jimbob0i0: Where did I say that regional pricing was the fault of GOG?

What is hurting them in this case is not negotiating the same market costs as their direct competitor in Steam.

If the cost was the same as Steam (or even within a fiver) then there would be no question of purchasing here due to the ethical considerations I previously mentioned... it wouldn't be the first time I've done that (eg Brutal Legend here over Steam) however with a difference of potentially up to 25% more here than Steam (up to twenty quid is possible/likely when you take two copies with DLC for both with what we know right now) then it starts becoming a rather silly decision to buy here with the DRM/extras bonuses negated.

jimbob0i0: 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...

Niggles: dude most people will go for the standard edition.I don't know if Gog will offer the CE version ( two copies is a ploy by larian to get people to play coop). regional pricing here ( if steam prices is to be believed) is same as USD price.
BTW i'd suspect people prefer to have one in all installer ( zipping up a 6 GB folder is time consuming fwiw and not exactly convenient).
people who are price sensitive will buy it where its cheapest. there are many who prefer getting it on Gog anyway right? that's why many of us wait :)

auroraparadox: What is included in the Source Hunter DLC Pack?

jimbob0i0: 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?

DyNaer: i don't think i missed anything :: it's odd GOG doesn't offer a package with the base game + dlc (with a discount) , but if it's already stated.....

And it's more odd, if you take in account the game have some co-op features & more coming with Galaxy

So i don't really know what's the REAL deal between Larian & GOG, except initialy GOG delayed the release of the game to match with their client release ....not a good idea, business wise i think : Plenty people want to play alone & that's a pretty bad excuse because the game already have some co-op features which could be used.

Actually everything is pure speculations, we don't know the GOG's price & if there will be a bundle or not (i'm not pretty confident , i just looked what Larian & GOG did in the past => see Dragon Commander)

jimbob0i0: There's a fair amount we do know ... the base price will be $39.99

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/divinity_original_sin_on_gogcom_bstatus_updateb/post710

So worst case will be a straight $1 = £1 like many publishers do ... best case is matching the Steam cost at £29.99

We also know there will be no bundle unless this changes at the last second tomorrow so it won't be like Dragon Commander (which I do own here and did enjoy a lot):

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/divinity_original_sin_on_gogcom_bstatus_updateb/post689

So they have really messed up this release from both perspectives - for the single player it was delayed for no apparent good reason for just over a week and for the co-op player they will be charging significantly more than their direct competitor.

jimbob0i0: *everything*

RadonGOG: As far as I know we´ll get those coupons for regional pricings---so I don´t see the problem. As long as we get those coupons reginol pricement is completly uninteresting for me---sure, you´ll have to put more money on the table---but GOG ALWAYS has good games you´ve been thinking of for years; so I don´t think of it beeing a major problem!

jimbob0i0: Well let's see how it goes tomorrow but as of now it looks to be a rather poor outlook for sales on GOG.

Rincewind81: So today is the Day. Still hoping for a "Deal".

It was 20% off at Steam even before a release here... We will see.