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New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
Nice, nice, nice!
Would be cool if we could get many nice classic movies. I was looking for a GOG-like Streaming, Downloading and Watching DRM-Free Movies end service for movies anyways, so this is just nice!
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Lillesort131: There were no game that used to cost $5.00 (except when they were on sale). They were all $5.99 or more.
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VanishedOne: There were a few, and there still are: http://www.gog.com/game/escape_goat
Technically they cost one penny less, but you are right. However, most games were, and still is $5.99.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by Lillesort131
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Rinu: First I was taken aback by movies icon. I thought I clicked on a wrong link... Then I realized I didn't and was pleasantly surprised until I discovered prices are in euros (foreign currency which value is artificially increased in my country). Oh, right, sad they went the usual route of movie distributors I said to myself... And then I realized you changed prices to euros for everything.

You still have $1 =/= 1 euro at the top, really? Where is the concrete, final cost you pay me back included in the game details? Is CZK - EUR convert ration considered?

The shock is far too great to word my opinion right now.
Then change it back to USD on the bottom right of the main page or any game page. :)
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I hate to sound negative, but you wanted to combat Steam by becoming Steam sans DRM? For one, I like being able to look at game screenshots without having to click on each indivdual one. And that just the first thing to pop to mind. Oh, and how come we no longer have endless scrolling of the catalogue, but have to look at different pages?

I support GOG expanding and reaching new customers, but your recent attempts should have shown that you need to pay greater attention to the core community. We are PC gamers, so going "mobile", loosing game codes (I had two that I received during the summer promo) and losing 35 games is not the right way to go.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by de_Monteynard
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New grey GOG logo ------> Gloomy Old Games
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Buenro-games: All this greyness is not conducive to sales. Grey = depressing.
Exactly.
This site needs desperately more colors.

As long as they don't use pink or bright yellow or something like that excessively.

But all this gray is kinda like watching a parking lot of a shopping mall. And since that's what I see from my southern windows, I know what I'm talking about... :-)
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ShadowOwl: While the new design seems to be much more appropiate for mobile devices...
Agreed, but it seems it's only for the main site, as the forums have got no changes except for the bar.
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Damn... they've actually removed all dates from the user reviews section. What a terrible idea... :(
This is so amazing I want to cry. I can hardly wait for Galaxy now!
I think the new layout is a bit shit.
Meaning it's really shit.

Also, as a Swiss citizen, I'd rather have my prices in dollar than euro.
Woah and to think just an hour ago I was sure I was browing the usual GOG site, I check the forums now and bam! whole new look.

I like it all except the logo, the old one was better. I'll have to get used to the new interface but liking it so far :-)


Keep up the good work! Love you guys even more.
I actually liked the new interface. GOG really needed a revamp and now the page is much fresher, but I still have a few complaints:

1- the new grey logo is terrible, as well as all that greyness...I guess most people won't like it
2- in the game pages, when the user clicks in a screenshot an image gallery should open so the user could change easily go to the next screenshot using one key or one mouse click
3- I can't see the prices of the games on the wishlist page anymore

Keep up the good work!
Post edited August 27, 2014 by geoconker
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YaTEdiGo: Ok, I found how to change dollars to euros, and euros back to dollars...

So 1$ isnt a 1€ right?

THEN WHY THE GAMES THAT USE TO COST 5 DOLLARS NOW COST 5 EUROS AND 5.99 DOLLARS?

http://cdn.meme.li/instances/250x250/53035340.jpg

HOW MANY GAMES YOU ALREADY RISED THE PRIZE? O_O
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Lillesort131: There were no game that used to cost $5.00 (except when they were on sale). They were all $5.99 or more.
No way, I bought games at 4.99 dollars not "on sale"... and why games like Jade Empire cost like 11.2983... whatever ... in dollars?
Post edited August 27, 2014 by YaTEdiGo
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Wurzelkraft: Then change it back to USD on the bottom right of the main page or any game page. :)
Thanks! Do you know what currency is used during the payment, not just visually in GUI but what a bank is charged in reality?

I am asking because some services allow to display a value of product in more than one currency but always charge you with core one (pounds, euro, etc).
Post edited August 27, 2014 by Rinu
Really it looks a bit cleaner...
- but information density seems to be lower, so i think gog's energies might have been better spent elswhere....
however
- i like the new sort options & the grid view
- is filtering by price, mode & release a new thing? if so: cool
- are subcategories (building, managerial, ...) a new thing? if so: cool

the ugly
- why can i no longer i see if i already bought a game? (in all the views)
- where is the redesign of my library section? (especially filtering by system)