The internet isn't big enough.

You win the over the top rant of the month competition.
This, If you want to have a discussion about the pros and cons of Beamdog, fine,but this over the top bordering on flame war tone of this discussion is an example of the worst side of Interenet forums.

Well since you've asked I've kept tabs on them on&off since the mid 90s (when certain idiots within my gaming group were allowing this collectible card game / cardboard crack crap to intrude upon the time that my gaming group had supposedly set aside for D&D) and more regularly starting in '97 (when WotC bought out TSR to save them from Lorraine Williams' mess and bankruptcy). It's also the reason why I stopped purchasing WotC material about 2005 despite the fact I was still playing D&D and DM of 2 different campaigns, I was buying 3rd party material though. Since 2008 I've been buying and playing Pathfinder material while reading off&on how the current division operating under the WotC name has been taking D&D farther away from what I had previously like about it. Yep, that tends to happen when previously independent companies are bought out by international conglomerates; they're sifted (raped) for IP to license. Luckily Ryan Dancey and Peter Adkison had the foresight to ensure that no one company could hold D&D (the game not necessarily the name) hostage with the SRD/OGL (see the references to 3rd party & Pathfinder above). One doesn't even need to go that route, Pillars of Eternity & Tyranny are modern Infinity Engine games in all but name. Both Pathfinder & Pillars of Eternity are set in what appears to be Forgotten Realms with the serial numbers filed off. While that maybe be true; which do you think will be more likely make your opinion be heard by the most relevant parties, directly contacting WotC & Hasbro or bitching about the situation on the forum of some random digital distribution game retailer?...

I dunno, there wasn't enough ridiculous hyperbole in it for my taste. He didn't compare it to the Holocaust even once, or use the phrase "brainwashed masses/sheeple". 6/10
EDIT: At least richlind33 implied a slippery slope argument that a private video game company removing a game from individual sale could somehow lead to the gummint suspending First Amendment rights. He wasn't flashy, but he had panache.

Your constant self-/man hatred offends me.

Indeed. However, it did not use to be so much like this. This is new.

Upvoting was ment for pointing out useful, informative posts, while downvoting was for uncivil ones...

Mmm... I wonder how many multiaccounts are operating in this thread today. Like, has the conversation level gone down so abruptly from one day to another, or is it more like some very dedicated fellas who have little else to do, whose opinions are so meaningful that they require multiple voting.

Less politically correctly put: are there so many, er, misguided lurkers here in GOG for real or they have to copypaste them? Both possibilities are funny ;) One bets on widespread silliness; the other, in the obsessive behaviour of a few sorry guys--or even one.

Maybe both are true? :D

Hopefully, all is curable, right? (lie to me, say yes plz).

EDIT: added a most important word: opinion. Especially important because it refers to the opinions of BD haters... ;)

EDIT2: Man, now expecting any kind of meaningful voting in this thread feels like watching the fat boy of the glasses saying 'I have the conch shell', you know ;) Ah, Golding and his utter rebuke of Rousseau!

EDIT3: For those who are wondering how Golding could manage to rebuke Rousseau without watching Lost first, it was just that he was full of magic.

Okay, but when will it be released? Will I be forced to pre-order to get the 30% discount?

You have a point; he did not quite go into tinfoil hat conspiracy territory. But IMHO the comparing of PT to the US Constiutiion is right up ther with the Holocaust in the "Outrageous Comparasions" territory.

I am not a Beamdog fanboy;I had a low opinion of SoD,and agreed that that original releases of the EE's had way,way, too many bugs.,and was not thrilled with some of the additions. Luckily, though, the new material could pretty much be ignored. But the hatred and hyperbole, and acting like this is some kind of Crime Against Humanity are silly. As is the failure to understand the realities of the business world.
PT was getting harder and harder to run on modern systems, even with the mods fixes installed. And lots of players will not jump through the hoops to make the game playable on a modern rig.That is just a face of life .(IMHO console gaming has a lot to do with that, people just want to click and start playing without hoops to jump through).

This is by far the most legit concern. Why the hell is GOG merging the two? Why is it suddenly impossible to get Planescape: Torment without the "EE" tacked on, at the base price, and without being forced to support Beamdog?

April 11th.
Yes, you have to preorder to get the discount for those who own PT on Gog. The offer expires April 4th.

Now all we need is a remastered Icewind Dale 2 and we're done with the infinity engine cRPG's ;)

Though I'm losing track of new RPG's on PC. Are there any coming out that haven't been announced formerly for GOG yet?

One suggestion: Go to your account settings, and uncheck the boxes by "Hide posts". The reputation system on this site has been abused to the point of being broken, and it is best to minimize the impact of it on your viewing of the forum.

Now, if only there were a way to disable "low rated" topics automatically appearing gray, even when there are new posts in the topic...

Because Beamdog or Hasbro chose to do it that way. It is not Gog's decision to make.
You think people would understand that when it comes to pricing,the company that owns the gqmes makes the final call.

Thank you, I just noticed on the game page where it says "This item will be available for download on April 11, 2017." (don't know why it's not on the news page).

Shame about the preorder exclusive discount.