GOG Fall Insomnia Sale: Finding new ways to piss you off

[KaOTiK]

http://www.gog.com/

They have a deal for a game with a set amount of copies it will sell. When those copies are sold a new game goes on sale and it keeps going on like that. Every once in awhile they will throw in a free game with limited quantities as well.

So basically they want you to watch their sale all the time and if you aren't really quick to jump on a deal you'll miss it. Way to totally negate a big digital plus of not having to worry about "stock" and just piss people off that weren't living on your site practically. Saw one free game pop up, it was gone before I could even get the cart to load up.

All I can say is, GOG, I love you guys but you really do seem to try and find new ways to piss your customers off.

 

[Nintendesert]

To be fair they do have stock. They only have a certain number of licenses to sell. Hell, Steam has run out of keys before. This is really no different than Amazon's lightning deals. Outrage not found.

 

[KaOTiK]

To be fair they do have stock. They only have a certain number of licenses to sell. Hell, Steam has run out of keys before. This is really no different than Amazon's lightning deals. Outrage not found.

While yes there is a "stock" per say, but when you are artificially limiting it to just a hundred to a few hundred copies for the sake of it and not because that is all you have, it makes it pretty damn dumb. Also, with GOG games, since you receive no key, the license issue is probably not even valid in most cases, especially with true GOG games and not newer titles.

 

[clok1966]

its evil.. Thief was just on for $1.99 and was gone in less then a minute!!!! i couldn't get my login fast enough

its like a WOOT OFF but on GOG! cant wait for some stinkers to come along and drag it to a crawl.. 75 copies, hour later 74 copies.

 

[gothamhunter]

An odd thing to get pissed about. I see it the opposite - if I get in on a deal, then I'm happy. If I miss it, then I'm at square one - no harm no foul. It's like getting mad at that Walmart price error - why? I'm disappointed I didn't get in on it, but there's no reason to be mad.

 

[you2]

I don't love the format; but then again I did snag Expeditions: Conquistador for $4.95 so I guess I can't complain.

 

[wanderer27]

I have well over 100 games on GOG, so if I miss something this time I can catch it the next time round.

I'm actually waiting for the Christmas sale as the deals are better then.

If not, like I said, my backlog is huge.

 

[werepossum]

An odd thing to get pissed about. I see it the opposite - if I get in on a deal, then I'm happy. If I miss it, then I'm at square one - no harm no foul. It's like getting mad at that Walmart price error - why? I'm disappointed I didn't get in on it, but there's no reason to be mad.

I was going to say it was a stupid business model, but you make a very good point.

 

[surfsatwerk]

I don't like it, but I'm not mad about it.

 

[ArchAngel777]

An odd thing to get pissed about. I see it the opposite - if I get in on a deal, then I'm happy. If I miss it, then I'm at square one - no harm no foul. It's like getting mad at that Walmart price error - why? I'm disappointed I didn't get in on it, but there's no reason to be mad.

I am not mad about it either, but I can see why this is frustrating. You say you are no worse off? Yes you are, you just lost time. Time is money.

 

[gothamhunter]

I am not mad about it either, but I can see why this is frustrating. You say you are no worse off? Yes you are, you just lost time. Time is money.

What, the 5 seconds to see that the deal's already gone? Or the few minutes to try and checkout and it's already gone? I'll PayPal you the nickle.

 

[ArchAngel777]

What, the 5 seconds to see that the deal's already gone? Or the few minutes to try and checkout and it's already gone? I'll PayPal you the nickle.

I make a lot more than one nickle in few minutes. Give me two dollars. And if you want to paypal me that, i'll give you my account.

 

[NickelPlate]

Yeah I've got better things to do with my time then sit around and stare at gog.com all day. What a really stupid idea.

 

[wanderer27]

Tried to grab one, but the response time is so bogged down it didn't go.

Yeah, this is pretty much a bad deal.

FYI, the new Humble Store has added the daily updates:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2352937

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[clok1966]

Bought 4 games and got 2 free, down almost $7 . missed 2 of the 4 free i have seen.
I got time to watch, I'm at work

I like the Woot, err GOG -OFF.

 

[Via]

I just got HoMM 3. It took me many attempts to get through, but I finally did.

Been looking forward to enjoying this nugget for many years now. I played it a bit when Gametap was great, just before the transition to suckage, but only had a few days.

Now I can take my time and really get into it and see if it lives up to the hype.

 

[Yreka]

Tried to grab one, but the response time is so bogged down it didn't go.

Yeah, this is pretty much a bad deal.

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Same,

F-this sale

 

[CrackRabbit]

I managed to snag a copy of Planescape: Torment earlier (always good to have a backup), but for the most part things are gone way too fast to get them.

 

[manko]

Great thread title!

 

[Dahak]

would be nice to know whats the list of games are, even if they didn't;t tell you when they are on sale

Like the title too

 

[Zenoth]

I will surely miss most of the games that end up on sale but I already own 90% of the games I want on GoG.com so I'm not very concerned nor "pissed off" about it. In fact thanks to this thread I checked real fast and Miasmata was on sale so I managed to click on it as it only had like 12 copies left or so and go it for $2.99, always wanted to check that one out. But, really, overall I already got most of the games I want on that site.

 

[Elixer]

While I can understand that they wanted to have a "flash sale", it still isn't good for people that don't have the time to keep hitting the site over & over looking for good deals.

They should have just selected 5 or so games, and have limit of 2-3 hours, then cycle to the next batch.

 

[Born2bwire]

Wow... that free game went fast...

 

[wanderer27]

would be nice to know whats the list of games are, even if they didn't;t tell you when they are on sale

Like the title too

Found this on the GOG Forums :

The deals are on a shuffle.

There are 102 titles:
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic $2.49
Alpha Centauri $1.49
Anodyne $2.49
Anvil of Dawn $1.49
Aquanox $1.49
Aquanox 2: Revelation $1.49
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut $4.99
Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga $1.99
Baldur's Gate 2 Complete $1.99
Beyond Good and Evil $2.49
Blackwell Bundle $2.99
Blood (One Unit Whole Blood) $1.49
Book of Unwritten Tales $4.99
Brutal Legend $3.74
Chaos Engine $3.29
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena $2.99
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller $10.09
Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav $3.99
Defender's Quest $2.99
Deus Ex GOTY $1.99
Divinity: Dragon Commander Imperial Ed. $22.49
Don't Starve $4.99
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Ed $1.49
Eador: Masters of the Broken World $5.99
Evoland $2.49
Expeditions: Conquistador $4.99
FEZ $2.99
Geneforge 1-5 $2.99
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams $2.99
Heroes of Might & Magic 3: Complete Ed $2.49
Heroes of Might & Magic 5 bundle $4.99
Hotline Miami $2.49
I have No Mouth And I Must Scream $1.93
Icewind Dale Complete $1.99
Inquisitor $3.74
Jack Keane 2: The Fire Within $11.99
Jade Empire: Special Ed $2.99
King of Dragon Pass $1.49
King's Bounty: Crossworlds GOTY $4.99
La Mulana $2.99
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver $1.49
Leisure Suit Larry $2.49
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded $7.99
Lords of Midnight $1.93
Lucius $3.99
Magrunner: Dark Pulse $9.99
Master of Magic $1.19
Master of Orion 1+2 $1.49
Megabyte Punch $4.99
Miasmata $2.99
Might & Magic 6-pack: Limited Ed. $2.49
Myst: Masterpiece Ed $1.49
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Ed. $1.99
Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete $3.99
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident $1.99
Omerta: City of Gangsters + all DLC $7.99
Planescape: Torment $1.99
Populous: The Beginning $1.49
Postal 2 Complete $2.49
Primordia $2.49
Psychonauts $2.49
Puddle $1.99
Rayman Origins $4.99
Resonance $2.49
Retro City Rampage $3.74
Reus $2.49
Rise of the Triad $7.49
Rogue Legacy $4.99
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum $5.99
Sacred Gold $1.99
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator $1.49
Shadow Man $2.39
Shelter $3.99
Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 $1.99
Space Colony HD $2.49
Spellforce Platinum $2.49
Startopia $1.49
Strike Suit Zero $4.99
Sword of the Stars: The Pit $2.09
Syberia $1.99
System Shock 2 $1.99
Tales of Monkey Island $5.24
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon $2.49
The Real Texas $2.99
Theme Hospital $1.49
Thief Gold $1.99
Thief 2: Metal Age $1.99
Thief 3: Deadly Shadows $1.99
Thunderscape $2.39
Tomb Raider 1+2+3 $2.49
Torchlight $2.99
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack $1.49
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms $1.49
Tropico 3 Gold Ed. $2.99
Two Worlds 2: Epic Ed. $3.99
Ultima 7 The Complete Ed. $1.49
Ultima Underworld 1+2 $1.49
Wargame: European Escalation $6.69
Wing Commander 4 $1.49
Wing Commander: Privateer $1.49
Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings $5.99

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/are_the_deals_on_a_loop/post2


Having seen this list, I pretty much have everything on here that I want already, so this for me this is really a dud :/ .



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[Born2bwire]

Dammit! Nobody wants Jack Kean 2!