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General discussionCanadian Pricing not at all competative with Steam.(65 posts)(65 posts)
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Posted May 08, 2016
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ZFR: Interesting. Well, this does explain why these threads pop out quite often here.
They do don't they? I promise we're not all bitter cosumers...
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tinyE: BTW how come I haven't heard O'Canada once during the NHL Playoffs this year? :P
...we're also bitter hockey fans.
Posted May 08, 2016
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ZFR: Interesting. Well, this does explain why these threads pop out quite often here.
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Leonard03: They do don't they? I promise we're not all bitter cosumers...
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tinyE: BTW how come I haven't heard O'Canada once during the NHL Playoffs this year? :P
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Leonard03: ...we're also bitter hockey fans.
My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.
Posted May 08, 2016
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Gothfather: Did you READ my post?

I am not asking for advantageous pricing.

Lets try again....

No man's sky in US Funds

Game on steam priced at $59.99 USD same game on GOG $59.99 USD on GOG. Same currency same price. This to makes perfect sense if you are trying to be competitive.

No man's sky in Canadians funds.

Game in steam priced at $66.49 CND same game on GOG $75.49 CND. Same currency DIFFERENT price. This doesn't make sense if you are trying to be competitive.

Why should I pay $9 more for the same product? TO BE CLEAR this ISN'T an exchange difference this is a pricing comparison in the SAME currency.
You compare apples with oranges. GOG isn't steam. And the game costs $77.45 CAD in both US and Canada, so it's actually fairly priced. However in this case the fair price is higher than on the regionally priced steam.
Posted May 08, 2016
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tinyE: My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.
Which team is that?
Posted May 08, 2016
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tinyE: My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.
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Leonard03: Which team is that?
Blues
Posted May 09, 2016
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ZFR: Non-regional pricing (GOG style):
Prices are not fixed, but are adjusted according to the exchange rate. So if the exchange rate is 1.3 then the prices are 13 CAD and 10 USD. If next week it changes to 1.1, prices become 11 CAD and 10 USD.
Disadvantages: prices change. Advantages: all regions pay same amount (excluding tiny fluctuations and rounding.. etc).
Except GOG carries regionally priced AND non-regionally priced games. The process you describe is how they work out the other currencies for the non-regionally priced games. They do however also carry games that are regionally priced and these work how the prices on Steam work.
Posted May 10, 2016
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SirPrimalform: Except GOG carries regionally priced AND non-regionally priced games. The process you describe is how they work out the other currencies for the non-regionally priced games. They do however also carry games that are regionally priced and these work how the prices on Steam work.
Yes, I've written about it in my later posts.

However, even the regionally priced games on GOG do not work exactly the same as on Steam, there is one (quite significant) difference: if you pay more than the American amount you get the difference back in store credit.
Posted May 10, 2016
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Leonard03: They do don't they? I promise we're not all bitter cosumers...

...we're also bitter hockey fans.
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tinyE: My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.
Oh, so you're from Toronto, too? :)
Posted May 10, 2016
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tinyE: My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.
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rampancy: Oh, so you're from Toronto, too? :)
Hey, Toronto has won Cups! None in my lifetime, but they have.
Posted May 10, 2016
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Leonard03: Which team is that?
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tinyE: Blues
I'm rooting for Dallas in that series.

As is Shania Twain, which has to be a bit of a burn to her home country. Not only is there no Canadian club in the playoffs, their lone Country star has picked another team.

Though I could be fine with either of those teams winning the cup.
Posted May 10, 2016
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tinyE: Blues
Shit, for a second there, I almost thought you were a fellow Canucks fan...
Post edited May 10, 2016 by GR00T
Posted May 10, 2016
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rampancy: Oh, so you're from Toronto, too? :)
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tinyE: Hey, Toronto has won Cups! None in my lifetime, but they have.
Back during some time in the Cambrian Age, perhaps.

I swear, the religious devotion that Leafs fans have to their team, despite being let down and disappointed with the same thing over and over and over again, almost reminds me of CoD fans...
Posted May 10, 2016
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tinyE: Hey, Toronto has won Cups! None in my lifetime, but they have.
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rampancy: Back during some time in the Cambrian Age, perhaps.

I swear, the religious devotion that Leafs fans have to their team, despite being let down and disappointed with the same thing over and over and over again, almost reminds me of CoD fans...
1967

As for your second comment, you've never been to Green Bay. :P
Post edited May 10, 2016 by tinyE
Posted May 11, 2016
This is a real sad state of affairs. It amazes me how option based vs. evidence based people are.

Fact. Price on steam is $9 cheaper than the price on GOG for a game in the current market(No Man's Sky). That is not an insignificant amount.

Fact. Gog isn't at all close with steam on pricing in Canadian funds. Disagree? look up the fraking prices yourself in every case I have found steam is at least 10% cheaper than GoG. The products are the bloody same it is a GAME that does the same fraking thing. When two competitor's in the market place have the same method of delivery and are selling the same product then price is going to be the deciding factor for most consumers.

Fact. If Steam is going to be ~10% to 15% cheaper to buy from with every product that both GoG and steam sell then GoG ISN'T competitive in pricing.

Fact. Gog's Canadian Pricing is not at all competitive with steam.

But oh NO you can't say that because emotional based thinkers can't have their precious GoG be viewed in any light but perfection. So people had to go off on tangents to justify the price that GoG set, yet gog can set any fraking price they want they don't need to justify it. What they need to do is be competitive which they are not which is what this entire thread is about.

Despite the BS that certain people are spewing about the US is actually the one being boned in this situation it is crap because the US isn't a factor. Steam prices are ~10% to 15% cheaper for Canadians to buy their games in Canadian Funds and that means that FACTUALLY GoG isn't being competitive with the Canadian market. But I am sure that some voodoo BS will be spewed by some that will IGNORE the facts because it doesn't fit their personal narratives.

As long as GoG is this far apart from steam on pricing they are surrendering a market to a company that already holds the lion's share in PC digital distribution which is foolish if you are the company trying to TAKE away market share with the larger company. But please oh geniuses of the internet tell me how I am wrong.
Posted May 11, 2016
I wonder, anyone knows when the CAD prices are updated? Daily, weekly, bi-Weekly or monthly? I'm kinda curious about that.
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