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The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3: GOTY Edition significantly cheaper for Indian steam buyers?(12 posts)(12 posts)
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Posted September 05, 2018
I live in India, and I am a fan of The Witcher series, I have completed the first game, and I am currently playing the second game.

I own all 3 main series games, all enhanced and GOTY editions at GoG. However, while doing something at Steam today I noticed that all Witcher games were on sale, particularly the Witcher 3 GOTY edition with a large ad-banner on their front-page.

I was astonished to see that it was on sale for ~$5.5 USD (399 INR)! That is very cheap compared to what I have paid at GoG, on top of that I wouldn't have to convert my currency so that would be even cheaper.

I know that CD Project Red and GoG have VERY good relation, but I am now doubting several things as why Indian gamers can get the same thing for much cheaper? :(

In my opinion this is not fair, if it is a special "3rd world" price then why isn't it the same case at GoG? I would never buy at Steam and support DRM, but honestly this hurts to see that it is indeed cheaper to buy the DRM versions.

I am disappointed and I need a very good explanation.

P.S I am attaching a screenshot of the price.
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Posted September 05, 2018
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TheDcoder: I live in India, and I am a fan of The Witcher series, I have completed the first game, and I am currently playing the second game.

I own all 3 main series games, all enhanced and GOTY editions at GoG. However, while doing something at Steam today I noticed that all Witcher games were on sale, particularly the Witcher 3 GOTY edition with a large ad-banner on their front-page.

I was astonished to see that it was on sale for ~$5.5 USD (399 INR)! That is very cheap compared to what I have paid at GoG, on top of that I wouldn't have to convert my currency so that would be even cheaper.

I know that CD Project Red and GoG have VERY good relation, but I am now doubting several things as why Indian gamers can get the same thing for much cheaper? :(

In my opinion this is not fair, if it is a special "3rd world" price then why isn't it the same case at GoG? I would never buy at Steam and support DRM, but honestly this hurts to see that it is indeed cheaper to buy the DRM versions.

I am disappointed and I need a very good explanation.

P.S I am attaching a screenshot of the price.
W3 GOTY is not on sale at Steam for such a ridiculous price, it is at 60% discount, the same as the GOG summer sale.:
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/124923/

If you missed the summer sale at GOG and you are a newsletter subscriber, you can still get it at the same discount:
https://www.gog.com/newsletter/20180628_nl_after_party_en
Post edited September 05, 2018 by Hickory
Posted September 05, 2018
@Hickory You missed one important detail, the price is only for Indian buyers, the prices at steam for other regions are the same as the GoG sale.

You can see that in my screenshot it says 399 INR
Posted September 05, 2018
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TheDcoder: @Hickory You missed one important detail, the price is only for Indian buyers, the prices at steam for other regions are the same as the GoG sale.

You can see that in my screenshot it says 399 INR
I missed nothing You were complaining that Steam was cheaper than GOG. That's not the case. If Steam has a special deal in India, that's nothing to do with GOG.
Posted September 07, 2018
Here's a mind blower for you CD Projekt Red owns GOG ;)
Posted September 08, 2018
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TheDcoder: In my opinion this is not fair, if it is a special "3rd world" price then why isn't it the same case at GoG? I would never buy at Steam and support DRM, but honestly this hurts to see that it is indeed cheaper to buy the DRM versions.
This is nothing new, as you can read here and here.

The problem is very simple: GOG hasn't (yet) implemented regional pricing for India, while Steam has. The reasons behind these different conditions are unknown to me: I can only speculate that the current situation is advantageous for both GOG and Steam.

I'm afraid that the only thing you can do is to vote this wishlist entry.
Posted September 12, 2018
I understand that GoG doesn't yet have enough Indian customers to justify supporting local indian payments.

But they are 2 things which they can do:
1. Give a free copy for Indian/other developing countries customers who have bought the Witcher games on Steam, so that they technically get the money and the customer will still have DRM-free copy and support GoG
2. Offer regional cashback to reduce the ridiculous price gap, my good friend from Australia gets some cashback into his wallet for the extra money that he pays for using aussie dollars, a similar setup which adds some of the difference back to the wallet (doesn't really have to be all the difference, even 50% of it should be enough)

Both of these things don't really effect GoG negatively since in both of these scenarios the company get the money, without this Indian customers are simply discouraged from using GoG which is obviously bad...

P.S Sorry about the late reply, I had forgotten about this topic and I don't visit GoG regularly
Posted September 12, 2018
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Hickory: I missed nothing You were complaining that Steam was cheaper than GOG. That's not the case. If Steam has a special deal in India, that's nothing to do with GOG.
Do you realize that what you are saying makes no sense, in regard to cheapness.

It is or was cheaper, regardless of the reason for it.

And as was mentioned by someone else -
Who owns GOG?
The same company that owns The Witcher franchise, so TheDcoder is right to question the seeming conflict.

In a very real way, you could say that GOG was selling a game cheaper through Steam than their own store.
Posted September 12, 2018
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Hickory: I missed nothing You were complaining that Steam was cheaper than GOG. That's not the case. If Steam has a special deal in India, that's nothing to do with GOG.
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Timboli: Do you realize that what you are saying makes no sense, in regard to cheapness.
To you.
Posted September 12, 2018
Gawd.
Any time you wish to explain your usage of logic, I'm all eyes. :)
LOL
Posted September 19, 2018
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TheDcoder: In my opinion this is not fair, if it is a special "3rd world" price then why isn't it the same case at GoG? I would never buy at Steam and support DRM, but honestly this hurts to see that it is indeed cheaper to buy the DRM versions.
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dr.schliemann: This is nothing new, as you can read here and here.

The problem is very simple: GOG hasn't (yet) implemented regional pricing for India, while Steam has. The reasons behind these different conditions are unknown to me: I can only speculate that the current situation is advantageous for both GOG and Steam.

I'm afraid that the only thing you can do is to vote this wishlist entry.
Posted March 01, 2019
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loseunique: I'm afraid that the only thing you can do is to vote this wishlist entry.
Seems like I have already done so at some point in the past. Maybe I can help GoG get help established in India... I can even act as the country head for India ;)

I wish anyway. The topic about regional prices is also more relavent these days because of the recent announcement of discontinuing the Fair Price Package.

I appreciate what GoG are doing and hope they keep improving and eventually triumph Steam and other platforms where DRM is the norm.
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