GOG uses the same price regardless of where you live but Steam (as far as I can tell without being a customer of theirs) and GamersGate seem to charge you the same amount of - not in - US$ or €, depending on where you live (and perhaps £ as well?).

Is it the same with other DD services, or are there more doing the same as GOG?

GOG's model makes the same game cery expensive in a country where you make $300 a month, yet very cheap in a country where you can easily make $3000 a month. If the other DD services did something with that in a meaningful way, it'd be ok I guess, but saying that $ equals €? That makes no sense to me. Sure, some countries being charged in € are better off than some countries being charged in $, but the opposite can also be said. Thus, the argument "they can afford to pay more" only apply to some countries, and the rest are basically being given the finger.

This doesn't affect me much as I can afford more games than I have the time to play, but it makes me not want to gift anything in the Non-GOG Gifting Thread - I'd just feel stupid buying needlessly expensive gifts, compared to what any american could.

I can't recall any major digital store with fair pricing.

Sometimes you may buy a game on producer's page (indie titles) for a fair price (via humble store, for example), and that's it.

Well... You could just get a fake american IP and buy games at the prices that americans pay?

You've been here how long? There's a thread on this every week.

Normally the $ price is less than other prices for steam, so you could probably look at it as GOG take the lowest common denominator.


EDIT: and they don't say 1 dollar = 1 euro, they let the exchange rate decide.

And risk getting banned?

I actualy did try to search before posting but came up emtpyhanded. Perhaps you could direct me to a thread that lists what the other DD services do?

In my recollection I've seen $9.99 versus €9.99, e.g. identical numbers, different currency. It could of course be that my mind's playing tricks on me, though. I have access to several american IP addys, but I should probably have an american cc too to avoid any problems.
Regardless, it's just too much hassle to save a few bucks/euro.

Well, http://www.gog.com/en/support/website_help/payments_pricing_promos

number 6 there is the basic response given by GOG. There are many hate threads about Steam pricing. It is because they price regionally that you get a disparity. So with Steam you would have seen the "$9.99 versus €9.99", which is unfair because I could go to an exchange, and turn 7 euros into $9.99, thus saving me 3 euros.

With GOG they let that exchange happen naturally, so we all pay the same (unless you're in China, where the massively undervalued currency means you pay a lot more).

EDIT: nvm, I've been upside down with this conversation. Forget my posts.

Not a problem - I tend to type too much, confusing both myself and the readers in the process..

I didn't mean this to be a 'Steam hate thread' (or one for GamersGate for that matter) - I can assure you that I don't hate Steam. I may not be particularily fond of Steam (and several other DDs), but it's nowhere near hate.

What I was hoping for with this thread, was to find out if there are other DDs doing the same as GOG, e.g. it doesn't matter if your currency is $, € or NOK - the price is $9.99 (for instance).

OT: The GOG FAQ should be updated; it's no longer either $5.99 or $9.99.. =P

Can't you get one over the internet? They can mail it to you in Norway.

Let me point out that I much dislike the regional unfair priced (for us Europeans) structure as well in advance. There are a few games that you can gift with a smile on your face though (or trade ;)).
I suggest checking steamprices.com for Top Rip-offs and Top Savings. There are games with nearly 200% discrepancy, so it'd be worthwhile to gift the ones where you 'save' ;) The problem is not as much with digital distribution, but with the old fashioned retail stores. Since GOG is mainly selling indie titles (which rarely hit a retail shelf) and old games (which no longer do), they save themselves this trouble. The most prominent example would be The Witcher 2. Note how much of a hassle GOG had to go through to price that fair (they got sued and even pay some of their own margin to some customers)!
Steam and Gamersgate focus much more on these modern titles where regional restriction (still) plays an important role.
Funny enough, every developer could always set and adjust the price if they wanted to (and are allowed to by their distributors contracts) on Steam, so some of the blame is on the developer's greed or laziness.