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Avogadro6: On a more serious note, can anyone confirm if Shadow Warrior 2013 has got the "fair package" treatment? Because I see no store credit offer both in the game page and at checkout, and on top of it it's way more expensive than on Steam.
I see it at 39.49$ so to me it has no regional price.
That's because the Euro has disappeared! Either the website is glitchy at the moment or GOG has gone back to $ only.
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MIK0: I see it at 39.49$ so to me it has no regional price.
It has regional price if you look at Starmaker's price. Otherweise if it were the old gogs fair pricing policy at work he would have to pay the same price as you or anybody else. But as long as you are ok with the above price it does not matter.
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Matruchus
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MIK0: I see it at 39.49$ so to me it has no regional price.
It is regionally-priced, because the original price is actually $39.99, so we save a whooping 50 cents. :P
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Grargar
The Euro is back. It was a glitch after all. :-(
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MIK0: I see it at 39.49$ so to me it has no regional price.
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Matruchus: It has regional price if you look at Starmaker's price. Otherweise if it were the old gogs fair pricing policy at work he would have to pay the same price as you or anybody else. But as long as you are ok with the above price it does not matter.
If I understand correctly, only russians pay less but GOG doesn't tell you that like it does when americans pay less.
It's a regional price but with less zones.
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Gydion: You mean "good news"? If you read "Back to our Roots" (backtracking) GOG explicitly states they will regional price select newer titles "when they have to". The newer titles part may only have been my impression or GOG changed it's definition.

Also, wanted to say thanks for this thread.
Let's just say the way I had read their backtracking was that regional pricing would apply to future releases.That I can understand if it's a way to get titles that would not come here otherwise. Seeing them applying this to 23 already released games is somewhat unpleasant. games are supposed to decrease in price over time. And there was a belief floating around that regional pricing might disappear after a while ( that's what happened with Witcher 2 ) . This move casts a new light on this...

Moreover, what tells us this is not the first batch of a gradual process?

I'm probably not alone to have misread them, anyway.
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MIK0: If I understand correctly, only russians pay less but GOG doesn't tell you that like it does when americans pay less.
It's a regional price but with less zones.
It's more of a case that some of the regional prices aren't as different as they are with other games. But they are still set regionally. Your price just happens to fall close to the US price in this case, but only because that's what the publisher set it at for your region. It could very easily have been significantly different, as when you look at some other regionally priced games.
Maybe it would be more helpful if there were a chart of the regional prices by game and region. For example, if the only price difference for a game is that Russians can buy it much cheaper, I'm not sure that is the regional pricing I worry about. I'm much more curious about which games are charging some regions more causing GoG to use store credit to balance the transaction.

Does anyone have the number and list of games which fall into this category?
Why don't I get a fair price credit offered to me for Witcher 3? Russian can pay $15.99 for it (The US price is $47.99 with the same loyalty discount), and frankly, I find it insulting that they base everything on the US price. If they're going to use regional pricing with a rewards incentive, then they need to use the lowest available price for fairness to everyone. Else why do some people get a break when the game is cheaper for me, but I don't get a break when it's cheaper for others?
Post edited September 03, 2014 by paladin181
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RWarehall: Maybe it would be more helpful if there were a chart of the regional prices by game and region. For example, if the only price difference for a game is that Russians can buy it much cheaper, I'm not sure that is the regional pricing I worry about. I'm much more curious about which games are charging some regions more causing GoG to use store credit to balance the transaction.

Does anyone have the number and list of games which fall into this category?
I do. If you are curious enough, you can begin looking from this post, where I have started posting the new regional games, along with pictures of their new European prices (in $). If you don't care and you are cool with my word, then all the games mentioned in the first post of this thread, except for Shadow Warrior (2013), give back store credit. Ditto for the big regional three: Age of Wonders 3 (both standard and deluxe), The Witcher 3 and Divinity: Original Sin, along with its DLC.
Post edited September 04, 2014 by Grargar
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Grargar: I do. If you are curious enough, you can begin looking from this post, where I have started posting the new regional games, along with pictures of their new European prices (in $). If you don't care and you are cool with my word, then all the games mentioned in the first post of this thread, except for Shadow Warrior (2013), give back store credit. Ditto for the big regional three: Age of Wonders 3 (both standard and deluxe), The Witcher 3 and Divinity: Original Sin, along with its DLC.
Vow how did I forget about that thread - so there are a lot more games regionally priced then I though.

Link to the other Sinistars thread about regional pricing for all other to see: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/regional_priced_games_on_gog/page1
Post edited September 04, 2014 by Matruchus
So, what's the point, boys and girls?

I mean, what's your problem?

I think, regional pricing is something GOG don't want. So do I. But what other chance have they to get new games in their store without regional pricing that the publisher want? To sell old games is a fine thing. I also like to play old games. But to get new customers and to compete with Steam that isn't enough.

And what disadvantage you have by using regional pricing on GOG?

"Divine Divinity: Original Sin" has had cost 39.39 $ before the change. Now it cost me 39.39 €...but I get the difference back for buying another game. So, I don't lose any money. I pay the same as before. Does Steam something like that? No!! There the same game costs 39.39 € without getting one lousy Cent back!!!

The same with Shadow Warrior (2013). Why hasn't it a store credit note? Because it is already cheaper than on Steam. Here it costs 29.99 € and on Steam it costs 34.99 € (not 24.99 € as someone noticed before!) So a store credit note isn't necessary to disable regional pricing.

I came to GOG to buy old games, yes. But the truth reason for me to come here is to buy games without f*cking DRM. And I have no problem with regional pricing as long as GOG will take care that I will not pay more than before.

And that is it, what GOG does compared to Steam, which gave a damn hell about their "customers"!

By the way...who of you critics also have a steam-account and buy regional priced games there?
The point is dear AliensCrew that some of us came here for the drm-free games and the fair pricing policy years ago and since you are new here you certainly can't understand our meaning and if you like to pay regional prices it's your choice. There are some of us who are not prepared to pay such prices - its gogs loss not ours. And the same is valid for Steam which is a lot more worse then gog with regional pricing. And store credit is just the same as gamersgates blue coins since we can't use it outside of their store. So it's your choice what you wan't to buy but leave others the choice to decide what they wan't to buy at what conditions they deem fair and at what price they wan't to pay.
Post edited September 04, 2014 by Matruchus
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Matruchus: The point is dear AliensCrew that some of us came here for the drm-free games and the fair pricing policy years ago and since you are new here you certainly can't understand our meaning and if you like to pay regional prices it's your choice. There are some of us who are not prepared to pay such prices - its gogs loss not ours. And the same is valid for Steam which is a lot more worse then gog with regional pricing. And store credit is just the same as gamersgates blue coins since we can't use it outside of their store. So it's your choice what you wan't to buy but leave others the choice to decide what they wan't to buy and at what price.
Please do direct me to your other one world price + drm free shop since those ive seen are all regionally priced and hardly 100% drm free.