Posted May 08, 2016

Leonard03
Prepare For Descent
Registered: Mar 2014
From Canada

Bad Hair Day
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Registered: Dec 2012
From Other
Posted May 08, 2016
My team has never won The Cup. I'm the bitter one.

blotunga
GrumpyOldGamers.CyringOutMiserably
Registered: Apr 2012
From Other
Posted May 08, 2016

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.

Leonard03
Prepare For Descent
Registered: Mar 2014
From Canada

Bad Hair Day
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Registered: Dec 2012
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my name is catte
i touch your foods
Registered: Mar 2010
From United Kingdom
Posted May 09, 2016

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).

ZFR
I love gold!
Registered: Jan 2010
From Ireland
Posted May 10, 2016

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.

rampancy
Think Different.
Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada

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bler144
μαϊμού
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted May 10, 2016
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.
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.

TerriblePurpose
Kwisatz Haderach
Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada

rampancy
Think Different.
Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted May 10, 2016
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...
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...

Bad Hair Day
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Registered: Dec 2012
From Other
Posted May 10, 2016

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...
As for your second comment, you've never been to Green Bay. :P
Post edited May 10, 2016 by tinyE

Gothfather
New User
Registered: May 2015
From Canada
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.
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.

Fralel
New User
Registered: Sep 2013
From Canada