yeah, I wish I had of done some reading on that aswell before buying Witcher 2

It never joined, rather founded it :)

Until a publisher decides to convert its entire catalog to a new pricing just to improve earnings. Does that seem so unlikely? I alredy have a couple of names in my mind...

The problem is that now regional pricing is a thing. What publisher in their right mind would NOT choose it since it makes them more money? Shareholders don't like being told "we could have made more money this year, but chose not to." It opens the door for a lot more pain for a lot more people down the line.

I really don't get why companies need to charge more in different counties, when you are not dealing with a physical product.

Will there be a possibilty for "gifting" from one country to another? I have ordered some censored Steam games from other countries and they work fine. I hope as well you will announce it clearly if a German game version is censored as Steam does it already.

The first one is still true!

They've released as many old games per week as they've done in the past - but in addition they've also released newer games.

Does this mean that GOG will feature regional lockout as well? As in, there will be games that won't be available in certain regions or will only be available in certain regions in censored form?

I'm a bit of a sadist. I would allow certain clauses such as, 'You may build this stadium only if you first deconstruct the stadium that is already in perfect working order. And the labor must be provided from within the NFL itself.'

But I think this is a bit of natter.

True. But, then again, did they clearly state they are going full regional pricing? Like I said, I think it's more likely the current plan will stay in place for most games -- and by most I mean the really vast majority of them.

You're entitled to feel "betrayed" if worldwide pricing was that big of a deal to you, I guess. It's kind of important to me, don't get me wrong, but it's definitely not the main reason I buy my games here, that would have to be the fact they are DRM-free. 100% DRM-free. And, yes, if they compromise on this pricing core value, what guarantees do we have that they won't turn back on the DRM-free stance? None. I get this, I understand the sentiment, but so far they're not doing it, now, are they? Shouldn't we just wait and see, before we draw conclusions?

I'm all for integrity, trust me, I've had some bad periods in my life due to being truthful to my values and principles, and I sure as hell value that. Heck, I never bought a single game on Steam, I will never do so, I never bought a Bethesda game, because I hate the way they treat customers and lead them to believe their products are indispensable. But people change, they evolve, they... well, they grow up. I'm glad I lost some of my "core values" along the way (granted, they were pretty bad, but why should I ditch them, right? I "should have kept my integrity", according to you). We need to have some maneuverability in terms of ideals, just as long as it doesn't clash with what we ultimately are. And, the way I see it, GOG is just accommodating potential new customers and catering to the needs of existing ones that want to see some games released in here but can't, because publishers won't do worldwide pricing -- sometimes out of regional legal issues beyond their control. As long as they keep being 100% DRM-free, providing stellar customer support and dedication, being *mostly* worldwide pricing-friendly and getting all the great games and game related goodies as they can, I don't think their integrity is in check.

Obviously, that's just me. All of you in disagreement are more than entitled to feel bad for this, and it's your prerogative to stop using GOG altogether, I know I would if they stopped being fully DRM-free -- which, as of now, they still are.

Unfortunately it was stated in this thread before that this method doesn't longer work. :(

Exactly this is the meaning of the "Good news" GOG was announcing today.

No, they do not do $=€ on all games.