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Posted December 12, 2013
600+ games discounted by at least 50%, bundle deals up to 80% off, daily personal deals!

It is here: 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale on GOG.com! The biggest, the loudest, the most varied, and the most exciting sale we've ever done begins now. How big is it? There are way over 600 games from our catalog steadily discounted by at least 50%. How loud is it? Let's just mention the fact, that we're opening with a triple nuclear blast, giving away Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics for FREE the next 48 hours. How varied is it? On top of regular discounts you'll have daily deals including games presented by YouTube personalities, hot thematic bundles chosen each day by our dear users, offered with up to 80% discounts, and--finally--daily personal deals where you pick one of the special offers available to you, and you only. How exciting is it? Well, you probably get the idea by now. So, there you have it: time to save BIG on the best games in history, available DRM-free for Windows and Mac.

This holiday season, your GOG.com Winter Sale experience include the company of Jesse Cox, Force Strategy Gaming, Dodger from Press Heart to Continue, and the YogsCast team. Each day we mash-up a classic game (or games) with it's modern successors and offer them with high discounts, while our tube-casting friends explain why they consider such a blend interesting and worth playing.

2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale Video Recommendations playlist

Section updated: Don't forget about your gamer friends that may not know GOG.com yet! Sadly, for the sake of unburdening what servers we have, we had to turn off the option for gifting free games. But you can always just let them know they can sign up with GOG.com and claim a free gift of Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics. On top of that, when they register to our service, they'll receive all the 12 free games we add to all the newly-created accounts. That way your friends will start their adventure with GOG.com with a collection of 15 great games total already on their virtual shelves! Be kind, share the good news! :-)

We'd also like to remind you, that all purchases on GOG.com are now covered with our new 30-day Worldwide Money Back Guarantee, so your holiday gaming shopping spree is safer than it ever was before.

Worldwide Money Back Guarantee announcement video

Our 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale will last until Sunday, December 29, at 1:59PM GMT. Happy holidays from GOG.com team, everyone! And again, sorry for the server issues in the initial hours of our sale.
Post edited December 14, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted December 26, 2013
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Nobake: Now that it's been mentioned, there really have been an awful lot of strategy bundles. Pretty much all TBS or otherwise slow paced ones at that. Not my thing typically, and I think it contributes a lot to the "same old, same old" day-to-day feeling of this sale. Most days I'm just waiting on the timer to tick down so I can see what's coming up on the day after.

I didn't really pay any attention to the Insomnia sale, but the Summer sale was pretty much this same format. The big difference being that there was a lot more variety in the types of games on offer.

Winter hasn't been a complete loss, I've picked up a couple bundles and a few other games too. But there is very little sense of excitement or feeling of looking forward to the next day.

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Good grief. I'm starting to sound like some of those people I look down on. The ones that act like a 50% sale on almost everything isn't good enough, or that a game you really want to play isn't worth paying at least $5 for.
You're complaining about a lack of excitement in GOG sales, yet you didn't pay any attention to the Insomnia sale, which is by far the most exciting sale i've ever experienced as a gamer.
Posted December 26, 2013
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Nobake: [...]Good grief. I'm starting to sound like some of those people I look down on. The ones that act like a 50% sale on almost everything isn't good enough, or that a game you really want to play isn't worth paying at least $5 for.
Hehe it's normal, we all want to catch the best offers and pay the least amount possible.
$5 is nothing for 1 game, but, in the big picture, $5 * 500 or more titles is a lot compared to 2$ * 500 (and $10+ is even scary).
Post edited December 26, 2013 by phaolo
Posted December 26, 2013
I'm really hoping that the grand finale will be a sale on all the bundles that didn't win the community vote.

Some really good deals on some of them and it would be a shame for them to not see the light of day at all.
Posted December 26, 2013
I'd love to see a Sierra bundle. :)

On a different note: Does anyone own the complete community deal? I want to get Stronghold Crusaders HD and LotR 1+2 but I'm not interested in picking up all the other games as well. PM me in case you'd want to work out a deal.
Posted December 26, 2013
Here are bundles that appeared in the past two major sales I might have thought to also appear in this one:

Daedalic Adventures
Square Enix Cyberpunk (Thief, Deus Ex, Anachronox)
City Building (Caesar, Zeus, Pharoah, etc.)
Sierra Adventures
Posted December 26, 2013
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turin1988: You're complaining about a lack of excitement in GOG sales, yet you didn't pay any attention to the Insomnia sale, which is by far the most exciting sale i've ever experienced as a gamer.
It was called the "Insomnia Sale," which -right or wrong- I interpreted as a night-time thing. I work nights and do not have access to GOG at that time.

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Nobake: [...]Good grief. I'm starting to sound like some of those people I look down on. The ones that act like a 50% sale on almost everything isn't good enough, or that a game you really want to play isn't worth paying at least $5 for.
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phaolo: Hehe it's normal, we all want to catch the best offers and pay the least amount possible.
$5 is nothing for 1 game, but, in the big picture, $5 * 500 or more titles is a lot compared to 2$ * 500 (and $10+ is even scary).
Trying to catch the best deal is of course perfectly reasonable. It's when a desirable game is priced very low yet people still say it isn't worth the money that I get irritated. That's not what I do but I see it happen a lot here, and I wonder if it can be a something of a slippery slope. I know my general feelings about it, but I'm not sure I quite thought it all through before I hit "Post"
Posted December 26, 2013
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turin1988: You're complaining about a lack of excitement in GOG sales, yet you didn't pay any attention to the Insomnia sale, which is by far the most exciting sale i've ever experienced as a gamer.
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Nobake: It was called the "Insomnia Sale," which -right or wrong- I interpreted as a night-time thing. I work nights and do not have access to GOG at that time.
The sales went on all day. The name just implied that it would be so exciting, people would lose sleep over it (which turned out to be the case for myself and many others).

I really think you missed out.
Posted December 26, 2013
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turin1988: You're complaining about a lack of excitement in GOG sales, yet you didn't pay any attention to the Insomnia sale, which is by far the most exciting sale i've ever experienced as a gamer.
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Nobake: It was called the "Insomnia Sale," which -right or wrong- I interpreted as a night-time thing. I work nights and do not have access to GOG at that time.
Oh, it's a shame you missed it. :( The sale went on non-stop, day and night. And the title was justified indeed: people stayed up late or pulled all-nighters to catch THE game(s) they were looking for. It was very exciting, and since it was such a popular event I have high hopes that GOG will throw another Insomnia sale next year. ^^
Posted December 26, 2013
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Nobake: It was called the "Insomnia Sale," which -right or wrong- I interpreted as a night-time thing. I work nights and do not have access to GOG at that time.
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Pica-Ludica: Oh, it's a shame you missed it. :( The sale went on non-stop, day and night. And the title was justified indeed: people stayed up late or pulled all-nighters to catch THE game(s) they were looking for. It was very exciting, and since it was such a popular event I have high hopes that GOG will throw another Insomnia sale next year. ^^
I missed it as well. GOG didn't send me any newsletter on this, and I check with the site rarely. They did for the winter sale though.

From now on, this will change. I have to pay attention to GOG more often.
Post edited December 26, 2013 by Indru
Posted December 26, 2013
Hmmm. Just watched the two videos for the recommended deal of the day and came away from them with two thoughts - that Miasmata looks quite interesting, and that I could definitely go for some EnigmaticT Let's Plays.
Posted December 26, 2013
I think it's interesting the way GOG bundles together games in a manner requiring mandatory purchase of all titles. This season we've seen steeper discounts on, for example, Dust: An Elysian Tale (on Humble Store), Guacamelee (on Steam), etc which suggested those developers might not be opposed to standalone deeper discounts. I hate to "look a gift horse in the mouth" or seem entitled, but I find GOG's sale bundle business model to be curious and somewhat self defeating.

Is it really necessary for GOG to force buyers to purchase an entire package to get a discount? The "junk" bundled in cancels out any savings on individual titles. In some cases, it makes sense to bundle together an entire line of games (like Might & Magic) but other GOG bundles just seem random, limited, and sale crippling. Am I overlooking something - is there a reason to believe VVVVVV developers would only offer a steeper discount of 66% if people also bought an unrelated product? How are sales of Lords of the Realm 1+2 tied to the equivalent purchase of Stronghold? I wonder how GOG matches games up and motivates publishers to agree to solidarity.

I'm a bigger fan of steeper time limited standalone discounts or mix & match make-your-own bundle sales.
Posted December 26, 2013
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undeadcow: I think it's interesting the way GOG bundles together games in a manner requiring mandatory purchase of all titles. This season we've seen steeper discounts on, for example, Dust: An Elysian Tale (on Humble Store), Guacamelee (on Steam), etc which suggested those developers might not be opposed to standalone deeper discounts. I hate to "look a gift horse in the mouth" or seem entitled, but I find GOG's sale bundle business model to be curious and somewhat self defeating.

Is it really necessary for GOG to force buyers to purchase an entire package to get a discount? The "junk" bundled in cancels out any savings on individual titles. In some cases, it makes sense to bundle together an entire line of games (like Might & Magic) but other GOG bundles just seem random, limited, and sale crippling. Am I overlooking something - is there a reason to believe VVVVVV developers would only offer a steeper discount of 66% if people also bought an unrelated product? How are sales of Lords of the Realm 1+2 tied to the equivalent purchase of Stronghold? I wonder how GOG matches games up and motivates publishers to agree to solidarity.

I'm a bigger fan of steeper time limited standalone discounts or mix & match make-your-own bundle sales.
I completely agree. Only thing I completed from the community deals was the Wing Commander bundle.
Posted December 26, 2013
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CarrionCrow: Hmmm. Just watched the two videos for the recommended deal of the day and came away from them with two thoughts - that Miasmata looks quite interesting, and that I could definitely go for some EnigmaticT Let's Plays.
So could I, definitely! :D Does he have any Let's Plays?

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undeadcow: I think it's interesting the way GOG bundles together games in a manner requiring mandatory purchase of all titles. This season we've seen steeper discounts on, for example, Dust: An Elysian Tale (on Humble Store), Guacamelee (on Steam), etc which suggested those developers might not be opposed to standalone deeper discounts. I hate to "look a gift horse in the mouth" or seem entitled, but I find GOG's sale bundle business model to be curious and somewhat self defeating.

Is it really necessary for GOG to force buyers to purchase an entire package to get a discount? The "junk" bundled in cancels out any savings on individual titles. In some cases, it makes sense to bundle together an entire line of games (like Might & Magic) but other GOG bundles just seem random, limited, and sale crippling. Am I overlooking something - is there a reason to believe VVVVVV developers would only offer a steeper discount of 66% if people also bought an unrelated product? How are sales of Lords of the Realm 1+2 tied to the equivalent purchase of Stronghold? I wonder how GOG matches games up and motivates publishers to agree to solidarity.

I'm a bigger fan of steeper time limited standalone discounts or mix & match make-your-own bundle sales.
I believe that one way of explaining this system might be that GOG simply tries to get more exposure for unknown games, and generate some sales for games that are mostly overlooked by people. I don't think they're trying to force "junk" on us (after all, you're free to NOT buy the bundle ;) ). But if enough titles are interesting for someone and they pick up the bundle, they may also end up with games they wouldn't have picked up otherwise, simply because they're unknown. Not only does this generate sales for these games, but more people will try them, and maybe will end up loving those games and will spread the word about them.
For example, I've picked up the Fantasy Through History bundle because I was missing Inquisitor, but I wasn't initially interested in Lords of Midnight. But since I have it anyway now, I'll try it and perhaps it will be a game I will enjoy very much, but would've overlooked otherwise. :)
Post edited December 26, 2013 by Pica-Ludica
Posted December 26, 2013
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IAmSinistar: I'd like to see some bundles that emphasise the lesser-known titles in GOG's catalogue. Not because I necessarily want a better deal (I'm going to buy these whether they end up in a bundle or not), but because it might expose more people to them. Here are some of the titles that I came across in a recent perusal of GOG's games that I had forgotten they carry:

The Runaway series (Runaway: A Road Adventure, Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, & Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate)
Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
The Shadowgrounds series (Shadowgrounds & Shadowgrounds Survivor)
Original War

I could easily see the first three bundled in a kind of adventure set, and the last two in a combat set. This would boost the visibility of these games that otherwise might languish unknown to many users. Many of the bundles have focused on titles that people already know, which I'm sure makes sense from a mercantile standpoint, but which underplays the truly rich diversity of GOG's offerings.

EDIT: Just saw this post. So it sounds like there was a bundle with the Runaway games, and possibly some of the others. I must've missed that during my holiday celebrations. Perhaps it didn't win the votes, in which case I hope GOG will make it available in the grand finale.
The Runaway games were part of the Cinematic Adventures bundle which also included the Jack Keane games. This was pitted against the winning Globetrotter's Gear bundle (Syberia 1+2, Amerzone, Journey to the centre of the Earth and Myst: Masterpiece Edition) which was yesterday's Community Deal. In case you're interested, I made a post about these here.
Posted December 26, 2013
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HypersomniacLive: The Runaway games were part of the Cinematic Adventures bundle which also included the Jack Keane games. This was pitted against the winning Globetrotter's Gear bundle (Syberia 1+2, Amerzone, Journey to the centre of the Earth and Myst: Masterpiece Edition) which was yesterday's Community Deal. In case you're interested, I made a post about these here.
Wow, the JK kiss-o-death. No wonder the bundle didn't make. It sounds from your other post that it had more strikes against it as well. I'll pick up the Runaway games as they are, it's a deal for all three under $10 combined. (Even though I already have the first two from another site, more and more I want to integrate the games I own under my GOG account where possible.)

I only recently noticed that voting was enabled for the bundles again. After the big Solstice day sale, I forgot to start voting for bundles when that resumed. But in most cases I either have just about everything from a bundle I want, or it comes packed with one or more titles I don't care for. So in all likelihood I'll just buy all the ones I want at the already generous 50% off discount. Probably will still wait until the last day of the sale though, just to see what the grand finale encompasses.

Thanks for the info mate!
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