Seems like Switzerland is on a good way to replace the UK in the race for the "best" price *sigh*

What's more, as of late GB is slightly benefited by regional pricing. Another Brexit consequence, I guess... :P

According to the metrics, UK is actually doing really well lately, -0.41% average, so discounts winning. And Switzerland is on "top", with +7.05% (if you don't count that bug on Sheltered that gives it +33% for the "most of the world" region... plus regRO and regRS).

Another episode in ridiculous regional pricing.


That's a significant price drop. Wonder if it's a change of heart, or a bug/GOG mess up.

GOG fixing a mistake in the first place.

So, a case of GOG mess up after all, eh? Cheers.

From MaGog's logs for 25 July:


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The newly added game Kingdom Rush: Frontiers is regionally priced:

>>> It is $10.99 instead of $9.99 in PL
>>> It is $10.97 instead of $9.99 in regCZ, regDE, DK, regIT, MC, NL
>>> It is $10.19 instead of $9.99 in CH
>>> It is $9.19 instead of $9.99 in GB
>>> It is $8.39 instead of $9.99 in CA
>>> It is $8.19 instead of $9.99 in NO, SE
>>> It is $7.39 instead of $9.99 in AU, NZ
>>> It is $6.19 instead of $9.99 in regAR, BR, CL, CO, PE
>>> It is $3.69 instead of $9.99 in RU, UA, regUZ

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The newly added game Battlezone 98 Redux - The Red Odyssey [DLC] is regionally priced:

>>> It is $10.99 instead of $9.99 in PL
>>> It is $10.97 instead of $9.99 in regCZ, regDE, DK, regIT, MC, NL
>>> It is $10.29 instead of $9.99 in CH
>>> It is $9.19 instead of $9.99 in GB
>>> It is $8.49 instead of $9.99 in AU, NZ
>>> It is $8.39 instead of $9.99 in CA
>>> It is $8.29 instead of $9.99 in SE
>>> It is $8.19 instead of $9.99 in NO
>>> It is $6.99 instead of $9.99 in UA, regUZ
>>> It is $6.09 instead of $9.99 in regAR, BR, CL, CO, MX, PE
>>> It is $3.69 instead of $9.99 in RU

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Pricing changed for Ghost of a Tale [In Dev]

>>> Game no longer regionally priced in PL

>>> Regional price changed from $22.69 to $19.49 in CH
>>> Regional price changed from $22.08 to $16.45 in DK
>>> Regional price changed from $22.00 to $16.39 in SE
>>> Regional price changed from $21.99 to $16.35 in NO

This regional-pricing nonsense is getting more and more ludicrous.

I completely agree that regional pricing is ludicrous (per se), but as I think we discussed not long ago, things like this must be due to converting prices to other currencies. As in, the same amount (e.g. $9.99) translates into different figures when converted to different currencies, so I'm pretty sure these small differences are the result of tweaking the resulting price (in the non-dollar currency) to make it more marketing-y (i.e. ending in '9', or '99').

EDIT#1: Hmmm... I've just checked, and Google gives me the following conversions between U.S. dollars and Polish zloty, so I don't really know what to think...

9.99 USD = 39.66 PLN
10.99 USD = 43.63 PLN

EDIT#2: And of course, the $10.97 in the Euro regions comes from considering $1 = 1€... :\

Which makes it all the more ludicrous.


The more logic one tries to apply, the more ludicrous it all becomes.

Thought it had long been established that regional pricing is pulled out of someone's rear end and done just because they can get away with it, with the full end result being as close to the product of said rear end as they can get away with getting.

Looks like that someone's rear changes its mind easily:

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Pricing changed for Kingdom Rush: Frontiers

>>> Game no longer regionally priced in regAR, CL, CO, PE

Indeed; it'd appear that muntdefems wasn't given the memo though.



Don't tell me you expected better from a dev's/pub's rear end...

It was a discount, after all. May be or may have been a bug too, or may be that they realized they can get some sales there at regular price too so why not...

From MaGog's logs for 26 July:


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The newly added game Ashes of the Singularity - Epic Map Pack [DLC] is regionally priced:

>>> It is $4.59 instead of $3.99 in CH
>>> It is $4.46 instead of $3.99 in DK
>>> It is $4.45 instead of $3.99 in SE
>>> It is $4.39 instead of $3.99 in regCZ, regDE, regIT, MC, NL, PL
>>> It is $3.50 instead of $3.99 in NO
>>> It is $3.39 instead of $3.99 in AU, NZ
>>> It is $2.79 instead of $3.99 in UA, regUZ
>>> It is $1.39 instead of $3.99 in RU

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Pricing changed for We Happy Few [In Dev]

>>> Game is now regionally priced ($30.83 instead of $29.99) in DK
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($30.80 instead of $29.99) in PL
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($30.79 instead of $29.99) in regCZ, regDE, regIT, MC, NL
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($30.49 instead of $29.99) in GB
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($29.69 instead of $29.99) in CH
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($25.28 instead of $29.99) in CA
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($25.09 instead of $29.99) in AU, NZ
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($23.49 instead of $29.99) in SE
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($23.39 instead of $29.99) in NO
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($17.99 instead of $29.99) in UA, regUZ
>>> Game is now regionally priced ($7.59 instead of $29.99) in RU