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Posted January 06, 2017
Level Up!

The <span class="bold">Weekly Sale: The First of Many</span> is leveling up!
Joining the sale are the fantastic, retro point & click adventures from Wadjet Eye (you've got to try Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, and Shardlight) as well as a few true adventure classics including Simon The Sorcerer and The Feeble Files.

Don't forget – there are just a few days left to grab what you want!



One full week of wicked-good offers: Up to 80% off Leisure Suit Larry, Pan-Pan, Cannon Fodder & more to come!

Our weekly sales are changing!
We know that you've enjoyed the loosely-themed Weekly Staff Picks and the grand Weekend Promos - we did too. But after nearly two years of fighting the good fight, it's time to morph into something bigger, stronger, maybe even better: our mighty Weekly Sale!

Launching every Monday, each Weekly Sale will last for seven days. It's a selection of games we know you'll love – but if you don't see anything you fancy right off the bat, don't fret: we'll add another batch of super-good offers every Friday.


<span class="bold">Weekly Sale: The First of Many</span> features games with plenty of drama and heartbreak, unexpected tales, and intriguing mysteries. Get right to it with the first round of offers for up to 80% off, including Overlord, Pan-Pan, Shelter, Leisure Suit Larry, and more!

The sale will last until January 9, 5:00 PM UTC.
Posted January 06, 2017
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Vythonaut: [...] However you look at it, the problem lies in the design. [...]
Spot on.


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Vythonaut: [...] leave the "Level Ups" for the RPGs? :P [...]
Best idea so far.
Posted January 06, 2017
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Grargar: GOG editing the 1st post and bumping the headline to the top is still confusing people. Business as usual, then.
I quite agree. WTF GOG were/are thinking of is still elusive.
Posted January 06, 2017
So where is the weekend sale?
Posted January 07, 2017
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blotunga: So where is the weekend sale?
They already added the weekend discounts for the selected games:
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GOG.com: Level Up!

The <span class="bold">Weekly Sale: The First of Many</span> is leveling up!
Joining the sale are the fantastic, retro point & click adventures from Wadjet Eye (you've got to try Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, and Shardlight) as well as a few true adventure classics including Simon The Sorcerer and The Feeble Files.

Don't forget – there are just a few days left to grab what you want!
Posted January 07, 2017
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blotunga: So where is the weekend sale?
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Prolence: They already added the weekend discounts for the selected games:
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GOG.com: Level Up!

The <span class="bold">Weekly Sale: The First of Many</span> is leveling up!
Joining the sale are the fantastic, retro point & click adventures from Wadjet Eye (you've got to try Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, and Shardlight) as well as a few true adventure classics including Simon The Sorcerer and The Feeble Files.

Don't forget – there are just a few days left to grab what you want!
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Prolence:
Ah, I haven't noticed because I already had everything from the new batch.
Posted January 07, 2017
Poor marketing.
Posted January 07, 2017
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blotunga: Ah, I haven't noticed because I already had everything from the new batch.
I can see it's easy to miss that way, hopefully having better luck with next week's discounts.
Posted January 07, 2017
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OldOldGamer: Poor marketing.
What did you expect ? A half page banner ?
Post edited January 07, 2017 by Painted_Doll
Posted January 07, 2017
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OldOldGamer: Poor marketing.
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Painted_Doll: What did you expect ? A half page banner ?
just bring back the old Weekend Sale.
Like my Father says: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
Posted January 07, 2017
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Gleacer: just bring back the old Weekend Sale.
Like my Father says: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
Yeah, I agree, but that is what everyone is doing all the time.
Posted January 07, 2017
weekly sales and no weekend sales?
seems gog is trying, I will give them that. Not that I enticed by it, but at least they are trying.
Post edited January 07, 2017 by Faithful
Posted January 07, 2017
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I have to agree with what was said numerous times in this thread.

There is nothing wrong with calling the old staff picks weekly sale and extending them through the weekend. But there is everything wrong with simply adding the weekend sale to the weekly sale.

*) The newly added games practically get zero exposure. If you didn't read and remember the news announcement you wouldn't know that games get added on Friday. So if you come online and just see the old sale from Monday and no weekend sale most people wouldn't check a sale they have already checked during the week again.

*) Even if you do know and remember that games get added on Friday, good luck finding out which they are! Lumping all games together on one list without emphasizing which games are new just leads to tedious double checking.

*) When people try to avoid double checking by the most obvious method by simply checking the sale after the new games were added on Friday the whole purpose of letting the weekly sale run longer is defeated since the customers will only have the weekend to decide what they want.


And creating such problems when all three problems could have easily been avoided is honestly a bit mind boggling. Eiither...

1) by leaving the weekly sale as is and make a separate weekend sale or
2) by putting all games of the week on sale on Monday, thus not only extending the staff picks but also the weekend sale and putting them together to form the weekly sale.
Posted January 07, 2017
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OldOldGamer: Poor marketing.
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Painted_Doll: What did you expect ? A half page banner ?
If they changed the format, I suppose they were trying to fix a problem: real or perceived.
The new format is not a clear leap forward from the previous, so the marketing, imho, has failed.

So, marketing is not about banner/not-banner.
Posted January 07, 2017
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GOG.com: <span class="bold">Weekly Sale: The First of Many</span> features games with plenty of drama and heartbreak, unexpected tales, and intriguing mysteries. Get right to it with the first round of offers for up to 80% off, including Overlord, Pan-Pan, Shelter, Leisure Suit Larry, and more!
So are weekly sales taking over for Weekend sales?
Posted January 07, 2017
This is an unnecessary change for the worse. All this does is make me less inclined to want to check the sale and/or make a purchase.
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