I read an article recently about a certain online game store that is getting its keys from "unknown sources" which gives no money to the dev of The Witcher 3 or GoG, it made me think about where to buy my copy from.

I read that if you own The Witcher 1 and 2, people have been getting the game marked down to the exact same price as GMG, I thought this was awesome and I will follow suit so I can help support. But when I got ready to check out, the price made me stop.

The game is $46 USD which is $57 AUD. I can understand if that was the cost of the game due to conversion, but this is not the case.

The game is $89.

That is an extra $32 on top of the conversion. But why? Why do they need to charge an extra $32 to us, just because we live on a different patch of dirt?

There is no handling fee's, its digital, there are no taxes for it to come to Australia.

Unfortunately for this reason I cannot buy the game from here. We are being charged almost 2x the amount for no reason what so ever.

I am sorry CD Projekt Red and GoG, although I am a loyal fan to the Witcher series and wish total success with this release, customer loyalty is a two way street.

Regional buggery, er... pricing. I was fortunate enough to benefit from it, but you Aussies always seem to get the shaft when it comes to prices.

They keys that GMG are selling are not legitimate, therefore the sale price they are offering is also not legitimate and not eligible to be price matched. GOG and CDPRed are likely to get them revoked. The actual retail price of TW3 is $60 US, legitimate discount is $54 US. The price you should be getting (assuming your bank hasn't levied any additional fees) is $75 retail, $67 discount. Where that extra $15-$22 is coming from, I don't know.

What makes them non-legitimate? Because they come from an unknown source and GOG/the dev are not getting a cut? That sucks, but it does not make them non-legit keys.

Are you talking about the retail price for The Witcher 3 in stores? Because I have read all over that it is $47 and with the discounts people are getting it is going as low as $37.

There's also the "fair price package" and you'd get the difference in gog games.
And there's the "other" solution ... you could access the store using an american vpn and get the game at US price.
I'm pretty sure nobody would mind

That's pretty much the definition of illegitimate.

As I wrote, I would wait for a reply from GMG too. Devolver and other developers said GMG is trustworthy, it seems strange to me they started selling not legit keys out of nowhere.

The keys are likely stolen in some way, that's what makes them non-legitimate. Current speculation is that they were obtained either through the giveaway that Nvidia was running or through the credit card fraud that GOG reported a little while ago. If this turns out to be the case, the keys will end up being revoked and anyone who bought one will not get the game (but will probably be able to get a refund).

I got my prices right here on GOG by looking at the store. $60 regular price, but a 10% discount to $54. The standard price here in the US for virtually all new games sold online and in stores is $60 and they very rarely drop from that price until well after they are no longer new.

Agreed, GMG is usually reputable. I'm thinking they may have been scammed just as much as GOG was.

My thought exactly. I'm interested to know how one circumvents that definition though.

That just shows what you don't get, the only legitimate keys come from CD Prokekt Red, it's their game and they are the Dev and Publisher, without them getting "a cut" as you call it, the key is stolen, that's what you call not paying the maker of a product, theft.
You become a receiver of stolen goods. Even that's called illegitimate, wherever you come from and CD Projekt Red are fully justified in revoking such a key, if it works at all.

They are providing you with a great DRM free game with 200 hours of content, if you don't want to pay full price, wait for a GOG sale. If you want it on release day pay the full price.

THis makes no sense. Why is the witcher 3 even regionally priced at all?

Actually, I just checked, and if you take into account the fair price guarantee, its cheaper to buy it here in Australia than it is in the US. I don't know how to compare it to other countries.

The point still stands. Why the hell is GOG own game regionally priced at all?

Also, since when was GMG ever under suspision of being anything other than Legit? I've never used them before, but they are very popular all over the internets where I travel. This is the first time I've ever seen someone question their legitimacy.


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slighty OT, but aren't GMG the ones that have the "Australia Discount"? Similar to GOG's own Fair Price thing?

They usually are legit, but:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-dev-disputes-39-witcher-3-promotion/1100-6427129/

There's a good chance they were somehow scammed or there could even be a simple clerical error, so this might not be as bad as it sounds for GMG.

CDPR isn't above regional pricing. Witcher 2 was also regionally-priced for at least 2 years.