We have a saying here that goes: "Vas para el cielo y vas llorando".

Of course, it won't make much sense unless you are Christian.

Anyway, it is true that it is not fair for GOG to absorb the extra charge to keep a price for all regions, but they have chosen to do it and you should be grateful they did it.

How many times have a company you've done business with has done something like that?

My guess is that you've never dealt with a Bank, because they never change things and those changes never affect you negatively.

So, you signed up for something that says "X" but it ends doing "Y", let's see.. My best bet is YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING SINCE YOU NEVER HAD A CONTRACT TO SIGN SO YOU HAD NO CHOICE TO ABIDE BY GOG'S RULES, which, according to their webiste:


"Payment and Prices

You agree to pay for all Products you purchase through the Service. GOG reserves the right to Change Prices and Availability of Products, which are subject to change at any time. Payment for products is handled via the Service using SSL encryption technology and carried out by credit cards. No card details are stored on the Service. All prices include VAT or Sales Tax (rate used at the date of purchase) which will be applied based on the Country chosen at the registration stage."


So, according to the above, they don't say they will keep the same price for all regions, yet, it is a CHOICE they've made to keep customers happy or because they believe it is the way it should be.

Edit: Forgot to add, no -1 for you since others have already taken care of it.

Well if it's not red can you really call it a Ferrari?

Good point but then when playing NFS I always preferred yellow if I was driving a Ferrari or Lamborghini; it made them stand out more.

Now that I think about it, couldn't our time and energy better be served by working with GOG on getting the NFS games rather that moaning about some phantom "betrayal" they perpetrated? Shit, if they get NFS they can lie to me all they want; let them tell me the world is flat, I wouldn't care.

If that's what you got from my post, there's nothing to discuss here.

Good luck with your pink Ferrari!

I don't feel strongly about the regional pricing on GOG either way, but cool move from them regardless, if they are eating part of the difference. Or something, I couldn't be arsed to fully learn how exactly it works now.

Pink is still red. Kinda.

It could cause GOG to be more selective in the new games they go after... obviously if the game doesn't sell well or sells more outside of North America it could end up being a costly mistake on GOG's part. With the credit/codes deal they will have very slim (or much smaller) profit in regionally priced areas. Every game GOG brings here cost money for hosting, support they have to offer (via man hours), lawyers to draw up the agreements and so forth. It could work out okay, but that risk will always be there. GOG even stated in that post they may now get less games.

However looking on the bright side, this could bring them more customers as when Steam users see that they can get a better deal with regional pricing here they may buy new games from GOG.

The OP also obviously doesn't understand the position GOG is in as a business otherwise he/she would have bit more understanding to why GOG is doing this.