Yes. Sure, it makes sense from a business perspective if the focus is on maximising profit and getting the most money out of what you sell. I perfectly understand that. But GOG postitioned itself as a business with strong ideological principles and I, as a customer, do not like that they are getting more pragmatic about them. As a customer I'd rather GOG stand up to publishers.

See - GOG had a strong stance. No DRM or we won't add a game to our catalogue. Simple price points - games are just classed as similar. No regional pricing.

The more pragmatism - the more GOG gives in to what publishers want - the less likely it is that they are on a strong negotiation base on the other ideological ways they framed this business. I absolutely disagree that Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is worth more than double the price of Planescape: Torment / Jagged Alliance 2 and (a bit more than) three times that of Master of Orion 1 & 2 (bundled, even) or Fallout 1 / 2, for example.

With just two price points for older games (and by what was classed as older by GOG Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 certainly is) GOG could guarantee that publishers profit maximisation was kept to a minimum and you, as a customer, got a fair price. I know that the same product is charged for more at other digital outlets [but not retail]; but that just makes it universally overpriced as a digital download.

Then don't buy this game.

And as I said - the only thing GOG could do about it was "20$? no thanks."

Do you really want games not to be on GOG, because they don't agree over the prices with publishers? If 20$ is too much, and 10$ is ok, then just wait for the sale.

That's the thing though isn't it.

Ideally? Yes. Definitately yes.

However, realistically, doing so GOG gives up more and more market share to other retailers int he long term. There's already a large number of classics on other retailers and that number is growing every day. If GOG wants to continue capitalizing on the classics, then they'll have to give in on some of the previous demands (like the previous level of low pricing) and put them up for a price that the publisher will actually be comfortable with.

And you? Do you really want games not to be on GOG, because they don't agree over the DRM with publishers? No, you're right. GOG won't allow any DRM tied to the games. They don't even allow higher price points than 9.99 for old games... Oh, wait... :(

Lol, good point ^^

I agree with you SLP2000, it is about consumer choice, giving the consumer the option if they so wish to buy these games on GOG. I own these games, but I may get this later on sale. I'm glad GOG gives us an alternative option to purchase these games.

Don't bait the silly little pathetic wannabe troll :) he's clearly just vying desperately for attention, seeing who'll notice his worthless existence.

I won't. I'd stopped buying games completely for almost a decade before GOG came around - and (other than a heavily discounted Half-life series + Portal set on Steam) still don't have any digital download only games on any other big digital retail site (one humble bundle, two indie games directly from developer). And yes - I'd rather, again as a customer, the game wouldn't be here if that was the concession they had to make. If they've made it once they'll have to make it more often.

I did buy from GOG because of their stance. If it changes too much I'll stop again. And I do think they are shooting themselves in the foot with this. The only party that benefits from this are the publishers; GOG is a fairly cheap way for them to recycle their old games as GOG, not the publisher, guarantees that the game is uptodate and works (mostly) with newer OS. I am happy to pay a premium for that compared to steam and similar sales. I am not happy to support publishers pricing politics.

Of course I am one of the people that never really felt that GOGs release schedule was "too slow". Nor do I absolutely have to have this or that game right now. I am happy to be patient. And I do, of course, understand that I am a minority on that end and that GOG doesn't depend on me - there's more customers for GOG out there if they become more like all the other DD. I'll still reserve the right to protest about things I dislike - and (see the thread above) done so when the idea first came around, too.

I never had any problems with the prices, I had, and I still have, with the DRM thing.

As they already decided to go for newer games & indie games, it was only a matter of time when some older games would appear here with a higher price.

Without it, we would never get Vampire Bloodlines, and I'd really like to have it here. And now I'm sure we'll get it very soon (maybe even next week).

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And I'd like to clarify one thing - I think this game is slightly overpirced. I think it fits 14.99$ price point better. I'm not interested in byuing this game atm (and certainly not for 20$), but still I think it's good to get another one game on GOG. I'd love to see all games here, and every game added to GOGs catalogue is good.

1) Admittedly, I didn't really read the forums at that time so I don't know what this is about.

2) I genuinely believe that they simply gave in to pressure from publishers. TET said that earlier in this thread s well. I have no reason to doubt that.
However, like already said by others, I do think that this sets a dangerous precedent. Goes back to what I was saying earlier about GOG championing the rights of their consumers with their "GOGway or the highway" approach. Next time they're negotiating with a publisher, the latter shall always point out: "But hey, RCT3 is on GOG for $19.99, that's how we also want our game to be priced." And let's not mention that GOG is already selling many games for a higher price than for what they are available from other DD sites. And GOG sales rarely beat those of other DD sites. I'd be disappointed if we start seeing fewer and fewer games being sold for $5.99, as well as more games costing $10+.

Oh and maybe I wouldn't mind so much if it were SS2. Would actually show that GOG has done the impossible, invested a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get through the legal quagmire. Hey, I'd sent them an e-pat-on-the-back together with my $20.

But RCT3? Why on earth would GOG compromise their principles for this game? I'd rather not have seen it being released.

FFS I hope they release SS 1 & 2 for 40$ each just to piss off you and everybody that can't understand that the normal retail price in Atari store is higher than GOG(23.72$)... They compromise to make the series even better on the site.

I guess SystemShock

System Shock 1 & 2 :)

Why are you so angry?

Cause everybody is acting like ........ The game is fair priced compared to other sellers and people still complain. Nobody is pushing them to buy it anyways.