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Posted November 13, 2015
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Being DRM free isn't enough of an incentive to buy from here, plus most of the games are overpriced or are never released and if they are released they can sometimes take forever. By that time you've probably bought the Steam version.

Also, the fact that if a customer wants to buy GOG versions you can only buy them on GOG is flawed. In that sense, It's like PSN or Xbox Live market place i.e. limited to one shop.

GOG, like Steam, need to put their versions of titles out to multiple online retailers. It's just easier and cheaper to get the Steam version of titles, even though some might prefer the GOG version of such game. It's bad business.

On a side note, i'm not impressed with GOG or the way the firm conduct themselves behind their public face of "we are the good guys" which certainly isn't true in the case of The Witcher 3 pre-orders, when GOG were charging customers in Russia/Ukraine and other nations £15 for pre-orders, but in the UK, customers were being charged £41.49. It's completely unacceptable.

I've bought one game on here due to the above subjects and i won't be buying anymore unless something changes at GOG.
Post edited November 13, 2015 by JumpinJakF1ash
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: On a side note, i'm not impressed with GOG or the way the firm conduct themselves behind their public face of " No DRM, we are the good guys" which certainly isn't true in the case of The Witcher 3 pre-orders, when GOG were charging customers in Russia/Ukraine and other nations £15 for pre-orders, but in the UK, customers were being charged £41.49. It's completely unacceptable.
Regional pricing isn't DRM...
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: It seems when there is a lot on money on the line GOG don't stick to their one region price for ideology.
They dropped that ideology 1.5 years ago.
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: It seems when there is a lot on money on the line GOG don't stick to their one region price for ideology.
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Grargar: They dropped that ideology 1.5 years ago.
4.5 years ago. The Witcher 2 was regionally priced.

Haven't we had this discussion before? :P
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: Being DRM free shouldn't be the only incentive to buy from here,
Fixed that for you.
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: Being DRM free isn't enough of an incentive to buy from here, plus most of the games are overpriced or are never released and if they are released they can sometimes take forever. By that time you've probably bought the Steam version.

Also, the fact that if a customer wants to buy GOG versions you can only buy them on GOG is flawed. In that sense, It's like PSN or Xbox Live market place i.e. limited to one shop.

GOG, like Steam, need to put their versions of titles out to multiple online retailers. It's just easier and cheaper to get the Steam version of titles, even though some might prefer the GOG version of such game. It's bad business.

On a side note, i'm not impressed with GOG or the way the firm conduct themselves behind their public face of "No DRM, we are the good guys" which certainly isn't true in the case of The Witcher 3 pre-orders, when GOG were charging customers in Russia/Ukraine and other nations £15 for pre-orders, but in the UK, customers were being charged £41.49. It's completely unacceptable.

It seems when there is a lot on money on the line GOG don't stick to their one region price ideology.

I've bought one game on here due to the above subjects and i won't be buying anymore unless something changes at GOG.
Tell the truth, you work for Steam as a paid troll, right?
Posted November 13, 2015
I sort of get where you're coming from, but it seems like a large part of the customer base is still as rabid a supporter as it's always been in spite of GOG turning into just another digital store.
So there's no incentive to make all those changes you'd like to see and your boycott will (very likely) only affect you.
Posted November 13, 2015
Not to worry - I've purchased craploads of games here (and plan to continue doing so), so I've already helped to make up that gaping purchase hole you've left in your wake..

I get it that for your use case things aren't what you want to see. But for my use case this is just fine. I don't need to get GOG stuff elsewhere (although I'm not particularly against them doing so), and I could not give less a crap about Steam (the only game I can recall buying on Steam is Fallout New Vegas. Maybe there's one other in there someplace, but I can't be arsed to log into Steam to find out..).

I'm not "anti-Steam", but I am anti-lock-you-in-client and anti-DRM. So I'll gladly take my business here and don't give a hoot about those Steam issues you cite.

To each their own.. :)
Posted November 13, 2015
Being DRM free is my primary incentive to buy from here and shall continue to be as such.

Steam can ingest a penis.
Posted November 13, 2015
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JMich: 4.5 years ago. The Witcher 2 was regionally priced.
Soooooo, did they also remove that bulletin point (One-World One-Price) when Witcher 2 was released or they still put it proudly on the front page for new users with the Witcher 2 being the black sheep in all this?
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JMich: Haven't we had this discussion before? :P
Sure we did and sure I don't quite agree.
Posted November 13, 2015
Well fuck you! I'm going out and burning all of my Stones records!

Well okay not "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and not "Sticky Fingers" but the rest of them go into the fire!

Teach you to come in here and talk bullshit about my home and my friends!

Wait wait wait! Not "Let It Bleed".

Okay, good, now take the rest.
Posted November 13, 2015
Welcome to the forum!

Such a great frist impression ; ))
Posted November 13, 2015
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Smannesman: I sort of get where you're coming from, but it seems like a large part of the customer base is still as rabid a supporter as it's always been in spite of GOG turning into just another digital store.
So there's no incentive to make all those changes you'd like to see and your boycott will (very likely) only affect you.
It doesn't affect me though, that's the point. I can get the games cheaper, quicker, and i'm not limited to one store to make purchases. It affects GOG because i'm not buying games on here.
Posted November 13, 2015
Hang on! "Steel Wheels" won't light.

WTF, I thought shit was flammable!
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JumpinJakF1ash: It affects GOG because i'm not buying games on here.
I'm sure they're all shitting themselves from the horror of it.
Post edited November 13, 2015 by tinyE
Posted November 13, 2015
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JumpinJakF1ash: Being DRM free isn't enough of an incentive to buy from here, plus most of the games are overpriced or are never released and if they are released they can sometimes take forever. By that time you've probably bought the Steam version.
Overpriced by which standards? I understand that bundles have destroyed games value, but that does not mean that everything should cost 5 cents.
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JumpinJakF1ash: Also, the fact that if a customer wants to buy GOG versions you can only buy them on GOG is flawed. In that sense, It's like PSN or Xbox Live market place i.e. limited to one shop.

GOG, like Steam, need to put their versions of titles out to multiple online retailers. It's just easier and cheaper to get the Steam version of titles, even though some might prefer the GOG version of such game. It's bad business.
Why should it be bad business? Steam is strong enough to send its keys everywhere and loose profits to kill competition -a legally grey habit big corps have been using for dcades, now- but I have yet to see another gaming store doing the same.
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JumpinJakF1ash: On a side note, i'm not impressed with GOG or the way the firm conduct themselves behind their public face of "No DRM, we are the good guys" which certainly isn't true in the case of The Witcher 3 pre-orders, when GOG were charging customers in Russia/Ukraine and other nations £15 for pre-orders, but in the UK, customers were being charged £41.49. It's completely unacceptable.
Regional pricing has nothign to do with DRM, so your argument is pointless. Everybody can have legitimate concerns about different pricing in different areas, yet afaik no other store gives flat prices anymore (at least, not legally. Still, I might easily be wrong), and certainly not your revered Steam.
Besides, do you know of anyone else that gives you the difference in regional pricing back at their own expenses?
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JumpinJakF1ash: I've bought one game on here due to the above subjects and i won't be buying anymore unless something changes at GOG.
I don't understand why people get so upset when GOG does the exact same thing others do, while keeping on buying in said stores. Pure nonsense, imo. I would understand if someone stopped buying here after the introduction of regional pricing, for example, but not if they still buy regional priced games elsewhere. Maybe with DRM, overpriced and store-restricted, too.
Post edited November 13, 2015 by Enebias
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