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Posted September 22, 2017
Find great games and historically low prices • 200+ deals up to -90%



UPDATE: The BIG DEAL Sale just got even bigger! New games have been added, including Battle Brothers (-35%), Cosmic Star Heroine (-35%), Serial Cleaner (-50%), Underrail (-60%), The Flame in the Flood (-60%), and Darkest Dungeon (-60%).
Make sure to pick your favorites before they go away - the sale ends September 25, 10PM UTC.



This is absolutely, definitely, positively a really very big deal! It only stands to reason, this is the BIG DEAL sale: find 200+ games up to 90% off and tons of historically low prices this week on GOG.com.

We're bringing out the big guns for this one with over fifty great games at historically low prices, including Little Nightmares (-40%), Galaxy of Pen and Paper (-15%), Tacoma (-20%), Aragami (-60%), Sudden Strike 4 (-25%), 80 Days (-66%), Obduction (-40%), Rebel Galaxy (-75%) and many more.

There are plenty other ways to get the most bang for your buck in the BIG DEAL sale:
• Browse great games you can get under $2, like Her Story (-75%), Aarklash Legacy (-90%), Lichdom Battlemage (-95%), Dustforce DX (-90%), or the Blackwell Bundle (-90%) and more.
• Check out more of our favorite offers 80% off or more on Prison Architect, DEX, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Satellite Reign, Rogue Legacy, Expeditions: Conquistador and others!

The BIG DEAL sale runs until September 25, 10 PM UTC.
Posted September 19, 2017
absolutely, definitely, positively special something

A D P S S

SPADS

Yay, spades for us all - time for some serious gardening, or a relaxing game of cards...
Posted September 19, 2017
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akselmo: So, uh, is the special surprise thing out yet? I haven't seen anything yet.
Should be out in an hour or two
Posted September 19, 2017
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akselmo: So, uh, is the special surprise thing out yet? I haven't seen anything yet.
I think the general consensus on what to expect is a free copy of Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssee at around 1 pm UTC. No guarantees though.
Posted September 19, 2017
So... I just comment here? Yay.
Posted September 19, 2017
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akselmo: So, uh, is the special surprise thing out yet? I haven't seen anything yet.
The surprise might be no surprise.

But maybe within the hour we might find out ... it will be 24 hours since the BIG DEAL announcement by then ... just gone 23 hour now.
Posted September 19, 2017
Are we supposed to comment on the forum or just visit the store to receive that special something?
Posted September 19, 2017
So, it's 2pm in Poland. What's the big-surprise-that's-probably-not-really-big-or-a-surprise?
Posted September 19, 2017
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Timboli: As I have stated elsewhere.
You only have to browse through many topics on GOG, to see how many people have trouble with games and updates, etc, etc.
Solve that, and GOG is a killer platform.
Only one way to do that. Standardization.
And that requires a hardware solution ... Game Console for PC Users.
It's just not possible. Even if you based the theoretical GOG OS on *nix, many games never supported that to begin with. Forget about trying to make thousands of existing games run on an entirely new operating system, and avoiding breaking any of them as you release updates. Every single game would have to be ported, which is not only time consuming and expensive, but in many cases the people who originally made the game have long since changed companies/retired. That's assuming you even have the original source code, and the permission from the developer/publisher, which would be required to port the game.

The alternative is emulation, but that comes with overhead and compatibility issues, and would still be massively costly to develop and test for literally thousands of games.

The hardware would need to support the most demanding games available, making it extremely cost prohibitive for people who only want to play old games. As new games are released, the hardware would constantly be out of date, requiring upgrades to be able to play new games, at which point you can just build a PC. The attractiveness of consoles is based on two things: being plug and play, and games being developed explicitly for known hardware

If you have to build/upgrade it, it's not plug and play, and there is literally no reason to choose a console over a PC.

Since none of the existing games were designed for either the new console's hardware or software, the only other advantage of consoles is moot.

It's a nice idea, but you can already get as close as it will ever be possible to get by just purchasing a PC.

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Post edited September 19, 2017 by wonderfulillusion
Posted September 19, 2017
Wondering if its good news or bad..
Posted September 19, 2017
One more hour, probably.
Posted September 19, 2017
Can the news be all classic Need for Speed games on GOG. Please.
Posted September 19, 2017
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akselmo: So, uh, is the special surprise thing out yet? I haven't seen anything yet.
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Leroux: I think the general consensus on what to expect is a free copy of Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssee at around 1 pm UTC. No guarantees though.
In that case, I'm sorry to say that it would be quite underwhelming.
Post edited September 19, 2017 by baalim
Posted September 19, 2017
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Timboli: As I have stated elsewhere.
You only have to browse through many topics on GOG, to see how many people have trouble with games and updates, etc, etc.
Solve that, and GOG is a killer platform.
Only one way to do that. Standardization.
And that requires a hardware solution ... Game Console for PC Users.
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wonderfulillusion: It's just not possible. Even if you based the theoretical GOG OS on *nix, many games never supported that to begin with. Forget about trying to make thousands of existing games run on an entirely new operating system, and avoiding breaking any of them as you release updates. Every single game would have to be ported, which is not only time consuming and expensive, but in many cases the people who originally made the game have long since changed companies/retired. That's assuming you even have the original source code, and the permission from the developer/publisher, which would be required to port the game.

The alternative is emulation, but that comes with overhead and compatibility issues, and would still be massively costly to develop and test for literally thousands of games.

The hardware would need to support the most demanding games available, making it extremely cost prohibitive for people who only want to play old games. As new games are released, the hardware would constantly be out of date, requiring upgrades to be able to play new games, at which point you can just build a PC. The attractiveness of consoles is based on two things: being plug and play, and games being developed explicitly for known hardware

If you have to build/upgrade it, it's not plug and play, and there is literally no reason to choose a console over a PC.

Since none of the existing games were designed for either the new console's hardware or software, the only other advantage of consoles is moot.

It's a nice idea, but you can already get as close as it will ever be possible to get by just purchasing a PC.

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Man, you just destroyed Timbolis 'wonderfulillusion'!
Posted September 19, 2017
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toshineon: Can the news be all classic Need for Speed games on GOG. Please.
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Is that too much to ask? :)
Posted September 19, 2017
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phaolo: "Good News!™ We bought EA."

Imagine.. ugh..
Sorry, I'm afraid of surprises about Gog.. O_o'
How's that?
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