfair regional pricing" is wrong, aka in 1usd = 1eur = 1pound and this is done currently all over the world.
Nobody will oppose a correct/fair regional pricing consisting of 1usd = 0.75eur = 0.6pound. But nobody is doing that, including gog, because the leverage is on pure greedy publishers hands.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by mobutu
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