CarrionCrow: You're right. Insomnia mentality on my part. It could be watched sporadically, and not miss anything. But dear gods, that feels extremely detached to me.
madth3: I'd be really interested to know the sales numbers of the games according to the repetitions.
How many buyers are of the kind that login almost everyday, how many are of those that only come for the sales, or that have been away and came for this one. I'm sure the latter kind rarely (maybe never) posts in the forums but they might be buying anyway.
An example of a positive outcome of repetition: I had a certain amount of money to purchase things at the beginning of the sale but after the 20 I had more money available and I've made several planned purchases I could not afford in the first days. I could hardly have done that in Insomnia.
And don't take me wrong, I loved Insomnia and I would have enjoyed another sale like that. All I'm saying is that a sale like this might have some positive effects in the total number of sales.
I guess we'll have to see. Repetition can be useful, going high speed can be useful. Which one promotes more longevity? We can speculate all day long, but it's not as if GOG's going to be sharing any sales numbers with the public.
I said previously that I like the sale, and I do. I like any GOG sale because I have the combo of low cash and high compulsion. And so, my brain's rationality sensor that should be telling me that I really, REALLY don't need to buy more things shuts down readily and frequently.
But the way in which it's done? Major problems with that. And I don't mean I have problems with it because game X, Y or Z isn't discounted, or isn't discounted enough. The monetary side is one thing, but the energy and life behind it is also an important component. That's the one that'll ultimately keep GOG from being yet another place that people look at in a strictly utilitarian "I'll go there because it's the cheapest right now and if it's not I'll go somewhere else instead, no sweat" kind of way.
