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Posted January 28, 2010
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Aliasalpha: As long as there's certain inviolable rules that govern what price points can be set depending on age and content. If there's not then big publishers will just demand the maximum price point for anything regardless of age or content

I would say that too, but Activision surprised me by choosing the lower price point for Arcanum and Gabriel Knight.
Posted January 28, 2010
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Aliasalpha: As long as there's certain inviolable rules that govern what price points can be set depending on age and content. If there's not then big publishers will just demand the maximum price point for anything regardless of age or content
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I would say that too, but Activision surprised me by choosing the lower price point for Arcanum and Gabriel Knight.

And they must know those titles are desirable as they introduced them first.
Posted January 28, 2010
I can see a price point of $2.99 for games that just aren't worth $5.99 and are not available free. I could also see a higher price point possibly even $14.99 but only for select titles. Like persuading Bobby to release Call of Duty 1 & 2. But I would expect that price point to remain rare, if not it could be open to abuse and publishers like Ubisoft would want to release everything at that price point.
Posted January 28, 2010
I like that they're open for more expensive and cheaper games. It brings newer games (For a higher prize.) that get the GOG treatment and more importantly really old games that I can actually play for a lower price.
No one is forcing anyone to buy the new more expensive games.
Post edited January 28, 2010 by Tarm
Posted January 28, 2010
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Aliasalpha: As long as there's certain inviolable rules that govern what price points can be set depending on age and content. If there's not then big publishers will just demand the maximum price point for anything regardless of age or content
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I would say that too, but Activision surprised me by choosing the lower price point for Arcanum and Gabriel Knight.

Yeah but look at rainbow 6, no extras and 9.99? Way too much to ask. If it's the core game it should be $6, core game plus expansions is far more attractive at $10. The main reason I bought Rainbow 6 was that it was on special with Ghost Recon. Also it was a special I suggested so I kinda had to
Posted January 28, 2010
They can put any games as expensive as they want. When consumers say 'no' with their wallets, there'll be price reduction anyway (is that what happened to Arx Fatalis?).
Posted January 28, 2010
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Aliasalpha: Yeah but look at rainbow 6, no extras and 9.99? Way too much to ask. If it's the core game it should be $6, core game plus expansions is far more attractive at $10. The main reason I bought Rainbow 6 was that it was on special with Ghost Recon. Also it was a special I suggested so I kinda had to

I think we can agree that Ubisoft are pretty much a lost cause. Out of all the publishers that signed up Ubisoft don't seem to either appreciate or understand what GOG is about. Most of their games have little or no extras, all irrespective of age are the same high price and there are countless games in their catalogue begging for the GOG treatment but they would rather release Driver: Parallel Lines. I suspect Driver was released not because it was a good old game but because no one bought it and Ubi decided to release it here in the vain hope of drumming up some sales.
Posted January 28, 2010
So far the folks at GOG and CD Projekt have shown themselves to hold true to their stated business approach of aiming to offer their customers good value for their money, so I'm willing to believe that if new price points are implemented the change will fall within this existing business approach. As far as it affects me I still have the final say on whether I feel a game here is worth the asking price, but moving forward I'm willing to go on the assumption that the folks at GOG will use any new price points to continue to bring me good value for my money.
Posted January 29, 2010
I understand the points in favour but can't move on it. As I've long said, if it's old enough to be released here, it's old enough to be sold at $6/10. Anything sold at $15 or more would have to be either too new to be here, or a publisher being greedy. Even for a rare case outside of these parameters (I'm skeptical it could exist), I'd rather just wait a year or two for the publisher to sell it at $6/10. And if a higher price is introduced, this is what I"ll do.
MAYBE $15 could be good for compilations, but that's it. :P
Post edited January 29, 2010 by chautemoc
Posted January 29, 2010
I don't mind if a publisher is greedy and use GOG for their not that old games as long as they get the GOG treatment AND they open up their catalogue of old games for regular GOG prices.
Posted January 29, 2010
$9.99 is high enough IMO. These games aren't exactly new and Steam has shown that by having low prices you can still make more money than you would with a high price and push a lot higher volume. GoG should keep prices low, but high enough that they can continue to operate and expand.
Posted January 29, 2010
I really love GOG, but tend to agree with the above. Generally, I don't buy any of the $9.99 games here. If I was willing to spend ten or fifteen bucks, I would've bought them in the bargain bin at the store. More importantly, I know that if I'm patient, they'll come to Steam for $2 or $3. Case in point: this midweek $2 sale on Pscychonauts. I considered it here for awhile on GOG, and if it had been lower, I might have bought it on impulse. But since I waited, I bought it the instant it hit that sale on Steam. $2? Yes, please! It's not so much that 10 bucks is a lot of money, but rather that I know I can get a game, and three or four more elsewhere for my 10 bucks, so... $14.99? Nah, I wouldn't do it unless it was a triple pack of a series that wasn't available elsewhere.
That's really where GOG hits the mark for me. Games I can't get anywhere else. Because their base prices and sales aren't generally that attractive, and I'm not interested in this bonus stuff.
Post edited January 29, 2010 by Stormseye
Posted January 29, 2010
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Stormseye: I really love GOG, but tend to agree with the above. Generally, I don't buy any of the $9.99 games here. If I was willing to spend ten or fifteen bucks, I would've bought them in the bargain bin at the store. More importantly, I know that if I'm patient, they'll come to Steam for $2 or $3. Case in point: this midweek $2 sale on Pscychonauts. I considered it here for awhile on GOG, and if it had been lower, I might have bought it on impulse. But since I waited, I bought it the instant it hit that sale on Steam. $2? Yes, please! It's not so much that 10 bucks is a lot of money, but rather that I know I can get a game, and three or four more elsewhere for my 10 bucks, so... $14.99? Nah, I wouldn't do it unless it was a triple pack of a series that wasn't available elsewhere.
That's really where GOG hits the mark for me. Games I can't get anywhere else. Because their base prices and sales aren't generally that attractive, and I'm not interested in this bonus stuff.

Exactly.
And I feel pretty confident $15 games wouldn't sell well here for this reason.
Please don't do it GOG. :(
Posted January 29, 2010
I'm sure GOG is knowing what they're doing.
A higher price will probably be for more recent games only or perhaps for a big pack which perhaps included more recent games.
Perhaps they combine it with a next step in their evolution like selling indy games.
All we can do is wait and see.
Posted January 29, 2010
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HertogJan: I'm sure GOG is knowing what they're doing.
A higher price will probably be for more recent games only or perhaps for a big pack which perhaps included more recent games.
Perhaps they combine it with a next step in their evolution like selling indy games.
All we can do is wait and see.

If over 10$ price points are ever introduced, they should reserved exlusively to game packs (ie. prince of persia trilogy, Homm I-V Complete etc.). Gog could change their price points to 5, 7,5 and 10$. Only problem is they'd probably have to renegotiate all their deals to change the prices.
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