I don't like how they managed the gwent cards... I have bought the Season Pass when was announced but if I decide to buy the cards separately using the promo code I have to pay, including international shipping, more then 25€. That's not fair, the Gwent cards costs more than the physical expansion pack. I will never buy a dlc before its release.

Apperently if you buy Season pass you will get comix about Saskia (showing events after W2).

(Can't post link to forum.cdprojektred since i am new here)

I imagine this will be the case.

I don't think GOG would want the buyers of the expansion pass feel fooled afterwards, but it does seem you're only winning 50 cents with buying the season pass.

Yeah an in-game one. :-D

Then again, should the pass holders save more in the first place? Instead of viewing them as two competing deals, what we really should do IMO is to see that they're two alternate ways of achieving the same goal - you save about 5€ if you pre-order both expansions. Same product, same delivery date, two different payment plans - pay for both right away, or pay for the first now and pay for the rest later.

The pass holders only get fooled if acquiring both expansions separately go noticeably below the 25€ mark - because that will mean those with "late" pre-orders actually get a better deal than "early" ones. But if that is not the case, there should be no issue. You get the expansion on day one, and you've paid no less or more than anybody else who also gets it on day one. It's only those who wish to wait 'til post-release who initially end up paying more.

Of course, amidst all this speculation... it's good to keep in mind that we don't actually know the regular price of Blood and Wine yet. While I'm fairly confident that I've figured it out, I'd still like a confirmation from the masters up high. And I really think they should give one, since I have it on a good authority that they've got themselves a sale if they do.

So, I asked GoG Support about this issue, and here's their response:

"Hello,
I'm afraid that we're unable to cover the price difference between a purchase and a subsequent discount for the previously purchased products. I can, however, exchanged your purchase into GOG store credit, which you can use to re-purchase it under the current discount."

No actual answer of my question, which was "What will the total cost be to buy them piecemeal and will we be getting a refund because of a price drop (ok, the second question was answered). Overall, I have to say I'm incredibly disappointed in GoG with this.

Well, any refundable price drop hasn't really happened yet. One will only happen if the actual price of B&W is cheaper than what is the price of the expansion pass minus the price of HoS when bought separately.

All we'd really need to know right now is the pre-order price of B&W. The odds are they know it already. And they should come out with it, because there are people willing to pre-order but currently sitting on their hands, waiting for a confirmation on the best possible deal.

Let it be said though that I'm not one of them. Since my initial post to this thread, I figured I'll take a chance with my hunch, and paid for the pass. I've paid whatever's the shelf price for every Witcher title thus far published (and consider it all money better than well spent), so I might as well continue the trend. In the odd chance that I end up losing a couple of currency units, I guess I'll just let them act as my token of appreciation to CDPR.

I am one of them.

The price discrepancy is preventing me from buying the SP. It's very sketchy and I am disappointed in GOG doing this. Very disappointed with them.

Honestly, I do not get it!

I mean: we are talking about what - lets say 30 bucks for the sequel of a game most of the people seem to like a lot?

I think the only question is something like *--- do I need this piece of software?*

You will probably get some additional 20+ hours of first class gaming for less a price that you will have to pay if you go out for lunch with the family.

Just get real, please ....

That's why I just bought it, because a movie at my nearest movie theater + driving there costs the same and entertains me once for 90 minutes, while these expansions will entertain me several times for at least 30 hours every time I play them over the next couple years.

Can't wait to get my Gwent cards.

Are there already pictures of how they look? I'm really curious to find that out.