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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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dhrverbruggen: Dark eye is also on the humble weekly sale... For 6 Dollar you get 8 games.
I can see indie games going slower due to humble bundle and other bundle sites.
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haydenaurion: Not that I care for Omerta or anything, but that is ridiculous and infuriating.
oh boo hoo it's like a global game of that cardgame where you have to slap your hand on the stack of cards when you both lay down the same card.
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haydenaurion: Not that I care for Omerta or anything, but that is ridiculous and infuriating.
Kinda inclined to agree - I had no interest in Omerta, but the sheer ridiculous speed with which it disappeared (and I have a 120Mb connection at this time of day, if Virgin Media are to be believed) fills me with trepidation for what will happen when something I *do* want comes up.

I'm fine with the principle of 'first come, first served' and all that, but something about the speed with which it happened.... could someone write a script to capture these things at digital speed?
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vicklemos: holy crap!
lol
I have to say I'm enjoying this sale so far. Gets the blood going in the spirit of competition against living opponents.
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peixoto: Which games were sold already?
system shock 2
omerta
sacred gold
dark eye

What did I miss?
Don't Starve.
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peixoto: Which games were sold already?
system shock 2
omerta
sacred gold
dark eye

What did I miss?
system shock 2
Don't starve
omerta
sacred gold
dark eye
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peixoto: Come on ppl, I bought the Dark eye already, finish it, what´s next? :p
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MichiGen: Shelter will be next ;)
Can't see that selling too quickly, the Bundlestars / Groupees bundles have devalued it too much.
Thanks for the info guys.

Anyway, they should put up some kind of chat room instead of forum only....
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nandesz00: SS2 was the first game ( it was about 2 hours ago.)
And good thing I had it already, because if I had missed it because the sale didn't start at the usual hour I would have been really pissed.
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haydenaurion: Not that I care for Omerta or anything, but that is ridiculous and infuriating.
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KoolZoid: Kinda inclined to agree - I had no interest in Omerta, but the sheer ridiculous speed with which it disappeared (and I have a 120Mb connection at this time of day, if Virgin Media are to be believed) fills me with trepidation for what will happen when something I *do* want comes up.

I'm fine with the principle of 'first come, first served' and all that, but something about the speed with which it happened.... could someone write a script to capture these things at digital speed?
Could very well be.
Funny how that quick disappearance of Omerta and Sacred resembles what happened to Wadjet Eye in their sale :D
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Leroux: Chains of Satinav is selling surprisingly well. I was expecting the sale to stagnate as soon as it reached CoS and Shelter, what with them being featured in cheap bundles at the same time (DRM-free and in the case of CoS even multilingual).
I intend to snap up shelter right away.
It appears, that no one needs the dark aye...
I hope there arn't too many indie games in this promo

I don't have anything against them it's just they are pretty common in charity bundles it doesn't really make them that attractive as a deal.