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Hello,
I bought Iratus when it was still in-dev, and as I liked the game and wanted to support the devs I bought the supporter pack.
Soon after its release, the DLC was announced.
Fact is, if I want to buy the DLC now, the sum of the 3 (even counting the "in-dev" price which was a bit lower) makes it more expansive than for the newcomers who buys the bundle.

It is similar for Fell Seal, although the "full price" is equivalent (maing game + DLC or the bundle is equivalent), during sales they are not. The main game gets a 50% discount and the DLC 25%. Ultimately this makes the bundle less expansive than the sum of the 2.

In conclusion, for both those cases, I feel kind of "backstabbed" as an "early" adopter of those developers/publishers, having to pay more than the newcomers for the same content.

I already had reasons to not buy game at release, I was making exceptions for Indie devs as those games are usually less expansive and I usually prefer those games to the big names ones.
But those 2 examples made me loose my faith in this and just gave me reasons to have less exception and be more patient before buying games.

For Xcom2 it is a bit different. I did not buy it (yet), but I want to point out that for the price of the whole Xcom2 bundle on GoG (around 35€), on Steam you can get Xcom (full), Xcom 2 (full) and Chimera Squad. As Chimera Squad is not available here, that makes me one less reason to buy it on Gog.

I hope some GoG employee will read this and that will trigger a rethink on pricing strategy and better government on such cases.
"Hello,
I bought Iratus when it was still in-dev, and as I liked the game and wanted to support the devs I bought the supporter pack.
Soon after its release, the DLC was announced.
Fact is, if I want to buy the DLC now, the sum of the 3 (even counting the "in-dev" price which was a bit lower) makes it more expansive than for the newcomers who buys the bundle. "

there's no discount to owned games in the bundle, methinks
The storefront cannot determine the prices. Only a publisher can. So it's up to 2K to set the said prices for their games.
I don t know what a storefront can do about prices, but 9n Steam you mostly get "Complete your bundle" option where what you own concurr in a cheaper price.
The storefront, GoG here, can monitor prices and warn the publisher of such discrepancies.

After all, if we decide to not buy games, the storefront does not get money either.
In case of Xcom 2, if I decide to buy it on steam (because I can get 3 games, including one not available here, for the price of 1, why not.)

There are reasons I do not buy AAA games at time of release any more.
And now I have reasons to not buy even indie games at release.

I'm well aware that I am almost alone in here and that the vast majority of people will still succomb to the novelty, marketing etc ...

But, still, let's hope one or the other sees this and consider that :) (That's very naive, but ... why not ?)
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Imarion: The storefront, GoG here, can monitor prices and warn the publisher of such discrepancies.

After all, if we decide to not buy games, the storefront does not get money either.
In case of Xcom 2, if I decide to buy it on steam (because I can get 3 games, including one not available here, for the price of 1, why not.)

There are reasons I do not buy AAA games at time of release any more.
And now I have reasons to not buy even indie games at release.

I'm well aware that I am almost alone in here and that the vast majority of people will still succomb to the novelty, marketing etc ...

But, still, let's hope one or the other sees this and consider that :) (That's very naive, but ... why not ?)
Maybe there is more to the whole subject then you yourself might be aware off ?

First off, lets zoom in on some of the comments you made, take for example this line
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Imarion: I'm well aware that I am almost alone in here and that the vast majority of people will still succomb to the novelty, marketing etc ...
Oops.... sorry, just had my daily basis of Dr. Phil

nvm. Disregard what i had to say
As it is in sale now I see there is the exact same "problem" with Warhammer Chaosbane.
Considering sales prices:
The SLayer edition contains everything for 16€
Someone who already bought the main game alone, even at this sale price would have to pay 22,59€ (main game + 2 DLCs) and will probably miss some small DLCs given with the Slayer edition.

Just one more example and reason to not buy game at release and be patient a bit :)
Post edited April 07, 2021 by Imarion
Then there was Crossroads Inn that sold DLC, but then later got an anniversary update that bundled in the DLC as a core part of the game. People who had previously bought the "season pass" of the first run of DLC were given the new "season pass" for free. People who bought them separately? Nothing. No consideration at all.
The more it goes, the more I think about it, the more I'm conviced ... And sad for the developers (less for the publishers).