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Posted June 16, 2014
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alcurnio: The worst thing about all these Bundle Sales is not your wallet but your time-space momentum - You'll never have enough space in your HDD and enough time in your life to play all the games you want to buy. ;)
You can't read all good books.
You can't watch all good movies.
You can't play all good games.
But I can sure as hell Try*

*Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
Post edited June 16, 2014 by PsyRabbit
Posted June 16, 2014
Surgeon Sim 2013
Master of Magic

up to bat next
Posted June 16, 2014
When they say 'Season Pass' for Broken Sword, is that the complete game, or is there more coming? I don't like waiting for episodes.
Posted June 16, 2014
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Nicole28: Let's see.. most of what I would like to grab are on the decent 50% off.

But Dreamfall The Longest Journey and Original War are not on sale at all in this one.

Crossing my fingers that they will appear up in the flash sales, when I'm around for them!
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TurnipSlayerr: Original War will not be in a flash sale and will also be removed from the catalogue on the 22nd of June along with the ArmA titles (which also won't be in flash sales). Normally I'm not talking about what flash sales there will be but I don't want anyone missing out on any games being removed!
What about ArxFatalis? It´s rumoured to be removed, so I ask you:
Will ArxNeverGoOnSaleis go on Sale this time?
Posted June 16, 2014
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Minkee23: When they say 'Season Pass' for Broken Sword, is that the complete game, or is there more coming? I don't like waiting for episodes.
initially it had only one ep and with the season pass you would also get the second episode that came out in April. Now it just consist of the full game with both episodes.

It is also mentioned in the description of the game:
Includes Broken Sword 5: Episode 1 and Broken Sword 5: Episode 2.
Post edited June 16, 2014 by Zurvan7
Posted June 16, 2014
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Minkee23: When they say 'Season Pass' for Broken Sword, is that the complete game, or is there more coming? I don't like waiting for episodes.
It's two episodes and both are complete & included.
Posted June 16, 2014
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Minkee23: When they say 'Season Pass' for Broken Sword, is that the complete game, or is there more coming? I don't like waiting for episodes.
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Zurvan7: initially it had only one ep and with the season pass you would also get the second episode that came out in April. Now it just consist of the full game with both episodes.

It is also mentioned in the description of the game:
Includes Broken Sword 5: Episode 1 and Broken Sword 5: Episode 2.
Seems most things come in five these days.
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Minkee23: When they say 'Season Pass' for Broken Sword, is that the complete game, or is there more coming? I don't like waiting for episodes.
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Tooms: It's two episodes and both are complete & included.
Great, thanks. I like buying complete games, like back in the day. And all this used to be fields ... :)
Post edited June 16, 2014 by Minkee23
Posted June 16, 2014
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TurnipSlayerr: Original War will not be in a flash sale and will also be removed from the catalogue on the 22nd of June along with the ArmA titles (which also won't be in flash sales). Normally I'm not talking about what flash sales there will be but I don't want anyone missing out on any games being removed!
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RadonGOG: What about ArxFatalis? It´s rumoured to be removed, so I ask you:
Will ArxNeverGoOnSaleis go on Sale this time?
Afraid not. Although I'm not sure why it's rumoured to be removed. That's the first I've heard about it!
Posted June 16, 2014
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skeletonbow: Of course. If 100 people are absolutely going to buy a game and the regular price is $10 and the sale price is $2 and all 100 people buy the game, and they all pay $10, that would support GOG (or whoever) more than if everyone paid the sale price. That much as you suggest in less words goes without saying so to speak. ;o)

But that is a math textbook example where a guaranteed 100 people are buying something no matter what, and that's not really how the real world works for selling products. It's much more complicated than that.
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Conrad57: BARF!

Wow, you really missed my point after the rhetorical question. However, with writing something that long, perhaps you started answering before I went back and clarified myself by adding "rhetorical" in there about 3 minutes after I posted it; about 3, maybe 4...

My point was that paying a little or a lot, I appreciate people buying on GOG because I found my old favorites there. I don't have enough time to read your novel reply. Yes, that's a pun. I read the first 3 sentences, jumped to the 3rd paragraph, skimmed more, and gave up. I've taken the economics and accounting classes and can run a business. You totally missed the point. I can see that by what you quoted. Try this quote again from my original post, "So, whether we support with a little (flash sale) or a lot (full price), thanks! ..." Why thanks? Because I've personally benefited from everyone who has supported GOG. Go re-read it.

Not sorry. I don't have time to read your rewrite of textbooks I've already learned.
Mmhh this kind of arrogance has lead many businesses into bankruptcy also started the financial crisis in the US. Everyone was like hey I understand what I'm doing, so what if I take a second mortgage if I am not able to pay off my first one. But that's getting out of topic. I think that skeletonbow did a great explanation and it's never too late to learn stuff from other people. Even if you are a billion dollar business mogul.

With that being said you should have answered your own question. As long as gog can cover its average cost (maintaining servers etc) they can do as many low discounts as they want. Just like when some operators charge you less during specific hours, when electricity is cheaper in my country after 10 pm and why some airplanes fly with empty seats. Plus all these discounts have been discussed with the publishers/developers. They are the ones who decide if they want to participate in these sales or not. Plus gog does not make the most money from the sale sin general because they are just a distribution network. They will receive a percentage and did not invest their own money into publishing and developing the games. But I guess you already knew that ;)

I hope you enjoy the sales though :)
Posted June 16, 2014
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TurnipSlayerr: Although I'm not sure why it's rumoured to be removed.
Arx Fatalis is published on GOG by Arkane Studios, which is part of Zenimax. After the removal of Fallout, people wondered what the next title to go would be, and Arkane Studios' title popped up as a candidate.
Posted June 16, 2014
Hi,

I've tried to CTRL+F first page to check, and found no Banished there.

Has it ever been on sale? I want to make sure. I need a few copies.

That said, sorry for whining, but GOG is really a jerk when it comes to downloading. Haven't been able to download Banished patch due to an error message everytime I download. I contacted Support and they said to use GOG Downloader... great... it's not allowed to install any software here. Jeez. Thanks for nothing, I guess.
Posted June 16, 2014
I can't believe I backed Moebius for $50 and it's on sale for 15 bucks now. :(
Posted June 16, 2014
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zeroxxx: I've tried to CTRL+F first page to check, and found no Banished there.

Has it ever been on sale? I want to make sure. I need a few copies.
Nope.
Posted June 16, 2014
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Conrad57: BARF!

Wow, you really missed my point after the rhetorical question. However, with writing something that long, perhaps you started answering before I went back and clarified myself by adding "rhetorical" in there about 3 minutes after I posted it; about 3, maybe 4...

My point was that paying a little or a lot, I appreciate people buying on GOG because I found my old favorites there. I don't have enough time to read your novel reply. Yes, that's a pun. I read the first 3 sentences, jumped to the 3rd paragraph, skimmed more, and gave up. I've taken the economics and accounting classes and can run a business. You totally missed the point. I can see that by what you quoted. Try this quote again from my original post, "So, whether we support with a little (flash sale) or a lot (full price), thanks! ..." Why thanks? Because I've personally benefited from everyone who has supported GOG. Go re-read it.

Not sorry. I don't have time to read your rewrite of textbooks I've already learned.
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Zurvan7: Mmhh this kind of arrogance has lead many businesses into bankruptcy also started the financial crisis in the US. Everyone was like hey I understand what I'm doing, so what if I take a second mortgage if I am not able to pay off my first one. But that's getting out of topic. I think that skeletonbow did a great explanation and it's never too late to learn stuff from other people. Even if you are a billion dollar business mogul.

With that being said you should have answered your own question. As long as gog can cover its average cost (maintaining servers etc) they can do as many low discounts as they want. Just like when some operators charge you less during specific hours, when electricity is cheaper in my country after 10 pm and why some airplanes fly with empty seats. Plus all these discounts have been discussed with the publishers/developers. They are the ones who decide if they want to participate in these sales or not. Plus gog does not make the most money from the sale sin general because they are just a distribution network. They will receive a percentage and did not invest their own money into publishing and developing the games. But I guess you already knew that ;)

I hope you enjoy the sales though :)
I skimmed more of the reply than I probably gave the impression of. There's a good way to do research quickly when reading articles by checking the beginning, end, and middle, or a few segments in the middle if it's a very long article, quickly and skimming the rest. I really didn't see anything new (to me). That's nothing like the arrogance of bankers pressuring congress to remove Glass-Steagal so that they can play casino, nor like moguls exporting manufacturing from a country.

I know that I answered my own question. For my first question, it's called walking the reader through a thought process. For the second question (on getting links), my links don't actually answer what I was looking for. However, that's because such information, contract terms between companies, are not usually public until there's a lawsuit. So how much does DeveloperX get from GOG sales and under what terms (per+% or just %)? We may never know.

Like the earlier replier, you missed the point of my original post. I realized that any support GOG gets had benefitted me and I appreciated it. You didn't comment on that, but instead called me arrogant. Please read more carefully.
Post edited June 16, 2014 by Conrad57
Posted June 16, 2014
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RadonGOG: What about ArxFatalis? It´s rumoured to be removed, so I ask you:
Will ArxNeverGoOnSaleis go on Sale this time?
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TurnipSlayerr: Afraid not. Although I'm not sure why it's rumoured to be removed. That's the first I've heard about it!
Good to hear. Cannot find the post in which I was reading that rumor first, but I think it´s linked with the fact that ZeniMax (who are the owners of ArcaneStudios &ArxFatalis) pulled Fallout Series from here...
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