Same error, checksum error on chunk 3 (2.3.0 installer)

so that's a server side issue..... :( , remain to try the manual download through browser, but i don't think it won't change anything in the end.

No offense Judas but this is pretty damn ridiculous as decisions go ...

In terms of of pure business cost benefit analysis between yourselves and your competitors this puts GOG at a substantial disadvantage to Steam.

1) With regional pricing I, in the UK, don't get a pricing gain over Steam.
2) This is further exacerbated with the 'Collectors Edition' on Steam which gives two copies.
3) The Source Hunter DLC you have said will require a separate additional purchase when it's included in the Steam collector's edition.
4) The Steam release contains no built in DRM - if you zip up the directory you can back up the game and restore it and play it without Steam by all reports losing much of the GOG no DRM benefits.
5) The collectors edition mentioned includes artwork and soundtrack negating that usual gain from GOG.

With all of the above I find it hard to justify a GOG purchase tomorrow (or two) over a single Steam Collector's Edition purchase and a single additional DLC purchase to go with the second copy in the collector's edition.

I generally take a ethical viewpoint of buying on GOG over steam (and indeed I have repurchased some titles I had on Steam on GOG such as Costume Quest) but this release has been really mishandled and speaking pragmatically Steam makes so much more sense at this time...

thank you very much.here s hoping larian see's sense and holds off on the continual patching for a while.......

Is GOG in talks with the Clevester? That has to be a day one release when it comes out.

Here's to D:OS here!

I value pretty highly having a proper installer, but I agree that this is bad. I wonder if some of this might be on Larian's side, though.

2 points there

the steam collector's edition , isn't just for D: OS it adds Beyond Divinity & Divine Divinity

and if that really matters, the second copy doesn't get the source hunter DLC.

the Source Hunter DLC is pretty expensive, and probably the better content inside is the soundtrack

sooooo.... with this in mind

it's highly possible GOG got a deal (could be wrong too) with Larian to have a similar package there , since all others games are also there.

That's what I was hoping. Something that combined the 20% steam discount people missed out on by waiting and also across the board discounts on the other Divinity games for people to catch up but sounds like it won't be happening.

DRM free never hurts though.

Do you mean that Steam has no regional pricing on Divinity Original Sin?

I admire your optimism but GOG staff have already stated clearly no deals or bundles tomorrow as of current discussions.

The bit about adding BD and DD makes the collector's deal even better and the GOG purchase price even worse relatively speaking ...

It's true, as I mentioned, that the second copy would need the Source Hunter DLC purchased but then that's only one DLC purchase (and at £6.99 you are right it's not super cheap DLC ... not massively expensive though).

However to match this you would need to purchase two copies of the game *and* DLC tomorrow which will likely come higher than the matching (even arguably superior) equivalent at Steam...

At the time of writing that's £52.99 for the collector's edition and £6.99 for the one additional copy of DLC needed for a total of £59.98 compared to around $80 (so probably around £70-80 in regional conversion) for the equivalent on GOG (two copies of base game with two copies of DLC as well).

That's a pretty ridiculous difference...
Steam has regional pricing.

So when GOG gives a flat price in US dollars it works out in my favour (given the exchange rate is nearly 2:1 right now) and Steam loses out.

Generally when regional pricing kicks in publishers take the stance of $1 == £1 or near enough.

Thus the base price per game will pretty much be the same as Steam which is when you then have to look to bundles or extras as value additions ...

Since Steam has the collector's bundle though this cuts down the price per copy dramatically - especially when you include the DLC into the calculations.

Ahh ok, i didn't know they already stated about the " no bundle " status , i'm feeling a bit sad for non-backers :( (i'm a backer , so i have the benefit of the DLC, but still ....)

yeah, you're right that's pretty outrageous price for the collector edition + a second copy of the dlc. But the dlc isn't essential at all game-wise

OK, so you realize it's not GOG's fault that regional pricing exists on this title. It's the fault of the publishers who produce physical copies of the game. If Larian went with pure digital release, they could avoid it.

Sorry, I misunderstood then. I red your comment as criticizing GOG for letting regional pricing:

Well with the DLC adding content and extras why would one not take the bundle that includes it for the same cost (or looking at the likely outcomes right now) cheaper than the equivalent?

I think you might have missed the point of my post ...

The cost on steam of CE + DLC being £58.98 is actually really good value for a game of this calibre at only £29.99 per copy ...

From most publishers you'd expect that at £40-60 per copy depending on the game - often with DLC on top!

The equivalent so far as we can see for GOG will be around £34.99*2 + £6.99*2 (if DLC is the same cost as on Steam) for a total of £83.96 ... This as you can see is a full £30 (around $60 at current rates) more than Steam.

If they match Steam per regular copy at £29.99 per copy (although I took the £34.99 from a previous blue post in this thread) then that is a total of £73.98 including DLC or £59.98 without ...

So we get to the Steam price if we drop the DLC from both copies which is compromising for one's ideals pretty heavily at that point ... and given the Steam release is completely DRM free one has to question what one's ideals are in that case and that in essence that means you get the DLC 'for free' with Steam compared to GOG ...

Is the levels of business craziness becoming clear yet?




Ah to clarify that isn't criticising the regional pricing itself but the overall value as a result of the business decisions and how much impact it will have on the ability to sell this on the GOG store compared to a direct competitor ...

You've taken the first line of my post there and missed all the accompanying context when I went into detail on the pro/con of the GOG/Steam decisions that a potential buyer will go through and the results of the cost benefit analysis clearly favouring Steam in that case.