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General discussion (archive)Release: <b>Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum!</b>(285 posts)(285 posts)
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Posted April 26, 2012
Grab a front seat--this is one wild ride you will never forget

Finally, the trilogy is complete: GOG.com brings Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 back to your PCs in a definitive digital bundled-with-extras DRM-free package with the Soaked! and Wild! add-ons, all for just $19.99.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum! is a construction and management simulator, in which the player runs an amusement park by building rides, managing finances, hiring staff, and keeping the “peeps” happy. The game features career mode, in which players complete predesigned scenarios, and new sandbox mode where you can literally spend days and weeks designing the greatest roller coaster PC monitors have ever witnessed. The game utilizes full 3D graphics; that not only means you can rotate the camera and zoom in/out on your guests and amusement rides, but also allows you to use the CoasterCam and cruise along with your thrill-ride visitors.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is all the best from its genre--it’s beautiful to watch, accessible but challenging, enormously entertaining, and incredibly detailed when it comes to managing rides, buildings, salaries, prices, and fees. In addition to that, RCT3 packs a few new elements, like a day/night cycle, creating your own fireworks, adding your own mp3 music to the background, and creating your own groups of visitors. This is a tremendous addition to the series, especially since the Wild! and Soaked! add-ons are included.

Run the greatest amusement park in gaming history, available now on GOG.com for $19.99.
Posted May 01, 2012
Seems WAY too much. Ive seen this in stores damn cheap, ive seen it online pretty cheap too.
Posted May 01, 2012
Okay, so keeping in mind that most of the other online distributors are selling this for 30 bucks or 20 too, can anybody link to reputable distributors that are selling it (sans sale or anything "special") for less than what GOG is?

Really, if it's the same price as everywhere else, we can't get too frustrated at GOG for the price. I'd think, if anything, we should be annoyed at Frontier or Atari for not lowering the price of this game everywhere. :P

Oh, and prices do change apparently, just not very often. http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/new_price_for_oddworld_games and I think Patrician 3 and a few others dropped to 6 bucks.
Posted May 01, 2012
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tfishell: Okay, so keeping in mind that most of the other online distributors are selling this for 30 bucks or 20 too, can anybody link to reputable distributors that are selling it (sans sale or anything "special") for less than what GOG is?
Well, you get $1 of store credit at GG buying it there. Or is it "special"?
Posted May 01, 2012
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hedwards: Well obviously you can't offer it for less unless the publisher allows it. My point was simply that previous to all the changes there wouldn't be any games that were over $9.99. I'm not sure how I feel about this at the moment.
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SimonG: The irony is, that the overall profit would probably rise for GOG and the publisher if it was sold for 9.99$. I'm certainly not buying it for 19.99$. But I have never played the RC series and usually I would take a GOG release as an opportunity to try new stuff. But 20$ is to much a gamle for a game I might play only for 2 hours...

And I'm certainly not the only one thinking along those lines.
Agreed. I would get it at some point for 9.99$, but not 19.99$. It's a bit much for a 2006 game.
Posted May 01, 2012
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Whitewraith: http://store.steampowered.com/app/2700/ $29.99 USA

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-RCT3PL/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-platinum $19.95 USA
And please Do not compare retail to digital

Why must we have this discussion everytime gog offers a price equal to other digital stores and people put links to an on sale game or retail version and say they are getting ripped off.
Why shouldn't we compare retail to digital? Because the whole point with digital distribution is that it's meant to be CHEAPER than physical retail, since there's all kinds of middle costs removed from the process like manufacturing and shipping.

Do you seriously think it's acceptable that a physical disc copy of a game in a store has a vastly cheaper standard price at retail than a digital online copy?

Do you think it's acceptable for publishers to gouge prices like this online, as long as they do it with each online service it's sold at? Does that make it okay?
Posted May 01, 2012
Great! This is my childhood game. Spend lot of time.
Posted May 01, 2012
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Kabus: Great! This is my childhood game. Spend lot of time.
Then you may be in high school at most.
Post edited May 01, 2012 by tejozaszaszas
Posted May 01, 2012
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Whitewraith: http://store.steampowered.com/app/2700/ $29.99 USA

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-RCT3PL/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-platinum $19.95 USA
And please Do not compare retail to digital

Why must we have this discussion everytime gog offers a price equal to other digital stores and people put links to an on sale game or retail version and say they are getting ripped off.
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ABH20: Why shouldn't we compare retail to digital? Because the whole point with digital distribution is that it's meant to be CHEAPER than physical retail, since there's all kinds of middle costs removed from the process like manufacturing and shipping.

Do you seriously think it's acceptable that a physical disc copy of a game in a store has a vastly cheaper standard price at retail than a digital online copy?

Do you think it's acceptable for publishers to gouge prices like this online, as long as they do it with each online service it's sold at? Does that make it okay?
Well said. +1 rep. I couldn't agree more.

That's why I never get new releases digitally, unless they're indie.
Retail physical forever.. as long as they're available. The only exception I make is GOG because they have the oldies I like and nice bonus goodies.
Post edited May 01, 2012 by MrAlphaNumeric
Posted May 01, 2012
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Whitewraith: http://store.steampowered.com/app/2700/ $29.99 USA

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-RCT3PL/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-platinum $19.95 USA
And please Do not compare retail to digital

Why must we have this discussion everytime gog offers a price equal to other digital stores and people put links to an on sale game or retail version and say they are getting ripped off.
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ABH20: Why shouldn't we compare retail to digital? Because the whole point with digital distribution is that it's meant to be CHEAPER than physical retail, since there's all kinds of middle costs removed from the process like manufacturing and shipping.

Do you seriously think it's acceptable that a physical disc copy of a game in a store has a vastly cheaper standard price at retail than a digital online copy?

Do you think it's acceptable for publishers to gouge prices like this online, as long as they do it with each online service it's sold at? Does that make it okay?
And why you keep buying games from Steam when you can buy them easily cheaper on Retail?
Posted May 01, 2012
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Kabus: Great! This is my childhood game. Spend lot of time.
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tejozaszaszas: Then you may be in high school at most.
No. I mean first game of series. Still playing :)
Posted May 01, 2012
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ABH20: snip
And btw: Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum - $17.95
Posted May 01, 2012
This whole price debate is really unnecessary as you make your opinion known much more strongly and clearly by whether you choose to purchase the game at the current price or not.

Something is worth exactly whatever someone is willing to pay for it - no more, no less.

If GOG and the publisher feel that a game is not selling as much as it should then they will lower the price. If it is doing just fine, then the price they set will be justified.
Posted May 01, 2012
Last month I bought this game from a guy on the street for 2 stray cats and a hot dog. Shame on you GOG, shame on you...

I think it's a bit overpriced too, but comparing with other dd services you can see this is the standard price. If you were a publisher would you sucker punch the "almighty Steam" by selling your games cheaper on another site?
Anyway comparing GOG prices with Steam (or any other site) sales or a retail version from your country just don't make sense.
Posted May 01, 2012
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ABH20: snip
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spinefarm: And btw: Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum - $17.95
Game on sale. List Price: $29.99

And i don't understand what is your point guys? How can you compare DRM-free game to retail or DRM copy?
Posted May 01, 2012
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ABH20: Do you think it's acceptable for publishers to gouge prices like this online, as long as they do it with each online service it's sold at? Does that make it okay?
I can answer that for him: No. No, it doesn't. I fear this will happen a lot from now on, that $19.99 will be the new $9.99 for many publishers (it's funny, BTW, that when we got new price points on GOG, they were all _higher_ than the old ones. I thought part of the point back when this was suggested was to add a lower pricepoint as well).
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Kabus: And i don't understand what is your point guys? How can you compare DRM-free game to retail or DRM copy?
A game is a game. DRM-free is a bonus. For many, a box is a bonus too.
Post edited May 01, 2012 by Zeewolf
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