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General discussion (archive)What is going on with the "Regional Pricing" Thing?(5 posts)solved(5 posts)solved
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Posted February 25, 2014
Hey everyone,

I am fairly new to GOG and I do not know what is going on with the regional pricing. Are there external Tax/tariffs that are being applied to peoples purchases?

I am really clueless to what is going on...
This question / problem has been solved by MaximumBunnyimage
Posted February 25, 2014
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/letter_from_the_md_about_regional_pricing/page1
Posted February 25, 2014
Hello Mr. Steam! The idea is the same as Steam - $5 US, 5 euros for Europe. GOG used to have a policy against pricing differences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos but this means that publishers couldn't sell games here that were in competition with their retail partners elsewhere. Who would buy it for 5 euros on Steam or GreenManGaming if they could pay $5 on GOG?

Recently GOG decided that it was more important to acquire more DRM-free games than to maintain this policy. They have plans of compensating users who pay more with an additional game, so that sounds promising.

They never did answer my question in their announcement thread on how they will handle regional trading and if they will opt in for code restrictions (e.g. bought in cheaper country cannot be shared with a global friend) or not. But we will see how this goes and hopefully it won't cause existing publishers to go retroactive on their pricing of older titles. ^^
Posted February 25, 2014
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misteryo: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/letter_from_the_md_about_regional_pricing/page1
I read that and understand that people are angry/pissed about regional pricing but why?
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MaximumBunny: Hello Mr. Steam! The idea is the same as Steam - $5 US, 5 euros for Europe. GOG used to have a policy against pricing differences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdfYwvGTos but this means that publishers couldn't sell games here that were in competition with their retail partners elsewhere. Who would buy it for 5 euros on Steam or GreenManGaming if they could pay $5 on GOG?

Recently GOG decided that it was more important to acquire more DRM-free games than to maintain this policy. They have plans of compensating users who pay more with an additional game, so that sounds promising.

They never did answer my question in their announcement thread on how they will handle regional trading and if they will opt in for code restrictions (e.g. bought in cheaper country cannot be shared with a global friend) or not. But we will see how this goes and hopefully it won't cause existing publishers to go retroactive on their pricing of older titles. ^^
Hey,

Now I understand :)

Thanks for heads up.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by HeadClot
Posted February 25, 2014
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misteryo: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/letter_from_the_md_about_regional_pricing/page1
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HeadClot: I read that and understand that people are angry/pissed about regional pricing but why?
Because it costs more for users from the EU than it does for American and Russian users .
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