Let's say there's a game that sells for $50 in the US.

Now the same game may cost $65 in another country because that country has for example additional taxes when buying something or the economy of the country is simply stronger than in the US, so people can afford more.

Now with the FPP, when I bought this game for $65, I would at the same time gets $15 from GoG as store credit.

That worked because GoG had a share of 30%. So if I bought the game, the developer would get $45.5 and GoG would get $19.5 of which they basically gave $15 back to me, so GoG's gain was still $4.5 from my purchase.

Of course if GoG reduces those 30%, they'd actually make loss with every game purchased, so it's not viable anymore.

I think it's high time to start backing up GOG installers XD

Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic Games announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit (fuck them)).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness -- I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.
Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic Games announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit (fuck them)).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness -- I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.
Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic Games announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit (fuсk them)).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness -- I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.

sadly fair price is something nice you still have the DRM free only I hope it stay.
I also appreciate that more of my money goes to game creators.

I was expecting this move, sadly. I doubt GOG is expected to make their owners a lot of money but they must not be a big drain either.

I pity those countries with fairly low buying power for luxuary items and with higher regional pricing. I suspect a lot of customers from those countries might "move to another country..." (virtually = start using V**)

Is this a price war between shops? Steam, GOG and Epic should have no problem surviving that if there is will but some others, who cannot afford to lose millions, might die.

This really sucks. I understand why they're doing it (unlike many of their other recent business decisions), but it's yet another erosion of the distinction between GOG and other stores such as Steam. Yes, it's good that developers are getting a bigger cut, but - as with Epic store exclusives - it's a shame that this has to come at the expense of the consumer. Let's hope at least some devs will consider lowering their prices a bit to compensate.

So I guess it's about time I started backup up my GOG games catalogue?

Not happy
But does this mean you'll no longer be taking 30% cut.

I'll definitely be more observant of pricing and will chase devs/pubs that don't offer regional pricing.

didnt even know this was a thing hopefully we will see more old titles that we love and new titles aswell, better to concerntrate on gaming DRM FREE, cos im against steam in everyway

well, it was nice while it lasted :) still happy to support a DRM-free website even if it means paying a bit more :)

Pretty much, I hate getting screwed over by American publishers/companies because apparently $ = €.

Short version without breaking out calculators is that a bunch of other countries have crap money, and because of inflation and international dollar conversion and stuff, GOG came up with the idea that everyone could pay the same price for games, despite their own money being crap compared to the almighty dollar. Whatever difference in price that was lost in translation was a big debt bag that GOG decided to carry around for a while in order to please their customers that come from countries with crap money. This was called fair pricing, but in the end that debt bag wasn't quite so fair to the one entity that mattered most. GOG itself.

And it looks like GOG finally decided to put down the bag.

Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic Games announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness -- I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.

It was nice while it lasted, but fundamentally wrong from the start - GOG paying for arbitrary desire of some devs to screw some people more than others based on something as arbitrary as a country. In a global world. Some of the price difference could be explained by different taxes in different countries, but +37% is insane.

I always try to evaluate if the price (after all discounts and FPPs and whatever) is right for me, and not look in my Russian or African neighbour's plate. This may lead to me buying less games because the price will go up, but won't blame GOG for it. Devs/pubs have option to do fair prices themselves whenever they feel like it would give them enough PR advantage - rest is on us consumers.

Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness -- I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.
Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit).

As someone who almost always pays the highest regional price, this has a quite significant impact. However I completely understand the reasons for doing this (and really appreciate the honesty and upfrontness - I hope that's here to stay), so I don't blame GOG but rather the publishers whenever a game is significantly more expensive than in other regions.

Also, I think the publishers opting for significant price discrimination are just shooting themselves in their feet, because a higher price will just make it less likely for me to buy their game, and I find it likely that other people feel the same way.

But anyway, thank you GOG for keeping this program for so long and being honest with us.
Considering the recent news of GOG's financials, this doesn't really come as a surprise (and it was probably to be expected when Epic announced their lower cut that other stores had to follow suit).