Hey GOG-followers, I've read through some posts of our dear GOG-staff recently and got tripped over their principles. That they want to fight DRM it's pretty obvious and I do know that.

But what exactly is meant by the flat price "principle"? If a classics costs $6.00 I pay via PayPal in my local currency that is roughly €4.40. So I don't really have any disadvantages. To my understanding the flat prices mean that I don't pay the same value just with a diffrent currency-symbol, in that example €6 for a $6 game. But this don't apply on GOG, so...

So why is there mentioned they want to "switch" to fair local pricing? As it seems it is already fair. Have I overlooked something? Could you guys elaborate?

I'm not sure how it works but 'I think' pricing is regional rather than an item having a flat value.

For example:

A Playstation 4 in the United States from Gamestop is $399; a currency converter believes this is about $423 Australian dollars.

However, here in Australia, Gamestop (which is called EbGames) charges $549. That's an extra $130 over what the currency converter would have suggested!

:S

That's odd, for us it costs €399, so basically same value (not like the 549 you have mentioned), only that 399 EUR would be 544 USD...
Man, I don't really get this... Thanks for the link!