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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 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Man this takes me back.

Me, My Amiga, 8(I think) 3 1/2" floppy disks(DD turned into HD by drilling a hole into them), and "The Secret of Monkey Island"

.....Dammit, I'm old!
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xep624: Old, but with great memories and the past experiences made you look in a different way on things. My Amiga 600 was a really special entertainment machine for me too.
I had an Amiga 500, and it was special, just like the memories I made with it.

And I'm not really worried about getting old, because all the people around tell me: "When will you finally grow up?!" xD
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Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: I had an Amiga 500, and it was special, just like the memories I made with it.

And I'm not really worried about getting old, because all the people around tell me: "When will you finally grow up?!" :)
Heh, memories.... I still have the original Pong (and it still works) that we purchased in about 1974 or 1975 IIRC. And while I can't remember the exact year, I can remember that night like it was yesterday. My uncle and I stayed up literally all night playing that thing, making that little blip go back and forth across the screen. All night, joking and laughing and needling and just the kind of fun the one never forgets.

And I still have a working Intellivision, with lots of games for it. Lots and lots of memories there as well.

I don't know, however, if Pong and/or Intellivision were sold internationally or not so many may not know of what I speak.
Posted February 24, 2014
Sorry my trust is completly destroyed...
GOG / Humble Bundle all had the idea of changeing the gameing industrie. Both gave up on this.

And here is exactly what will happen on GOG too:

"DeepSilver Sales on Humble Bundle:

Saints Row 4 15.99€ and 15.99$
Saints Row 3 Full Package 14.99€ and 14.99$
Risen 2 14.99€ and 14.99$

If you calculate that with stock exchange 14.99€ = 14.99$ + 37% so even if VAT's comes into play which are 19% the Publisher still makes much more money from sales in europe"

So thats what you want? Thats what you realy support? Thats what you stand for?
Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: I had an Amiga 500, and it was special, just like the memories I made with it.

And I'm not really worried about getting old, because all the people around tell me: "When will you finally grow up?!" :)
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OldFatGuy: Heh, memories.... I still have the original Pong (and it still works) that we purchased in about 1974 or 1975 IIRC. And while I can't remember the exact year, I can remember that night like it was yesterday. My uncle and I stayed up literally all night playing that thing, making that little blip go back and forth across the screen. All night, joking and laughing and needling and just the kind of fun the one never forgets.

And I still have a working Intellivision, with lots of games for it. Lots and lots of memories there as well.

I don't know, however, if Pong and/or Intellivision were sold internationally or not so many may not know of what I speak.
I'm a proud owner of an Intellivision (Mk-I) in working condition! My first game was Hover Force.

So, if it wasn't sold internationally, my dad managed to nab one back in the day. :P
Posted February 24, 2014
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groze: I'm a proud owner of an Intellivision (Mk-I) in working condition! My first game was Hover Force.

So, if it wasn't sold internationally, my dad managed to nab one back in the day. :P
Awesome. Maybe they were sold internationally, I just don't remember. But there were actually quite a few good titles on that system and I was married at the time and my wife and I played the thing a lot. (The Intellivision that is..... :P )
Posted February 24, 2014
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Ichwillnichtmehr: I had an Amiga 500, and it was special, just like the memories I made with it.

And I'm not really worried about getting old, because all the people around tell me: "When will you finally grow up?!" :)
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OldFatGuy: Heh, memories.... I still have the original Pong (and it still works) that we purchased in about 1974 or 1975 IIRC. And while I can't remember the exact year, I can remember that night like it was yesterday. My uncle and I stayed up literally all night playing that thing, making that little blip go back and forth across the screen. All night, joking and laughing and needling and just the kind of fun the one never forgets.

And I still have a working Intellivision, with lots of games for it. Lots and lots of memories there as well.

I don't know, however, if Pong and/or Intellivision were sold internationally or not so many may not know of what I speak.
The first "video game" I played, was "Kampf im Asteroidengürtel"(Battle in the Astroid Belt) on the Atari VCS 2600(I still have the console and the games, though I don't know if they still work)

My mother, father, and myself as a little kid needed about an hour to set it up(2 adults with 0 knowledge about electronics, and 1 annoying kid), but after that we played the hell out of it(even though my parents were all "childish nonsense" before, HA!)

We got and played a lot more games after that: Frogger/Yars Revenge/Pitfall and more, but "my first game" will always be a special memory.
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Posted February 24, 2014
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TheEnigmaticT: We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change.
Half-life 5 confirmed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZIutRz9hw
Posted February 24, 2014
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unknown78: "DeepSilver Sales on Humble Bundle:

Saints Row 4 15.99€ and 15.99$
Saints Row 3 Full Package 14.99€ and 14.99$
Risen 2 14.99€ and 14.99$
And, not to forget, Steam-Only. <3

Now they also sell games steam-only which they already sold DRM-free in the past (Deponia in the Weekly, to be exact). Humble died for me.

Let's see what those three "awesome" games will be and what happens to GOG.
At least we got mods here, who answer in a respective way. Couldn't find this on Humble, so that's why I'm here. *thumbs up*
Posted February 24, 2014
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Just now learned about this. Doesn't make me happy. At all. :(

Many users here have already put my doubts and fears about this decision in words, better probably than I could. THis one pretty much sums uo my feelings:
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ABH20: And so GOG takes yet another step away from what makes it unique and towards being just another digital store amongst many.
Posted February 24, 2014
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unknown78: "DeepSilver Sales on Humble Bundle:

Saints Row 4 15.99€ and 15.99$
Saints Row 3 Full Package 14.99€ and 14.99$
Risen 2 14.99€ and 14.99$
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GothaBlutauge: And, not to forget, Steam-Only. <3

Now they also sell games steam-only which they already sold DRM-free in the past (Deponia in the Weekly, to be exact). Humble died for me.

Let's see what those three "awesome" games will be and what happens to GOG.
At least we got mods here, who answer in a respective way. Couldn't find this on Humble, so that's why I'm here. *thumbs up*
I doubt that this 3 Games are worth all the trouble gog has with us customers. I mean we are on page 160 now and I've not found not a single "pro" regional prize post. So I highly doubt this three games are worth this trouble.
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheOperaGhost: The argument is not taxes vs. no taxes nor health care vs. no health care. That's absurd, even for an art major.

The question is: What is the proper relationship between a government and its citizens? Does it exist to protect their rights, or do they exist to provide their "rulers" with power and position?

The American Creed declares that "all men are created equal [... and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, government are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Government "gives" nothing. It takes from some -- through taxation, debt, and inflation -- and redistributes it to others in order to buy their votes. And they tell you that you're "doing it for the children."

You've exchanged your God-given freedom for a bowl of soup (or in this case, a band-aid), and you feel righteous about it.
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xyzzy007: Take this rubbish somewhere else. This is a thread about regional pricing.
Direct that at the person who brought it up.

And mind your own business. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it; neither do you have to reply.
Posted February 24, 2014
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Niggles: Please dont compare prices for games in an Indie bundle to store prices. Not the same thing mate
AND its already been pointed out a few times - soundtracks are outsourced in a lot of instances for indie games - devs have no control over their inclusion to sale product on GOG
Sorry, like I said, that was a rant and, like most rants, is probably full of incorrectly explained ideas and feelings. I wasn't trying to compare prices, I was trying to show my dismay over the fact that GOG's release of those said games still, to this day, continue to be inferior, as it has been since the day of release.

Regarding the soundtracks, I understand that some indie games "outsource" the soundtracks, and have it for sale in other stores. And although I would prefer in this situations to be able to buy the game here, for a higher price, but with the soundtracks, I still understand it could be a case of "that's the way the contract was possibly to be made". But then, how come do the soundtracks appear in a bundle, before they even appear here before? To me, a GOG client, that get's the impression of "oh, hey, sorry about that, here's a slap on your face for hoping this would come to GOG".

I'm not saying it's GOG's fault, the dev's, or anyone else... but the fact still remains that there's something rotten here..

And, then there are the King's Art games (in this case, the "outsourcing" stuff doesn't comply)... I can still understand these were the releases for the cheaper prices GOG could manage to get here, but then, why aren't the "deluxe" editions available, also? Specially that now, there are available as dirt cheap?

I wasn't expecting them to be here, dirt cheap. I was expecting them to be here, period!

I think the message I was trying to pass is: "I'm trying to give you my money GOG, but on some occasions, you don't seem too interested".
Posted February 24, 2014
I think 160 pages of complaining users pretty much say everything there is to say about these "good news".
Posted February 24, 2014
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TheOperaGhost: You've exchanged your God-given freedom for a bowl of soup (or in this case, a band-aid), and you feel righteous about it.
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Johnmourby: Why so serious bro? Why are you so full of rhetoric? As for me I have my freedom and my Band-Aid. I have more freedom than you do. So yeah I feel righteous and a little smug about it.

And If I pay a little more tax so all my brothers and sisters have an equal chance at being alive, so be it. I'd probably just waste that money anyway.
Equally poor.

Socialism makes everyone "equal" by lowering the quality of life for all.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" (Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, November 11, 1755).

It is no small thing that you consider freedom merely "rhetoric."
Posted February 24, 2014
This is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS!!!

I AM GOING TO BOYCO... Hey! look! Flatout is on sale!

*bought

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I can't stay mad with you guys...
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