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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 17, 2013
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Buenro-games: I think the blame on that one falls on Dont Starve, Rott, Hotline Miami. I think those are the main culprits.
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WillOfD: And RCR w/c took 7 hours to sold out.
Holds the record now .......not that that is saying a lot ;)
Posted November 17, 2013
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Briareos262: hey question. would a 500gig external drive be enough to back up most gog games. My store has one for $40, im on the fence about it......
I have 65 games from GOG and have them all backed up. None are compressed and they take about 120 GB in total. So it depends on how many games you have, and how big each game is, but hopefully that will give you a ballpark estimate.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Buenro-games: I think the blame on that one falls on Dont Starve, Rott, Hotline Miami. I think those are the main culprits.
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CarrionCrow: Can't forget Fez. That one took several hours to finally piss off.
I laugh because Phil Fish is a genuine grade-A arsehole.
Posted November 17, 2013
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dal4fsu: Ah this is killing me! Theme Hospital seems to be selling at a snail's pace but I know it really isn't. However, I need to get to bed for WORK. No wonder they named this the INSOMNIA SALE! SMH
Agreed. I agree with any that said these slow sellers should be timed to, maybe, 15 minutes. Not all sold out by then, roll it over to the next time so we can move on to the games that people want.
Posted November 17, 2013
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snip3rfire: Just had a crazy thought, considering we already have a GOG Downloader - isn't it about time we had a GOG launcher (similar to Steam & Origin).

I now have 50+ GOG games, and they either roam free on my desktop or get stored in a designated GOG folder. I wouldn't mind having a launcher/loader to proudly display my GOG games in as well (basically what we already have on the website here - the bookshelf, but externally on our desktop). It would be nice if we could download from it as well - provided we were logged in.

And again, considering we already do a similar thing with the GOG Downloader on our desktop, seems like a natural step for GOG to take.
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kecskeszarv: If you really want to have the stuff organized, you can add games manually to your steam library, even if it's not a steam version.
That works for some GOG games that are newer, but for older games Steam will just try to launch the game's EXE file directly rather than firing up DOSbox and running the game inside it like the GOG supplied shortcuts will do for older games, or similar problems. To handle that you have to manually customize things in Steam by hand which can be a pain.

Someone wrote a program allegedly that can help to launch GOG games from within Steam, or to create better shortcuts in it automatically or somesuch. I don't remember what it is called or where, but I saw someone mention it in the forums the other day.

Also, Steam only searches certain directories on the hard disk for executables and doesn't even find most of my GOG games at all, probably because they install into different paths Steam's executable scanner doesn't look in I imagine. Ultimately what would be nice is to be able to drag the actual GOG start shortcut from the start menu and drop it into Steam in a GOG category or something and have the shortcut be used by Steam so the game starts identical to if you ran it from the Start menu or wherever.

it would be nice to have a unified launcher though that works properly for all games! :)
Posted November 17, 2013
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dal4fsu: Ah this is killing me! Theme Hospital seems to be selling at a snail's pace but I know it really isn't. However, I need to get to bed for WORK. No wonder they named this the INSOMNIA SALE! SMH
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BHTrellis: Agreed. I agree with any that said these slow sellers should be timed to, maybe, 15 minutes. Not all sold out by then, roll it over to the next time so we can move on to the games that people want.
And each time someone points out that GOG has no reason to do that because they sell anyway and that's nonsense.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Briareos262: hmm yeah gog does have a good couple of those. Well, I guess I should play it safe and hope for a good sale for a 1TB drive then =/
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nijuu: Bigger the better as uno u can and will buy more games from here in the future.... i had 50 games up til 6 months ago...i have over a 100 on GOG alone now :/
I used to back them up, but then it became a pain to try and keep up with the patches and updates as new OSes were introduced. There's really no need to back them up; GOG keeps all your games, including ones they've removed from the site (they even patch games they no longer sell).
Posted November 17, 2013
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howardc007: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
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Briareos262: I got that, "Ghostbusters" quote line. ^_^ I think Peter Venkman said it, lol
One of the best lines in film history.
Posted November 17, 2013
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BHTrellis: Agreed. I agree with any that said these slow sellers should be timed to, maybe, 15 minutes. Not all sold out by then, roll it over to the next time so we can move on to the games that people want.
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Schemilix: And each time someone points out that GOG has no reason to do that because they sell anyway and that's nonsense.
It could also be argued that the time taken for one game sold to clear ie RCR 7 hour marathon, also means potential buyers of other games might just not wait or come back (and go away with negative thoughts about how sale is handled)
Posted November 17, 2013
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dal4fsu: Ah this is killing me! Theme Hospital seems to be selling at a snail's pace but I know it really isn't. However, I need to get to bed for WORK. No wonder they named this the INSOMNIA SALE! SMH
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BHTrellis: Agreed. I agree with any that said these slow sellers should be timed to, maybe, 15 minutes. Not all sold out by then, roll it over to the next time so we can move on to the games that people want.
That would help so much and I don't think they would be missing out on many impulse buys either. In fact, it might lead to more since there would constantly be the prospect of something new coming soon.
Posted November 17, 2013
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BHTrellis: Agreed. I agree with any that said these slow sellers should be timed to, maybe, 15 minutes. Not all sold out by then, roll it over to the next time so we can move on to the games that people want.
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Schemilix: And each time someone points out that GOG has no reason to do that because they sell anyway and that's nonsense.
I'm glad someone else agrees, I caught hell for saying that last night from several different people. They were clearly idiots though, so I didn't bother arguing with them.
Posted November 17, 2013
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htown1980: One of the best lines in film history.
For some reason the line I always remember (and still chuckle at) is:

"Where do these stairs go?"

"They go up"

Stupid, but it always strikes my funnybone.
Posted November 17, 2013
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kecskeszarv: If you really want to have the stuff organized, you can add games manually to your steam library, even if it's not a steam version.
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skeletonbow: That works for some GOG games that are newer, but for older games Steam will just try to launch the game's EXE file directly rather than firing up DOSbox and running the game inside it like the GOG supplied shortcuts will do for older games, or similar problems. To handle that you have to manually customize things in Steam by hand which can be a pain.

Someone wrote a program allegedly that can help to launch GOG games from within Steam, or to create better shortcuts in it automatically or somesuch. I don't remember what it is called or where, but I saw someone mention it in the forums the other day.

Also, Steam only searches certain directories on the hard disk for executables and doesn't even find most of my GOG games at all, probably because they install into different paths Steam's executable scanner doesn't look in I imagine. Ultimately what would be nice is to be able to drag the actual GOG start shortcut from the start menu and drop it into Steam in a GOG category or something and have the shortcut be used by Steam so the game starts identical to if you ran it from the Start menu or wherever.

it would be nice to have a unified launcher though that works properly for all games! :)
Yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the info. That launcher will come eventually, or it is there already just it's unknown :D
Posted November 17, 2013
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Briareos262: I got that, "Ghostbusters" quote line. ^_^ I think Peter Venkman said it, lol
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htown1980: One of the best lines in film history.
It was a great movie! Many quotable lines.
Posted November 17, 2013
Thanks for all the responses. It was really helpful. I have quite a bit over 400 so I might bargain hunt for a drive 1TB or more for Black Friday or Cyber Monday if I have any funds to do so.
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