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Posted January 30, 2015
Hello, everyone!
Well, today I contact The Wichter official page on Facebook with a little question: The retail (physical copy) game on PC will come with a GOG.com key?
And the anwser was: No.
I don't know how it work, but GOG.com have a partnership with CDPROJEKTRED, don't they? Why the game don't come with a key?


Thanks and best regards!
Posted January 30, 2015
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PowerBlood: Hello, everyone!
Well, today I contact The Wichter official page on Facebook with a little question: The retail (physical copy) game on PC will come with a GOG.com key?
And the anwser was: No.
I don't know how it work, but GOG.com have a partnership with CDPROJEKTRED, don't they? Why the game don't come with a key?

Thanks and best regards!
If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for? if you that badly want a download copy pre-order the digital edition.
Posted January 30, 2015
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PowerBlood: Hello, everyone!
Well, today I contact The Wichter official page on Facebook with a little question: The retail (physical copy) game on PC will come with a GOG.com key?
And the anwser was: No.
I don't know how it work, but GOG.com have a partnership with CDPROJEKTRED, don't they? Why the game don't come with a key?

Thanks and best regards!
A partnership is not the right description, CDP is actually the mother company of GOG!
The reason why Witcher III won´t be shipped with an additional GOG-Key is easy: They don´t need to promote GOG anymore, as it´s already promoted by offering the best preorder offer for Witcher III, a preorder option that would have good chances to get the title "best preorder ever"...
Posted January 30, 2015
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PowerBlood: Hello, everyone!
Well, today I contact The Wichter official page on Facebook with a little question: The retail (physical copy) game on PC will come with a GOG.com key?
And the anwser was: No.
I don't know how it work, but GOG.com have a partnership with CDPROJEKTRED, don't they? Why the game don't come with a key?

Thanks and best regards!
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darthspudius: If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for? if you that badly want a download copy pre-order the digital edition.
Try that with DAI( If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for?)
Posted January 31, 2015
Because it's a physical release of the game. The way these things should work (and which CDProjekt thankfully seem to have figured out) is: you want a downloaded copy, go buy a downloadable copy, and if you buy a box, you shouldn't be required to sign up to anything to get the game you actually paid for (shame many publishers and developers don't get that, with the discs for most games being completely damned useless and mostly just acts to redeem the code on Steam or Origin).

The game is DRM-free either way, so if you want the installer on your hard drive, you can most likely just copy it and run it from there. Your DVD drive is likely faster than your internet connection anyway.
Post edited January 31, 2015 by Maighstir
Posted January 31, 2015
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darthspudius: If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for? if you that badly want a download copy pre-order the digital edition.
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gunsynd: Try that with DAI( If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for?)
I wouldn't be stupid enough to buy an EA game on disc! I'm assuming it's load the disc and download the rest?

But as far as The Witcher 3 is concerned, is it not a direct disc install?
Posted January 31, 2015
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gunsynd: Try that with DAI( If you're buying the CD what do you need the key for?)
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darthspudius: I wouldn't be stupid enough to buy an EA game on disc! I'm assuming it's load the disc and download the rest?

But as far as The Witcher 3 is concerned, is it not a direct disc install?
Well I must be stupid then...
Posted January 31, 2015
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PowerBlood: I don't know how it work, but GOG.com have a partnership with CDPROJEKTRED, don't they? Why the game don't come with a key?
I suspect it probably has something to do with the agreement they have with the retail distributor.

But even it doesn't come with a key, I suspect they will probably sooner or later offer a way to obtain a "backup" on GoG like they did for the previous Witchers.
Posted January 31, 2015
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Maighstir: Because it's a physical release of the game. The way these things should work (and which CDProjekt thankfully seem to have figured out) is: you want a downloaded copy, go buy a downloadable copy, and if you buy a box, you shouldn't be required to sign up to anything to get the game you actually paid for (shame many publishers and developers don't get that, with the discs for most games being completely damned useless and mostly just acts to redeem the code on Steam or Origin).

The game is DRM-free either way, so if you want the installer on your hard drive, you can most likely just copy it and run it from there. Your DVD drive is likely faster than your internet connection anyway.
I think you misunderstand the OP. He doesn't want the physical copy to simply be a GOG key. He wants the normal physical copy and a GOG key on top of that.

It's not really an odd request, seeing as the Steam version of TW2 could be redeemed on GOG as well, and I'm guessing TW3 will too.
Posted January 31, 2015
Namco Bandai Bandai Namco are publishing the physical release and despite them doing so their relationship with CDPR is absolutely shit. So I don't see them doing GOG any favours in this lifetime.
Posted January 31, 2015
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Maighstir: (shame many publishers and developers don't get that, with the discs for most games being completely damned useless and mostly just acts to redeem the code on Steam or Origin).
Not useless, per se. I use them as a way to protect the valuable piece of paper on which a steam retail code resides. After the box is safely home and the key extracted, the box and the disc are promptly discarded, as is their fate.
Posted January 31, 2015
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Maighstir: Because it's a physical release of the game. The way these things should work (and which CDProjekt thankfully seem to have figured out) is: you want a downloaded copy, go buy a downloadable copy, and if you buy a box, you shouldn't be required to sign up to anything to get the game you actually paid for (shame many publishers and developers don't get that, with the discs for most games being completely damned useless and mostly just acts to redeem the code on Steam or Origin).

The game is DRM-free either way, so if you want the installer on your hard drive, you can most likely just copy it and run it from there. Your DVD drive is likely faster than your internet connection anyway.
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Wishbone: I think you misunderstand the OP. He doesn't want the physical copy to simply be a GOG key. He wants the normal physical copy and a GOG key on top of that.

It's not really an odd request, seeing as the Steam version of TW2 could be redeemed on GOG as well, and I'm guessing TW3 will too.
On the contrary, I think it is an odd request. Those are exceptions, it's fairly common that I only get one copy of whatever I buy (software or otherwise), unless I specifically do buy multiple copies/pieces. Why would I expect anything different? Why should I expect that if I purchase a good at one retailer, I can pick up another copy of said good from another retailer? Is that fair of the second retailer? If I wanted the good from them, I should bloody well support them by buying it there in the first place.
Posted January 31, 2015
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Wishbone: I think you misunderstand the OP. He doesn't want the physical copy to simply be a GOG key. He wants the normal physical copy and a GOG key on top of that.

It's not really an odd request, seeing as the Steam version of TW2 could be redeemed on GOG as well, and I'm guessing TW3 will too.
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Maighstir: On the contrary, I think it is an odd request. Those are exceptions, it's fairly common that I only get one copy of whatever I buy (software or otherwise), unless I specifically do buy multiple copies/pieces. Why would I expect anything different? Why should I expect that if I purchase a good at one retailer, I can pick up another copy of said good from another retailer? Is that fair of the second retailer? If I wanted the good from them, I should bloody well support them by buying it there in the first place.
Yes, they are exceptions, the exception in this case being that TW2 was made by CDProjekt RED, which is owned by CDProjekt just like GOG is, and the same is the case with TW3. For any other game, yes, it would be an odd request. For TW3 specifically, no, it's not an odd request. I have a feeling you know perfectly well why this is, and are deliberately being obtuse.
Posted January 31, 2015
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Maighstir: On the contrary, I think it is an odd request. Those are exceptions, it's fairly common that I only get one copy of whatever I buy (software or otherwise), unless I specifically do buy multiple copies/pieces. Why would I expect anything different? Why should I expect that if I purchase a good at one retailer, I can pick up another copy of said good from another retailer? Is that fair of the second retailer? If I wanted the good from them, I should bloody well support them by buying it there in the first place.
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Wishbone: Yes, they are exceptions, the exception in this case being that TW2 was made by CDProjekt RED, which is owned by CDProjekt just like GOG is, and the same is the case with TW3. For any other game, yes, it would be an odd request. For TW3 specifically, no, it's not an odd request. I have a feeling you know perfectly well why this is, and are deliberately being obtuse.
The option to redeem the Steam copy of those games on GOG also did not appear when the games launched on GOG though, but quite a while later, despite GOG having had gift- and promo-key systems in place since the site launched (or damned near), so as have already been said, it's quite possible that a way might appear in the future. But as far as I know, I don't have a GOG key in my collector's box of the second game either.

You're correct though, I was being partially obtuse.
Post edited January 31, 2015 by Maighstir
Posted January 31, 2015
That is pretty odd... The primary purpose of digital distribution should be for backup copies.
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