Posted March 07, 2019
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It came to my attention that gog is changing and not to the better.
first i hear about this:
https://www.gog.com/news/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program
>On March 31st we are going to discontinue the Fair Price Package program. Let us explain the reasoning behind this decision.
>We came up with Fair Price Package (FPP) as a way to make up the price difference between various countries. Some games on GOG.COM have regional pricing, meaning the price of the same game in one place can be higher compared to its price in North America. In countries where the game is more expensive, we give users the equivalent of the price difference in GOG Wallet funds. In actual numbers, on average, we give users back 12% of the game price from our own pocket. In some cases, this number can reach as high as 37%.
>In the past, we were able to cover these extra costs from our cut and still turn a small profit. Unfortunately, this is not the case anymore. With an increasing share paid to developers, our cut gets smaller. However, we look at it, at the end of the day we are a store and need to make sure we sell games without a loss.
>Removing FPP is not a decision we make lightly, but by making this change, we will be able to offer better conditions to game creators, which — in turn — will allow us to offer you more curated classic games and new releases. All DRM-free.
>We wanted to make sure you have some lead time to still benefit from the Fair Price Package. The program will last until the 31st of March, 2019, so if you would like to take advantage of it, now is the time. The funds you gather from the program will keep the 12 months expiration date from the moment you’ve been granted your last funds.
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than i heard about this:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/gog-turns-down-grimoire-for-publishing.126050/
<Cleveland Mark Blakemore
>After four different representatives of GOG have written me once a week for over three years asking to publish Grimoire when it was ready, they have turned it down for publishing.
>It appears the endless action of SJWs on GOG have succeeded in making it verboten there.
>I got a private email from somebody else at the company who told me that management has changed dramatically there and political viewpoints are a prime driver of decision making now, whereas in the past they just cared about publishing good retro games. I also learned that all the people I have dealt with in the past no longer work there.
>GOG was just the first on my list of 18 other digital distribution platforms I am taking Grimoire to this month. Because staff there had been begging me for three years to publish it, I thought I'd check them off first. I am just continuing from there but it was sort of a surprise. GOG was originally started to publish games exactly like Grimoire before they became so successful.
what is going on?
first i hear about this:
https://www.gog.com/news/conclusion_of_the_bfair_price_packageb_program
>On March 31st we are going to discontinue the Fair Price Package program. Let us explain the reasoning behind this decision.
>We came up with Fair Price Package (FPP) as a way to make up the price difference between various countries. Some games on GOG.COM have regional pricing, meaning the price of the same game in one place can be higher compared to its price in North America. In countries where the game is more expensive, we give users the equivalent of the price difference in GOG Wallet funds. In actual numbers, on average, we give users back 12% of the game price from our own pocket. In some cases, this number can reach as high as 37%.
>In the past, we were able to cover these extra costs from our cut and still turn a small profit. Unfortunately, this is not the case anymore. With an increasing share paid to developers, our cut gets smaller. However, we look at it, at the end of the day we are a store and need to make sure we sell games without a loss.
>Removing FPP is not a decision we make lightly, but by making this change, we will be able to offer better conditions to game creators, which — in turn — will allow us to offer you more curated classic games and new releases. All DRM-free.
>We wanted to make sure you have some lead time to still benefit from the Fair Price Package. The program will last until the 31st of March, 2019, so if you would like to take advantage of it, now is the time. The funds you gather from the program will keep the 12 months expiration date from the moment you’ve been granted your last funds.
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than i heard about this:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/gog-turns-down-grimoire-for-publishing.126050/
<Cleveland Mark Blakemore
>After four different representatives of GOG have written me once a week for over three years asking to publish Grimoire when it was ready, they have turned it down for publishing.
>It appears the endless action of SJWs on GOG have succeeded in making it verboten there.
>I got a private email from somebody else at the company who told me that management has changed dramatically there and political viewpoints are a prime driver of decision making now, whereas in the past they just cared about publishing good retro games. I also learned that all the people I have dealt with in the past no longer work there.
>GOG was just the first on my list of 18 other digital distribution platforms I am taking Grimoire to this month. Because staff there had been begging me for three years to publish it, I thought I'd check them off first. I am just continuing from there but it was sort of a surprise. GOG was originally started to publish games exactly like Grimoire before they became so successful.
what is going on?
Post edited March 07, 2019 by bell02
