How bad this is depends on what country in the Euro-zone you are in. For some countries, the conversion is probably about right for the purchasing power (note not necessarily the same thing as exchange rate which is what GOG uses), but for others, especially former Soviet-bloc countries and some others, it is way out of proportion and the exchange rate is more appropriate and in line with the difference in purchasing power than the 1-1 conversion.

Another thing you have to consider is that sales are negotiated with the publishers in the agency model. Now that doesn't always mean that digital retailers will have the same sales at the same time, but it increases its likelihood a lot.

An attack? No, it's just business. This is how it goes when two companies are trying to sell the same product.

I think you guys didn't understand what was I trying to say, competition is really good for customers like us, and I'm not angry or something like that, I'm just thinking that this is a very agressive welcome on the market. I'm not judgin Steam, as I say, I also use Steam and I love it, it was only a thinking I wanted to share with you. No really, because people who use €, like me, are paying more for the same, and that's not fair. GOG takes care of that, luckily.

The only Steam-exclusive bonus is the soundtrack, and no offense to the band, I wouldn't pay $2.50 for an MP3 version of it.

Steam's being this aggressive because they don't usually price match other vendors, but Amazon's been selling a lot of Steamworks games for ridiculously low prices, so they have to fight back somehow...

I don't know. At best, Steam is competing for 30% of the GOG usersbase. As in people that don't really care about DRM and want new games.

All those who are here because of DRM free and old school gaming aren't going to Steam anyway. Steam probably made more money with Anomaly Warzone Earth in the first hour of the daily than GOG did in the last week.

If a new game is offered on GOG and Steam I will play it on Steam (In very, very rare instances I will buy another copy from GOG for support). And I'm as much a GOG fanboy as they come, but Steam just suits me better in that regard. Every "old game" I buy exclusively on GOG, for the same reason. Then GOG is better for me.

Steam is fighting an uphill battle with Amazon, but GOG isn't much of a concern for them.

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I meant the examples in this thread. Granted I haven't done the math.

Edit: I don't get it. GOG have better prices then Steam with Alan Wake. How is Steam attacking GOG?

Yeah, this is most likely it. I wouldn't expect Steam to feel threatened by GOG, that would be quite ridiculous.

In fact, it seems to me this is a first new title release in which GOG got lucky and still offers the best deal on the market. Remember Botanicula?

Publishers generally have to agree to put their games on sale.

Anyways, the reason Alan Wake is on sale on Steam (and even here) is because it's expandalone is coming out soon, and in fact, is now available for preorder. Simple really.

All I said was that GOG were on their radar. You're reading way too much into that.

As for Amazon, meh. The only way they'll be a concern is when they stop being US-only.

I'm German, radars make me nervous ;-P

And I love Amazon.com! (Fun Fact, I can't buy apps, only games with my fake adress)

Agreed.

I can't be bothered with Amazon DD for some reason. Probably because it's seemingly all tied in with my UK account now (which is how it picked up on the fact that I'm from the UK without asking for an address).

I use fake addresses to get discounts from other DDs, but I don't really want to piss about with that account.

Not an attack just competition; beautiful, beautiful competition. I would love to see all of the games available from Steam, Origin, Gamers Gate, GOG and any other digital retailers out there be the same across the board. None of this Exclusive Title garbage. Then we could have true competition and each company would have to stand on its own merits of customer service to get ahead. Because if two different stores offer two different selections then are they really competing?

*waves to Gabe *

It's just regular, standard competition, which is good for Us, the Gamers

if GOG wants to play with the Big Boys, it's going to have to Step it up