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Posted September 14, 2015
Pre-ordered Soma a few days ago, according to the remaining time on steam it's set to release on the 22nd of this month at 8PM in my time(GMT+2), but on GOG it's set to release on that day at 11PM? Why the difference?

I can't call 1 hour before 23 September a 22 September release, why is it released at a different time from steam?
I was hoping to actually play it on the day it's supposed to be released, but 11PM is way too late, it might as well say "Release date 23 September" in my case.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.

And will there be preloading for Soma? Would be awesome if someone from GOG could answer that. :')
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Posted September 14, 2015
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Tinycloud: Pre-ordered Soma a few days ago, according to the remaining time on steam it's set to release on the 22nd of this month at 8PM in my time(GMT+2), but on GOG it's set to release on that day at 11PM? Why the difference?

I can't call 1 hour before 23 September a 22 September release, why is it released at a different time from steam?
I was hoping to actually play it on the day it's supposed to be released, but 11PM is way too late, it might as well say "Release date 23 September" in my case.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.

And will there be preloading for Soma? Would be awesome if someone from GOG could answer that. :')
I doubt you'll be able to preload. Don't remember GOG ever offering that except for maybe Witcher 3.
Posted September 14, 2015
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Tinycloud: Pre-ordered Soma a few days ago, according to the remaining time on steam it's set to release on the 22nd of this month at 8PM in my time(GMT+2), but on GOG it's set to release on that day at 11PM? Why the difference?

I can't call 1 hour before 23 September a 22 September release, why is it released at a different time from steam?
I was hoping to actually play it on the day it's supposed to be released, but 11PM is way too late, it might as well say "Release date 23 September" in my case.
Where does it say that it's going to be released at 11 PM? Your account?
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Tinycloud: Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.
No particular reason. Sometimes, games on GOG are released later than Steam and other times, earlier (like the recently-released Dropsy).
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Tinycloud: And will there be preloading for Soma? Would be awesome if someone from GOG could answer that. :')
Highly doubtful. The only times that preloading has been available on GOG is for Witcher 2 and 3. Nothing else.
Posted September 14, 2015
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Tinycloud: ...
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.
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Hmm. That is interesting. Perhaps because the DRM-Free version need its own adjustment ? but some games before also released on the same time as Steam version. So maybe only someone from GOG could answer your question..
Posted September 14, 2015
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Grargar: Where does it say that it's going to be released at 11 PM? Your account?
When I go to my library and click on Soma, there's a countdown timer, but it's 3 hours more than steam.
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omega64: I doubt you'll be able to preload. Don't remember GOG ever offering that except for maybe Witcher 3.
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Grargar: Highly doubtful. The only times that preloading has been available on GOG is for Witcher 2 and 3. Nothing else.
I see.. despite my account being from 2012 I wasn't using gog much until recently, so I wasn't familiar with that.
Post edited September 14, 2015 by Tinycloud
Posted September 14, 2015
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Tinycloud: When I go to my library and click on Soma, there's a countdown timer, but it's 3 hours more than steam.
I see. 11 PM would be a highly unusual release time for GOG, though, especially if it wasn't based on the wishes of the developer/publisher. I suspect, but can't confirm, that one of the release times (GOG's or Steam's) might change as the game is getting closer to its release date.
Posted September 14, 2015
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Tinycloud: When I go to my library and click on Soma, there's a countdown timer, but it's 3 hours more than steam.
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Grargar: I see. 11 PM would be a highly unusual release time for GOG, though, especially if it wasn't based on the wishes of the developer/publisher. I suspect, but can't confirm, that one of the release times (GOG's or Steam's) might change as the game is getting closer to its release date.
I guess you have a point, steam's time seems more accurate considering around 7-8PM is usually the time games are released on steam, perhaps I'll see a change in the timer on GOG or it becomes available before the timer even hits 0.
Guess I'll just wait and see.
Posted September 15, 2015
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Tinycloud: I guess you have a point, steam's time seems more accurate considering around 7-8PM is usually the time games are released on steam, perhaps I'll see a change in the timer on GOG or it becomes available before the timer even hits 0.
IIRC, last game that had a timer it turns out the code was screwed up (shocking!). The timer wasn't UTC based, but instead was for 13:00, or whatever the actual time, for each person locally. As in people in different time zones have different values for the count down.
Posted September 15, 2015
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Tinycloud: Pre-ordered Soma a few days ago, according to the remaining time on steam it's set to release on the 22nd of this month at 8PM in my time(GMT+2), but on GOG it's set to release on that day at 11PM? Why the difference?

I can't call 1 hour before 23 September a 22 September release, why is it released at a different time from steam?
I was hoping to actually play it on the day it's supposed to be released, but 11PM is way too late, it might as well say "Release date 23 September" in my case.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.

And will there be preloading for Soma? Would be awesome if someone from GOG could answer that. :')
On our end, I can confirm that the release time for SOMA shouldn't be delayed and the official premiere time for the title that we got from the developer is 9am CEST (click here to WolframAlpha that time to your time zone).
Posted September 15, 2015
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Tinycloud: Pre-ordered Soma a few days ago, according to the remaining time on steam it's set to release on the 22nd of this month at 8PM in my time(GMT+2), but on GOG it's set to release on that day at 11PM? Why the difference?

I can't call 1 hour before 23 September a 22 September release, why is it released at a different time from steam?
I was hoping to actually play it on the day it's supposed to be released, but 11PM is way too late, it might as well say "Release date 23 September" in my case.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I can wait a day longer, I'm just wondering why it's different.

And will there be preloading for Soma? Would be awesome if someone from GOG could answer that. :')
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Ciris: On our end, I can confirm that the release time for SOMA shouldn't be delayed and the official premiere time for the title that we got from the developer is 9am CEST (click here to WolframAlpha that time to your time zone).
Ah, thanks! Great to hear that it'll be released early in the day. And I see that the countdown has been changed accordingly.
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