I don't think the OP is trying to suggest the games are not worth the price, only that the GOG prices are high in comparison to other digital stores/bundles.

yeah your right, it wouldn't make sense to do that! dur! wow you can tell ive not have my coffee yet and its 13:00!
heh i view my games purchase as forum subscriptions some times too!

I don't think that's the case though. Disregarding bundles, which are only temporary and promotional offers, which digital store has better international prices than GOG, for the same games that GOG is selling and to the same customer-friendly conditions?

Yes they are too expensive. The other day I spent almost $8 on five classic titles in here. Oh my god the horror!

Smell that? It's sarcasm! :P

The funny thing about pricing is how much psychology is connected to it. People can end up spending hundreds of dollars on Steam sales because they buy dozends of games that are just a couple of bucks a pop. If the price goes under a dollar, it's 'practically free' Those 'free' games just add up until you've spent more money you even realize. That's why large drops in price might end up making higher net profits.

The trick is just finding the price barrier. Mine is that 2.50. If i'm offered a bunch of $3 games, I might not buy anything at all. Drop the price just a bit lower and suddenly I'm doofus enough to spend $20.

No, not really. There is a HUGE difference between a mobile game and something like Baldurs Gate. Huge. Mobile games are cheap/free because of what gaming content they provide, a minor temporary distraction at best (much of the time). Mobile games are designed to be easy to play and quick to pick up and put down (as you may be playing on your commute from work etc). They are not Baldurs Gate, or even close.

In terms of other DD services for proper PC (not mobile) games, you probably mean Steam. Compared to Steam, yes GoG's games seem expensive much of the time. Still GoG's games are all 100% DRM free, you fully 100% control your game and what you do with it. Also Steam has been operating a strategy to corner market share, so it offers games cheap to build up it's user base, and with the number of members it has it can afford to do that as the numbers for the devs (and Steam) even at lower prices than GoG will mean larger profits just because of the volume of users it has.

I really don't like Steam, what it is really about (being the PC equivalent of the Apple App Store, a DRM system etc) nor what it does to the perceived 'value' of a PC game (you are a case in point in how it changes users opinions on this).

For my money 100% DRM free + offering me full control and ownership (it could be said) of the game i buy is worth at least $5 per game, maybe more. That is what added value GoG adds to it's games, so no in short i don't think they are expensive. Computer games take time and money to make, the better ones even more so, so buying less but paying more for quality games is a good thing.

Not all games can be a 30min play through $1 dollar value title. That is what mobile gaming is for.

Not all games can be sold cheap to get market share to enforce a companies DRM and dependency on the user. That is what Steam is for.

GoG is for great games at very reasonable prices, especially considering the above.

ShinyLoot? Even Steam is sometimes selling indies without DRM, even though they make no fuss about it.

The oldies are an exception because in most cases GOG has the monopoly on them. But with indies it's a different matter. And I don't think one should ignore bundles because they are temporary. I think they affect indie game sales a great deal

Not really. Some games are overpriced, but it falls more on the pub/dev, than GOG.

Compared to bundles and Steam sales, they're slightly more expensive, but I'm willing to pay more for the DRM free version plus the other goodies included.

Seeing as to how the general consensus is a clear "NO!", maybe I should add a caveat.

I already have 200+ games on GOG, I have repurchased almost every game of my childhood because I never had the chance to obtain them legally back then. The rest of the purchases fall under 2 impulses:
1- Build a larger collection.
2- Support the industry (even if marginally).

And I find that GOG prices now appear inflated to warrant a purchase through these two impulses. I remember back in 2008, I was AMAZED at how cheap these great games were. Times must have changed, because now I just cannot bring myself to reach for the wallet.

But, say, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition is $9.99 ($5.99 on sale) on iPad. Considering the hefty 30% Apple tax and that the game was adapted to another platform, it means the developer is prepared to make a much smaller profit than they would do on GOG. I think GOG should push harder for competitive pricing.

That's a question, not evidence. ;) Which game is cheaper on ShinyLoot than on GOG?

"They make no fuss about it" spells to me as "they don't care about users interested in this kind of information". And Steam is not selling DRM-free installers; copying your game folder to a safe place is not always quite the same. To my knowledge they also don't offer any bonus material with your purchase (or rarely). Steam converts dollar prices to euro at an exchange rate of 1:1. You can't make anonymous purchases without lying to them about your billing informations, which I suppose would be against their EULA, even if you just want to make a quick purchase using PayPal. They don't allow you to split a gift code between users if you already own half of the games on it. If you redeem a code, they don't ask for confirmation before adding a game to your account, and you'll only know for sure what game it was for, when it's already too late (great opportunity for playing practical jokes! :P). I haven't heard of Steam revoking a mispurchase at a customer's request, do they do that if you ask nicely?

Well, all of this might be minor nitpicking to most, but to me it still shows that GOG and Steam are not really comparable regarding their service. I use Steam myself, I buy cheap games to try them out, due to the lack of demos nowadays or when there are no alternatives, they got me that far. So I'm not saying Steam is bad or anything, but to me the Steam way isn't the same as the GOG way, and therefor I wouldn't expect the latter to be equally cheap. Most of the times though there isn't much difference between the two, often Steam is even more expensive due to regional pricing.

I'm not convinced of that either. A lot of GOG's oldies (maybe even most of them) are available elsewhere too nowadays.

Of course they shouldn't be ignored, they enter into the equation, but directly comparing bundle prices with store prices is like comparing apples with oranges. And one could also ask the other question: Are bundled games too cheap? Or: Are indie devs out of their mind to sell out their games shortly after releasing them on GOG? I'm not sure if the constant devaluation of games is a good development, in the long run not even for the customer. A lot of gamers already own more games than they can play anyway.

Classics - No!
Others - who cares?

Too expensive? Hardly. On the other hand, there's several I think are much too cheap.

They're cheap and the site hurls discounts at you all the time.