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FoolalooF: Ouch! How much are they in euros, I'm kind of afraid to ask :P
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klaymen: The infamous 1$=1€
Pretty much what costs 49.99 USD for Americans is 49.99EUR for us, but there were another failures too, like Quantum of Solace about 24.99 USD -> 44.99 EUR

To put that in perspective for those who don't know the exchange rates, a euro is worth about 45% more than a dollar, so a 49.99 USD / 49.99 EUR game costs the equivalent of 73.30 USD in Europe.
Post edited September 21, 2009 by tor
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FoolalooF: Thank you, I guess my laziness factor was high this morning :P

Well... But you can see how steam steals.
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Bolek: [url=]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2096/?cc=pl[/url]
Check by yourself.

That's around 3 Euros more than the UK version. Which is about 2 Euros more than the US version. Ouch!
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Bolek: [url=]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2096/?cc=pl[/url]
Check by yourself.
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Navagon: That's around 3 Euros more than the UK version. Which is about 2 Euros more than the US version. Ouch!

I'm not entirely sure, but it appears to be the same way with their fallouts....
Just to say to all the folks who made GoG possible, if you dont' already know: The world needs more people like you!!!!!!! <3<3<3
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FoolalooF: I'm not entirely sure, but it appears to be the same way with their fallouts....
Just to say to all the folks who made GoG possible, if you dont' already know: The world needs more people like you!!!!!!! <3<3<3

Although really you've got to blame Interplay for the pricing. It's not surprising that they're milking the games for all they're worth given that they're a couple of small steps away from going under.
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FoolalooF: I'm not entirely sure, but it appears to be the same way with their fallouts....
Just to say to all the folks who made GoG possible, if you dont' already know: The world needs more people like you!!!!!!! <3<3<3
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Navagon: Although really you've got to blame Interplay for the pricing. It's not surprising that they're milking the games for all they're worth given that they're a couple of small steps away from going under.

Well that makes it a more difficult decision... pay more to support a company, or pay less and support a site... I know the solution. Buy both.... wait.....
No steam is a good thing. They are DRM on every game!
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FoolalooF: Well that makes it a more difficult decision... pay more to support a company, or pay less and support a site... I know the solution. Buy both.... wait.....

Interplay is nothing more than a trading name these days. The only reason left worth supporting them is to ensure their IP aren't all sold off and GOG's right to sell them affected accordingly.
Have you ever heard " Let's lower the price " from Steam ?
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Faithful: No steam is a good thing. They are DRM on every game!

Yeah DRM usually leads to pirating... look at spore and probably Farcry2 or even Trackmania. Limited Installs (why buy a game you can only install so many time without strings attached when you can pirate it and install/remove it as many times as one pleases), DRM that can actually harm your computer (I'm looking at you, Starforce!), or DRM that won't go away after you uninstall the game (I'm looking at you, Securom)! This rediculous DRM prevented me from actually buying the games myself!
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lackoo1111: Have you ever heard " Let's lower the price " from Steam ?

Occasionally they actually have a decent deal or two, they're not completely evil. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most evil possible), they're probably about a 5.5 (they'd steal candy from a baby, but not more than 10 babies in any given week)...
Post edited September 21, 2009 by FoolalooF
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A-Pock: Yeah, but why do that when you can just bash steam, amirite?
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FoolalooF: I never was actually bashing steam... I have a bunch of games on steam (about 150 to be exact). So, I'm not exactly bashing or hating... Don't assume things... you know the old saying.

well your post wasn't exactly flattering towards steam so I don't think he was wrong to assume that you were bashing them.
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lackoo1111: Have you ever heard " Let's lower the price " from Steam ?

Uh ...weekend deals and the other sales they have?
With all this sticking up for steam I've been doing the past few weeks, I probably sound like I am a steam fanboy. I'm not though, people here just make steam out to be some huge evil entity and gog absolute perfection .
Post edited September 21, 2009 by CaptainGyro
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Aliasalpha: Its also an exposure thing. Are people putting MDK or Fallout into google to see where they can buy it at the best price or are they preexisting steam users who see it on sale there, think its pretty cheap and just buy it without further research?

Ding, ding, ding! Steam has a built in community to keep their customers close. I have bought games from Steam without shopping around. GOG has a built in community to keep their customers close. I have bought games from GOG without shopping around.
I'm sure part of the higher price has to do with a different internal structure than GOG's. Steam must take in a certain percentage higher than what GOG does, so the companies responsible for the games probably marked them up a bit to get the same return as they do from sales here.
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Faithful: No steam is a good thing. They are DRM on every game!

But look at the bright side, with most of Steam games you get double DRM (Steam and what ever is in game beforehand)! Not many services can compete with that!
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Faithful: No steam is a good thing. They are DRM on every game!
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Petrell: But look at the bright side, with most of Steam games you get double DRM (Steam and what ever is in game beforehand)! Not many services can compete with that!

That's just lying. It's happened in a few cases, but not "most" by any means. Ugh, I liked GOG before all of this senseless Steam bashing.