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Posted July 23, 2016
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pimpmonkey2382.313: It must be nice to want.
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Kleetus: I want to be friends.
I think you lie like a yokel
Posted July 23, 2016
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Antimateria: I think you lie like a yokel
Pimple Monkey wants to join my gang, I'm still deciding if I'll let him.

It takes more than just negative rep to join.
Posted July 23, 2016
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Antimateria: I think you lie like a yokel
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Kleetus: Pimple Monkey wants to join my gang, I'm still deciding if I'll let him.

It takes more than just negative rep to join.
Go fuck yourself and your "gang".
Posted July 23, 2016
Price tags are a reason to show a fat -75% at times of sales, these days...

However in the specific case of Dead Space this is actually a point.. 7,99€ on Origin, 9,99€ on Steam, 19,99 on GOG.. This much difference in price is not reasonable, period.
Posted July 23, 2016
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pcfrits: I mean dead space 1 for 20 euro's? A game of 2008? Come on.
So put it on your wishlist and they'll email you when it's on sale, which happens pretty regularly. I'm fine with the prices personally.
Posted July 23, 2016
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pimpmonkey2382.313: Go fuck yourself and your "gang".
I realise you're trying to impress me but it won't work.

I won't even consider you for my gang until you're at least -500.
Posted July 23, 2016
Sorry, but there's no way GOG game prices can be considered too expensive.
Sure, we all have games we've played that we don't like so much that we feel the developers shouldn't be collecting a penny.
But the prices on here are great. Especially on sale.
Every game I have in both my Steam and GOG library are all games I bought at some type of discount- sale, bundle, trade, free, gift, etc. and I will never break that no matter how cheap the normal prices are for any games.
With that being said, I can firmly say that I know what cheap is and isn't. The normal pricing on GOG is cheap.
The Summer Sale that just passed was a great one....my library went up real fast and it was all games that I wanted...no junk titles.
Their bundle deals were awesome and I am holding out hope that they have these bundles for upcoming sales such as Fall or Winter Sales.
AND what's really great about GOG and their bundles is that they won't charge you for any games you already own again AND still give you the best discount by subtracting the ones you own out of the bundle deal...you certainly will not catch Steam looking out for you like that with any of their bundles.
I would really like to see them continue to work and update the GOG Galaxy app. I would absolutely love having a GOG app that would work like the Steam app and run to my TV...not that I already don't. :)
I find the GOG Galaxy app has hiccups with some games such as Planescape:Torment where the game will flicker.
Sorry, but that Summer Sale was too good and no way am I going to ever call GOG too expensive after some of their bundle deals that they had.
I really, really hope they bring some of the bundles back like the Dungeon's & Dragons series (the bundle that wasn't the Hasbro series- which I did buy during the sale).
Posted July 23, 2016
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Barefoot_Monkey: $20/£20/€20 is expensive, especially for an old game like that, but that's the price that EA sets, both here and elsewhere (well... it's slightly cheaper at Origin, where EA doesn't need to share the revenue). The advantage of getting it from GOG is that you get the difference (€20-$20) back in credit.

edit: Hang on, according to steamprices it's €9.99/£9.99 for Europe and UK respectively but $19.99 for ROW and USA. That's quite weird.
Dead Space prices:
Steam: 9.99 euro
Origin: 7.99 euro
Humble: not available
GMG: not available
Amazon boxed copy: 9 69 usd
Amazon digital copy: 19 99 usd
Posted July 23, 2016
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jmcgowan211: AND what's really great about GOG and their bundles is that they won't charge you for any games you already own again AND still give you the best discount by subtracting the ones you own out of the bundle deal...you certainly will not catch Steam looking out for you like that with any of their bundles.
Some bundles on Steam work the same since the last summer sales. This is on developper's / publishers credit, not GOG or Steam to apply this business deal to their game bundles, though.
Posted July 23, 2016
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jmcgowan211: AND what's really great about GOG and their bundles is that they won't charge you for any games you already own again AND still give you the best discount by subtracting the ones you own out of the bundle deal...you certainly will not catch Steam looking out for you like that with any of their bundles.
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koima57: Some bundles on Steam work the same since the last summer sales. This is on developper's / publishers credit, not GOG or Steam to apply this business deal to their game bundles, though.
Very true :) And yes, it is a little pricey for Dead Space. Heck, I got Dead Space for free just a few months ago on the Xbox 360 from Games with Gold. $19.99 would be a good price for the Dead Space trilogy...even part 1 &2...but definitely not the first one for that much.
Posted July 23, 2016
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phaolo: Wait for a promo, the price could go down by 60-80%
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pimpmonkey2382.313: Or he could become a male prostitute.
#NoPromo
Posted July 23, 2016
It had 60% off at launch.
You can wait to get it at 75-80% off in December or in special promo (happened to Quake, DOOM and Wolfenstein last year).
Posted July 23, 2016
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pcfrits: I mean dead space 1 for 20 euro's? A game of 2008? Come on.
Dead Space regular price on Steam: $19.99 CAD
http://store.steampowered.com/app/17470/

Dead Space regular price on GOG: $25.99 CAD
https://www.gog.com/game/dead_space

Indeed this looks like a case of the publisher (EA) charging a 30% premium to sell their game on GOG DRM-free. Call it the DRM-free tax I guess, but then there's a bit more manpower overhead involved with releasing games and updates here on GOG.com also, so perhaps they've passed the additional costs on to us here.. It's kind of unfair in one sense, but if it means some games come here that otherwise wouldn't due to the extra overhead etc. then I'd rather see them come here than never come here even if they're slightly higher priced.

There's always seasonal sales to drop the prices down 50-90% on select titles also for those who aren't in a hurry and can wait it out.
Posted July 23, 2016
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pcfrits: I mean dead space 1 for 20 euro's? A game of 2008? Come on.
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skeletonbow: Dead Space regular price on Steam: $19.99 CAD
http://store.steampowered.com/app/17470/

Dead Space regular price on GOG: $25.99 CAD
https://www.gog.com/game/dead_space

Indeed this looks like a case of the publisher (EA) charging a 30% premium to sell their game on GOG DRM-free. Call it the DRM-free tax I guess, but then there's a bit more manpower overhead involved with releasing games and updates here on GOG.com also, so perhaps they've passed the additional costs on to us here.. It's kind of unfair in one sense, but if it means some games come here that otherwise wouldn't due to the extra overhead etc. then I'd rather see them come here than never come here even if they're slightly higher priced.

There's always seasonal sales to drop the prices down 50-90% on select titles also for those who aren't in a hurry and can wait it out.
isnt that more or less what i have been saying right from the start ?
Posted July 23, 2016
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snowkatt: isnt that more or less what i have been saying right from the start ?
They don't pay me enough to know that. Way above my pay grade. :)
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