You could just imagine how excited I was when I opened my email today and finally saw a subject line that addressed my queries to a discount for the expansion pass on par with those who waited for the GOTY.
But then certain red flags started to show immediately.

First off, why is it for a limited time only? This is a rhetorical question, it's so that they can squeeze the money out of people on the fence by creating a false immediacy...first bad move GOG.

Secondly, a paltry 35% off single dlc packages and still no overall discount on the expansion pass..strike two.

Wow GOG, just wow! So your company's answer was to set an upgrade price at 19.48?!
A whopping 35%! That would still bring the grand total for all of us original purchasers to:
Those who got early discounts for pre-ordering:
47.99
19.48
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67.47!

Those who paid full price after the early discount:
59.99
19.48
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79.47

THIS PRICE STILL DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE MASSIVE DISCOUNT THE GOTY SALE WAS GIVEN TO NEW BUYERS at 29.99 or at its current price of 39.99!

Thanks so much for another sign you just don't care about keeping loyal customers!
Never buying early release from this company again!

Well, to be fair, the value of base W3 game did diminish with time, like with anything in tech world. Newer and arguably better games came out. So buying the 2 expansions at 35% discount works nicely, or you can wait for deeper discounts that will sure to come later. And as a wise man said: never pre-order games, just wait for goty/complete etc edition of the game to get the best bang for the buck.

Don't expect the pass to go on sale, I think GOG will just slash it's price permanently at some point when it'll become irrelevant. At least W3 DLCs go on sale, unlike a certain Bioware franchise whose DLCs sell for special points that practically never go on sale.

19.88$ for both expansions is a good price i think. And as i currently only own the witcher 3 base game, i'm probably gonna take advantage of this offer. I do however fully agree with you that it's really weird that the expansion pass still isn't on sale and only the individual expansions.

It's not just a case of being impatient and wanting the DLC quick and cheap though is it? Hearts of Stone has been out for over a year and it's only 25% off...
True, Star Wars Battlefront is a great example on Origin. Bizarely, the 'season pass' was almost twice the price of the 'ultimate edition' in the last sale.

DLC is obviously always a cash grab and tends to be punitive to early adopters, that is how the games industry maximises their profit. Enthusiasts will buy early no matter what, and probably won't kick up a fuss when they are offered a poor upgrade deal.

Still, CDPR has been lauded by doing things differently, but their pricing strategy on TW3 DLC has lumped them right in with the status quo.

Complaints about the weird (present) pricing of the Expansion Pass are, in my view, valid. (This weirdness is temporarily somewhat set right by the offer to upgrade to the GOTY version for $20 for another 17 hours.)
Complaints about the game industry for overpricing DLCs are valid, too.

However, complaints about GOG/CDPR not honoring their "early buyers" are absolutely ridiculous and angry posts regarding this are childish, because they do not take the TIME factor into consideration - as it's been said before.

You buy a game at its launch = you start playing early = you pay a higher price.
You buy a game later = you don't get to play early = you pay a lower price.

There is nothing wrong with this. I bought the Witcher for $1 at a sale about 2 years ago some 8 years after its original release. I got all the goodies, the Enhanced Edition, everything for 1 buck - yay! - and I only had to "wait" 7-8 years. Now, would potential complaints of customers who bought it at the original price in late 2007 be valid? I hardly think so. Is CDPR to be criticized for this pricing? Hardly think so. Is it unfair treatment of their early customers? Nope.

Similarly, why would GOG be responsible for other distributors' pricing? What if the game is cheaper on Steam or Amazon? If you don't mind the DRM, go ahead and buy it there. I personally rather pay a higher price here at GOG than elsewhere if I know that the game is DRM-free.

Well GOG is now offering a free upgrade to GOTY if you own the base + 2 DLCs which is good news if you had any reservations :)

When was the discount? It must have been really limited time because I never saw it and received no emails about it.

I guess Gogmandala refers to the 2 day limited promotion discount for both expansions.

https://www.gog.com/news/upgrade_to_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_of_the_year_edition

Ah, yeah, I see where it is mentioned in there. It is a start, but when it is more limited in time and still significantly less of a discount than is given to people who had never purchased the base game at all...well, I guess we have a little way to go yet. :)

Still, I do like that GOG is listening at all. The fact peolpe get the GOTY added to their accounts when they have all the DLC is a very good move.

Damn, annoyed I missed that. Anyway I'm just going to bite the bullet get both of the DLC at 25% off. It's not a great discount but Shadow Warrior and Shadwrun Dragonfall sweeten the deal.

Good news for everyone else though because I can 100% guarantee that soon after I buy them the expansion pass will receive a nice drop to the base price!

Finally a really good discount. Thanks GOG!

You were right, Expansion Pass is now on discount on GOG Store

A nice discount too! Completely inevitable.. you're welcome guys. ;)

Have to admit it came sooner than I anticipated (who'd have thought another sale in 2016 after the winter sale?!)

Better late than never I guess.

Well, I guess I managed to miss it again. >.<
Just to punish myself a bit more, can I ask what the sale price was?