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Posted April 25, 2018
Why is Pillars of Eternity II $96 CAD on GoG but only $56.99 CAD on Steam?
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Posted April 25, 2018
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murderklok: Why is Pillars of Eternity II $96 CAD on GoG but only $56.99 CAD on Steam?
Because to spend $Cad from Poland you have to cross an ocean?
SCNR...

Now seriously, pricing is mostly dictated by the publishers... and Steam through its almost-monopoly on the PC gaming market has a lot more power to sway negotiations in their favour. So complaints should go to the publisher first like "I wanted your game DRM-free, but not for that price - no buy". Buying it on Steam because it's cheaper will just give it more power, sadly.
Posted April 25, 2018
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murderklok: Why is Pillars of Eternity II $96 CAD on GoG but only $56.99 CAD on Steam?
Maybe because you're comparing 2 different versions? Standard edition is $56.99 CAD too, $96 CAD should be for Obsidian edition.
Post edited April 25, 2018 by triock
Posted April 25, 2018
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murderklok: Why is Pillars of Eternity II $96 CAD on GoG but only $56.99 CAD on Steam?
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triock: Maybe because you're comparing 2 different versions? Standard edition is $56.99 CAD too, $96 CAD should be for Obsidian edition.
Oh I see what you mean! Didn't see that. I compared the two standard editions its better, $56 Steam and $64 GoG. Worth it IMO for DRM-free. Thanks for the help!
Posted April 25, 2018
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murderklok: Why is Pillars of Eternity II $96 CAD on GoG but only $56.99 CAD on Steam?
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toxicTom: Because to spend $Cad from Poland you have to cross an ocean?
SCNR...

Now seriously, pricing is mostly dictated by the publishers... and Steam through its almost-monopoly on the PC gaming market has a lot more power to sway negotiations in their favour. So complaints should go to the publisher first like "I wanted your game DRM-free, but not for that price - no buy". Buying it on Steam because it's cheaper will just give it more power, sadly.
While devs/publishers do set the base price (usually in USD or EUR), they use Steam's and GOG's currency conversion and regional pricing system to set prices in other regions. Different prices comes from different regions used, different percentages used in regions and bit different currency conversion rates. Steam pricing policy usually favors north american region quite heavily,
Posted April 25, 2018
Because you need a degree in economics to work out which version actually contains a game. It's apparently a welcome (by some) trend now to half half a dozen different versions, preorder parts, day 1 dlc, and separate parts for manuals and such like. This is an improvement apparently. I suggest waiting a few years until they have finished drip feeding content and then try to work out which is most complete, I understsnd it's still not easy with the first one.
Posted April 25, 2018
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nightcraw1er.488: Because you need a degree in economics to work out which version actually contains a game. It's apparently a welcome (by some) trend now to half half a dozen different versions, preorder parts, day 1 dlc, and separate parts for manuals and such like. This is an improvement apparently. I suggest waiting a few years until they have finished drip feeding content and then try to work out which is most complete, I understsnd it's still not easy with the first one.
But hey, you can get ultra-super-digital-virtual in-game pet and bonus items if you buy our Super Premium Unobtanium Edition for only 999$ instead of 45$ for base game, why would you buy just base game when you can get THREE additional wallpapers (digital). You will also receive our copy-paste "Thank You" email.

Deal to die for.
Posted April 25, 2018
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murderklok: Oh I see what you mean! Didn't see that. I compared the two standard editions its better, $56 Steam and $64 GoG. Worth it IMO for DRM-free. Thanks for the help!
Please mark triock's post as the solution then :-)
Posted April 25, 2018
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reative00: But hey, you can get ultra-super-digital-virtual in-game pet and bonus items if you buy our Super Premium Unobtanium Edition for only 999$ instead of 45$ for base game, why would you buy just base game when you can get THREE additional wallpapers (digital). You will also receive our copy-paste "Thank You" email.
It is not really so. To get the "Super Premium Unobtanium Edition" you should pay $10000 on FIG. On a bright side, if everything you need is a "Thank you", you can pay just $5.
Posted April 25, 2018
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reative00: But hey, you can get ultra-super-digital-virtual in-game pet and bonus items if you buy our Super Premium Unobtanium Edition for only 999$ instead of 45$ for base game, why would you buy just base game when you can get THREE additional wallpapers (digital). You will also receive our copy-paste "Thank You" email.
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Olauron: It is not really so. To get the "Super Premium Unobtanium Edition" you should pay $10000 on FIG. On a bright side, if everything you need is a "Thank you", you can pay just $5.
And they say politeness costs nothing...
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