Because the publishers made it abundantly clear, years ago, that they don't give an airborne copulation at a ventrally rotating toroid, because the majority of gamers aren't interested in principle (or even self-interest) and will gladly keep handing over wads of cash to people screwing them (remember that MW2 screenshot that made the rounds back when?).

That's a big part of what made GOG so unique, is the fact that they WERE a stand-up company that actually went out of its way to NOT screw over their customer base (I was a "customer" since 2010, I became a "fan" after the way they owned up to the Free Torchlight goof-up).

Personally I think (and I don't think I'm alone in this) that it's worth complaining to GOG because I feel that it's less important for them to expand their catalog than it is for them to keep being GOG.

For these 3 games, its probably too late (the contracts are already in place, I'm sure). But if you give the publishers an inch, letting them demand regional pricing, then they'll keep taking miles, until even old DOS games from 1988 are required to have some custom DOSBOX DRM wrapper, because that's how game publishers work.

I'm considering changing my avatar into a swastika as my from of protest.

I already changed mine for the occasion

For those wondering, 39.99€ converts to 54,9$
That's a 37% increase in price.
Even considering the taxes, it's very far from anything fair. The french TVA is 19,6% (vat equivalent).
(39,99 *19.6) / 100 = 7,84
39,99+7,84 = 47,8 not 54,9.
We are effectively paying 7 more $, even after adding taxes.
I just hope GOG sees how wrong this is...

Huh? Since when has GOG.com "stopped being a distributor of old games"? They still regularly release old games on a week to week basis, sometimes releasing more than one title a week. That's more than they used to, where it was just one or two old games every week and no other game releases. If you classify old games as anything pre-2005, you need to also consider that "old games" is a subjective term. More people need to realize that a game that came out in 2007 came out almost 7 years ago now - that's pretty "old" considering we're talking about video games which have only really been around for 30 years in the form we know it as now.

Well, maybe not, because I think I found a way how to bypass GOG's regional pricing and make safe purchases. Currently, AoW3's pre-order price appears to be lower than US price, but If the release price will be higher, then I will reveal step-by-step instructions.

All right, fine. I stopped caring about GOG ever since it started being a religious movement in addition to distributing old games.

You must be confusing them with the Church of Gaben.

Ouch, seems like Europe is getting the shaft for new games.

LOL, you registered after that happened.

Paying the price for dumping the yankee dollar years ago , and serves em right (sorry bout the people that live there and use this site, my comment was directed at the politicians who made the dumb choice in first place)

In any case I wish GOG would stick to what attracted to me in the first place, it's not the drm-free policy, it's the fact that they have GOOD and OLD games that work on modern PC's (that was the pitch) with some nice extras like wallpaper etc.

I would like to see an additional website opened that caters to modern drm free games but to keep the original site as it was intended, ie to showcase and sell games that are GOOD and 'old' that have been patched to work on modern PC/OS's.

that is blasphemy! banished the non believer!

Na i'm just Joking. it was just two temping to not make a joke about it.

Meh

I don't get games day one.

I wait a couple years for patches, solutions and laugh at all of the crying.

By that time they are in digital bargain bins and sales....sometimes even *gasp* bundles.

So Witcher 3 is going to be X amount of dollars? I still haven't made it through my backlog to the first two.

That's a good idea, I hope you don't mind I stole your avatar.