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Posted November 13, 2013
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
Posted November 16, 2013
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MasodikTiasma: Hi everyone,

When Anvil of Dawn was released on GOG, http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_anvil_of_dawn/post91] generously gifted it to me.

Let's bring the universe in balance and spread the love: W2VG-7GEU-TZRX-C3YM
Thank you :)
Posted November 16, 2013
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Schemilix: These comments are betraying a fundamental lack of understanding of the core concept of: 'the more units we sell, the more profit we have'.

Skipping units to cater to impatient people is not going to be in their interests. They sell the same number of units either way, and make a lot of people happy with super cheap games.
Agreed!
Posted November 16, 2013
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Johnmourby: Dear GOG.

Here are some games I would like to see on the next Insomnia Sale.

Maters of Orion 3
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Daikatana
Ittle Dew
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition
Worms Forts: Under Siege
Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Iron Storm
Empire Earth 3
Deathtrap Dungeon
Earthworm Jim 3D
Ceville
Sensible Soccer 2006
Ultimate Body Blows
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Ultima 9
Journey to the Center of the Earth
MegaRace 3
And
King's Quest 8

Thank you.
I'd like to add one (but GOG needs to add it to their catalogue first): Big Rigs Over the Road Racing!!!!!!


(yes this is a total joke, DO NOT ADD THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!)
Posted November 16, 2013
I'd like to see Carmaggedon 2 and Smugglers V
Posted November 16, 2013
Woah, Anvil of Dawn is actually moving much slower than expected. Quite surprisng, I'd expect that classics would all sell fairly well here, especially at that price. In the end of the day it does seem like the insomnia sale quantities were a little more than needed overall.

I wish I could grab a copy of it, but still waiting on Icewind Dale and Planescape, if I ever get down to grabbing them. I think I spent more money these few days on gog since a very long time here ...
Post edited November 16, 2013 by mm3n
Posted November 16, 2013
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Shendue: I see your reasoning, but i stand my point. My problem with DRM is that it's substantially misleading people into thinking they are buying games, when they are, more or less, renting them. And the more popular it gets, the thinner customer's rights become. One should be allowed to own something if he buys it.
Even if someone makes a copy of a DRM free game and gives it to someone else, that someone else would most likely be someone that wouldn't buy it in first place. He would either pirate the game or not play it at all. So there's just a minimal loss on developers. And this concept comes from someone who buys everything, for what is worth. Even some developers themselves have spoken in favour of this concept, so it's not like it's that odd of an idea.
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Schemilix: That's a very USA opinion of the right of the consumer to enjoy the product overcomes the right of the producer to benefit from said product. All's said and done it's a business agreement. I think there should be more transparent marketing about what kind of DRM is there. Back in the days of serial keys for so many computers at once it was reasonable. Now needing to be online is just getting a little silly.

These sales are incredibly cheap but I see GOG games pirated allll the time. I don't pirate games because of the amount of work that goes into them and my enormous backlog. But I'm vegetarian so I probably experience moral guilt more quickly than other people, ha.

But no I do think DRM is reasonable. Protecting your assets can be done without screwing other people over.
Hell actually, Steam is DRM-y. Never had a single problem with it since you can play in Offline mode. -shrugs-
I don't see how it could be a very USA opinion, since i'm from Italy as you can tell by my posts.
Neither i'm suggesting that customer's rights should overcome producer's ones. I'm just telling that producer's rights shouldn's shit all over customer's rights, which is basically what DRM do.
DRM don't screw people? Yes, they do. If i own something, it's in my rights to borrow it, for example, but i can't do it with a rented-via-DRM game. Another issue is that if the platform the game's on shuts off and gets discontinued you lose everything you "owned" on that platform. And yet another issue is that i think it's immoral to make a customer pay for something they rent the same amount of money they would pay to actually buy it. Steam games may look cheap, but the fact is that considering you don't actually get to own them, they should be WAY cheaper.
About piracy, i think most people is being fooled by companies into thinking it's kind of a new thing. Actually, when i was a kid, everybody played recorded tapes on their car radios, everybody watched recorded movies on their VHS players and everybody had their own copied floppies of games. Piracy is nothing new nor nothing the internet created. That's just what the entertainment companies are trying to fool people into thinking of. And, as i already wrote, the loss for authors is pretty marginal since most of the people that pirate something wouldn't buy it anyway.
Post edited November 16, 2013 by Shendue
Posted November 16, 2013
I would like to still have a chance to get Neverwinter Nights Diamon Edition ;/
Posted November 16, 2013
down under 200....
Posted November 16, 2013
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ryanyth: Dear GOG.
For god's sake PUT A DAMN TIMER on these sales.
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SpiderFighter: Why? The games still sell every copy and you're still here looking for the games you want to buy. ;)
I now you're saying this with a tongue-in-cheek, but it's better to make $1000/minute (baldur's gate, system shock, NWN...) than $200/hour (Keanator, Rampagator... Omertator?).
Posted November 16, 2013
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Johnmourby: Dear GOG.

Here are some games I would like to see on the next Insomnia Sale.

Maters of Orion 3
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Daikatana
Ittle Dew
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition
Worms Forts: Under Siege
Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Iron Storm
Empire Earth 3
Deathtrap Dungeon
Earthworm Jim 3D
Ceville
Sensible Soccer 2006
Ultimate Body Blows
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Ultima 9
Journey to the Center of the Earth
MegaRace 3
And
King's Quest 8

Thank you.
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Infin8ty: I'd like to add one (but GOG needs to add it to their catalogue first): Big Rigs Over the Road Racing!!!!!!

(yes this is a total joke, DO NOT ADD THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!)
You're Winner!!!1!111!!!!
Posted November 16, 2013
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MasodikTiasma: Hi everyone,

When Anvil of Dawn was released on GOG, http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_anvil_of_dawn/post91] generously gifted it to me.

Let's bring the universe in balance and spread the love: W2VG-7GEU-TZRX-C3YM
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Spartan717: Thank you :)
You're welcome! By the way, do you know how to correctly include a link in a post? I totally botched that. ;-)
Posted November 16, 2013
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Schemilix: That's a very USA opinion of the right of the consumer to enjoy the product overcomes the right of the producer to benefit from said product. All's said and done it's a business agreement. I think there should be more transparent marketing about what kind of DRM is there. Back in the days of serial keys for so many computers at once it was reasonable. Now needing to be online is just getting a little silly.

These sales are incredibly cheap but I see GOG games pirated allll the time. I don't pirate games because of the amount of work that goes into them and my enormous backlog. But I'm vegetarian so I probably experience moral guilt more quickly than other people, ha.

But no I do think DRM is reasonable. Protecting your assets can be done without screwing other people over.
Hell actually, Steam is DRM-y. Never had a single problem with it since you can play in Offline mode. -shrugs-
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MysterD: My problem is sometimes retail copies and Non-GOG versions just don't get their annoying DRM pulled - i.e. Riddick: Dark Athena.

So, if GOG or somewhere else later on gets a clean DRM-FREE version, we could actually get double-dipped on.
While waiting for AoD to disappear, I found this dialog on DRM to be interesting.
I think it's okay for companies to build in DRM and always internet on features in their products.

What I don't like is all the representing of the software as a "product" one buys, when in fact, one is really renting when they buy a title like BattleField 4 or some other AAA title.

They don't want the public to clue in that the AAA title is really a promotion to lock users into the publishing companies services (aka "rent seekers").

While there are those cognitive of this ploy, and don't mind renting. I refuse to participate.

As well, I refuse to participate in pirating games to get what I want.
My last shrink wrapped purchase was "Oblivion". From then on, I decided, no more titles with DRM.

I so wanted to buy the follow up title: "Skyrim" and I still want to buy and then play it - but ONLY with the DRM removed. My hope is that it will someday become available on GOG or other such DRM free services where I can actually buy the "PRODUCT" clear of any restrictions.
Post edited November 16, 2013 by cpucrust
Posted November 16, 2013
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Infin8ty: I'd like to add one (but GOG needs to add it to their catalogue first): Big Rigs Over the Road Racing!!!!!!

(yes this is a total joke, DO NOT ADD THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!)
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BillyMaysFan59: You're Winner!!!1!111!!!!
MOO 3....really, I think 1-2 are much better ....
Posted November 16, 2013
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Johnmourby: Dear GOG.

Here are some games I would like to see on the next Insomnia Sale.

Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Was the only reason you included that game in the list because it'd probably sell slowly here like other indie titles? That's actually a really fun game.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Infin8ty: I'd like to add one (but GOG needs to add it to their catalogue first): Big Rigs Over the Road Racing!!!!!!

(yes this is a total joke, DO NOT ADD THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE!)
Insert 100 copies of Big Rigs @ $19.99 apiece and watch this forum implode!
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