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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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IAmSinistar: 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!
I would have considered the Runaway games if the bundle price wasn't that high due to JK 2 - I have no idea about the quality of the game itself (still haven't played Jk 1) so can't really judge, but I'll dare say that since it's been a number of times on offer unsuccessfully, maybe it's time that the publisher reconsidered the nominal price.
Posted December 26, 2013
Yes! Finally a bundle that is interesting. Go go Indie Platformers! :D
Posted December 26, 2013
I've thought about it, and there's really one suggestion that I would like to make to the good people at GOG - next time, maybe condense the span of the sale a bit. I'd say 14 days is about the maximum. Hit the customer base relatively quickly and they'd be less inclined to spread the money to other points. I don't mean you would need to break out with 5 or 6 bundles a day (that just isn't realistic), but if the flow was sped up a bit, tightened up across the whole length of the experience, people would probably end up spending more money here.
That being said, I've still loved the sale here. Got to buy a LOT of games at very good prices from a vastly superior service, and I thank you, GOG, for that.

All right, one other thing comes to mind - taking a variety of games, maybe 100 to 150 at most, nothing like the awesome wallet-destroying crazy wonderful of putting 600 games on sale for half price, then offering a bundle deal for maybe 60 to 65 percent off. So long as people are feeling they have an extraordinarily good deal, they'd be less inclined to quibble over a difference of 5 to 10 percent in exchange for the feeling of freedom in deciding how to produce their own bundles. If what I've read is any indicator, quite a few of us here have wishlists as long as our arms. Pretty sure you could make more cash helping to facilitate that.
Post edited December 26, 2013 by CarrionCrow
Posted December 26, 2013
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undeadcow: 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.
And to make it even more sad, they added DRM-free builds for Dust in Humble Store, after all.

BTW, in Current sale, can someone snatch StrongHold for me?
Posted December 26, 2013
I bought again for Classic Strongholds :)
Posted December 26, 2013
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undeadcow: 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.
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Redfern: And to make it even more sad, they added DRM-free builds for Dust in Humble Store, after all.
Including Windows? The storefront entry is still displaying: 'Please note: Dust is currently available via Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and also available DRM-free for Mac and Linux.'
Posted December 26, 2013
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Redfern: And to make it even more sad, they added DRM-free builds for Dust in Humble Store, after all.
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VanishedOne: Including Windows? The storefront entry is still displaying: 'Please note: Dust is currently available via Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and also available DRM-free for Mac and Linux.'
Indeed, I was a bit disappointed in the humble store in terms of DRM.

Can't argue with the price point, but the handful of times I went to take a peek, the interesting games were Steam only.
Post edited December 26, 2013 by Magnitus
Posted December 26, 2013
GOG's Nonsense Sales :

You couldn't add anything in your cart if you choose any deal ; or a daily surprise .. so basically if you want to buy a daily surprise + one daily deal = 2 orders ... I hate to have to do that.

Daily surprise is totaly broken for 2 reasons :

1 - you could change the random choice, by clearing browser'scache and restarting it -> so the surprise thingy is defeated ... Of course if you already choosen one game, that doesn't work.

2 - if you already have all games, there's an option to reload the dealy surprise, but if again you have all games offered -> there's no reload option at the second selection. But , it doesn't matter because it's defeated by the point 1 .
Post edited December 26, 2013 by DyNaer
Posted December 26, 2013
I want Jack Keane 1 and 2 at an affordable price for my 50th birthday tomorrow the 27th. Please, GOG people. make them part of the recommended deal.
Posted December 26, 2013
The fact that gog keeps using this forced bundle method must mean that they're making money off of it, right? I just don't get it though.

The biggest problem with the bundles is that I have a ton of indies, and a few old games, from other sources: Steam, humblebundle etc, which are not acknowledged in these bundles. Once you factor in the cost of re-buying those games, these bundles aren't worth it.

The second problem with these bundles is that the total price is way above the 'impulse buy' price. I've considered getting the wing commander bundle, but instead ended up buying a couple of more affordable games on other services on the day it was offered. I spent, in total, more than I would have spent on the bundle, but because it was 'bite-size', I didn't notice it.

The third problem is that gog deliberately throws in a bunch of games that are 'filler'. And yes, gog knows exactly which games are filler, because they have sales data. They know which games are in demand and which ones aren't, and they try to tempt you to buy a bundle with a few in-demand games and a couple of low demand ones. Those low-demand games aren't going to be bought much anyway, so it makes sense to get them into people's shelves as much as possible.
Posted December 26, 2013
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DyNaer: You couldn't add anything in your cart if you choose any deal ; or a daily surprise .. so basically if you want to buy a daily surprise + one daily deal = 2 orders ... I hate to have to do that.
Cast your vote here.
Posted December 26, 2013
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Bluddy: The fact that gog keeps using this forced bundle method must mean that they're making money off of it, right? I just don't get it though.

The biggest problem with the bundles is that I have a ton of indies, and a few old games, from other sources: Steam, humblebundle etc, which are not acknowledged in these bundles. Once you factor in the cost of re-buying those games, these bundles aren't worth it.

The second problem with these bundles is that the total price is way above the 'impulse buy' price. I've considered getting the wing commander bundle, but instead ended up buying a couple of more affordable games on other services on the day it was offered. I spent, in total, more than I would have spent on the bundle, but because it was 'bite-size', I didn't notice it.

The third problem is that gog deliberately throws in a bunch of games that are 'filler'. And yes, gog knows exactly which games are filler, because they have sales data. They know which games are in demand and which ones aren't, and they try to tempt you to buy a bundle with a few in-demand games and a couple of low demand ones. Those low-demand games aren't going to be bought much anyway, so it makes sense to get them into people's shelves as much as possible.
Its not GOGs fault if you bought a given game elsewhere.Not their problem. They sell the games that will sell and also introduce games which havent' been on sale much in the past - any digital store will attempt to rotate their sales - whats the point of putting the same games all the time???????? Ever heard of going to the well too often?. I dont fault GOG with these bundles. Certainly they could have been done better. I doubt they they use 'fillers' either. Most of the old games on here are classics. Many of the indies are good games. One thing you need to remember. Its up to the publisher whether a given game goes on sale and also for how much.
Post edited December 26, 2013 by nijuu
Posted December 26, 2013
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DyNaer: You couldn't add anything in your cart if you choose any deal ; or a daily surprise .. so basically if you want to buy a daily surprise + one daily deal = 2 orders ... I hate to have to do that.
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TheJadedOne: Cast your vote here.
and done , forgot about the whishlist thing ;)

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Bluddy: The fact that gog keeps using this forced bundle method must mean that they're making money off of it, right? I just don't get it though.

The biggest problem with the bundles is that I have a ton of indies, and a few old games, from other sources: Steam, humblebundle etc, which are not acknowledged in these bundles. Once you factor in the cost of re-buying those games, these bundles aren't worth it.

The second problem with these bundles is that the total price is way above the 'impulse buy' price. I've considered getting the wing commander bundle, but instead ended up buying a couple of more affordable games on other services on the day it was offered. I spent, in total, more than I would have spent on the bundle, but because it was 'bite-size', I didn't notice it.

The third problem is that gog deliberately throws in a bunch of games that are 'filler'. And yes, gog knows exactly which games are filler, because they have sales data. They know which games are in demand and which ones aren't, and they try to tempt you to buy a bundle with a few in-demand games and a couple of low demand ones. Those low-demand games aren't going to be bought much anyway, so it makes sense to get them into people's shelves as much as possible.
Well, for games you got from others source , i also agree, it's not GOG's fault ^^

However about the "forced" deals , i preferred past deals , at least you could get a little discount if you didn't picked all games. With those sales either you take all games (games bought in the past count) ; either you get the basic discount of the winter sales if you don't want a game in the deal :( -> result i didn't bought any bundle if there's a game i don't want.
Post edited December 26, 2013 by DyNaer
Posted December 26, 2013
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Bluddy: The fact that gog keeps using this forced bundle method must mean that they're making money off of it, right? I just don't get it though.

The biggest problem with the bundles is that I have a ton of indies, and a few old games, from other sources: Steam, humblebundle etc, which are not acknowledged in these bundles. Once you factor in the cost of re-buying those games, these bundles aren't worth it.

The second problem with these bundles is that the total price is way above the 'impulse buy' price. I've considered getting the wing commander bundle, but instead ended up buying a couple of more affordable games on other services on the day it was offered. I spent, in total, more than I would have spent on the bundle, but because it was 'bite-size', I didn't notice it.

The third problem is that gog deliberately throws in a bunch of games that are 'filler'. And yes, gog knows exactly which games are filler, because they have sales data. They know which games are in demand and which ones aren't, and they try to tempt you to buy a bundle with a few in-demand games and a couple of low demand ones. Those low-demand games aren't going to be bought much anyway, so it makes sense to get them into people's shelves as much as possible.
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nijuu: Its not GOGs fault if you bought a given game elsewhere.Not their problem. They sell the games that will sell and also introduce games which havent' been on sale much in the past - any digital store will attempt to rotate their sales - whats the point of putting the same games all the time???????? Ever heard of going to the well too often?. I dont fault GOG with these bundles. Certainly they could have been done better. I doubt they they use 'fillers' either. Most of the old games on here are classics. Many of the indies are good games. One thing you need to remember. Its up to the publisher whether a given game goes on sale and also for how much.
One other thing that's coming to mind - behind every "filler" item is someone with the rights to it. Someone who's working with GOG to have it provided here DRM-free. If the people with the "filler" items start feeling like they're being poorly represented? Disregarded? Neglected? Well, how does a cascade of Fallout 1-2-Tactics type situations sound? What happens with less backing? Less money. Less money? Less bargaining power. And with less money and less power, any chance of the servants of the anti-semite rodent deciding to play ball goes from piss poor to nil. And the same goes for every other high-profile target on the list of things people are screaming to see here. So the "filler" is pretty important.

Edit - Also, it has to be said, otherwise it's going to eat away at my brain. We're getting sweet deals right off the bat. Take away the bundles, the presents, the back and forth, this is good, that sucks, blah blah blah, and we're still getting great deals. Know how many games I ended up with this sale? SIXTY-SEVEN. I bought enough and felt good enough about it that I used some of the extra cash to send games to people who just seemed cool, so it's closer to seventy-five games in total. And I'm not rich. Not even close. It's killing my brain trying to figure out how 50 percent off what are primarily 6-15 dollar games isn't good enough anymore. 6-15 dollars is cheap to begin with. You can't get a POS console game for new under 20. At least I think that's the lowest price point going. And GOG has some of the best games ever made. So we're paying less, getting more, AND getting ridiculously good sales, AND getting extra bonuses, and then getting MORE bonuses, AND it's from a company that actually doesn't treat their customers like bootlicking junkies looking for a fix or scumbag thieves looking to rip them off at every turn, and that isn't enough?
Post edited December 26, 2013 by CarrionCrow
Posted December 26, 2013
Not sure if mentioned yet, but I was browsing the catalog and noticed some of Daedalic's games are 75% off

The Whispered World - $2.49
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav - $4.99
Deponia - $4.99
A New Beginning - $2.49

I wonder how many other unadvertised discounts of more than 50% there are? I remember Trine was one at $0.99, and some games are 60%.
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