Basic psychology. I bet $9.99 games at a 10% discount sell better than $5.99 games without one.

Sure there is, that's what we are all doing right now. It is just that arguing whether the price is right is pretty useless, because you are not obliged nor forced to buy a game in a given price.

I suggest you do like I and many others have done: if you don't agree with the price of the item (in this case Dreamfall), don't buy it (nor pirate it, just to be clear). When it drops in price in e.g. a promo discount and you find the price agreeable, get it then. That's what I did, I don't recall if it was 50%, 60% or how much off the default price then. I think it was definitely under $10 though, which seemed to be your tolerance level?

The fact that you (and some others) show interest so much to this one game that you demand its price to be lowered, instead of just dismissing the game and buying/playing something else instead, shows that there is something special in the game that might even justify its higher price. :)

I had a bit similar case earlier with e.g. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines before. It was sold DRM-free on DotEmu for around 20€ I think. Quite a "high" price for such an "old game", but in the end I decided I wanted it anyways, so I got it for that price. And I am happy I did (even though it was sold in a DE promo cheaper sometime later), because later DotEmu had to remove the whole game from their catalog. I'm happy I got it before that, even if I paid 20€ for such an old game.

Vote with your wallet.

One more thing: I personally feel that the default prices of these digital items are quite often put quite high, because the publishers expect that most interested buyers will wait for promo sales anyway. The default price might not be the price that the publishers feel most interested buyers will want to pay anyway, it includes a buffer to afford 50-75% discounts in future sales.

So even if the Dreamfall default price was $10, most people would _still_ wait for promo sales, to get it half the price. Heck, they'd probably do that even if the default price was $5.

I wouldn't got this far, but a 9.99 game 40% off certainly sells more than a 5.99$ game. It feels like you get a better value for your money. Which is bogus with games, as the value comes from you and how much you like it and not the game itself.

Maybe, as this is also deceitful marketing, GOG should stop doing promos.

Dreamfall is $19.99 in GamersGate, so it is actually cheaper here in GOG.

Meh. Escape Velocity Nova, a game released in 2002, still sells for $30 -- the same price as when it was released -- on ambrosiasw.com. Sometimes I think that's overpriced. Then I remember I paid that much for it and it's still an awesome game that I play to this day. I think it's probably underpriced...

There seems to be a dichotomy on GOG--older games are just as good as new ones, but when it comes time to pay, it's suddenly, "this game is old, so it's not worth the asking price."*

I have no opinion at all about this game, but don't agree that because a game was released in 2006, it's ridiculous to ask $15.00; the fact that another game from that time period has a different asking price doesn't enter into it.

* You see the same sort of thing with indie games.

Simply put: No it's not. Games like everything else are worth what people are willing to pay for them.

When the price falls on Steam, GG, etc., it will fall here. Until then, just don't buy it or wait for a sale.

Except with Kickstarter you are buying a promise, not a game. It's a totally different economic situation so you really can't compare the two.

Now it's on 50% off promo so everybody can get it for $7.50

Wrong fecking thread!

But I agree, now's the time for OP to finally get his game. How appropriate timing.

Indeed ;-)

Very appropriate..I'd like to think that this thread has caught their attention and contributed to some extend ;-)

Looks like someone read your post :)

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dreamfall_the_longest_journey

GOG is an omniscient being.

GOG heard the cries of the OP.

GOG delivered.