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Posted May 08, 2012
Why, oh WHY, do you NOT put these new games on the 'coming soon' list?
I would DEFINITELY have waited for the gog version of Alan Wake, rather than getting it on steam when it came out.
Same thing happened with Chaser for me.

When you dont let us, the people who buy games from you, know that games are coming out on gog, we have no recourse but to get it elsewhere.

So, PLEASE, start letting us know what games will be coming up (and NOT 2-5 months AFTER they have come out on other media), so we can make a decision to hold out for a gog version or not.

In the end, you are just hurting your own sales by not letting us know.

Dave
Posted May 08, 2012
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gameon: I actually liked the surprise of alan wake (even if my wallet didn't, lol) I just had to buy it, as a spur of the moment limited half price thing.

If i knew all about it being released, i wouldn't have been so excited about getting it. But thats just me.
I would guess that this is exactly what GOG was aiming for ;-).The question remains if the "impulse sales" outweights the lost sales.
Posted May 08, 2012
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SimonG: I would guess that this is exactly what GOG was aiming for ;-).The question remains if the "impulse sales" outweights the lost sales.
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gameon: Looking at the sales list, Alan Wake is now above Soulbringer (which was added February 2012) in just one day its higher than a game thats been here for the last 3 months.
On this price... and this new... It is normal
Posted May 08, 2012
Ya mudda.
Posted May 08, 2012
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gameon: I actually liked the surprise of alan wake (even if my wallet didn't, lol) I just had to buy it, as a spur of the moment limited half price thing.

If i knew all about it being released, i wouldn't have been so excited about getting it. But thats just me.
You would have had the surprise when it would have been listed as "coming soon"
Posted May 08, 2012
Coming soon, a 50% sale on Alan Wake.... (so don't buy it yet for more!)

Yeah, don't see publishers going for that one if they can help it ^^
Posted May 08, 2012
Ummm, coming soon doesnt have to include the price.
Sigh
Posted May 08, 2012
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Gilou: You would have had the surprise when it would have been listed as "coming soon"
You would have the surprise but not the access to the purchase button. By the time you got that button you might think differently (definitely removes the possibility of an impulse purchase).
Posted May 08, 2012
Announcements are so oldschool. Now we have ambush sales. Fly, my pretty euros, fly!
Posted May 08, 2012
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Titanium: Announcements are so oldschool. Now we have ambush sales. Fly, my pretty euros, fly!
Gog is doing both : ambush sales & announcements of future announcements
Posted May 08, 2012
@OP

stop buying from Steam ;)
Posted May 08, 2012
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gameon: I actually liked the surprise of alan wake (even if my wallet didn't, lol) I just had to buy it, as a spur of the moment limited half price thing.

If i knew all about it being released, i wouldn't have been so excited about getting it. But thats just me.
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SimonG: I would guess that this is exactly what GOG was aiming for ;-).The question remains if the "impulse sales" outweights the lost sales.
But most of the impulse sales are guaranteed sales no matter what, no :/ ?

The sad thing is we'll never know, will we :p ?
Posted May 08, 2012
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/release_alan_wake/post303
We'll, here's the announcement you wanted :p
Posted May 08, 2012
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Dave3d: So, PLEASE, start letting us know what games will be coming up (and NOT 2-5 months AFTER they have come out on other media), so we can make a decision to hold out for a gog version or not.
They may not have known until rather recently. You bought Alan Wake when it came out, they may not have even began attempting to get this game released on gog until a month ago. And then they may not have known it was going to be released until a week ago (obviously made up times). So even if they put it in a coming soon tab, you would have already bought it on Steam.

The only way to avoid this is going to be to stop buying things on Steam and waiting to see if they come out on gog.
Posted May 08, 2012
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SimonG: I would guess that this is exactly what GOG was aiming for ;-).The question remains if the "impulse sales" outweights the lost sales.
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gameon: Looking at the sales list, Alan Wake is now above Soulbringer (which was added February 2012) in just one day its higher than a game thats been here for the last 3 months.
A sales list? Is that a new feature? I can't seem to find it, could you provide me a link please?
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