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eiii: And no announcement or comment from GOG about it, not even on their beloved 3rd party channels? Or did I miss something?
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tfishell: Um, were you expecting GOG to direct people to their competitor? Or what am I missing?
Of course not. :) But maybe being a bit more communicative about what good things they are doing for their users. :P

What does it help when you silently apply a discount to one of your games? Most people won't recognize it. And the people which do recognize it most probably also recognize that the game is free elsewhere, may not realize that your package delivers more than the competitors and feel like 2nd class citizens once again. Both cases are not helpful for GOG.
So either be quiet, do not apply any discount and sit it out, hoping nobody notice that it's free elsewhere (not a good strategy if you ask me), or, when you are able to offer a discount, be communicative about it, announce it and present your strengths (the additional goodies) to be competitive.

But again, I may have missed an announcement or any other official comment about this game being on sale now. That's why I was asking.
Post edited January 19, 2016 by eiii
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Azhdar: Is Lo Wang Samurai? :P
Best of both worlds: He's got a revolver *and* a katana.

But his proper classification is superhero, of course... To the Wang cave! :P
Westerado is sorely missed on GOG.
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tfishell: Um, were you expecting GOG to direct people to their competitor? Or what am I missing?
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eiii: Of course not. :) But maybe being a bit more communicative about what good things they are doing for their users. :P

What does it help when you silently apply a discount to one of your games? Most people won't recognize it. And the people which do recognize it most probably also recognize that the game is free elsewhere, may not realize that your package delivers more than the competitors and feel like 2nd class citizens once again. Both cases are not helpful for GOG.
So either be quiet, do not apply any discount and sit it out, hoping nobody notice that it's free elsewhere (not a good strategy if you ask me), or, when you are able to offer a discount, be communicative about it, announce it and present your strengths (the additional goodies) to be competitive.

But again, I may have missed an announcement or any other official comment about this game being on sale now. That's why I was asking.
I think I understand your feeling. I was a little confused because the game was discounted without a blog to accompany it. I don't think GOG needs to mention that it is free on Steam, but it would have been good to post a blog for good relations with the developer and not only the customers. Maybe they just assumed that people would know about it and check here. Anyway buying it at the discount price to get a DRM-Free version than the free Steam version is best. I suppose most people would agree.
Is 1849 still deserving of two stars? It's one of the few games of it's type I don't own on GOG. Since it's been a while and I'd assume it's been patched numerous times, and it's the never Gold Edition with integrated DLC packs, is it worth buying more than it was originally?