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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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tfishell: I'm not sure how I feel about this. It seems like a desperate attempt to move some somewhat-unpopular indie games (with a few classics thrown in) that haven't been selling too well. Perhaps CDP is looking for a quick buck to help continue funding Witcher 3.
Define "somewhat-unpopular".
This promo is a great idea! It's kind of crazy. I like it. I am sure this will make people talk a lot about GOG and thus increase GOG's degree of familiarity.
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kalirion: This is just silly, I'm not going to keep refreshing GOG.com just to catch every single deal before it expires.

Steam has the right idea with scheduled flash deals every 8 hours during the last Summer Sale. But this.... no thank you.
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MichiGen: You don't have to refresh anything, you just have to sit and look at the monitor if something interesting will show up :D
But I'm pissed that I will have to go sleep and I will miss a lot of deals.
By the time it refreshes automatically the free deal is gone.
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Mr_GeO: Am I seeing things, or there was a "Shelter" for FREE here????
But before I even move my mouse to click on it, it was gone, and then Theme Hospital appear?
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undeadcow: I don't think Shelter was free... it was on sale earlier for ~$4.99. Unless they did a lower price encore, which seems unlikely.
It was on sale, but then afterwards (there was a game in between but I forget which), a quick 12 copies were free. It was over before I blinked...

EDIT: Ninja'ed!
Post edited November 13, 2013 by jackster79
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tfishell: I'm not sure how I feel about this. It seems like a desperate attempt to move some somewhat-unpopular indie games (with a few classics thrown in) that haven't been selling too well. Perhaps CDP is looking for a quick buck to help continue funding Witcher 3.
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BoxOfSnoo: Define "somewhat-unpopular".
Games that were close to the bottom of the catalog and weren't selling well because few people were interested in them.
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kalirion: This is just silly, I'm not going to keep refreshing GOG.com just to catch every single deal before it expires.

Steam has the right idea with scheduled flash deals every 8 hours during the last Summer Sale. But this.... no thank you.
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MichiGen: You don't have to refresh anything, you just have to sit and look at the monitor if something interesting will show up :D
But I'm pissed that I will have to go sleep and I will miss a lot of deals.
I got the same feeling, hoping they have a break or repeats or something
Haven't picked any thing up yet. But still hoping to score some sweet games. Ridiculous, but great.
It's 2:30 AM here and I don't wanna go to sleep :D
Waiting for someting I don't own already...
That's difficult. ^^
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MichiGen: You don't have to refresh anything, you just have to sit and look at the monitor if something interesting will show up :D
But I'm pissed that I will have to go sleep and I will miss a lot of deals.
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dhrverbruggen: I got the same feeling, hoping they have a break or repeats or something
The title of the sale (insomnia) pretty much does away with the idea of a break... and we're going to need a few, for sure.
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BoxOfSnoo: Define "somewhat-unpopular".
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tfishell: Games that were close to the bottom of the catalog and weren't selling well because few people were interested in them.
I don't think any of those have been in here so far. One person's trash etc.
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tfishell: I'm not sure how I feel about this. It seems like a desperate attempt to move some somewhat-unpopular indie games (with a few classics thrown in) that haven't been selling too well. Perhaps CDP is looking for a quick buck to help continue funding Witcher 3.
doubt it, the few grand they make here are hardly significant in the millions they earn. its for publicity!
I love the promo. It's refreshing. i find myself chuckling while staring at the screen like a maniac. Of course, if it turned into a regular thing, it wouldn't be so interesting, but as a one-time wonder, it's a great idea. We're joking around, games are being sold at great prices, and GOG gets a great promotion from all of us. Better then them paying for a marketing campaign.
high rated
They managed to give away copies of Omerta? Wow. :D
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MichiGen: You don't have to refresh anything, you just have to sit and look at the monitor if something interesting will show up :D
But I'm pissed that I will have to go sleep and I will miss a lot of deals.
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dhrverbruggen: I got the same feeling, hoping they have a break or repeats or something
We can only hope that they will repeat them I think. We'll see.

By the way, PC Gamer has written an article about this promo
http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2013/11/13/gogs-fall-insomnia-sale-is-weird-arbitrary-but-admittedly-cheap/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=emp