It's a spring-only sale, iirc.

I'm pretty sure there was a bundle where I couldn't get max discount without buying the same game twice.

Also, more on topic, there's already 2 wishlisted games I'm not buying because of the bundles.

Devolver Hits 2. They changed it from "Pick 10" to "Pick 7" and added Okhlos to it as well.

Thanks for the info. I'll have a look if there's something worth it for me now.

In a way it seems as if there are almost as many different sales going on as there are bundles offered, since you can only pick games within one bundle to get a max discount. These separate, discount-incompatible offerings have given me buyer's block.

Having to research, check, double check, and then cross-check, surely takes the fun out of the sale. And with it running so early, I don't feel the season spirit either.

*goes to reminisce the good old days...*

Why ? Do you think everyone is sitting in front of their computer for days ? What about those people who have a full time job or a family ?

Right, you and me both.

Finally, someone gets how market economics works.

The pricing on GOG has nothing to do with how much GOG "respects" you, which has no meaning under Capitalism. It has to do with what you are willing to pay to get games DRM-Free, and if they can squeeze more money out of people who value that highly, they will.

I liken GOG customers to Apple customers (of which I am both). Apple charges a premium for their design and integrated ecosystem, and they get away with it because they have just enough customers willing to pay the higher prices that it makes up for any lost customers who prefer the better pricing of PCs. GOG customers are so enamored with DRM-free, that they're willing to pay higher prices on average which make up for those customers who don't care and would rather get cheaper prices via Steam (and by Steam I don't just mean Steam proper, but also including the Steam ecosystem of bundles and third-party key sellers, which are WAY cheaper than GOG will ever be). Dedicated GOG customers are essentially a captive audience, who have very few alternatives, and because of that, prices will never be on par with the Steam ecosystem.

Amen... The bundles and pricing is annoying as fuck. I really loath having to do a bunch of groundwork to figure out the best deal for what I want.

"Well this bundle has a scaling discount but you need 10 things, but this bundle has the game from this bundle with the full discount... but this one doesn't... and this bundle requires you to buy everything for the "discount"."
Those suck just as much as the bundle clusterfuck. It's not worth camping in front of the computer days on end to save a couple bucks. Too much work, too little "reward".

But Apple is totally pro-DRM and GOG is totally DRM-free. How does this combine? O_o

Also have job and family, but just think it's fun and you don't have to sit for days in front of the PC.

You don't really have to camp in front of your PC days on end. Insomnia Promos usually include a set number of titles, and run in three, repeating rounds, with the first one being the fastest. So you can check out what's on offer, get what you want, and be done within the first few hours, if all you want from it is a few good deals. And if you miss something, you can rely on a friend or two to have your back, and you do the same for them (different timezones, and all).

But there's also lots of banter among those following it.

It's the (sense and demonstration of) camaraderie that made Insomnia Promos fun and special/different, and why people miss them.

That's fine and dandy, but if you aren't someone on GOG daily a lot of times those sales are well underway by the time GOG's damn email system kicks out notifications.

I mean I get the community aspect being enjoyable, but outside of that it's kind of frustrating. Especially when GOG has one of the crappiest email notification systems I've seen.

And that's the crux of the gripes. Overly complicated with the mix and match of a particular game showing up in multiple places with multiple discounts available depending on multiple different OTHER games that the customer may or may not want.

Oh, and the SE / GOTY versions counting as one title but the base version + upgrades to turn it into the SE / GOTY version, those count as multiple titles. So if you need to get 7 titles for the extra discount, sometimes you can't simply buy the GOTY - you have to get the base game + whatever upgrades because those check more boxes.