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Posted November 25, 2014
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Urnoev: Wow, so much tension suddenly in this thread, with everyone trying to answer clever and subtle... ;)
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JudasIscariot: I didn't notice any tension in the thread myself :)
I neither, just the usual give-and-take of things here. I do appreciate the hard work and diplomatic skills that Judas puts into being the forum-face of GOG. It's not an enviable task with this crowd, myself included. :)
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mrkgnao: After the bug (i.e. now):
Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_ru: 6.09
[AU, BR, DE, GB, PL same as US]
That's a good change, given that the rest of the M&B titles seem to be priced that way as well. Less "Regional Priced" and more "Russian Discounted". :)
Post edited November 25, 2014 by IAmSinistar
Posted November 25, 2014
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mrkgnao: After the bug (i.e. now):
Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_ru: 6.09
[AU, BR, DE, GB, PL same as US]
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IAmSinistar: That's a good change, given that the rest of the M&B titles seem to be priced that way as well. Less "Regional Priced" and more "Russian Discounted". :)
I expect it's a temporary "setback" and will be restored to its "full and glorious" regional pricing once GOG notices the extant vestiges of the "bug".

BTW: Agarest and Freedom Planet are not (as yet) regionally priced.
Posted November 25, 2014
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mrkgnao: I expect it's a temporary "setback" and will be restored to its "full and glorious" regional pricing once GOG notices the extant vestiges of the "bug".
I'm not so sure, since all the M&B titles are priced that way. I'd like to think that GOG actually has an agreement with the publishers on this one to offer the same price everywhere (again, except for the "if it's not cheap enough we steal it" clientele).

I feel okay buying the M&B games now that the price is basically fair for everyone, and I hope it remains that way. I'll even pick up the Vikings pre-order in gratitude to GOG.

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mrkgnao: BTW: Agarest and Freedom Planet are not (as yet) regionally priced.
Good news, that. Here's hoping it stays that way.
Posted November 25, 2014
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mrkgnao: BTW: Agarest and Freedom Planet are not (as yet) regionally priced.
Freedom Planet, at least, isn't regionally-priced on the Humble Store.
Posted November 25, 2014
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Grargar: Freedom Planet, at least, isn't regionally-priced on the Humble Store.
Speaking of pre-release entries, anyone know when Crawl is due out? It's be in pre-release here for a long while now. I suppose it's waiting on Galaxy multi-player.
Posted November 25, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Speaking of pre-release entries, anyone know when Crawl is due out? It's be in pre-release here for a long while now. I suppose it's waiting on Galaxy multi-player.
True to its name, it still has a ways to go. Last update was in September (version freaking 0.2!). They have an estimated release date of "at least early 2015".
Post edited November 25, 2014 by Grargar
Posted November 25, 2014
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Grargar: True to its name, it still has a ways to go. Last update was in September (version freaking 0.2!). They have an estimated release date of "at least early 2015".
Ouch! That puts the "pre" in pre-release. :)
Post edited November 25, 2014 by IAmSinistar
Posted November 26, 2014
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mrkgnao: I expect it's a temporary "setback" and will be restored to its "full and glorious" regional pricing once GOG notices the extant vestiges of the "bug".
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IAmSinistar: I'm not so sure, since all the M&B titles are priced that way. I'd like to think that GOG actually has an agreement with the publishers on this one to offer the same price everywhere (again, except for the "if it's not cheap enough we steal it" clientele).

I feel okay buying the M&B games now that the price is basically fair for everyone, and I hope it remains that way. I'll even pick up the Vikings pre-order in gratitude to GOG.
And it's "fixed".

NOTE! CHANGED Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_au: $14.99 ***TO*** $17.39
NOTE! CHANGED Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_de: $14.99 ***TO*** $18.79
NOTE! CHANGED Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_gb: $14.99 ***TO*** $15.99
NOTE! CHANGED Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_pl: $14.99 ***TO*** $18.79
NOTE! CHANGED Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest [Upcoming] [DLC], reg_price_ru: $6.09 ***TO*** $10.09
Post edited November 26, 2014 by mrkgnao
Posted November 26, 2014
Surprise surprise...
Posted November 26, 2014
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mrkgnao: And it's "fixed".
Fuuuuu...great. Time to update the GOGmix text. AGAIN.

Bought it during the error pricing, not that it ever affects the US price. But it sucks that they didn't keep it fair-priced like the rest of M&B. I suppose GOG probably will change those eventually too.
Posted November 26, 2014
Bleh
Post edited November 26, 2014 by Reaper9988
Posted November 26, 2014
Well, that means no expansion for me.
Posted November 26, 2014
Ahh man I'm in a bad mood today.
Post edited November 26, 2014 by Reaper9988
Posted November 26, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Ah, I seem to have slept through the glitch. I suspect that the switch-over from sale mode to regular mode screwed up something on the servers. A shame, how awesome would have been an announcement that GOG had gone back to One World Pricing.
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JudasIscariot: As awesome as that would be I am sure the games leaving as a result of us doing what you describe would not be seen as something awesome.

Just my 2 cents or .50 eurocents :)
Would be awesome from where I'm standing. Which, again, is the position that says games should only be here if they are BOTH DRM-free and either flat priced or standard-or-less priced (as in the less for Russia cases - don't mind that). If publishers won't accept that, good riddance, as with the Nordic case.
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PaterAlf: I wouldn't wonder if the bug will occur from time to time. After all it's a win-win situation. People who oppose the regional pricing can buy the games flat-priced for a short time and GOG gets some data about the number of people who is willing to do so. The developers on the other hand will get a pretty high price for their games, because some people will buy it right away, just because they are happy that the game isn't regionally priced any longer and fear that the old pricing sceme will be back in a few hours.

It's not a bug, it's a diabolic plan to get our money. ;-)
If it's just a temporary thing, then buying the game then is still supporting a rotten publisher. Should only be bought once they switch permanently, and the publisher comes out to confirm it as their stance.
Posted November 26, 2014
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JudasIscariot: As awesome as that would be I am sure the games leaving as a result of us doing what you describe would not be seen as something awesome.

Just my 2 cents or .50 eurocents :)
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Cavalary: Would be awesome from where I'm standing. Which, again, is the position that says games should only be here if they are BOTH DRM-free and either flat priced or standard-or-less priced (as in the less for Russia cases - don't mind that). If publishers won't accept that, good riddance, as with the Nordic case.
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PaterAlf: I wouldn't wonder if the bug will occur from time to time. After all it's a win-win situation. People who oppose the regional pricing can buy the games flat-priced for a short time and GOG gets some data about the number of people who is willing to do so. The developers on the other hand will get a pretty high price for their games, because some people will buy it right away, just because they are happy that the game isn't regionally priced any longer and fear that the old pricing sceme will be back in a few hours.

It's not a bug, it's a diabolic plan to get our money. ;-)
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Cavalary: If it's just a temporary thing, then buying the game then is still supporting a rotten publisher. Should only be bought once they switch permanently, and the publisher comes out to confirm it as their stance.
Speaking for myself and myself only, I think that this entire affair regarding regional pricing on GOG is a case of us picking our battles. One of our most important tenets is having everything DRM free and I think getting some of the bigger games here without any DRM is one battle while regional pricing is another. I'd rather have us win the DRM free battle first and the regional price one second :) Again, just my opinion on the matter :)
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