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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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israr665: Hey guys do you know if gog will repost any thief games ?
Thief 2 was posted twice, Gold and III only once.
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caledhel: This is going to take a while
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shadowbaneaxe: Yeah. Probably not a bad deal for those who are interested in this sort of game, but I imagine the audience is somewhat limited.

Spellforce was more up my alley, but I figured I wouldn't have time to actually play it.

Kind of hoping for AoW or some of the adventure games to show up. Starting to doubt they will before I have to hit the hay, though.
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic appeared a few hours back, so who knows.
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Fictionvision: I think you could get the game with a GOG key from the developer's site around Christmas last year for the same price. So yeah a lot of interested people will have it already.
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Flam3crow: I wasn't here around christmas :/
Welcome to your first GOG Christmas then!

Also, common Don't Starve! or Thief 1 will be good too.
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petdevils: Hi,

I'm very new to gog and buying digital copies of games and i'm finding this a little confusing....

So it's just a wait and see what pops up kind of deal?

Only one game on offer at any time and that has to sell out before they move to the next one randomly?

Is that about it?

What if one game doesn't sell out - does it stop cycling through?

BTW - When games are on sale and they list the discounted price - is there someway to tell what the regular full price was/will be again also?

Cheers

pet
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Melhelix: This is what's called a Flash Sale. They are more common on other sites, this is actually the first one I've seen GOG do. They are currently shuffling through 102 titles, for a full list see: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/special_promo_fall_insomnia_promo/post3076 In the bottom right of the box that shows the deal you will also see how much you save. So for instance Spellforce says "only $2.49, you save $7.50" which puts its standard price at $9.99. Each one is up until it sells out, then a new one is up. After a bit they randomly repeat, although not in the same order.

GOG is pretty regular in its releases and sales. Every week on Tuesday and Thursday new games will be released. Every week there are also two sales, a Gem Promo which is a singular game, and another sale which is generally multiple games often of a similar theme or by the same publisher (I don't quite remember what days these occur on. Sorry.) GOG sales generally are static, in that they are a specific group of titles that are on sale for a specific length of time (2-3 days) for a specific discount (50-80% off is common.)

Welcome to GOG by the way!
thanks for all your help! I will now keep these regular sales in mind too :) Cheers!
i'll be catching up on tv while I watch the count downs ;D
Arrow and Person of Interest.
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Flam3crow: I wasn't here around christmas :/
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Fictionvision: Welcome to your first GOG Christmas then!

Also, common Don't Starve! or Thief 1 will be good too.
You say "welcome" as if it's here.

I look forward to it, though.
Looks like the market is becoming saturated. I bet the promo will wind down pretty soon.
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Celton88: Looks like the market is becoming saturated. I bet the promo will wind down pretty soon.
Nah, it will end when you get Insomnia.
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shadowbaneaxe: Yeah. Probably not a bad deal for those who are interested in this sort of game, but I imagine the audience is somewhat limited.

Spellforce was more up my alley, but I figured I wouldn't have time to actually play it.

Kind of hoping for AoW or some of the adventure games to show up. Starting to doubt they will before I have to hit the hay, though.
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qux: Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic appeared a few hours back, so who knows.
Yeah, that's why I'm sticking around for a little while longer. You never know ;P
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Fictionvision: Welcome to your first GOG Christmas then!

Also, common Don't Starve! or Thief 1 will be good too.
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Flam3crow: You say "welcome" as if it's here.

I look forward to it, though.
Well I don't think you will get banned or kicked out within 6 weeks before the holiday sale starts, so it seems like a safe bet.
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Celton88: Looks like the market is becoming saturated. I bet the promo will wind down pretty soon.
Yep, looks like nappy time for me. Hopefully it's still one tomorrow.
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gbaz69: i'll be catching up on tv while I watch the count downs ;D
Arrow and Person of Interest.
Very nice choice.
I was waiting for System Shock to pop up again. I might just have to give up at this point.
Wow, it's still going on? I shutdown my computer after Giana Sisters, watched 1 hour of CSI, went to sleep for 5 hours, and 2 hours after that I'm at work.
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Flam3crow: You say "welcome" as if it's here.

I look forward to it, though.
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Fictionvision: Well I don't think you will get banned or kicked out within 6 weeks before the holiday sale starts, so it seems like a safe bet.
I probably won't, but there's still 6 weeks of waiting.