It was only a matter of time we'd reach this point; the introduction of local currencies was an alarming sign. I expect full regional pricing for all titles, old or new, when agreements come up for renegotiations. After all, it's the realities of the market.


The first one heavily depends on exchange rates; the going and coming of the FPP doesn't make a game less regionally priced.


This might be met with discontented comments by those that don't care about regionally pricing and just want the info about game updates.

You are right. Better not.

Agreed. That thread doesn't need more hornets in the nest. ;)

I knew that the prices in Russia were way lower but seeing it written here as a single quote I think this shows how wrong the whole regional pricing is. Someone always gets screwed and it is impossible to get it right, they don't even try to get it right. I will quote this when refering to the "benefits" of regional pricing. I'm a bit angry at GOG.

Great thread title. :)

I'm a bit confused! Why doesn't the Russian version of gog.com look cheaper? :-P

Cause you get the prices that are tied to the IP address from which you are accesing gog :)

Edit: Ah, a retorical trick. You got me there.

+1!!!

So just one shade of grey and everything in Comic Sans? ;)

You've been asking different question - why other versions of GoG does not look more posh and expensive? Natural full grain leather, suede, expensive types of wood, satin nickel polished shims, ivory and gold inlays...

You wanted different shade of grade and Arial? I dunno, I prefer Times New Roman and khaki. Feels homey. Still better than that eye-gouging blue hue on Steam. Regardless, if you still accept Russian prices, I can only quote Jaheira: jealous is not becoming. And if you still unhappy, and want cheaper games, either wait for discounts, without complaining "oh, they still get it cheaper", or move to Russia. And you'll enjoy all your games with Russian prices and no DRM, available worldwide. Hm, GoG got grant from Russian Ministry of Tourism in light of upcoming 2018 Football championship? :D

This "realities of the market" meme is a pretty depressing thought if one starts wondering what's the next reality GOG will be adjusting to. The extension of regional lock, probably...

Well, the realities of the market does very clearly show that the lion share of money lies in client-based DRMed business model. I assume that regional locks and whatnot will eventually lead us there. ...in a Galaxy far, far away.

The realites of any market are that economic rationality favours buying where the product is sold cheapest. Companies sometimes find this out the hard way.

My guess is that GOG is hoping most people just don't pay enough attention to notice they aren't in a class of customers getting preferential treatment. A lot of us frequent visitors tend to wait for sales anyway, since we're used to big discounts on games (something GOG also used to oppose, I believe, but when they backed down that time it was to all buyers' benefit). Knowing that the real base price of a game is the Russian price, rather than the marked-up price offered to us, will, I conjecture, further shift our perceptions of games' value: how impressive is a 50% discounted price if it's still above the Russian price (based on mrkgnao's figures)? As economists might say, prices are information...

I couldn't agree more. The whole issue of the "Russian market realities" should indeed lead many of us to reconsider the actual value of sales. However, buying games remains an emotion based purchase, just like other non essential goods. And the "market makers" know it very well and bet on it.