Grargar: The reveal was the biggest disappointment out of everything. I didn't care so much about the price hike, but to drop these bad news, disguised as good news, to make a big deal out of 3 supposedly NDA-hidden games, only to reveal that these were games we actually knew were coming, well, that was something else. I regret ever posting what I posted above, but I won't edit it though; let this be a lesson to my future self.

somebodyspecial: You're kind of doing the same thing you accuse him of. As if your opinion counts most ;) I couldn't care less about regional pricing (complain to your country, not here). They can list if it is REGIONAL or not in each games page so you know, but is there anywhere else that doesn't use regional crap? I would have a problem with ANY DRM as DRM FREE is why I'm here, not pricing (I wait for sales or price drops anyway, not just on GOG-not much is worth retail to me in games over $30). But I freely admit I like not having ANY game in the catalog having DRM just to simplify stuff. If I want a DRM game (and I don't, skipped Diablo 3 until they remove the RMAH, which I'm guessing will come with expansion pack as they already did this on xbox), I will go to amazon or something. I expect NO DRM here period. NEVER cave, or I won't come back either ;) As I said I'm here for ONE REASON.

Instead of complaining about something so easily fixed learn how to buy games without paying regional fees. USA VPN/proxy. Problem solved. Get one that has servers all over the world so you can live anywhere you want daily...LOL. This allows GOG to get games that would otherwise be a problem, and allows you to still avoid the fees. So publishers are happy (the jerks who do this) and you get the games while ignoring publisher rules...LOL Some VPN's keep you from changing as often but most people just need to look like they are in USA or one other and only switch to purchase once or twice a month. Like you might want to show USA for purchase but UK for netflix or something.

I'm surprised ANY customer on GOG is from anywhere but USA...LOL Paysafecard+VPN. You would never know where I'm at. Not sure you couldn't just use Paypal also. They probably wouldn't be giving your location to GOG either, thus removing the paysafecard step for most, but either way you can BEAT the system. Heck for just purchasing you could probably just google "free vpn service" and use one of many as I just did the search (lots). Someone should verify the paypal comment, but paysafecard can be bought anyway with cash etc. GOG probably added paysafecard precisely for this reason ;) Why should GOG allow Steam etc to sell games that they could have in their catalog with regional crap on them? That isn't DRM so I don't care.

You are complaining about nothing, as it's easily solved and having regional crap must get a few more games (or at least make their life easier in some way) or why would GOG bother? I don't agree with going regional on any game they already have NO regional pricing on (no need for that, you already have it), and agree with you on that point. But for new games I care not, and if I wasn't in USA already, you bet your butt I'd be using a VPN (free or otherwise) and always LOOK like I'm in USA for purchasing. Not so easy on steam games as you have connections to them all the time for community crap etc (I hate steam, will never use it for windows, I'll probably load steamOS at some point but have no desire for it in windows), so unless you're using a PAID VPN you'll hate life over there. The paid ones are of course very fast if you do your homework and buy smart for your country. Some VPN's have really great services from USA to elsewhere, and some from other countries to elsewhere etc, you just have to pick the one that fits your needs best and has great connections (speed or maybe latency if needed for games) from the country you're trying to be in to your actual country. That isn't hard info to find as millions are trying to do the same thing ;)

That said, regional crap isn't an issue for GOG buyers as you're only on to BUY and then download the game. After that you don't need to come back from a VPN again until you buy more games. You might just BUY, then download from your real country, as I don't think GOG checks that, just the purchase itself. I mean I could be on a trip to japan or something and need to re-download a game already in my games list purchased ages ago. You can re-tax me or something with a "hey you can't download out of your country" message (maybe they do this?). Once purchased you should be able to go right to a download OFF vpn's. But I may be wrong on this point, still so what I say, as you download once usually. There are some VERY fast VPN's, that will saturate most of the fastest connections out there. You seem ignorant of what a VPN/proxy is for. Hope that's cleared up now ;)

EA/Bethesda/Blizzard have other ways to sell to you, no need for GOG for these guys and they all LOVE DRM so you won't see them here until 50% of the world hates DRM and just comes here instead (or price reduced so much DRM can be left off once a year etc of early sales are over at $60 or something). Once DRM hurts their bottom line enough they'll change, but until then they will say screw you. UBI etc can unwrap/take out drm from their games any time they want. They've done it many times once the game goes to another publisher in jewel case for $9.99 or something. They axe the DRM, box, etc. You don't usually put in DRM with no plan to remove it in case it totally backfires on them. How many games are NOT on gamecopyworld etc? Not many ;) An ignorant person deals with DRM, while the Webucated guy (ROFL - is that a new word?) just removes it seconds after he buys his game anyway. I'm not advocating flying a skull/bones flag here, just if you buy it you should be able to do whatever you want with it. I don't call serials DRM either. It has no affect on my gaming or my machine and stops most newbs (from flying the wrong flag...LOL) while allowing online stuff and a way to ban gamers for cheating in a way that hurts (don't want your code to die ;)).

Regional crap will cost ZERO customers IMHO. Easily avoided. If they go about ratting out devs for this, that dev may just never come back. GOG isn't big enough to rat anyone out yet. Steam could/should though, they are huge.

JohnnyDollar: You were working off of what's been communicated to us. I'm just kidding around with you by quoting those posts.

After investigating it a little, I was leaning towards not taking some elements literally. I'm usually a little suspicious with stuff like that as it is. Since I try to stay neutral when it comes to expectations, the reveal doesn't really make me sink with disappointment.

Like i said in another thread, with that event coming up and TW3 as well, they've timed this with the TW3 run-up. They've gotten the best games they could get in this time frame.

Selderij: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6P3yOTR2Vc&t=26m
https://www.cdprojekt.com/Press_Room/Informacje_prasowe,news_id,1993

Future_Suture: That's not even how arguing works. Normally the people stating "was barely scraping by and simply had to take the regionally priced games" should provide evidence as they were the ones to bring forth this point. The burden of truth is on them.

Davane: Um, both view points are based on the idea that your views, needs, and drives are the only ones of any relevance.

Alexrd: No, they aren't. I acknowledged that flat prices was one of their values, while you claimed that just because they dropped that, they also "ditched what made them unique" (conveniently ignoring the major aspect that makes them unique in the first place: DRM-free).

You prefer flat pricing over certain titles being available DRM-free with regional prices? Fine, it's your preference. Don't buy them. But let others have the choice.

Artoemius: It was not that their fair pricing itself made them unique. It was sticking to their principles. Maybe this video will convince you. They said it all themselves.

Artoemius: Until these changes, DRM on GOG was unthinkable. Now it's not.

Grargar: The reveal was the biggest disappointment out of everything. I didn't care so much about the price hike, but to drop these bad news, disguised as good news, to make a big deal out of 3 supposedly NDA-hidden games, only to reveal that these were games we actually knew were coming, well, that was something else. I regret ever posting what I posted above, but I won't edit it though; let this be a lesson to my future self.

Grargar: The reveal was the biggest disappointment out of everything. I didn't care so much about the price hike, but to drop these bad news, disguised as good news, to make a big deal out of 3 supposedly NDA-hidden games, only to reveal that these were games we actually knew were coming, well, that was something else. I regret ever posting what I posted above, but I won't edit it though; let this be a lesson to my future self.

Alexrd: I acknowledged that flat prices was one of their values, while you claimed that just because they dropped that, they also "ditched what made them unique" (conveniently ignoring the major aspect that makes them unique in the first place: DRM-free).

silentbob1138: Actually DRM-free on its own never made Gog unique. There are other places to buy DRM-free games.

adamhm: There are other places you can get DRM-free games, but very, very few that insist that everything they sell is DRM-free (and AFAIK none of those places are as old and experienced as GOG or have anywhere near as much influence as GOG does).

HypersomniacLive: These numbers didn't feel right from what I could vaguely remember and now I know why - this is only the first quarter of 2013.

Selderij was kind enough to dig up the sources that reveal the full picture
The most recent is from Nov 2013. The translation says: HypersomniacLive: That's more than $2.5 million net profit with almost two months left before the year was out - most importantly these results don't include the Insomnia and the Winter Sales.

EDIT: For 2012, these numbers were zł 46.30 million of revenue and 8.20 million zł net profit.

silentbob1138: Still, if you want DRM-free there are alternatives to Gog. I can't think of another store that offered DRM-free and fair prices and kept old games running on modern computers, though. That combination made Gog unique. DRM-free was a big part of the uniqueness, but not unique on its own.