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New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
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So... GOG... a site designed exclusively for PC games... that don't run on a tablet...

Has now been re-designed to be "tablet friendly" with the same ugly, cluttered, boxy design all tablets force you into?

Did you guys work on the Windows 8 design team, by any chance?
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I never asked for this!

Seriosly, I created a special USD bank card to prevent being charged for € to $ conversion (or any other convertion to USD), and now... I'm going to be charged again, only this time for anything to Roubles conversion? Gaaah. (yes I've just read the answer above, but I need to be sure I'm going to be charged in currency I selected - instead of paying bank I'd rather pay you;)).
I only hope we won't see those regiANAL locks (or, Imperor protects - language locks) flourishing on Steam, and on infamous poo-rigin and udon'tplay, which were apparently created without any thought of people working abroad. People who may have little if any knowledge of local language, or simply not willing to purchase product with that particular language. People who were deprived of any option to digitally purchase specific version of game they wanted. forcing them (okay, us) to use old retail/physical based copies, totally removing all purpose of digital distribution whatsoever.

As for "new, improved things", well, I never asked for that too. Yes, I do like old design better, because new one reminds me of Oblivion GUI and I have allergy on that.
Seeing movies is nice, but I do hope we won't stop here and move further than just game-related movies or books. Though I wouldn't mind if we'll have Sapkowski's books here. Screw the Amazon - PDF for everyone!
Post edited August 27, 2014 by RudyLis
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RWarehall: I'm sure the 0 games one is Fallout.
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real.geizterfahr: Not just Fallout. I have another code with games removed from the catalog and it turned into a 0 games code as well. Hope they'll get it sorted out, because it was planed to be the code for day 100 of my giveaway :/

edit: I was wrong! It's still a 3 games code, but it contains NOTHING! ;)
Although I think you just tipped off what the code likely is.
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Grey? Really? ~sigh~

With everything on the internet moving toward simpler and more user friendly designs, the actual aesthetics have become quite flat. Now, I understand that it's important to put function over form when designing things for users, but I think about what Windows 8 and iOS 7 looks like and they're so boring!

Now that GOG has succumbed to the safety of neutral colors, I'm disappointed. I'm sure the website is more functional and has better features, but it's pretty drab to look at. I can barely see the text I'm putting in this box, because it's grey text in an grey box in a grey window. I'm not asking for My Little Pony levels of rainbows here, but the green and yellow you had before felt fresh and different. Now it just feels like a grey version of the Apple Store. Bleh.

At least give us a bright red ladybug to click on!
Post edited August 27, 2014 by bjwaters
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BillyMaysFan59: One thing I noticed: all the redeemed gifts are gone. That's nice.
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Coelocanth: No, I don't think it is. I really enjoyed the ability to scroll through the redeemed codes and see when the game was gifted and who redeemed it.
hmm now that I think of it... it's a bit of a bummer as well. This would be a better system IMO:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/allow_sorting_of_the_gifts_on_your_account
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rjfigueiredo: Very well, now you convert $ to € and show on the store, but my question is: how often is that updated? Tomorrow it might be more or less.
It isn't updated; they're fixed until such a time where GOG consider it necessary to change it due to too much imbalance between actual exchange rate and the given exchange rate.

You get to choose which one you pay in, though, at the bottom of the page, so you aren't locked in - even for the handful of regionally priced titles (e.g. Divinity: Original Sin shows up as $52.69 for me, or €39.99, and give either $12.70 or €9.60 back in store credit).

I am not entirely sure how this store credit gets handled if you switch currencies - I'm guessing a fixed conversion rate, though.
Not bad.

Isn't the gog.com logo green and gold anymore?
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Lillesort131: I think that the front page is better now
Agreed. The old one had a good few oddities that are finally done away with now.

I wonder if the forum will see a real upgrade at any point.
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Alterego1972: Code is Temporarily locked
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IAmSinistar: Hmm, okay, maybe try it again in about 15 minutes? I tried it myself when it first appeared to be glitchy, so the server may have a lock on it from that. Hopefully the lock will clear soon.
It's a code for nothing...now ask GOG a code for all the games ^^
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1. gog logo is now stupid grey!
2. i cant see my icon on main navigation
3. in games personal page i dont see if i own that game
4. game photo galeries dont exist. They open in new window like in 2000..
5. responsive design is stupid, becauce it should show a normal website at 1000px width!!
People who dont use 2 or 3 monitors likes to reduce the width of browser "splitting" monitor in two. Thus providing more usability.
6. i dont want to waste more time right now on writing 5-10 more annoying things :|
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bjwaters: Grey? Really? ~sigh~

With everything on the internet moving toward simpler and more user friendly designs, the actual aesthetics have become quite flat. Now, I understand that it's important to put function over form when designing things for users, but I think about what Windows 8 and iOS 7 looks like and they're so boring!

Now that GOG has succumbed to the safety of neutral colors, I'm disappointed. I'm sure the website is more functional and has better features, but it's pretty drab to look at. I can barely see the text I'm putting in this box, because it's grey text in an grey box in a grey window. I'm not asking for My Little Pony levels of rainbows here, but the green and yellow you had before felt fresh and different. Now it just feels like a grey version of the Apple Store. Bleh.

At least give us a bright red ladybug to click on!
When people back in the 1970s and 80s thought what the future would look like when it comes to technology and software they never thought it would look like this.

Plane, drab, simplistic, minimalistic.
It's a little different and there are a few bugs. BRING IN THE PITCHFORKS!!! :P

But seriously, about my personal opinion on the redesign, I really don't like how everything is rectangular now like the Windows 8 interface and the Xbox 360/One dashboard. It's not a big issue and I'll get used to it, but it annoys me. I'm also suffering from the issues reported earlier in the thread, but I'm assuming those will be fixed in the following days. On the other hand, I like how you guys have thought to use a separate tab for movies.

By the way, am I wrong to say that HTTPS has finally been added silently too? This was long overdue!
How come I don't see on gamecard if I own the game? And also why can't I download my games from their gamecards anymore?

I don't know if I like the new look or not, it looks too much STEAM-like. Unfortunately forums are still the same.
https://www.gog.com/account/settings

Looks like you also managed to get rid of the ability to change account email and password. I'd get that up right away if I were you.

Once that's fixed, be sure to make the menu bar smaller (and tell it to stop following me) and add the off topic forum. Cheers, GOG!
OMG OMG OMG This new font is making me go blind! What a horrible design choice.