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General discussionThe Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale is wide awake!(3178 posts)(3178 posts)
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Posted March 21, 2016
Limited-quantity deals round-the-clock | Tired-looking sheep.



UPDATE: Time to go to bed, everyone! It's been a fun, intense, coffee-fueled week but the sheep has finally saled on this Insomnia sale so everyone can now get their (hardly needed) beauty sleep. Or go try out those fine-looking games they snagged moments before stocks disappeared. So long and don't let the bedbugs bite. Slay them for precious XP, instead.
Remember to check your email for your unlocked freebies, and you can always contact <span class="bold">Support</span> if there is anthing you're missing.



Don't fall asleep, don't look away… heck, just give up blinking.
Prepare yourselves a cauldron of hot coffee and stock up on eyedrops! Our infamous Insomnia Sale returns with a relentless stream of limited-quantity deals, one game after the other, nonstop until the games run out. Or the sheep doze off.

We've been studying your valuable feedback on this annual event, including comments like "AAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!!" and "Please, why won't you let me sleep?!". We took them to heart and decided that what you guys are saying is that you need more gaming stimulants to fight away sleepiness. Worry not, we're here to help.

You lucky Insomniacs will also be treated to a number of games never before seen on GOG.com as well as the best-ever deal on our crowning jewel - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (-50% after the recent price drop, that's $24.99 in the USA).


If you want to learn more about the intricacies behind this whole science of non-sleep, check out the promo <span class="bold">FAQ</span>. But don't dally there too long, because games will start disappearing before your bloodshot eyes!

The GOG.com Insomnia Sale starts Monday, March 21, 2:00 PM GMT and will run until the limited-quantity deals run out.

While counting sheep and game deals, make sure to also drop by our <span class="bold">imgur</span> page and grab your Insomnia wallpapers.

Twitch Insomnia Marathon

We won't let you fall asleep while you're waiting for your favorite game to go on sale! Tune in at any time of day or night to twitch.tv/GOGcom for the best games being played by our mighty team of streamers, joined by special guests. 20 streamers. 100 hours of gameplay. Lots of empty coffee mugs.
Post edited March 26, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted March 22, 2016
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Neverfree: I shall offer my soul once again for the greater good of the GoG community
You're gonna burn through all your souls before this sale's over.
Posted March 22, 2016
It jumped from ys to neptunia to ys again. Now galak-z. What the
Posted March 22, 2016
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Neverfree: I shall offer my soul once again for the greater good of the GoG community
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Ophelium: You're gonna burn through all your souls before this sale's over.
LOL It's not looking good
Posted March 22, 2016
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cpt_garlock: It jumped from ys to neptunia to ys again. Now galak-z. What the
I was wondering about that.
Posted March 22, 2016
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skeletonbow: Not sure what the reason for it is, but it's pretty annoying that you can not click on the Insomnia sale anywhere and be taken to the page for the given game to investigate it, whether it is compatible with your OS or hardware, see screenshots, trailers, find out what it is even about, etc. nor can you do that from the shopping cart if you put it in your cart. That is extremely inconvenient whether it was done by mistake or done on purpose for some particular reason or another. The only way you can find out what a game is all about is by opening another browser tab into the GAMES navigation button, then manually typing in the name of the game by hand.

Seriously, that is extremely not customer friendly to say the least. I don't know if any blues have stated why it is done this way or not, but it is unfriendly no matter how you slice it. :) Likewise, any of us gamers can speculate reasons why it might be like this too, and zero of our reasons matter if users are confused and irritated by it.

I can think of one reason speculatively why it might be like this on purpose, which is that the promoted games are in such small quantities and will disappear quickly that one does not have enough time to even peruse the game page, so allowing people to easily navigate to the page to find out about it will cause them to miss out on being able to buy it. If this is true then it is really boiling down to whether more people get annoyed by being unable to research the games by making a simple single click to go to the store page, or more people get annoyed by bringing up a store page then later being unable to buy the game as the promo has moved on to the next game.

That is just pure speculation of course, and means nothing without an official word. Either way though, the current situation is pretty irritating for sure, and I've seen many people comment about being annoyed by it both in the forums here and on IRC.

Moments ago I just saw a new game which I think was called "Jotun" pop up which I've never seen before on the site, and it appears to have just been added new. But there is no news article linking to the game's store page, and no way to click on the Insomnia promo to go find out what the game is about. It was too much effort to jump through the hoops to go manually look in the game catalogue and type it in by hand so I just ignored it and will wait until something shows up somewhere on the site today/tomorrow/a month from now, whenever that allows me to find out about that (or any other) game(s) by a single mouse click. That's just me though. :)

This isn't a cry for someone to give me a link to the game's store page though either as that would have taken me far less effort than writing this note. My goal here is to make GOG aware of the fact that the current Insomnia not linking to store pages is irritating regardless of why it is done that way.
^ THIS! Thought the same just a few minutes ago while recognizing that clicking on a game (Galak-Z) leads directly to the checkout instead to the gamecard page... GOG that's shit. Fix that!
Posted March 22, 2016
Picked up Runestone Keeper. Some people say it's too RNG focused. Aslong as it bridges the 20 days till Dark Souls 3 comes out I'm fine with that. ^^
Post edited March 22, 2016 by The_Blog
Posted March 22, 2016
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TwistedFate.385: I think he was helped by the coming up sign, too. Olli Olli 2 is the only sports title in the mix.
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MrDrWatson: Stop spoiling the magic! ;-)
Umm... I... fell asleep because I'm so tired from the sale and dreamt the whole "Ys popping up" thing. You're genie thing is totally real.

Sorry.
Posted March 22, 2016
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LiefLayer: LOL I lost terraria again!!!!! And I was here!!!! WTF!!
Harhar an insomnia classic! :D
(you're not alone ; )
Posted March 22, 2016
Hurry! Only 63 copies of the witcher iii left!!!
Posted March 22, 2016
Would buy Witcher 3 in a heartbeat if my computer was up to it.
Posted March 22, 2016
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implord66: Hurry! Only 63 copies of the witcher iii left!!!
nope... 24€ is still too expansive. and the witcher 3 is still windows only
Posted March 22, 2016
I swear "This War of Mine" goes the fastest. :P Luckily I saw it right when it changed over and grabbed it!
Posted March 22, 2016
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implord66: Hurry! Only 63 copies of the witcher iii left!!!
LOL Thanks. I was actually waiting for it and almost missed it because I was reading this :D
Posted March 22, 2016
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implord66: Hurry! Only 63 copies of the witcher iii left!!!
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Genthar: LOL Thanks. I was actually waiting for it and almost missed it because I was reading this :D
Enjoy it, that game is pure magic. :)
Posted March 22, 2016
I already own it for PS4. My pcs would implode if I tried to run it.
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