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Our main goal when designing GOG.com was to create the best user experience in digital distribution ever. Many say we're doing it right, but we want to get even better, that's why we're launching a survey that will help us lead GOG in the way you'd like it to go. Taking part in it isn't required of course, but if you want to have your share in making GOG the best digital distribution service there is (or at least even better than it is right now) and maybe win a free game, devote few minutes of your time to answer couple questions we've prepared. From all users who will take part in the survey, we'll randomly choose 20 who will receive a free GOG game of their choice. Grab a pencil... er, a keyboards in your hands and answer the below questions for a better future for all of us :)

The survey ends on Thursday, October 27 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
"Would you prefer to purchase games in your local currency as opposed to charging always in $USD? "

My local currency is $USD. I don't know how to answer this.
I answered no for the local currency and the game client .
Done. I said no to local currencies simply because any website, even DotEmu that uses local currencies always screws up the exchange rate in favor of publishers. Absolutely nothing good came from Steam changing from Dollars to Euros, nothing.
Post edited October 12, 2011 by Delixe
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Delixe: Done. I said no to local currencies simply because any website, even DotEmu that uses local currencies always screws up the exchange rate in favor of publishers. Absolutely nothing good came from Steam changing from Dollars to Euros, nothing.
steams profits increased by 10% from that day on for them thats something good i suppose...
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crazy_dave: My response:

So as long as the client is optional and you stick to your DRM-free principles, that sounds like a good idea to help streamline the downloading of games, patches, and extra goodies.

Also while I wouldn't mind getting more e-mails from GOG about things going on, I don't want a separate e-mail for each individual subject. Two on the weekend sent together - one for sales and one for general info - is more than enough. More than that and it would feel like spam.

As for offering new games (last question), if you guys do decide to start offering more new games, I would like to see it as a sister-site with unified accounts to GOG.com. That way you keep the storefronts separate so that people can shop for "Good Old Games" specifically. I consider GOG to be essentially a boutique and it would be a real shame to loose the emphasis on your speciality. Having unified accounts allows someone to see games they bought from both GOG and "Good New Games" in one place and simplifies matters by using the exact same account for both. So you get to keep your unique identity while also keeping things simple for the consumer (as well as encouraging cross pollination of buying between the sites :D). I don't know how feasible that is, but that is my ideal solution.

P.S. Something I didn't include in the survey but should've: On the question on what makes me insta-buy a game instead of waiting for a sale I put down simply "the game itself". However, if the game wasn't compatible with modern operating systems I would buy it all, so I think I should've marked that down as a reason to buy at full price. The other things (e.g. extra goodies, DRM-free, etc...) are nice and why I use your service to the point of buying games on sale that I might not have otherwise bought, but they don't cause me to buy a game at full price. Plus it is hard to justify not waiting for a sale when I already can't keep up with the amount of games I buy from your sales! That's the trouble when such a large percentage of your catalogue truly are classics and some of them are always on sale. :) So the game itself (compatible with modern computers of course) has to be something special or from my past for me to buy it full price. For instance, if you ever do get Lucas Arts, I would almost certainly buy the X-wing series at full price (hint hint!).
This, pretty much.
Although I'm not too sure about Day1 releases on GOG.com, Dave's idea does seem an acceptable compromise. For those that would want them.

Would really like the "local currency payment", too, but I bet my bank screws people on the charges for that - RBS ¬¬
Would probably have to stay with PayPal (I answered that, anyway), but if the option's there, I'd try it to see.
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ne_zavarj: I answered no for the local currency and the game client .
exactly :)
I'm not likely to buy day one releases, not even from GOG, and I think GOG should stick to a clear profile of what they are and what they are best in.

That being said, the release of CD Projekt's Witcher 2 on GOG made sense and I gather from Guillaume Rambourg's words that it was a success with exemplary character for the DRM-free movement. So even though my personal answer to the last question was "No" for the reasons mentioned above, I'm all for it if it helps to convince other publishers to drop their preconceived opinions about the necessity of DRM.
Post edited October 12, 2011 by Leroux
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ne_zavarj: I answered no for the local currency
I answered yes, but then I added in the description above that I'm only interested in it if I pay less.
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wodmarach: steams profits increased by 10% from that day on for them thats something good i suppose...
Says it all really doesn't it? The great Euro gravy train and every publisher want's in on it.
Done, but I've noticed under the question about new payment methods, you listed "PayPal", which is already a payment option... so what gives?
Done. Some interesting questions in that survey, I'm hoping that you would release some anonymized results, that could be interesting to know the "trend" among GOGers. ^_^
I would have appreciated a different answer for buying "newer" games. The price completely depends on the game. For some newer games, $5-$10 may be a completely fair price. For others, I could see it getting above $20. Totally an "it depends" answer. I like the idea, though. I appreciate the way you seem to be thinking going forward. Looks like there are some interesting ideas in the works.
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snap-d: Am I the only one slightly worried about some of the questions in the survey?
I really don't want GOG evolving into some Steam replica, and I also believe GOG should just be what it says - Good OLD games.
Lets face it, we are all retro gamers otherwise we wouldn't be on here.
I could not more firmly disagree with you on this one. As far as I'm concerned, Gog.com is digital distribution done right. No hassles, no third party bloatware running in the background (looking at you, Steam) - it'd be wonderful if brand new releases (indie and non-indie) became available for purchase here. I'd welcome them with open arms.

Let's face it - it's also a necessity if the site is to thrive (there are only so many "good old games").
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paschott: I would have appreciated a different answer for buying "newer" games. The price completely depends on the game. For some newer games, $5-$10 may be a completely fair price. For others, I could see it getting above $20. Totally an "it depends" answer. I like the idea, though. I appreciate the way you seem to be thinking going forward. Looks like there are some interesting ideas in the works.
Actually you could write anything in that space and I wrote exactly that - it depends. :)
What I want to see? Good old games for 8bit/16bit computers - ZX SPECTRUM, COMMODORE, AMIGA, ATARI