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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
Why do I have a feeling that in a few months French Monk will have to put his habit again and repent for his sins (again)?
Posted February 25, 2014
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OldFatGuy: Well gog, it's been fun. Unless banned, I'm still going to hang out at the forums because the folks there are just above and beyond awesome and may be some of the best on this internet, but with over 350 games on my shelves, the time has come to stop adding shelves.

I've been back and forth on this all last night, but got a couple hours sleep and thought about it some more, and just realized that yes, if you're willing to compromise on the one world - one price principle in order to get "exciting new games (and profits), then yes, you're going to be willing to compromise on DRM free when the game is exciting (or the profits high) enough.

That's the way it works with most businesses, and you've now shown yourself to be nothing but another business. So go ahead, take a look at my shelf, see the number, and I guarantee you that that number will remain the same until one world - one price returns.

Because I'm not going to wait until DRM free is already gone to vote with my wallet. I'm going to vote now, and tell you that none of your so-called values should be compromised on. If that means you can't get certain games, that's fine. That's the way it's always been. I didn't come here because you guys got all the great games, I came here because you guys had all the great values, including those values called principles.

Good luck, and if the policy is changed back, it will be a pleasure to once again do business with you.

Haters, go ahead and hate away.
Hey, care to join me in some Hammerwatch? :P
Posted February 25, 2014
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Paradoks: Why do I have a feeling that in a few months French Monk will have to put his habit again and repent for his sins (again)?
Do you mean that all this was only another bad joke?
*dreaming* :')
Posted February 25, 2014
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RS1978: Was the in-depth letter from the FrenchMonk postponed?
I think anything they say or do at this point is only going to make matters worse, so they just try to remain silent in the hopes that thing will quiet down.
Posted February 25, 2014
Until now it looks like there are 4 pricing zones: 55$, 50$, 40$ and 17$

http://www.gog.com/forum/age_of_wonders_series/post_your_regional_price_for_aow3/page1
Posted February 25, 2014
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Paradoks: Why do I have a feeling that in a few months French Monk will have to put his habit again and repent for his sins (again)?
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phaolo: Do you mean that all this was only another bad joke?
*dreaming* :')
Not really. I meant proper repentance - seeing ones errors and trying not to make them again.
Honestly - looking at the answers I just don't see AoW3 selling that well here. Strange thing - for me it's cheaper with regional pricing than without. Not that it matters.
Posted February 25, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: That's quite interesting - could that indicated that both companies were flirting with regional pricing as early as a whole year ago?
It's also possible that at that time Triumph didn't had a publisher/distributor signed and didn't knew yet (I mean Triumph) that they would have to use regional pricing.
Posted February 25, 2014
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mangamuscle: That as no stawman, I answered to what you said, you are calling strawman as a surefiure way to undermine any arguments you have no answer to.
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HGiles: My argument was this: "GOG's business was built on selling games that had been on sale for *decades*. The long tail works as a selling strategy."

You responded with a completely irrelevant statement, that also contains sheer guessing: "You seem to think that business do not need to adapt to grow, if gog had not included new games and indies and kept selling just oldies they would NOT have seen the increase in sales reported in this thread."

Instead of responding to my argument, you pretended that my argument was 'businesses don't need to grow' and responded to that red herring / strawman. You also tried to use a sheer, unsupported assumption as fact.
It is clear to see that "The long tail works as a selling strategy." does has not bring new publishers to GOG in 18 months, GOG is stagnant at this point which is bad no matter how you spin it since there are tons of old games not in gog's catalogue, not to mention the new. So it is clear as the sky is blue that your argument indeed is 'businesses don't need to grow', the dynamics of information technolgies companies does not allow them to say "lets wait five years and everything will just work fine", that is akin to a death knell, look at microsoft, they are getting their new windows next year when they have just pulled 8.1 last year and will be releasing 8.1.1 in april, the motto "move it or lose it" applies quite welll in the 21st century.
Posted February 25, 2014
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RS1978: Was the in-depth letter from the FrenchMonk postponed?
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OneFiercePuppy: Delayed, perhaps. There's still a bit of time left in the day, and after the storm of ire and poo (a veritable poopocalypse) from this and related forum threads, a couple late nights this week might not be so surprising. >.>
Honestly, I think this elusive letter will never be delivered. Given an amount of damage that they done to their own reputation and credibility with this stuff and the level to which they pissed up their own customers there's nothing that possibly could save the Author of said letter from being, stoned, mutilated and then burned alive with collective anger of the customers...
Posted February 25, 2014
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RS1978: Was the in-depth letter from the FrenchMonk postponed?
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PixelBoy: I think anything they say or do at this point is only going to make matters worse, so they just try to remain silent in the hopes that thing will quiet down.
Yes, you're probably right. For me the letter will nothing change anyway, I will stay here as long as I get uncensored DRM-free games. :)
Post edited February 25, 2014 by RS1978
Posted February 25, 2014
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OneFiercePuppy: Delayed, perhaps. There's still a bit of time left in the day, and after the storm of ire and poo (a veritable poopocalypse) from this and related forum threads, a couple late nights this week might not be so surprising. >.>
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Mr_GeO: Honestly, I think this elusive letter will never be delivered. Given an amount of damage that they done to their own reputation and credibility with this stuff and the level to which they pissed up their own customers there's nothing that possibly could save the Author of said letter from being, stoned, mutilated and then burned alive with collective anger of the customers...
I might know a thing here. Hold on a little longer. =)
Posted February 25, 2014
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HGiles: My argument was this: "GOG's business was built on selling games that had been on sale for *decades*. The long tail works as a selling strategy."

You responded with a completely irrelevant statement, that also contains sheer guessing: "You seem to think that business do not need to adapt to grow, if gog had not included new games and indies and kept selling just oldies they would NOT have seen the increase in sales reported in this thread."

Instead of responding to my argument, you pretended that my argument was 'businesses don't need to grow' and responded to that red herring / strawman. You also tried to use a sheer, unsupported assumption as fact.
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mangamuscle: It is clear to see that "The long tail works as a selling strategy." does has not bring new publishers to GOG in 18 months, GOG is stagnant at this point which is bad no matter how you spin it since there are tons of old games not in gog's catalogue, not to mention the new. So it is clear as the sky is blue that your argument indeed is 'businesses don't need to grow', the dynamics of information technolgies companies does not allow them to say "lets wait five years and everything will just work fine", that is akin to a death knell, look at microsoft, they are getting their new windows next year when they have just pulled 8.1 last year and will be releasing 8.1.1 in april, the motto "move it or lose it" applies quite welll in the 21st century.
GOG has released hundreds of games in the past 18 months. We've has SS2, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (among countless other classics) as well as a flood of indies. New publishers and new developers have appeared frequently. The long tail strategy has been surprisingly successful, and GOG has grown tremendously using it.

We haven't had AAA games often. That's OK. We never really expected to. We have had good indie and smaller studio games, including many famous classics, released.
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Posted February 25, 2014
All right, finally caught up, kinda. AOW 3 out the door, with regional pricing, while the explanatory letter isn't here, no ETA, no nothing.

Come on, good sir. The water in the shark tank is fine. T already had his teeth kicked in a bit, might as well get your part of it out of the way.
Posted February 25, 2014
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Paradoks: Why do I have a feeling that in a few months French Monk will have to put his habit again and repent for his sins (again)?
If they do that shit again: I am completely out. That would just be pointing out that they think we are suckers...
Posted February 25, 2014
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HGiles: GOG has released hundreds of games in the past 18 months. We've has SS2, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (among countless other classics) as well as a flood of indies. New publishers and new developers have appeared frequently. The long tail strategy has been surprisingly successful, and GOG has grown tremendously using it.
Small indie developers/publishers will NOT bring the catalogs of good old games that are not in gog, pleasse do not forget:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein
We haven't had AAA games often. That's OK. We never really expected to. We have had good indie and smaller studio games, including many famous classics, released.
OK, repeat after me "I do not speak for the majority of the buyers at gog.com". Unless of course, you have such a position and I failed to notice.
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