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Posted June 10, 2015
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Urnoev: These days I'm just waiting for them to drop the "Fair Price Package" entirely.
That's only the next logical step for them.
Not before applying fixed pricing for all territories for the entire catalog.
Posted June 10, 2015
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Grargar: Not before applying fixed pricing for all territories for the entire catalog.
Fixed pricing?
Posted June 10, 2015
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HypersomniacLive: Fixed pricing?
Games that are regionally-priced outside Russia/CIS territories. Most of the games' prices are still dependent on the currency exchange rate of the dollar and are thus not fixed in place.
Posted June 10, 2015
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Urnoev: These days I'm just waiting for them to drop the "Fair Price Package" entirely.
That's only the next logical step for them.
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Grargar: Not before applying fixed pricing for all territories for the entire catalog.
Yeah, I have been wondering the same for a long time since all the other stores use fixed pricing. Its also one of the reasons why gog is more expensive then Steam in several instances.
Posted June 10, 2015
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PaterAlf: It seems that regional pricing (with higher pricing for some regions and not just regional discount for the Ex-Soviet states) is GOG's standard pricing model now. At least that's what one of the developers of The Masterplan told me when I asked him why they chose this pricing model:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_masterplan_b560a/post36
I'd just like to point out this post as there was a bit of a misunderstanding there: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_masterplan_b560a/post40

Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by TurnipSlayerr
Posted June 10, 2015
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TurnipSlayerr: Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
I'm sorry but that is not a worldwide flat pricing model... unless we no longer consider Russia/CIS regions to be part of our world.
Posted June 10, 2015
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TurnipSlayerr: I'd just like to point out this post as there was a bit of a misunderstanding there: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_masterplan_b560a/post40

Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
Thank you for clarifying. It's good to see that you still try to avoid regional pricing with higher prices than the US base price.
Posted June 10, 2015
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TurnipSlayerr: Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
Sure, like GOG proclaimed to continue striving for actual flat pricing when there was the initial huge backlash against regional pricing. So pardon me if I don't take your word that the current pseudo flat worldwide pricing is still the standard for GOG when CDPR's own game doesn't reflect that along with the majority of the other new releases here.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by stg83
Posted June 10, 2015
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TurnipSlayerr: I'd just like to point out this post as there was a bit of a misunderstanding there: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_masterplan_b560a/post40

Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
Now with my non-existent level of confidence in what GOG has to say since last year, in particular regarding pricing, have to wonder whether there hasn't been some arm twisting going on there to produce that clarification...

As for the issue itself, on top of what JaqFrost said, let's glance at MaGog for a moment...
2015 entries (of all sorts, excluding only upcoming titles and the free): 189
2015 flat priced entries: 7 (3.7%)
2015 entries regionally priced outside RU/CIS: 58 (30.7%)
2015 entries more expensive than base US price in at least one region: 55 (29.1%)
Worst culprits: 2 2015 entries are regionally priced (and more expensive) outside RU/CIS despite being over 3 years old.
May still be a majority not having, shall we say, extended regional pricing, mainly thanks to the run major publisher deals you signed this year and who, surprise surprise, actually didn't use this pricing model (and bonus points for WB enforcing actual flat pricing still!), but 30% is quite e hefty portion of, er, failures, which is what they must be seen as if you claim to still struggle for (mostly) flat pricing. Starting that list with your own parent company's games...

Actually, hey, let's redo this a bit. Eliminate Paradox, Warner and Disney/Lucas:
2015 entries (of all sorts, excluding only upcoming titles and the free): 148
2015 flat priced entries: 0
2015 entries regionally priced outside RU/CIS: 55 (37.2%)
2015 entries more expensive than base US price in at least one region: 52 (35.1%)
Worst culprits: 2 2015 entries are regionally priced (and more expensive) outside RU/CIS despite being over 3 years old.
Wow, over a third failures when dealing with lesser publishers and indie studios. So much for your power of negotiation...
Posted June 10, 2015
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Cavalary: Worst culprits: 2 2015 entries are regionally priced (and more expensive) outside RU/CIS despite being over 3 years old.
Wow, over a third failures when dealing with lesser publishers and indie studios. So much for your power of negotiation...
+1 for the breakdown, that is what I was referring to as well. You can hardly consider it "pushing for pseudo flat worldwide pricing" when even some old games still come regionally priced. GOG's "standard pricing model" is more like a meager request then a stipulation for publishers.

if they actually considered it as important as their DRM Free stance then adding a condition for publishers requiring them to make the games flat priced after a year or until they start to get heavily discounted for example would give some indication of GOG still pushing for flat world wide pricing (excluding ofcourse the outer world Russian/CIS territories).
Posted June 10, 2015
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stg83: if they actually considered it as important as their DRM Free stance then adding a condition for publishers requiring them to make the games flat priced after a year or until they start to get heavily discounted for example would give some indication of GOG still pushing for flat world wide pricing (excluding ofcourse the outer world Russian/CIS territories).
*nods* Was saying that if push comes to shove I could go for that. Would still prefer the games not adhering to the original principles be somewhere else and GOG remain what it used to be, but could be all right if the games fitting the original criteria, so including being at least 3 years old, would follow all original principles, so including flat pricing. If added before it's 3 years old, meh, I'll grumble but may tolerate it, but hard condition that once 3 years since launch pass, regional pricing, if it exists before, is removed without increasing the base price, and game remains in catalog, no weaseling out by replacing it with a different edition to say it's new again (may have that separately if you want, and switch as well or merge with the old when that becomes at least 3 years old as well) or removing.
Posted June 10, 2015
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TurnipSlayerr: I'd just like to point out this post as there was a bit of a misunderstanding there: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_masterplan_b560a/post40

Regional pricing is NOT our standard pricing model and we're still pushing for flat pricing worldwide (with the exception of Russia/CIS regions) whenever we can.
Heh, at least your pr spin made me laugh while gogs track record shows that regional pricing is actually gogs default pricing model for some time now. Eitherway nice try.
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Matruchus: I guess the devs decided to flatprice it while other devs are complacent like on Steam and don't bother with the pricing and just choose the default store pricing model (regional pricing).
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Cavalary: Yep, takes two to tango in this. I mean, as far as I know not even Steam enforces regional pricing, I think? Just has all those recommended prices, or so I read, that indie devs and small publishers tend to just accept (big publishers tend to have their own pricing models), right? So now we can assume GOG does the exact same thing, but it's still a matter of the rights holder accepting or changing it to something else.
Definitely rotten of them, offering regional pricing as default as well, but hardly surprising, and the blame is shared.
Yep, its a fact that Steam does not enforce regional pricing but it does indeed offer its own regional pricing system which most devs accept since they don't wan't to bother themselves with the sales side of game development.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by Matruchus
Posted June 11, 2015
Since regional priced gog mix wont be updated, lets start some fair-price mix, I guess after initial creation in will be EASY to maintain.
Posted June 11, 2015
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vemin: Since regional priced gog mix wont be updated, lets start some fair-price mix, I guess after initial creation in will be EASY to maintain.
*shrug*
Posted July 01, 2018
Talking of regional pricing, on Enter The Gungeon it say that you'll get 3 dollars on you're wallet to compensate regional pricing if you buy the game.
Did GOG just added that? And is Enter The Gungeon the only game concerned?
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