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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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BadDecissions: I just noticed that when you write a review now, the word limit and the number of words you have left are clearly displayed. That was a good idea.

This is probably the only nice thing I'll ever say about the redesign, so if whoever's responsible for it is reading this thread, you should treasure this moment.
Way to give them kudos for something so extremely simple that should have been implimented YEARS ago.
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adambiser: I think a blue text said that the "notifications not showing whether it was a forum reply or message" bug was fixed, but I don't find where that was now.

Using Firefox 31, Win 7x64, the notifications work correctly on pages except forum pages. Forum pages show the number next to "Account" but doesn't tell you what it is in the drop down.
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JudasIscariot: Have any of you affected by this issue and using FF tried to see what it looks like for you on Chrome? I use Chrome at work and Chromium at home and I see all of the notifications where they are supposed to be i.e. messages, forum replies, and updates.

Maybe this is a bug that occurs with Firefox 31 but I am not sure as I am no expert on this topic :)
But they are trying to use firefox. Your suggestion is as useful as me going to my mechanic and saying "my ford isn't working too well." and he goes "well have you tried a toyoya?" Uhhh, thanks. dick.
Where has gone the WishList button? Ha, it's like the Facebook one :(
"All things are Facebook' "; GOG is ahead of future.
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JudasIscariot: Have any of you affected by this issue and using FF tried to see what it looks like for you on Chrome? I use Chrome at work and Chromium at home and I see all of the notifications where they are supposed to be i.e. messages, forum replies, and updates.

Maybe this is a bug that occurs with Firefox 31 but I am not sure as I am no expert on this topic :)
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drealmer7: But they are trying to use firefox. Your suggestion is as useful as me going to my mechanic and saying "my ford isn't working too well." and he goes "well have you tried a toyoya?" Uhhh, thanks. dick.
I haven't asked them to stop using FF completely :) Just wanted to check if this was a site-wide issue or a browser-related one :)

Also, that issue should be fixed as of yesterday afternoon :)
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drealmer7: But they are trying to use firefox. Your suggestion is as useful as me going to my mechanic and saying "my ford isn't working too well." and he goes "well have you tried a toyoya?" Uhhh, thanks. dick.
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JudasIscariot: I haven't asked them to stop using FF completely :) Just wanted to check if this was a site-wide issue or a browser-related one :)

Also, that issue should be fixed as of yesterday afternoon :)
You respond to my post where I taunt you, but not to my post that was well constructed and had constructive criticism with some legitimate questions? Does this mean I just need to taunt more to get the responses I'm looking for (as well as a bunch of others?) Well then...

WHY THE FUCK DID YOU CHANGE YOUR SITE INTO SOMETHING SO SHITTY YOU FUCKING MORONS?!
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JudasIscariot: Also, that issue should be fixed as of yesterday afternoon :)
In fixing that, the Account "tab" no longer shows up on the Support page or on GOGmix pages in Firefox.

It's there in the code, but not visible on the page.
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JudasIscariot: Have any of you affected by this issue and using FF tried to see what it looks like for you on Chrome? I use Chrome at work and Chromium at home and I see all of the notifications where they are supposed to be i.e. messages, forum replies, and updates.

Maybe this is a bug that occurs with Firefox 31 but I am not sure as I am no expert on this topic :)
Hmmm, interesting point re Chrome; I use Chrome and I don't have any of those problems.
I use Firefox 32.0 and the notifications on the "Account" tab and in the drop-down menu are displayed normally.
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jalister: The new dull copycat look, the loss of so many games, and the lackluster recent releases. GOG has gone from the happy place I looked forward to visiting every morning to just depressing me every morning. I guess I need to change my visiting schedule now. :(
Agreed. I had thought that I'd get used to it but it's just not happening, every time I visit the site I actually dislike it more. The front page is a clunky, cluttered mess and the rest of the site has so many glitches and bad coding that I have to wonder if GOG are actually paying anyone to design the site and write the code or whether they're making it up as they go along. The forums are now the only reason I still visit the site.

I know that the site is still 'evolving' so I'm really hoping that GOG will listen to the majority of voices on the forums and, if nothing else, bring back some colour and redesign the awful front page to something less clunky and something more user friendly. We shall see.
Anybody noticed on the frontpage that Dungeon Keeper 2 is 17% discounted. Really hillarious gog. Ah, now I see this is one of those offers where if you own the first you get a discount. Why is this shown on the frontpage?
Post edited September 04, 2014 by Matruchus
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Matruchus: Anybody noticed on the frontpage that Dungeon Keeper 2 is 17% discounted. Really hillarious gog. Ah, now I see this is one of those offers where if you own the first you get a discount. Why is this shown on the frontpage?
Are you referring to the BESTSELLERS list? If yes, it's because the prices displayed take into account the games each user owns, i.e. in my case Dungeon Keeper 2 says "owned".


The currency system is still pretty glitchy and incosnistent. I've set my currency to USD, yet the switching banners in the 'WHAT'S NEW" section display the prices in EUR (see screenshot), but if I close the page and reopen it, they're in USD, and when I close it and reopen it they're back to EUR and so on.
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VanGe1: I use Firefox 32.0 and the notifications on the "Account" tab and in the drop-down menu are displayed normally.
They do work now. GOG fixed that.
Did anyone else notice that the forum font changed? It's a lot smaller for some reason, and I checked my browser's settings and it says font size is 100%.
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HypersomniacLive: Are you referring to the BESTSELLERS list? If yes, it's because the prices displayed take into account the games each user owns, i.e. in my case Dungeon Keeper 2 says "owned".

The currency system is still pretty glitchy and incosnistent. I've set my currency to USD, yet the switching banners in the 'WHAT'S NEW" section display the prices in EUR (see screenshot), but if I close the page and reopen it, they're in USD, and when I close it and reopen it they're back to EUR and so on.
I was refering to the offers tiles under last deals and whats new widgets. Otherweise euro as currency still aren't an a selectable option for me.
Post edited September 04, 2014 by Matruchus
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IronArcturus: Did anyone else notice that the forum font changed? It's a lot smaller for some reason, and I checked my browser's settings and it says font size is 100%.
Hasn't changed for me, but it's always been super-tiny. I've written in the past to GOG support to ask if it could be enlarged, or perhaps we could be given the option of setting its size in our account, but they said no to both.

Between the size, and the grey-on-grey lack of differentiation, I find I'm losing interest in this site. :-(