The D&D sale thread is becoming cluttered with complaints about this, so I figured I'd make a separate thread so that the original thread can be used to discuss the games, or some other productive thing.

Keep in mind with these numbers, the top and bottom of the ranges are arbitrarily set by GOG, and I will be (mostly) using ones they set up for the recent promo for both discount models since there's no reason to expect GOG would have set them up otherwise. I will also be changing it from 9 games to 8, to get rid of the oddball-priced Temple of Elemental Evil for simpler math. Because of that, I'm one game out on the full range for the scaled model, so will bump the base discount to 25% for both models.

Old model - buy all games at 60% off, buy some games at 25% off
1 game (25%) - $7.50
2 games (25%) - $15.00
3 games (25%) - $22.50
4 games (25%) - $30
5 games (25%) - $37.50
6 games (25%) - $45.00
7 games (25%) - $52.50
8 games (60%) - $32.00

New model - Discounts scale from 25% to 60% depending on amount purchased
1 game (25%) - $7.50
2 games (30%) - $14.00
3 games (35%) - $19.50
4 games (40%) - $24.00
5 games (45%) - $27.50
6 games (50%) - $30.00
7 games (55%) - $31.50
8 games (60%) - $32.00

So for those complaining about the new model, what amount of games would you buy where the old model is better than the new one?

I don't know why but I just like it. Seems more natural to get more discount if you buy more. I especially like GOG that they count games of a collection that one already has towards the discount. Otheriwise I might have said that 20% discount to begin with are a bit low.

Yup, love the discount model. The moar you buy, the moar you drop. :)

That is assuming the one game rate was 25%. A lot were at 40%. Which means you'd need to buy a lot more using the new system to get the same discount.

But yes, if other sales have a similar '40% off one game / 60% off the lot' model, then this system should work out just fine.

But there's no denying that it's there to encourage you to buy more than you'd have bought through the old system. Time will tell as to whether the discounts will be as good.

Well, you made clearly some assumptions in your calculation. You said that the base discount in the "old" model was 25%, where in reality it was often much higher, see the Enlight promo, for example. You also assumed a starting discount of 25% as opposed to the actual 20% for the "new model." The numbers look different if you change those assumptions:

Old model - Save 40% when purchasing selected games or 60% when purchasing all games at once
1 game (40%) - $6.00
2 games (40%) - $12.00
3 games (40%) - $18.00
4 games (40%) - $24.00
5 games (40%) - $30.00
6 games (40%) - $36.00
7 games (40%) - $42.00 (--> $36.00)
8 games (40%) - $46.00 (--> $36.00)
9 games (60%) - $36.00

New model - Discounts scale from 20% to 60% depending on amount purchased
1 game (20%) - $8.00
2 games (25%) - $15.00
3 games (30%) - $21.00
4 games (35%) - $26.00
5 games (40%) - $30.00
6 games (45%) - $33.00
7 games (50%) - $35.00
8 games (55%) - $36.00
9 games (60%) - $36.00

The "old model" is clearly better in this case. It's cheaper if you buy less than 5 games, the same if you buy 5 games and slightly more expensive if you buy exactly 6 games. But when you buy 6 games, you get the remaining games for free.

Also, don't forget the flat discount model that was used for most of the recent sales:

Buy any or all games at 50% off
1 game (50%) - $5.00
2 games (50%) - $10.00
3 games (50%) - $15.00
4 games (50%) - $20.00
5 games (50%) - $25.00
6 games (50%) - $30.00
7 games (50%) - $35.00
8 games (50%) - $40.00

As others have said, whether the new system is better or worse depends strongly on the base discount and how it scales with the number of games purchased. We will have to wait and see how GOG implements them in the future. For better of for worse, it looks like the new system is designed to give people an incentive to buy more than they would have otherwise.

In the case of the D&D sale I don't mind this very much because the games are awesome and I want to get them all anyway. But I'm not looking forward to future weekend promos where I only get 25% off if I'm only interested in a couple of games.

What will make the new model better or worse than the previous is exactly the scale. Using the same scale, the new model wins, no doubt. But we are yet to see what scale GOG is going to use for other sales.

Games that were not best sellers were usually getting at least 50% off lately. If GOG keeps the new system's scale at 30-60% off, then if the sale involves 8 games, you'd have to buy at least six to reach 50% off. Of course, in this case, mostly best-sellers are involved, so I can understand it.

I'm hoping they will usually fix the base at 50% off. If they choose 40%, and I want less games than I need to reach 50% off, then I will choose not to buy. It's not that these 10% really matter financially, but there is no sense in buying games at 40% off when I used to buy them for at least 50% off.

The initial Discount ammount needs to be at least 30% MINIMUM

Other than that, the new discount model is great

Yep, this.

Basically, at the moment, it's a bad deal and if you buy more it will become a good deal. It should be a good deal and if you buy more it will become a great deal.

Also, there needs to be an unselect all button =/

Isn't that an oxymoron? It's savings over the regular price. That is good.

Mate. 1/4th of a price off is a good deal. especially with those prices.

You are australian for gods sake. 8 bucks barely buys you a mcdonald meal. shitty one.


so in one hand you have
royal with cheese meal plus icecream
in another you have
50 hours of fun playing either BG, PST, Icewind dale.

deal is good.

Yeah, I hope this model continues. It not only means more savings for selective purchasers but it also makes for more impulse buys because if you have 90% of the games the final one or two are so cheap you instantly buy them, even if they're not your thing.

Well, right now I have the opposite impression. The new system is likely to punish selective buyers who only want a few games and reward people who buy many games. But it's too early to be sure, we'll have to wait and see. I agree with the second part about the impulse buys, though.

Well I am going off my own experience which is usually that I already have a game or two in every promo. I guess if you are very selective and most promos are a batch of games you have 0-1 of, it would actually result in a lower than normal discount.

I'm starting to think this is the real reason for all the complaints. But ask yourself, is the base only at 20% because of the mechanics of the new model, or because the D&D games sell so well that they don't need to bump the scale more than they did.

I think the new model is getting a bad rap because of the extremely successful games that it was paired with.