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New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
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digital2k13: I came to GOG because it was simple, it had old games, occasional new titles, and there was no DRM. It seems as time moves forward that GOG continues to try and be more edgy, and it just feels wrong somehow.

The continued loss of titles is also alarmingly disturbing.
I feel the same way and am shocked that titles can disappear as fast as they show up. Losing Fallout, Bohemia and Nordic looks terrible and I hope GOG can get get these publishers back somehow.
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digital2k13: I came to GOG because it was simple, it had old games, occasional new titles, and there was no DRM. It seems as time moves forward that GOG continues to try and be more edgy, and it just feels wrong somehow.

The continued loss of titles is also alarmingly disturbing.
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book99: I feel the same way and am shocked that titles can disappear as fast as they show up. Losing Fallout, Bohemia and Nordic looks terrible and I hope GOG can get get these publishers back somehow.
Well, the new "design" is obviously GOG's willful fault (except for the selectable currency, which I like), but I don't feel like blaming GOG if publishers pull out their games from this particular store. As far as I can tell, it's the copyright holders fault. So far, I feel like GOG has tried to listen to their customers, and to be reasonably fair to them. I just hope they bring the old design back, but I still respect them.

(Maybe I'm just being naive, and I'm missing something important. In that case, I'd like to be enlightened....)
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ChrisSD: It's actually a bug in the html code. On new pages the item count is before the label, a bit like so:
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And the it uses CSS to float the count to the right. On legacy pages it puts the item count after the label, which messes with the CSS.
I'm aware. On legacy pages it's still floated to the right, but it's on the following line if you will. The menu entry clips to the single line and you can't see the count. Which is just as well or you would see it next to the wrong entry. Seeing it working on the new pages is what got me to look at it to begin with.
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Momo1991: Thanks so much! However, I am of the mind that GOG should fix this crap - not me. I'm not paid by GOG to fix their website and from Support, they say they don't have the funds to fix the basic usage - but if they eff-up the site wherein they only upgrade the store, they should test ALL the browsers...just sayin is all...
I agree. It's more a workaround than a fix which, by the way, will break again when GOG does actual fix the HTML. At which point you would just turn the style off. I had intended to ignore it myself, but it was starting to annoy me. Plus, I saw it was working on the new pages...
Post edited September 02, 2014 by Gydion
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IAmSinistar: Thanks for the confirmation. Hopefully it's made it to the "bugs wiki" page.
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madth3: It is now, I had not seen it before.
Cheers madth3. I was going to ping you about it, but the comments that others had already brought the issue up dissuaded me. Glad to see it got on there in the end, however the path it took.
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JudasIscariot:
I think a blue text said that the "notifications not showing whether it was a forum reply or message" bug was fixed, but I don't find where that was now.

Using Firefox 31, Win 7x64, the notifications work correctly on pages except forum pages. Forum pages show the number next to "Account" but doesn't tell you what it is in the drop down.
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adambiser: I think a blue text said that the "notifications not showing whether it was a forum reply or message" bug was fixed, but I don't find where that was now.

Using Firefox 31, Win 7x64, the notifications work correctly on pages except forum pages. Forum pages show the number next to "Account" but doesn't tell you what it is in the drop down.
And you'll probably find that it won't work either in the wishlist, gogmixes and other pages that have not been redesigned.
Notifications still only work 50% of the time when I login to gog. They show up only the account tab on the menu but not when I open the submenu. And also using Firefox 31.

Edit: Later today Firefox updated to version 32 - will see how that handles notifications.
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Matruchus
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adambiser: I think a blue text said that the "notifications not showing whether it was a forum reply or message" bug was fixed, but I don't find where that was now.

Using Firefox 31, Win 7x64, the notifications work correctly on pages except forum pages. Forum pages show the number next to "Account" but doesn't tell you what it is in the drop down.
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madth3: And you'll probably find that it won't work either in the wishlist, gogmixes and other pages that have not been redesigned.
Maybe, but I know I won't find it not working now that I've cleared my notification by checking my notification. :)
Man, seeing the September Neogaf (for GOG) thread made me miss how pretty the old site was.
On my slow work computer, the first time I open the website it freezes the whole desktop. I experience this mostly on websites which heavily use external libraries like from google.com.

This is very annoying, because you go to the website and for ~10-20sec nothing works but ctrl+alt+del.
The search bar on the games menu on android browser is not responsive - it seems as if real time data input is not possible. Also login is still not possible since the login windows was not fixed yet and show up outside of the browsing area and its not possible to click on it.

Also no matter which browser on the desktop I use the currency change is not possible so much for that feature.
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Matruchus
Personally, I don't like the changes.
New look doesn't appeal to me, but I don't care much about it. I am sure there are many far more important things to fix around as people noted above.
I am not interested in movies at all, because guess what? I have come here for games.
Finally, the pricing thing is annoying as it doesn't remember my currency preference , so all the f**king time I have to jump to the bottom of the page and choose what I like. Then I come here next day and have to do same thing again. Either I don't know something or it is just plain irritating.

Most important thing: people come here for games. We've lost many lately and this is definitely not a good news. Wake me up when "fair regional pricing" and other marvellous changes finally start to pay off and we will get some new shiny games like Steam has. Because what's the point in becoming Steam-like when you do not gain new games. It's about games after all, isn't it? *looks at the "indie movies" post *
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JudasIscariot:
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adambiser: I think a blue text said that the "notifications not showing whether it was a forum reply or message" bug was fixed, but I don't find where that was now.

Using Firefox 31, Win 7x64, the notifications work correctly on pages except forum pages. Forum pages show the number next to "Account" but doesn't tell you what it is in the drop down.
Have any of you affected by this issue and using FF tried to see what it looks like for you on Chrome? I use Chrome at work and Chromium at home and I see all of the notifications where they are supposed to be i.e. messages, forum replies, and updates.

Maybe this is a bug that occurs with Firefox 31 but I am not sure as I am no expert on this topic :)
Hello newer, better, fresher GoG. Not!

To be honest I'm not so happy with the new GoG. It was announced that there would be a change in currency, but it was also promised, prices would be calculated fair. To me it seems like everything got more expensive now!

How can I change the currency? Do I have the old $ prices then?
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McLane: Hello newer, better, fresher GoG. Not!

To be honest I'm not so happy with the new GoG. It was announced that there would be a change in currency, but it was also promised, prices would be calculated fair. To me it seems like everything got more expensive now!

How can I change the currency? Do I have the old $ prices then?
There is a currency selctor on the bottom right of every game card and the main page :)