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Posted February 21, 2014
The DRM-Free Revolution Continues with Big Pre-Orders and Launch Day Releases!

Good news! GOG.com is going to bring you more fantastic launch day releases, preorders, and other exciting new content from some of our favorite developers. We've lined up 3 big titles that we will be bringing to GOG.com in the next couple of months for sale or preorder that we think will be hits with all of our gamers; and we have more equally exciting games coming up soon.

If you've been a member of the site for a long time, you may recall that when we launched sales of The Witcher 2 on GOG.com, we had to add in regional pricing. The game cost different amounts in in the US, the UK, the European Union, and Australia. We're doing something like that once again in order to bring you new titles from fantastic bigger studios. Since we don't accept currencies other than USD on GOG.com right now, we'll be charging the equivalent of the local price in USD for these titles. We wish that we could offer these games at flat prices everywhere in the world, but the decision on pricing is always in our partners' hands, and regional pricing is becoming the standard around the globe. We're doing this because we believe that there's no better way to accomplish our overall goals for DRM-Free gaming and GOG.com. We need more games, devs, and publishers on board to make DRM-Free gaming something that's standard for all of the gaming world!

That brings with it more good news, though! As mentioned, we have three games we're launching soon with regional pricing--two RPGs and a strategy game--and while we can't tell you what they are yet because breaking an NDA has more severe penalties than just getting a noogie, we're confident that you'll be as excited about these games as we are. For a limited time, we will be offering anyone who pre-orders or buys one of them a free game from a selection as a gift from GOG.com, just like we did for The Witcher 2.

If you have any questions, hit us up in the comments below and we'll be happy to answer (to the best of our ability).

EDIT: Since we've answered a lot of the common questions already here (and lest you think that we've ignored you), it may be handy for you to check out the forum thread about this and search for staff answers by clicking this link here. (hat tip to user Eli who reminded us that the feature even exists. :)
Posted February 21, 2014
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fr33kSh0w2012: Oh Great, Just GREAT!

This place going like Gamefly where EVERY game is REGION RESTRICTED?!? Is that what is going to happen next because of Australia's arse rape laws and the GST your $5.99 cost me about $6.70. already!

22 Nov 2013 DEBIT CARD PURCHASE GOG.COM DIGITAL DOWNLO NICOSIA CYP USD 5.99 incl. Westpac Foreign Transaction Fee AUD $0.19 = $6.68

I find that Okay

not USD29.99 $AU1=USD$0.90 Conv = AU$33.37 + Foreign Transaction fee = +1.50 = 34.87 just shy of 35 bucks!

and Now Regional Pricing!

www.itnews.com.au/News/351525,australia-tax-confirmed-it-pricing-report-released.aspx

Aussies slugged 50 percent more for tech products.

Australians are being forced to pay up to 50 percent more for technology hardware and software compared to the US, the parliamentary committee investigating IT price disparities has found.
I agree with you, I just wanted to say, stop voting in office complete douches..
Posted February 21, 2014
I really don't see the big deal about this . Use a VPN, and you can buy whatever you want, for whatever price you want. That's what I do with all the other sites I use .
Posted February 21, 2014
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trusteft: I agree with you, I just wanted to say, stop voting in office complete douches..
Voting is mandatory and we only have a choice between a douche and a turd sandwich.
Post edited February 21, 2014 by ReynardFox
Posted February 21, 2014
So now us Europeans got to pay more for the same product. Can we sneak past with a VPN or will that get our accounts blocked and lose our games?

It's stupid that we have to pay more for the same product. It not like you are shipping a boxed version or getting some kind of special bonus for paying more.
Post edited February 21, 2014 by steveo299065
Posted February 21, 2014
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I understand that GOG is between a Rock and a Hard-place here. If this means more games can come to here than fair enough. But I personally won't be purchasing them, and I shall be sure to email the publisher each time I choose not to buy a game and explain exactly why.

Outside of taxes, there is ZERO reason for a digital product to cost more in one country than another other than pure corporate greed. I am sick and tired of paying more in Australia for the same product that I download from the same servers as someone in the U.S. And I am simply not going to stand for it anymore.
Posted February 21, 2014
I think that now this "requested site feature" needs more votes, so at least we could avoid exchange expenses.
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/currency_converter_at_checkout_for_a_transaction_in_native_currency
Posted February 21, 2014
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trusteft: I agree with you, I just wanted to say, stop voting in office complete douches..
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ReynardFox: Voting is mandatory and we only have a choice between a douche and a turd sandwich.
the policies are supported by both sides for different reasons... :(
Posted February 21, 2014
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fr33kSh0w2012: Oh Great, Just GREAT!

This place going like Gamefly where EVERY game is REGION RESTRICTED?!? Is that what is going to happen next because of Australia's arse rape laws and the GST your $5.99 cost me about $6.70. already!

22 Nov 2013 DEBIT CARD PURCHASE GOG.COM DIGITAL DOWNLO NICOSIA CYP USD 5.99 incl. Westpac Foreign Transaction Fee AUD $0.19 = $6.68

I find that Okay

not USD29.99 $AU1=USD$0.90 Conv = AU$33.37 + Foreign Transaction fee = +1.50 = 34.87 just shy of 35 bucks!

and Now Regional Pricing!

www.itnews.com.au/News/351525,australia-tax-confirmed-it-pricing-report-released.aspx

Aussies slugged 50 percent more for tech products.

Australians are being forced to pay up to 50 percent more for technology hardware and software compared to the US, the parliamentary committee investigating IT price disparities has found.
Australia was the exact example I gave, I feel bad for you, bud, it's not right. It's not as if shipping has anything to do with digital goods, its just that you guys are used to being raped, so let's keep on raping!
Posted February 21, 2014
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When i read the news out loud to my dog, he (yeah, i know) got up and left the room. As he was passing the door, he stopped and looked back at me, sad and confused. Yeah, even my dog didn't buy it.
Posted February 21, 2014
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HGiles: No.

The announcement today is only for regional pricing.
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Titanium: That being the key word.
Yup.

This isn't good news. But it's also not as bad as people are taking it. If GOG alienates its customers hard enough, it won't make money. No one wants that, and I think GOG management will listen to our concerns.

Having regional pricing on games is a potentially disastrous decision. But only potentially. We'll have to see how it plays out, while we keep letting GOG know that we aren't happy about this.
Posted February 21, 2014
I believe in GOG's price philosophy is worldwide flat and USD prices.
Posted February 21, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: To my knowledge, there's no plans currently underweigh to change how gifting works.
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Avogadro6: Now that I think of it, have you considered that people might just be tempted get their games through their russian buddies or whatever countries will have lower pricing, and pay them back with paypal or something?
Other stores counter key reselling with regional activation, but what about GOG that have DRM-free installers?
I think that's why TeT sadi "there's no plans currently". Of course, nothing is preventing them from "protecting" themselves and publishers by banning inter-region gifting.

I wonder how long does it take till GogUnpowered will be created.
Posted February 21, 2014
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hedwards: Obviously, it's OK if it gets things done,obviously the ends justify the means, right? Nothing at all wrong with that, now is there.
Certainly not a general idea I am drawing upon... It is a subtle matter. They need to find some decent middle ground between the fairy-land of principles and the wretched reality of business. It's just as simple to hold on to your virtues and not sell a goddamn thing as it is to be a hermit who doesn't mistreat anyone else.

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hedwards: They've taken away the main negotiating tactic they had. Now that they allow some of the games to be here with regional pricing it's now on the table for negotiation.
Lamentable, but what's done is done.
We can only hope the deals were worth it.

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hedwards: What you fail to recognize is that while if A then B and if B then C and if C then D isn't a valid argument structure, we're already on C, so it's really a question of whether C is going to lead to D.
No, it's higher order. We're been at "Always not A", "Always not B", "Always not C". This no longer applies, but it doesn't mean much besides "There exists something which is C".

If someone aims to have straight As in everything, they might be horribly disappointed at their first A- or B, right? What do they do in such circumstances is a real test of character - do they continue to try their best, or do they give up and stop caring about grades?

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hedwards: And having tossed out one of their more powerful negotiating tactics, I don't see anything in particular stopping them from introducing some games here that have DRM, I mean getting games here does justify the means, doesn't it?
Oh, come on, you're smarter than this nonsense -_-.

Sadly - this IS how some people think. I find this a lot more appealing when the line of thinking is somewhere along the lines of "Since I'm already here, since we've gone this far, I might as well go to bed with this guy".
Do note - this does not apply when dealing with people who know what they want.
Posted February 21, 2014
Like others in this thread, the whole region-locking scenario is something I'm really concerned and I have been pretty much since I've started coming here.

I fear the day that GOG bends to Germany's draconian censorship laws like Steam does.
This would mean that games such as Duke Nukem 3D, BloodRayne 1+2, Crusader - No Remorse, Unreal Tournament, Painkiller, Carmageddon 1+2 or the recently released Red Faction games would be completely unavailable to anyone with a German IP.

I really, really hope that the regional pricing is not a first step to that.
Posted February 21, 2014
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InfraSuperman: Like others in this thread, the whole region-locking scenario is something I'm really concerned and I have been pretty much since I've started coming here.

I fear the day that GOG bends to Germany's draconian censorship laws like Steam does.
This would mean that games such as Duke Nukem 3D, BloodRayne 1+2, Crusader - No Remorse, Unreal Tournament, Painkiller, Carmageddon 1+2 or the recently released Red Faction games would be completely unavailable to anyone with a German IP.

I really, really hope that the regional pricing is not a first step to that.
Amen!
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