Stalker Ultimate in EUR: 110
Stalker Ultimate in CHF: 124

Considering the exchange-rate is 0.93... this means Swiss Customers have to pay 21% more for the exact same digital product. Not even taking different Vat into context. This would make it even worse.

This is not ok!!! Stop it. Change that.

Welcome to the wonders of regional pricing... Yeah, Swiss customers generally get the very worst of it.

And do better to compare to the US (base) price too, USD comparison since it's available everywhere:
DK: $107.27
US (base): $109.99
NO: $110.84
UK: $113.85
EU except SE&DK: $120.59
SE: $122.19
CH: $141.09

Tends to be more or less the going rate...

Regional pricing... sounds like racism. This "race" here in this "country" has to pay more than everybody else. How is this Ok?

Its not a bug. This is very intentional. Its on every game on Gog. And Steam is doing the same thing. They seem to hate us here in Switzerland.

Compare that to Amazon. They got it right. They even reduce the prices for imports due to different VAT.

There's the other side of the coin too, you'll see some here complaining about the lack of regional pricing in their countries for some games because those countries (first used to be Russia before the block, then former CIS countries, Latin America and China, mainly) get regional discounts.

For Stalker Ultimate:

CN: $68.97
CIS: $78.99
LA is split between $87.83 and $78.99

And judging by your join date, you even caught the time when GOG's second clear, specific principle was one-world-one-price, before the "Good News" of Feb 2014 changed that and they gradually adopted the same regional pricing system as the major players.

It's because you probably earn 21% more than most other Europeans? That is not ok!!! Stop it. Change that. Earn less. :-P

For real: Compare your prices against other regions and currencies in the world and maybe you'll recognize better why this difference exists.

No it is not a bug, its a feature. Dependable on country... and yes this is a DRM... the prices can be up to 50% or even more increased compared to the cheapest offers. In extreme cases "the discounted prices is same for us comparable to the normal prices elsewhere". Still, in average the price increase is around 20% vs. US customers and even some other stuff is affected; for example the PS5 Pro was way pricier there as well. Taking the way lower MWST/VAT into account... even Sweden is cheaper because they got over 20% MWST/VAT, not 8.1% only. Same for the EU...

However: Steam or almost any other place is not different. GOG is simply "adapting" to the robbery-standards which is considered legitime.

Long time ago, when GOG was not using regional pricing: I was buying several times more games at the full price in order to support DRM free. Nowadays, i (almost) completely stopped doing it and i try to get the cheapest deals possible everywhere... because my "good mood" has stopped in most cases (some exceptions are possible dependable on dev/publisher). Even if i use sales... i still pay way more than others. The most fair prices i do get by using keys... but my policy is to use them on Steam and EGS only and yes... i can save up like crazy by using them all the time.

My recommendations are simply: Always look out for sales, there are a lot of them and even keys could be a solution (more likely on Steam... i use them on Steam/EGS only, with the exception of presents).

Sure, if the robbery is going even more crazy... there is even the option to use a second account and then "handing over keys" to the main account or even simply ask a friend from another country to "buy stuff for you". Surely, the "red line" is very close... and some people with way better regional pricing are still moaning about their prices, including related to Stalker 2.

I just can say... sometimes it is just ugly "how much coins can be saved up by using a key". Sometimes the regular price for my country is like 90 CHF on Steam but by using a key i can get the same game at perhaps 30 CHF. I mean... it is A LOT of bread and milk for me... doing it and i got other costs in my life as well. Those who CAN... they should simply pay this price asked but this is not always a requirement.

A game i am interested in, but it is just a rip off... to be very blunt, so i am resisting getting it. Of course "worst case" but there are many comparable examples, including GOG: https://steamdb.info/app/1057090/

Yes, up to 80% increased prices... and another problem: It is very hard getting a good key for it.
I feel like... in many cases the publishers are just playing a marketing game... and are guessing how much cash they can "rip off" of someone. The Mexico price is crazy as well, for this game... and yes, i feel it is "discrimination".

Anyway, if the difference is lower than 20% vs. US i am already happy... The true issue is: The "other" countries with way bigger inflation in average got a higher increase in salary than what we get in our country. Because they say "we had a very low inflation, so the increase in salary is very low as well"... and i dunno how they even calculated it because when i look at certain insurances (the car insurance has increased by 20% in just a single year), health costs, ONLINE game costs, costs for renting a home... or what else... i see like 50% inflation in just a couple of years... but almost no one got a 50% increased salary.

Sure, not even in the other countries... but... at least those countries are not telling them "we had a very low inflation"...

Anyway, nope... no one was taking "real economics" into account... the publishers in many cases simply want to get out the maximum possible... and are trying to always scratch "the red lines", sometimes even mixed with discrimination... just very few of them are trying "to be fair".

O___o
Looks like that famous Swiss neutrality is out the window.

Clearly not... it is just a few native indians spelling out matters loud and clear; the big majority is still as quiet as a drunken sheep... and just quietly trying to survive somehow.

Someone "got" to do it... in term 99% are not doing it, because we need not only sheeps... even a few wolves.

Make sense, please.

Considering a fair pricing? I do agree...

Anyone here willing to pay the price difference with their money bag?

Given in Europe the Swiss have the largest average disposeable income...

...that appears to be how it is balanced.

Now if you want to talk about fair WORLD pricing, then the USA should probably pay more than anybody - and I'm sure they will soon, just not footing the bill of others.

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Do you have examples to share?

In all the countries I know about (including mine) that did get a big inflation rate lately, only the costs grew, not the salaries. Everything got more expensive, but people are still paid at the pre-inflation rate.

But even putting that aside, Switzerland still get a much higher median salary than almost all other European countries (barring a couple outliers like Luxembourg).

US? The big majority is poor as crazy... just the most successful ones are able to gather wealth like never seen before... and surprise... it is kinda same on every country... with some difference in "how extreme" it can get.
Luxembourg and Liechtenstein got up to 2 times higher average income... yet the games still cost the same. So it seems your logic is a bit screwed.

No matter what: Income is useless, if so... the best parameter is still the "purchasing power", which is a mix of many economical factors. Here we see a way more "even" statistic.. with some countries head to head... but game prices are still lower there.

Not much common sense, thanks for trying at least.

Besides, which country do you think got more cars per head?

1. US
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. Swiss

I just can tell, Swiss is at the 4. rank there... because owning a car here is crazy expensive, so, many people do not even bother. I do own one, yet... indeed... it feels like a luxury looking at the costs.