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General discussion (archive)Pre-order The Witcher 2 on GOG.com(455 posts)(455 posts)
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Posted November 18, 2010
A DRM-free, AAA, new title on GOG.com? Yes! We decided to promote this highly-anticipated RPG by our sister company CD Projekt RED as a one time special.

We just couldn't resist the opportunity to offer you the best pre-order offer for The Witcher 2 you'll find in the world. First of all, you don't have to pay upfront for the pre-order. Pre-order The Wicher 2 on GOG.com now and pay for it at the release. If you make the pre-order on GOG.com you'll get loads of free bonuses: instant access to some exclusive bonus content from The Witcher 2, a 10% discount, a free copy of one of five classic RPG's from GOG.com and much more. Check out the full pre-order offer and make your pre-order for The Witcher 2 [url=http://gog.com/en/page/tw2_preorder/]here.
Posted November 20, 2010
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Red_Avatar: Okay, there's ONE thing holding me back from pre-ordering: there's no option to pay now and get the $16 and free game right away. Surely it would be a great incentive to make people pre-order here?
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GameRager: Then people would be taking the 16 bucks and game and cancelling their orders over and over...not gonna happen,
Then let people pick - placing a pre-order and paying now and getting the games now as well, or let them pre-order without paying. How do you think Steam does it when they give a free game with a pre-order?
Posted November 20, 2010
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GameRager: Then people would be taking the 16 bucks and game and cancelling their orders over and over...not gonna happen,
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Red_Avatar: Then let people pick - placing a pre-order and paying now and getting the games now as well, or let them pre-order without paying. How do you think Steam does it when they give a free game with a pre-order?
Well Gog isn't steam....that much is obvious. They could be able to do that though...have you contacted them about it?
Posted November 20, 2010
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Red_Avatar: How do you think Steam does it when they give a free game with a pre-order?
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Damuna: Ridiculously huge customer base?
Nice answer.....they can afford to lose a game or two.
Posted November 20, 2010
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Gundato: It is all a matter of marketing. As long as they SAY it is "DRM Free", and enough people agree, it is. Same reason why nobody minds having to authenticate with GoG's servers to be given access to the installers. GoG spins it as DRM-Free (and, compared to most alternatives, it is), and users accept it, so feel it can't be "the evil DRM beast".
Like it has been mentioned lots of times before what you have to do to OBTAIN the game is very different from what you have to do to PLAY the game.

It's totally different to what Ubi did, having to pay to BUY a game doesn't makes it DRM ridden, it's having to authenticate online (for time to time like with Steam or be always online like with Ubi) to PLAY it that does.

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VoodooEconomist: Just because it's cheaper to deliver (and not that much, servers are costly) doesn't mean it's any less worth, and with more of the profits going to those who did manufacture the CORE THING itself, the code (much more important than just the box, and disc, and manual) you ensure that more of what you chosen will be produced.
It's not just cheaper to deliver, it's also a lot cheaper to produce, you don't have to press the disk, print the cover and the manual, QA them, then you don't have to handle stock, stock return, transport, and you don't have to play all the "middle mans", etc...

So yes you can argue that with digital copy more moneys goes to the original creators (or at least the right owners) but the difference is far from negligible.


Also about licenses, yes the term are often the same between physical and digital copy of a game, but the huge difference is that in case of physical copy, no matter the terms of the license, they have no realistic way to enforce it (There is not yet a copyright SWAT team raiding your house every week making sure that you respect the license of all the media you ever bought) while with DRM using digital copies they can do whatever they want whenever they want (what happened recently with Starcraft 2 is a perfect example of that)
Post edited November 20, 2010 by Gersen
Posted November 20, 2010
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Red_Avatar: How do you think Steam does it when they give a free game with a pre-order?
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Damuna: Ridiculously huge customer base?
Erm no, by not allowing you to cancel a pre-order. And still, an option to pay now would hardly be bad.
Posted November 20, 2010
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Damuna: Ridiculously huge customer base?
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Red_Avatar: Erm no, by not allowing you to cancel a pre-order. And still, an option to pay now would hardly be bad.
The preorders here aren't enforced....you can't cancel but then again you don;t have to buy it when the time comes if you don't want to.
Posted November 20, 2010
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Damuna: Wait until it's no longer new, and buy it for a cheaper price. You don't have to own the game immediately, so just stop crying about it. This is the best digital deal that's ever been offered, and you're still acting like you're entitled to more.
Got that, I'll go this way. Frankly speaking, I can't afford anything more right now. As for the "publisher's work" question, I stick to my stance: 20 Euros are fair enough for any digital release, for now and for the upcoming future.
Posted November 20, 2010
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USERNAME:KingofGnG#Q&_^Q&Q#GROUP:4#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:405#Q&_^Q&Q#Got that, I'll go this way. Frankly speaking, I can't afford anything more right now. As for the "publisher's work" question, I stick to my stance: 20 Euros are fair enough for any digital release, for now and for the upcoming future.#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:405#Q&_^Q&Q#
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Mary Mary quite contrary......etc etc etc
Posted November 20, 2010

I'm a UK citizen. Why do I have to pay more for The Witcher 2?

Due to licensing and legal reasons the price of The Witcher 2 Digital Premium Edition in the UK was set at 35.99 GBP. The preorder price, being 10% less than that, is 31.49. Due to the favorable pound sterling to US dollar exchange, that means that UK customers are paying roughly $6 USD more than customers in the rest of the world, which just didn't seem fair to us. We're always trying to get the best value for money to our users, so to compensate our UK customers for the price difference between European Union and the rest of the world, we'll be giving them all a $6 USD credit to spend on anything at GOG.com.
And yet charging £6.50 (10 USD) more than the premium boxed version (£24.99 at Play and HMV) for the inferior digital edition seems fair to you?

I suggesting you remove such an insulting bit of nonsense and work on finding ways to make the digital edition worth buying at that price. A good place to start would be a proper manual that puts readability first and isn't the joke that's PDF and its anti-aliased text.
Posted November 20, 2010
i hope it will be a HUGE succes, because that will be good for cd projekt. and what's good for cd projekt is good for G.O.G. and if i read the previews in my favorite gaming magazine, i think it has a lot of potential
Posted November 20, 2010
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USERNAME:EndlessWaves#Q&_^Q&Q#GROUP:4#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:408#Q&_^Q&Q#And yet charging £6.50 (10 USD) more than the premium boxed version (£24.99 at Play and HMV) for the inferior digital edition seems fair to you?

I suggesting you remove such an insulting bit of nonsense and work on finding ways to make the digital edition worth buying at that price. A good place to start would be a proper manual that puts readability first and isn't the joke that's PDF and its anti-aliased text.#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:408#Q&_^Q&Q#
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I wanr ro buy this and support gog but I also want the two coins and cards/dice from the CE.....what to do.
Posted November 20, 2010
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GameRager: I wanr ro buy this and support gog but I also want the two coins and cards/dice from the CE.....what to do.
Buy both!
Posted November 20, 2010
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GameRager: I wanr ro buy this and support gog but I also want the two coins and cards/dice from the CE.....what to do.
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Gersen: Buy both!
I can't afford it. :(

If gog.com could sell the extras(cards/dice/coins(and coinbag)/maybe even the bust too) as a seperate set and ship them to you somehow i'd go gog all the way.
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Gersen:
Good idea, but I never have a hcance to lose my game....see I know people don't like it but if my disk breaks I feel I still have the license I paid for to play/use the game on my pc and have no qualms downloading a new copy of the disc seeing as I own a license for the game and all...but that's just me......and may not be to everyone's mindset(i dunno a better word to use here).
Post edited November 20, 2010 by GameRager
Posted November 20, 2010
If that studio is indeed your sister company, please use the preorder stats to justify not releasing the product until it is mature. I got the first Witcher after it had already been beefed up (enhanced, director's cut, etc). and the improvements to the engine made the difference between a game whose sequel I pre-order, and a studio from which I would never again buy from.

I guess JoWood is an exception - they continue to release buggy yet endearing games and I somehow continue to buy them.

The more that I play Risen, the angrier I get about Gothic 3. I will NOT buy Gothic 4.
Posted November 20, 2010
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dmso12: If that studio is indeed your sister company, please use the preorder stats to justify not releasing the product until it is mature. I got the first Witcher after it had already been beefed up (enhanced, director's cut, etc). and the improvements to the engine made the difference between a game whose sequel I pre-order, and a studio from which I would never again buy from.

I guess JoWood is an exception - they continue to release buggy yet endearing games and I somehow continue to buy them.

The more that I play Risen, the angrier I get about Gothic 3. I will NOT buy Gothic 4.
They don't need to push it back too much though. They already stated that they've worked on it quite a bit and are already pushing it back a bit.
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