"GOG holds 'Last Chance' sale on 35 games being dropped from its lineup"

[kane_magus]

Because GOG is changing its pricing scheme to implement pricing parity for other currencies, some publishers are apparently pulling their games from the service. I'm not sure who, if anyone, is the "bad guy" here. I just know that both GOG and these publishers are going to lose business over this.

Comments

[owsf2000.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming what this means is that they're trying to do away with that much hated practice of people in some areas paying a lot MORE for a game, even though their currency is actually stronger than the american dollar. In some cases, even after adjusting for the currency (if it's weaker than the USD) it still ends up being a lot more expensive.

This is especially the case in the UK and Australia. And generally the reason it costs more is simply because "we can get away with it."

This happens on Steam apparently based on the complaints I get from friends there. Right now there'd be games say for $5usd, and being even MORE expensive in actual pounds/euros. So I give thumbs up to GOG for trying to fix this little case of exploitation that's been around for far too long.

Also, looking over the list of games that have to go (Which I assume are the only ones that are against fair pricing), with the exception of 2 games the rest all seem to be developed or published by Nordic Games. I'm guessing they're the main one that threw a hissy fit.

[owsf2000.livejournal.com]

They got the PR lapdogs out on this one as well btw. "The prices are set at where the market can bear."

This has always translated to "Prices are set to exploit the customer as much as possible to maximize our profits."

You can see why they prefer to say the former when defending the idea yes? Can't be popular telling it like it is.

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

Hmm, yeah, if they're just buttmad that GOG isn't letting them price gouge in certain regions, then fuck 'em and their games. When I checked the list of games, all of the ones that I would have wanted (which wasn't many) were ones that I'd already bought before, either on GOG or on Steam. Had they not been there, I probably wouldn't have bought them, solely due to lack of exposure and me not hearing about them otherwise. So, I wonder if the lack of sales they'll have due to them not being on GOG at all will make up for what little they might gain for being able to charge a bit more in some regions than others.