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Posted August 27, 2014
We'll be removing a number of games from the GOG.com catalog - here's your last call to get them with a special discount!

Today, we're here to honor the promise we gave you to announce ahead of time whenever we're taking a game down from sales. We wanted to give you one last chance to get the titles we're delisting with a considerable discount, and the partners involved agreed. There are 35 games on that list and you can get them all for up to 80% off until Tuesday, September 2, at 3:59AM GMT. Any title you buy will remain in your collection even after it's removed from our catalog, so you can always download and re-download the installers and bonus content. Check out the promo page to see which games this concerns.

We're still ironing out a few details. For now, the promo pages, like the one for the Last Chance Special, list all the game prices only in US dollars. But don't freak out: if you chose to use your local currency you will see the prices in local currency in checkout, and you can still finalize the transaction in local currency. We hope to have this issue fixed within the next weeks.
Posted August 27, 2014
Jeez, GOG is selling movies now? You gotta be kidding! O.o
Posted August 27, 2014
Fuck :(
Posted August 27, 2014
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Impaler26: Jeez, GOG is selling movies now? You gotta be kidding! O.o
yeah they sell movies but no popcorn, i'm currently thinking about a post on the wishlist :)
Posted August 27, 2014
Pure insanity, is what it's all come down to.
I'd much rather have a bit higher prices and regional pricing applied to the entire catalogue as opposed to having no option whatsoever to buy certain titles in a DRM free form.
Posted August 27, 2014
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undeadcow: Yeah... from a customer perspective but the publisher over a large number of sales probably sees things differently.
Both the publishers and GOG have to deal with the vagaries of fluctuating exchange rates all the time, I'm pretty sure adding another layer to it won't change their calculus. Price points that are favourable to the publisher today might well be unfavourable to them by next week, and vice versa. Frankly, your posts sound like you don't actually have much personal experience with using different currencies.
Posted August 27, 2014
Depressing news. Nordic owns everything.
Posted August 27, 2014
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tokisto: So no more Titan Quest coming...
Noooooo! I'll say it again, roll the entire site back to yesterday.
Posted August 27, 2014
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Zeyes: Please tell me you're not complaining about ~1% pricing differences because the "pretty" prices ending in ...9 don't match the market exchange rates exactly. Talk about missing the forest for the trees... Especially as anyone affected is free to switch back to USD.
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undeadcow: Yeah... from a customer perspective but the publisher over a large number of sales probably sees things differently.
Not to argue just for argument's sake, but we still do not know exactly what was the problem with Nordic Games, your assumption seems quite plausible, but it is still an assumption. It appears that most other publishers were able and willing to adjust (or like Daedalic, take advantage of, it seems), so maybe this can be worked out in the future somehow...
Posted August 27, 2014
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Seriously, this is silly. I get having principles, but isn't DRM-free hard enough to maintain as it is? I guess this is what all the pretentious internet warriors wanted by demanding regional pricing. Grr I had to pay $4 instead of $2!!11!@
Posted August 27, 2014
Thanks GOG, for doing the right thing.
Posted August 27, 2014
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Impaler26: Jeez, GOG is selling movies now? You gotta be kidding! O.o
That would've been pretty far down my list of guesses as well, had someone said "Hey, GOG is going to start selling DRM-free _____!"

If I were them, I'd have waited until there was at least a catalogue of decent titles at hand before debuting it. As it stands I'm unlikely to check it out much, if these titles are representative.
Posted August 27, 2014
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Ultra_DTA: Seriously, this is silly. I get having principles, but isn't DRM-free hard enough to maintain as it is? I guess this is what all the pretentious internet warriors wanted by demanding regional pricing. Grr I had to pay $4 instead of $2!!11!@
You think? Have a look at that price here. http://prntscr.com/4h1sra
Posted August 27, 2014
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tokisto: So no more Titan Quest coming...
This I'm most bummed about. I have it on Steam, but would certainly have bought it here.

On a different note: Maybe the new pricing scheme means they can bring other publishers here that they previously couldn't. *cough*Lucasarts*cough*

One can hope.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by darthyip
Posted August 27, 2014
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LiquidOxygen80: This. This SO HARD. If you're using the whole regional pricing thing as a scapegoat to be a cheapskate,
then eff you for taking rightful choice away from the rest of us. It's easy to say I SPEND 50% MORE!!11oneone,
because it SOUNDS huge...except when you're dealing with myriad sales and games that sometimes cost 2-3 dollars. If you want principles, whatever, that's cool, but choose some that don't completely fuck the site and the other gamers. Thanks!
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Ultra_DTA: THANK YOU!
I absolutely agree!

I was looking to buy the black mirror trilogy when all three installments were made available, but now it seems that BM 3 wont even be added (despite the publisher themselves - iirc - stating on the forum that it would be added soon). Its particulary annoying as I understand that BM2 ends on a cliffhanger...

Well, at least I got 1&2 at a heavy discount now...

While I understand in principle why there was such an outcry against the regional pricing, the amounts we're talking about are often barely worth mentioning, especially when games are for sale at incredibly low prices...
Posted August 27, 2014
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Ultra_DTA: Seriously, this is silly. I get having principles, but isn't DRM-free hard enough to maintain as it is? I guess this is what all the pretentious internet warriors wanted by demanding regional pricing. Grr I had to pay $4 instead of $2!!11!@
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Wurzelkraft: You think? Have a look at that price here. http://prntscr.com/4h1sra
Obviously I wasn't referring to newer games when I said $2. Even then, having a higher price is better than not having it available at all.
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