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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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Elle85: Can someone make a list of the game that went on sale? I wanna know every great deal I've lost because i was at work :|
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senhorlampada: http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1qjevg/gog_fall_insomnia_megathread_limited_quantity
thanks so now I can freak out against my work :P
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mbeemer: Hotline Miami? They're doing repeats?
Yep, the announcement says some games might get repeated. Hotline Miami was actually a freebie a little while ago... (I think.)
Post edited November 13, 2013 by mkell_226
Missed Hotline Miami the first time, but that won't happen again! Bought! :D
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erhan: they sold dont starve??
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senhorlampada: They did!
how much off they sold?
Heroes V, people! Not for free, but 5$ is not a bad deal at all.
Actually it's going fairly fast. Interesting.
YES, thanks GOG. :)
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RetroJaro: The funny thing is, it's not anytime near night here. (14:36 here)
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eupawel: Poland 22:42 ... :/
Uh... No, it's not. Not for about 2 hours ;P.
Fuck I missed I have No Mouth And I Must Scream I really need to replay that one. Oh well I'll buy it anyway
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serpantino: Humble Bundle store has it for $2.49 today
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Thepickygamer: It's not DRM free over there.
That's true. Didn't bother me though, but then Humble Bundle should offer the choice as they used to make a big deal about DRM free.


It's steam redeemable.
Tomb Raider 1+2+3 75% off
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eupawel: Poland 22:42 ... :/
Where the hell do You live?:)
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FleXo: I missed System Shock 2? Damm it!:-(
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serpantino: Humble Bundle store has it for $2.49 today
You really don't want these old games on Steam, they don't run well right out of the box on modern systems... steam versions of old games are rarely updated for compatibility.
HoMM V is great.
People are saying bots and scripts are the ones taking the free games. Honestly, every time the counter starts for a non-free game, there's a small delay (I assume from people accessing the checkout page) and then the countdown starts, sometimes really fast. If the game is good, 100 keys go out in a flash. Imagine fifteen FREE games, without a checkout page to cause a delay.

I think we're the bots. Raise your hands. How many of you have your cursors on the 'buy' button, waiting for the last three or four games from the previous sale to go by and the moment you see 'free' you click and don't even have time to check what game you got for free (or more like, what game you were too late to get for free).

Sure, people with better connections, closer to servers and what have you may have an advantage, but bitching about this will mean they'll get rid of free games altogether the next time this format pops up. I'm loving the idea and lamenting I don't have my credit card with me. It's sad that by the time I get home, the sale will probably be over.

Now that we know the format though, GOG could give us a heads up before this sort of sale pops up again and do it preferably on a weekend.