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kai2: As I've posted before, I do think it be a good idea to give Steam gamers a discount on buying the games through GOG that they already own on Steam (not for free... discounted!). I think this would be a great way to invest Steam gamers in the growth and success of the GOG ecosystem... where I feel many don't invest in GOG now because they have hundreds of games on Steam so feel tied to that platform. But with digital game sales...

I don't know of any "price matching" purchases

IMHO best bet when buying games is make a list, check prices against something like Cheapshark, and set up sale notifications on same. Along with GOG's wishlist sale notifications, you should have a good idea of when a game reaches your desired price range. Also... and this is the tough one... exercise patience. Wait for sales when you can. I've waited years for certain games to go on sale.

I think all of us have had a time we missed a sale or paid more than we hoped. I've been there. Sometimes you win some, sometimes you lose some.
Like I just said....don't wait too long or your game of choice might get delisted(rarely it happens, but still....).

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GameRager: It's also good to buy games which might someday be dislisted if the price is good...irregardless of sale. :)
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hedwards: Yep, unfortunately, they don't always give warning before that happens. And when they do, it's sometimes only a short warning.
Most times recently they have, though, and it is always welcomed.
Post edited June 02, 2019 by GameRager
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GameRager: Most times recently they have, though, and it is always welcomed.
The only exceptions I know about are where there were licensing problems that weren't foreseen. Forcing them to remove the games immediately while that was sorted out.

But, in most cases, they do offer at least some warning.
Thanks to all experienced GOG gamers who understood that my original post was just asking a question about GOG policies...not complaining.

And thanks also to all those who suggested I contact Support, even though I was fine with leaving things as they were.

I am happy to report that GOG support offered what I consider a most generous response. They were not able to refund the difference between the full price and the sale price, but they placed the full $29.99 purchase price in my GOG wallet!

I'm quite happy with this resolution...and have already spent $20 of the $29.99 on super, sale priced games.

Cheers!
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: The best solution to the OP's dilemma is never to buy any game at full price.
Mhmmm... This i agree with. No point anymore, it's not like you have 20 games and you NEED a new game because you've beaten all your games. Statistics show 60%-75% of purchased games are never played (at least on steam) and with them cheap enough an in a large enough quantity over decades people will have dozens, nay HUNDREDS of games they could potentially play.

Building up a library was fun when i was actively doing it. I tended to consider the following:

1) HAS to be under $20 or i won't touch it.

2) Discounted preferably under $10, $5 or under might be an instant buy.

3) Would also consider anything 85% and above off.


At least that's how i looked at it before. Haven't bought a game here in nearly 3 years.

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Ashleee: Please contact support, we'll try to help :)
I suspect GoG would give you wallet credit for the difference from this post... Not exactly money back, but certainly usable on future purchases :)
Post edited June 03, 2019 by rtcvb32