Gothfather: 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.

ZFR: there is one (quite significant) difference: if you pay more than the American amount you get the difference back in store credit.

Gothfather:

mrkgnao: [...] the Chinese price, [...]

HunchBluntley: A.K.A. the "rest-of-the-world" price, right?

mrkgnao: I tend to call it "Most of the World" rather than "Rest of the World".

The list of countries involved can be found here: http://www.an-ovel.com/pages/ma_mtrc.php#TableVIII

HunchBluntley: Any particular reason why you use China as the "poster child" for that price region? Why not Afghanistan (first alphabetically by name, as near as I can tell), or the U.A.E. (first alphabetically by the two-letter abbreviation)?

mrkgnao: Each region is represented by the most populous country in the region.

HunchBluntley: ...All right.
My choice would have been to go with the country with the lowest average population density, or the largest mean hat size of male members of the population aged 24-37, or the one whose flag is objectively the "raddest", but your criterion is OK, too. I guess.

tinyE: Fact: A lot of people can't use Steam.

ZFR: Look, no one is denying that Steam prices are 10-15% cheaper than GOG in CAD. Yet you seem to happily ignore the reason behind it: GoG's price is the normal price, Steam is giving a regional discount to Canadians, which today is roughly 10-15%.

FACT, Americans are paying 77 CAD for No Man's Sky on Steam.
FACT, Canadians are paying 66 CAD for No Man's Sky on Steam.
Disagree? look up the fraking prices yourself and the exchange rate. It's same for other games. "FACTUALLY Steam is giving a discount to Canadians. 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."

So, should GOG give such a regional discount too "just to stay competitive"? Well, as I said, should they accept DRMed games just to stay competitive? After all, people are going to Steam if they can't find their DRMed game on GOG.

Of course you are free to buy anywhere that has a discount. I buy from Steam when they have sales too.

Either way, I'm done here. I've explained, with examples, with actual calculations (with FACTS, as you'd say it), and I know it's no use to argue with "emotional based thinkers" who refuse to face facts. So have a good day.
ZFR: There was a time when it used to be quite often for the EUR, but that was when the exchange rates were jumping all over the place. It's a bit less often now, but I believe it's once a month at least.

Gothfather: We know that GoG matches prices with Steam in US funds but they are NOT matching prices with steam in Canadian funds. NOTHING you have said mitigates, explains or refutes this fundamental point. Steam is ~10% to 15% cheaper across the board. Which makes the title of this thread 100% accurate Canadian Pricing not at all COMPETITIVE with Steam.

ZFR: Correct, though to be fair they get the equivalent of 11.78 CAD of store credit back, so taking that into account Europeans pay the equivalent of 77.50 CAD on GOG (89.28 - 11.78 store credit) and 89.28 CAD on Steam

To summarize:

GOG:
Canadians: 75.49 CAD
Americans: 77.45 CAD
Europeans: 77.50 CAD

Steam:
Canadians: 66.49 CAD
Americans: 77.45 CAD
Europeans: 89.28 CAD

Now, about getting ripped off...

Gothfather: So I am curious why no man's sky is priced at $66.49 CND (Canadian Dollars) on steam but $75.49 CND on GoG? That is a 13.54% difference in price and no where near a reasonable margin of error due to exchange rate fluctuations.

What gives?