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Posted March 30, 2012
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misato: Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that GOG no longer sticks to the 5.99 and 9.99 price structure it has always had, and that each game that GOG acquires keeps getting more and more expensive. What's up with that?
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AlKim: They haven't raised the price of existing games so calling it inflation seems a bit far-fetched to me.

Also, The Whispered World is 19.99€ (or $19.99, in the USA, I presume) on Steam so it's not like GOG is ripping you off or anything.
What would be the actual equivalent of about 20 euro in the US?
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misato: Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that GOG no longer sticks to the 5.99 and 9.99 price structure it has always had, and that each game that GOG acquires keeps getting more and more expensive. What's up with that?

I mean, in all honesty, a heck of a lot of the games that GOG currently sells (probably most of them) is freeware and abandonware that can be gotten for free elsewere. It's just that GOG makes these old games XP and Vista compatible, so there is the 5.99 and 9.99 price justification, but now we're seeing a whole new GOG policy with regards to GOG's pricing of software.

Does anyone know exactly what the reason for this is and / or what is really going on with GOG right now? Just curious?
We're in times of recession and the newer the games, the more expensive they are.
Post edited March 30, 2012 by somegamer786
Posted March 30, 2012
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AlKim: They haven't raised the price of existing games so calling it inflation seems a bit far-fetched to me.

Also, The Whispered World is 19.99€ (or $19.99, in the USA, I presume) on Steam so it's not like GOG is ripping you off or anything.
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somegamer786: What would be the actual equivalent of about 20 euro in the US?
$26.68 according to Google (just type "20 euros is USD" or whatever currencies you wish to convert in Google and see the magic happen), but apparently Steam has a 1€ = 1USD policy or some such.
Posted March 30, 2012
Let me just say. the new price point is $14.99

Legend of Grimrock is cheaper because of the pre-order offer.

We were given a poll to see what we would want from GoG, one of the questions was about price points and $15 was one of them.

In other words this new pricing was chosen by the Users.
Posted March 30, 2012
I picked 15 as well but for DRM free I'll pay standard box cost up to $50 for a new DRMfree title.. no question no hesitation...
Posted March 30, 2012
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Adzeth: Does GOG actually take money for any freeware games?
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Snickersnack: Betrayal at Krondor and Red Baron have been freeware in the past but not for a great many years .
Yeah but they are bundled with the later non-freeware games, which is kinda nifty.

Albeit, apparently Betrayal in Antara was a mere shadow of BAK, milking on its success. Or so I've heard, yet to play it. If the game mechanism is the same as in BAK, I'm probably quite happy because the much vaunted story in BAK didn't interest me, I don't even recall what it was about.

There was some guy with a fake white beard who was talking all the time, and another with a fake moustache who talked back, and in the end they ended up in some other dimension where crystals were growing from the ground. That's about all I remember about the story.
Posted March 30, 2012
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Scureuil: ...and Betrayal at Krondor is bundled with Betrayal in Antara, who wasn't free at all.
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Snickersnack: Gog sold Betrayal at Krondor stand alone before they bundled it with Antara. Not that Antara has anything to do with anything.
http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/10/12/gog-com-adds-betrayal-in-antara-for-free-for-owners-of-betrayal/
I know, but /right now/, the package is these two games, so even if someone feels that BaK should be free, the value is more that the packaging convenience for new systems.

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Scureuil: Sierra offered BaK to download for free for a limited time to promote Betrayal in Antara.
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Snickersnack: BaK was available as freeware for a LONG time. Many people were confused when it was finally withdrawn.

Usenet becomes aware of freeware BaK release in April '97
[url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/browse_thread/thread/3dd0b802e0403902/7cd91ce6fb6c6e76?q=betrayal+krondor+group:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg#7cd91ce6fb6c6e76]http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/browse_thread/thread/3dd0b802e0403902/7cd91ce6fb6c6e76?q=betrayal+krondor+group:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg#7cd91ce6fb6c6e76[/url]

freeware BaK itself on Sierra's site in May of '99
http://web.archive.org/web/19990508191220/http://sierra.com/demos/preview/0,1690,104,00.html
The page isn't showing on Wayback after 2002. Yes, six years is long, but it was ten years ago.
Post edited March 30, 2012 by Scureuil
Posted March 30, 2012
Lets not forget that towards the end of 2011, GOG asked us to fill out a question-air. The questions were about price points. New games, older games, and Indie games. As you can see the majority of folks on GOG forums said , We would pay more for new games and indie games to get them here.
Posted March 30, 2012
Makes you wonder whether we're finally going to see the old Epic, 3D Realms and Id games here...
After all, here you can buy:
-Quake, Final Doom, Doom 2 and Ultimate Doom for $20 apiece.
-Hexen, Heretic and Wolfenstein 3D for $15 each.
-Spear of Destiny and a Commander Keen collection for $10.
Here the 3D realms games are available:
-Balls of Steel and Shadow Warrior for $10.
-Blake Stone, Commander Keen pack #1 & #2, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Crystal Caves, Death Rally, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 2, Hocus Pocus, Math Rescue, Monster Bash, Mystic Towers, Paganitzu, Planet Strike, Realms of Chaos, Rise of the Triad, Secret Agent, Terminal Velocity, Wacky Wheels, Wolfenstein 3D and Word Rescue for $6 each.
Hell, some of them can still be bought physically from here.
And then there's of course the games from EPIC, which are available physically from Epic Classics. I dunno whether they are officially affiliated with Epic though.

To be REALLY optimistic there's the old Blizzard games...
Posted March 30, 2012
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grounddown77: Lets not forget that towards the end of 2011, GOG asked us to fill out a question-air. The questions were about price points. New games, older games, and Indie games. As you can see the majority of folks on GOG forums said , We would pay more for new games and indie games to get them here.
And don't forget occasional older title that is sold for more elsewhere like Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and people might be willing to couch more money to get rare titles like System Shock 2 as well.

Also keep in mind that while you might not be willing to pay the intial price, what ever that might be, there WILL be promos eventually that might drop price low enough for you to buy the game. On the other hand if game is not sold at all here, you can neither promos to lower the price nor game to buy.

Other have already mentioned other use for higher prices and thats game bundless and collections allowing you to buy set of games at lower price than separately.
Posted March 30, 2012
If it's for sale somewhere it's not abandonware dude. That's the whole premise of abandonware.
Posted March 30, 2012
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somegamer786: What would be the actual equivalent of about 20 euro in the US?
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AlKim: $26.68 according to Google (just type "20 euros is USD" or whatever currencies you wish to convert in Google and see the magic happen), but apparently Steam has a 1€ = 1USD policy or some such.
These companies these days...
Posted March 30, 2012
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StingingVelvet: If it's for sale somewhere it's not abandonware dude. That's the whole premise of abandonware.
That's not entirely true. Just because something is abandonware doesn't mean that it isn't being sold by someone or some company. I know for a fact that some of the software here on GOG is abandonware.

And for those who are concerned, or want to circumvent any of the pricing legalities of some of the abandonware, there is always the "we don't charge for the software, but the CD itself will be $29.95, thank you", marketing tactic that we've all seen many times before, so no, not everyone who is making abandonware available is making it available for free.
Posted March 30, 2012
I posted about this years ago, demanding they no longer stick to those price points, for GOG, I want a bigger library, not stifled releases.
Posted March 30, 2012
I forgot all about the d@mn DRM that nobody likes. Thanks for reminding me about that. That too is a very justifiable reason for some of the pricing on a lot of the software.
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misato: I mean, in all honesty, a heck of a lot of the games that GOG currently sells (probably most of them) is freeware and abandonware that can be gotten for free elsewere.
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timppu: Almost any new AAA PC title can be found "free" on torrent sites as well, so does that mean they are worth (almost) nothing either? As someone pointed out, "abandonware" is still basically piracy, even if moral implications may be different than with o-d4y w4R3z..

I think the new price points are a good thing because the earlier ones have been apparently the reason why some already DRM-free games, like Vampire Bloodlines, have not arrived to GOG. You could get it DRM-free from e.g. DotEmu, for a higher price. Also, GOG could finally make bigger bundles of several games in a series etc., for higher price points. DotEmu already has that too, e.g. I bought all the "Cossacks 1-2 and American Conquest games" bundle for 20€ I think.

And 90% of GOG customers seem to buy their games from 50-70% off promos only anyway, so...
Well, what do you mean by 'stifled'? Are you saying that some of the releases on Gog are just crippled versions of what would otherwise be legitimate software?

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Weclock: I posted about this years ago, demanding they no longer stick to those price points, for GOG, I want a bigger library, not stifled releases.
Post edited March 30, 2012 by misato
Posted March 30, 2012
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misato: Well, what do you mean by 'stifled'? Are you saying that some of the releases on Gog are just crippled versions of what would otherwise be legitimate software?
Missing soundtracks or other additional materials, maybe missing expansions or even additional levels or other forms of support.
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