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Posted May 03, 2014
I was checking the new releases on Steam and noticed that Mr Bree + was now available there. The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
http://mr-bree.com/

It's one example but I'm sure that since the last (and unique?) permanent price drop on gog, a few games have surely seen their price permanently diminished elsewhere. So if some people have seen such cases recently, maybe we could email the gog team about that and they can adjust the price (or not...)
Posted May 03, 2014
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catpower1980: I was checking the new releases on Steam and noticed that Mr Bree + was now available there. The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
http://mr-bree.com/

It's one example but I'm sure that since the last (and unique?) permanent price drop on gog, a few games have surely seen their price permanently diminished elsewhere. So if some people have seen such cases recently, maybe we could email the gog team about that and they can adjust the price (or not...)
Yeah I noticed that too for Mr. Bree+, I was a bit shocked at the huge difference to be honest.
Posted May 03, 2014
Actually right now it's $1.99 on their website. :/
Posted May 03, 2014
It's even cheaper at Desura - €1.99:

http://www.desura.com/games/mrbree

So it's indeed time for a price drop on GOG.
Posted May 03, 2014
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catpower1980: The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
Another twist is that it is actually $10 here not 9. ;-)
Posted May 03, 2014
Maybe u should ask the dev/publisher why they dropped the price everywhere but not on Gog??
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catpower1980: I was checking the new releases on Steam and noticed that Mr Bree + was now available there. The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
http://mr-bree.com/

It's one example but I'm sure that since the last (and unique?) permanent price drop on gog, a few games have surely seen their price permanently diminished elsewhere. So if some people have seen such cases recently, maybe we could email the gog team about that and they can adjust the price (or not...)
what's the point?. Gog doesnt control the prices. many people prefer to buy games here DRM free anyway. if u want to buy elsewhere that's your choice
Post edited May 03, 2014 by Niggles
Posted May 03, 2014
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Niggles: Maybe u should ask the dev/publisher why they dropped the price everywhere but not on Gog??
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catpower1980: I was checking the new releases on Steam and noticed that Mr Bree + was now available there. The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
http://mr-bree.com/

It's one example but I'm sure that since the last (and unique?) permanent price drop on gog, a few games have surely seen their price permanently diminished elsewhere. So if some people have seen such cases recently, maybe we could email the gog team about that and they can adjust the price (or not...)
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Niggles: what's the point?. Gog doesnt control the prices. many people prefer to buy games here DRM free anyway. if u want to buy elsewhere that's your choice
I think this was probably just an oversight or GOG simply hasn't got to it yet.
Unlikely (and pretty shitty) that the developer would sell for $1.99 and expect GOG to compete at $9.99.
This is just an indie dev after all. ;)
Posted May 03, 2014
I think politely sending a message to the publisher stands a chance at getting a price drop.You never know, the developer may have just forgotten to reduce the price here. Worth a shot.
Posted May 03, 2014
I've sent a message to the GOG staff in case they were unaware of the issue. I hope that it's resolved soon considering the potential for lost sales.
Posted May 03, 2014
The last price drop was the one of Redshirt, and that was a silent one (without news post about it). That doesn't happen commonly anymore... But who knows ;-)
Posted May 05, 2014
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catpower1980: I was checking the new releases on Steam and noticed that Mr Bree + was now available there. The twist is that its basis price (without sales) is 3€/$ . I checked the official game page and every retailers excepting gog have this same basis price but here we still pay 9$ (yeah, that's the triple) :
http://mr-bree.com/

It's one example but I'm sure that since the last (and unique?) permanent price drop on gog, a few games have surely seen their price permanently diminished elsewhere. So if some people have seen such cases recently, maybe we could email the gog team about that and they can adjust the price (or not...)
And your concern has been addressed.
Posted May 05, 2014
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Grargar: And your concern has been addressed.
Yep, I noticed that. I hope more people will buy this game, it deserves it.
Posted May 05, 2014
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zeffyr: The last price drop was the one of Redshirt, and that was a silent one (without news post about it). That doesn't happen commonly anymore... But who knows ;-)
They probably kept that one below the radar for fear of more negative press regarding the ridiculous pricing. $20 is fairly high for an indie game, but Redshirt was so shallow and simple that charging it only added insult to injury.
Post edited May 05, 2014 by jamyskis
Posted May 05, 2014
I wonder how hard it would be for them to run a report that checks the price of the games they are selling on competitors websites like Steam, Desura, GG, etc. Run the report once a week and compare.
Post edited May 05, 2014 by Celton88
Posted May 05, 2014
I would like to have a universal price tracker, that basically tells me for every game I wish the price history over the last 12 months for all the popular distribution channels. I could then judge who has the best price and how likely it is that there will be an even better price within the next time.

But alas regional pricing makes everything bad again. Or game versions could not be completely identical.

It would already be nice to see a list of games that are cheaper on GOG than on Steam and vice versa.
Post edited May 05, 2014 by Trilarion
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