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MaximumBunny: The biggest reason to not buy from Germany would be if it had the violence or sex content extra censored than unusual. I'm not sure if GOG is legally required to do that though or not (posting censored versions).
Although, such content might be available post release like the user-made "un-Australia" patch for The Witcher 2.
If your country has a reputation for censoring games, i.e. Germany & Australia, it's better to wait until release. A game like The Witcher 3 might have substantial content censored, but you can't know until the game is finalised.
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Redfern: I guees if they see HUGE amount of orders made in Russia for example and then redeemed on various account from GOG all over the world they can take actions (ban, disallow gifting). But normally they donts see that a big problem.
As i said once - Russian auditory for GOG is pretty small anyway.
I'm pretty sure they do see it as a big problem, it's just not prevalent enough yet that publishers are bugging them about it at this point. They're already adding limits like '5 gifts per account' for other games. I really wonder how they're going to handle this long term.

I guess same as Regional pricing/region lock was first introduced with Witcher 2 and is now expanding for a whole list of new games, restricting regional gifts is likely in the future for low priced regions same as they're doing with Witcher 3.
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Whiskas: P.s. I have no problems with paying a full price, but if there is possibility to buy it 3x cheaper, why not.
I have to say that you're wrong about that, these pricing differences exist because people make different incomes in different parts of the world and even though games are not an essential utility it is only logical for any company to price it in a way that more people buy it in those countries. This is done for other non-essential services too like theater ticket pricing and other entertainment avenues. But when there are lot of people trying to get it cheap by buying from these regions companies will eventually have to establish region locks or worse remove regional pricing making it inaccessible to many people.
If we compare Germany's $2720 per month with $147 per month average wage of Ukraine don't you think that you are undeservedly claiming something that was meant for them? I'm not trying to bash you here but what you tried to do wasn't an ethical thing, at all.
Edit: Corrected Ukraine avg. wage from 686 to 147, based on what Starmaker said.
Post edited March 30, 2015 by huN73R
Saving is good, but personally I wouldn't do this even if gifting was allowed and hurts my wallet more in the end. I see no reason in cheating this way. Unlike some companies, CDPR deserves the money and the support for their games.
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huN73R: If we compare Germany's $2720 per month with $686 per month average wage of Ukraine don't you think that you are undeservedly claiming something that was meant for them? I'm not trying to bash you here but what you tried to do wasn't an ethical thing, at all.
The average wage in Ukraine is $147.
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Starmaker: The average wage in Ukraine is $147.
I was going by Wikipedia quoted figure, and the lower value just increases the validity of my point. They deserve that price, guy from Germany doesn't. Corrected my post.
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Starmaker: The average wage in Ukraine is $147.
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huN73R: I was going by Wikipedia quoted figure, and the lower value just increases the validity of my point. They deserve that price, guy from Germany doesn't. Corrected my post.
The twist is, i am originally from Ukraine. I have no ethical problems with buying books or movies there, and i cant see any difference with games, if it's allowed by site policy - but it's not, so question is solved for me.
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Redfern: I guees if they see HUGE amount of orders made in Russia for example and then redeemed on various account from GOG all over the world they can take actions (ban, disallow gifting). But normally they donts see that a big problem.
As i said once - Russian auditory for GOG is pretty small anyway.
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Pheace: I'm pretty sure they do see it as a big problem, it's just not prevalent enough yet that publishers are bugging them about it at this point. They're already adding limits like '5 gifts per account' for other games. I really wonder how they're going to handle this long term.

I guess same as Regional pricing/region lock was first introduced with Witcher 2 and is now expanding for a whole list of new games, restricting regional gifts is likely in the future for low priced regions same as they're doing with Witcher 3.
Really? 5 gifts per game per account? thats new...
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Redfern: Really? 5 gifts per game per account? thats new...
Per day. Don't forget the per day. See section 3.3 in the User Agreement.
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Whiskas: Long story short, i am from Germany, W3 pre-order costs 46 euro. Friend of mine is from Ukraine - and price there is 15 euro. He can buy game for me as a gift. Wouldn't it be against GOG policy? Will i be able to access the game from my account? Is there differences between UA and EU versions?
The real question is, how much is the game worth to you, and how much can you afford to spend? If you don't mind spending 40-60 bucks on other AAA games, then Witcher 3 certainly seems worthy of that price tag.

If you're honestly "poor" and can't afford to spend that much on a single game, and the only alternative would be to get the game from some file-sharing site, then paying something is better than paying nothing, I suppose. But if you can afford it, then please do support the devs.
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Redfern: Really? 5 gifts per game per account? thats new...
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JMich: Per day. Don't forget the per day. See section 3.3 in the User Agreement.
Oh, i see, thanks. Its actually 5 gifts total per day. No matter which games.
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Redfern: Oh, i see, thanks. Its actually 5 gifts total per day. No matter which games.
In the thread discussing it, Ciris had mentioned that it's 5 gifts per title per day. Let me see if I can dig up that post.

Edit: Wasn't Ciris, GOG.com was the user that posted it. Here's the post.
Post edited March 30, 2015 by JMich
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Redfern: Oh, i see, thanks. Its actually 5 gifts total per day. No matter which games.
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JMich: In the thread discussing it, Ciris had mentioned that it's 5 gifts per title per day. Let me see if I can dig up that post.

Edit: Wasn't Ciris, GOG.com was the user that posted it. Here's the post.
Yep, the limit is five copies of the same game each day. You can still get other games. It was tested.
Region lock became a problem when the currency you are buying have an inferior value than the most use currencies, like US$, Euro, etc.

Witcher 3 is only 25 US$ in some sites here in Latam. What I don't get is why publisher/devs gets harm; they sell those key in $/£/€ and when you are buying it, the original prices has been already paid.
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montcer9012: Region lock became a problem when the currency you are buying have an inferior value than the most use currencies, like US$, Euro, etc.

Witcher 3 is only 25 US$ in some sites here in Latam. What I don't get is why publisher/devs gets harm; they sell those key in $/£/€ and when you are buying it, the original prices has been already paid.
Because it only works that way, because in other parts of the world they get to sell at 'normal' price.

If then 3rd party sellers turn that around and buy in the low parts and resell to the places with 'normal' prices then the game will see less and less returns overall.

If a reseller 'resold' games in those low price countries only there'd be no harm no foul, but by reselling to other countries they're messing with the pricing model, profit projections etc.
Post edited March 30, 2015 by Pheace