As an American who gets these games at an ideal price, I'll be gifting more games now than before. It make even more sense now.

QFT!

DotEmu has a boatload of games on sale for their anniversary sale at ridiculously low prices.

I just picked up a few games as cheap as 90 cents, and three others for only $1.50 -- those games I would have bought on GOG but, oh well.....

As for where else am I shopping?

Desura has a ton of DRM-Free games and, as I already have an account there, it's easy enough to add a lot more games.

Indie Game Stand has a huge selection of DRM-free, and an excellent selection of indie games and they're adding older indie games like the Two Worlds series. Plus, they also do their promotion every four days where you can buy the current game for whatever you want - a great way to try out a new indie game for a buck or two.

I already have more than 50 DRM-free games on GamersGate, so I can always add to that account if there's a game I absolutely must have.

Other than that, I'll be doing more shopping here in Thailand at retail stores. Games are as cheap as GOG for many boxed copies of games that are six months old or older and there's always my friendly neighborhood bootleg seller who delivers my games to my door for free, if I decide to go that route for newer games (although I have a backlog of more than 250 games, so doubt I'll bother as yet).

With so many ways to buy DRM-free games, I'm actually amazed so many people on here still think GOG is the only option. Weird.

no, you can probably not copy-pasta the game from one computer to another and expect it to work, but that apply to all games with DRM (it is kind of half the point to prevent this...), and Steam is one of the most lightweight one.

However, if I log into somebody elses computer, who have Steam and CS:GO installed on it, then I can play it there on my account without downloading anything at all. So I can change to another computer and play my game also, if the game is installed on it from before. Granted it need to go online to verify that it is your account, but Steam do not lock you out.

The custom executable is actually generated on the computer when it is verified that the game exists in your account, it is not downloaded. If your account is saved on a computer, it do not even need to go online to do the generation.

Or when? Or at all?

I think I'll buy less games from GOG because they become more expensive for me and I don't want to spent more money. One way to avoid this is to get a russian buddy gifting me the games (as long as this will possible) or to buy later and really only during sales strictly.

The other way is to buy somewhere else. GamersGate, DotEmu, Steam, Humble Bundle, ... heck even retail might be a possibility. I definitely feel less attached to GOG.

I'll probably not buy less games than before, maybe only later to offset any price increases.

For example I recently found Assasin's Creed for $8.2 (price of one edition of a games magazine) DRM free which is also a good price (60% discount compared to GOG's base price and you get the magazine on top) and I bought it instead of buying it here.

I'm not going to leave (but I will buy less and no games that are completely overpriced because of regional pring), but if I would, I would probably stop buying games at all (maybe except for some bundles).

Before I came to GOG, I hadn't bought a single game for at least 10 years (except for 2 or 3 Humble Indie Bundles), but played a lot of freeware. There are hundreds of quality freeware games out there and combined with the massive backlog of GOG and bundle games I own now, there's probably no need to ever buy a game again.

Read more books.

I see $7.50 each for those Sega bundles. Where are you getting $1.50?

I do have an issue with the Steam service, It makes piracy look good in comparison IMHO

I'm in the "disheartened" camp at the moment. Those are the users who are not ready to abandon GOG over this change, but who have lost some of the love they had for GOG nonetheless. I have been a GOG booster in my short time here, trying to post useful threads and hosting giveaways and even supplying a couple of FLAC soundtracks for them. Now I feel let down in return, though not utterly betrayed (that would be going to DRM).

I understand that market forces are what they are, and that very few companies can hew to the same business model for their entire lifetime. However, I also understand that companies can choose the directions in which they wish to grow. It remains to be seen whether this decision will lead to the growth the GOG wants. For now it is early days, and the results of that decision are both underwhelming and insufficiently expiating.

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I feel somewhat like a lover who has been cheated on. Learning that someone you considered a partner has the capacity to break faith with you is a shock, and it diminishes both your ardour for them and your remaining level of trust. It doesn't mean that you can't make the relationship work, and your partner may even be able to regain your trust. But the texture of the relationship remains changed regardless.

I think You just missed the promo, most other stuff was -70%, while the Sega bundles and a few others were ~ -90%. Seems like they've now only left the exclusive bundle deals for some reason, albeit with a lower discount..

Ah, oh well. I have most of the games on the PS3 collection anyway. Thanks, I thought maybe I was missing a coupon or something.

some of you are right drama queens.and I thought I was bad.sheesh.its all great taking the high moral ground on principle but this is reality. Gog is a business. for many of us DRM free is enough even if their is regional pricing which every other store has. if u want to boycott Gog go for it instead of complaining in circles.sorry but that's what it sounds like in most of these threads. I doubt I'm the only one to feel this way either.

If no one yet noticed, but Humble using regional (USD\EURO) pricing too. Desura also coverts prices in local currency (but charge still in USD), also Desura have some region restricted games.

As with all things Ben Kenobi knows all... "Whos more the foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" Trust in a company... ahh you guys. Even if you feel thats a cynical response, what trust was established and broken here? They tried one thing, its not working, they said they are trying another. This wasnt an unannounced price change in the middle of the night to a service you cant escape using. This is a company attempting to make money that decided its no longer in their interest to do it that way and communicated it to you. Thats hardly a betrayal of trust.

Oh, and guess what folks, if this does cause them to lose a lot of business they are going to go right back. The name of the game is to make money. They can do that to a point by serving your needs, however once your needs become unprofitable they are no longer in line with the fundamentals of a corporation. This is not some gaming Nirvana they have setup.