My analogy was more about one was delivered one was bought at a store, and here in the states we actually have some frozen pizza that is better quality then some delivered pizza.
All I know is even though I might get more product for less (usually) with retail, 99% I would buy the digital version because that's how I prefer my games, Just like with books or music once I switched to the digital forms I found I actually like the digital version more.

I was trying to argue that digital and retail games are different and therefore should not be compared (the price).

With your logic... why do you buy the game at all?
Could you link me with a lower price for this game in UK retail shop? Cause the cheapest price on the web that I found retail is 13$ ...and that is on Ebay :)

Finally, some sense
What I can't believe is that some of you are actually giving the game a bad rating because of the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steam is selling the same game for even a higher price, but for some reason I don't expect people to complain about Steam "allowing" publishers to sell such god-old games for such high prices.

So what's the problem, if the publisher decides the price point? People can vote with their wallets and either not buy those games at all, or buy them on sale.

E.g. DotEmu has for a long time already allowed publishers to sell somewhat older games for higher price points, e.g. Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.


Replace "worry" with "hope", then you got it right. :)

Which are those? Please don't mention "DRM", because just as with SimonG, I don't recall you caring about DRM in the first place, so I don't see why that should worry you either. :)

Where's your logic? I just said why I buy it... support developer & publisher, all the no-cd is for is to back it up so I can put it on my external hard drive & then I don't have to keep hunting the disk everytime & risk scratching them. Using a no-cd patch is hardly on par with downloading a torrent of the game... I've still paid for it.

Also I posted 2 links to very popular UK retailers ages ago on here that have it for about £5.49 each (approx $9) amazon.co.uk & play.com and those are just the first 2 I checked. It's the deluxe version but essentially the same.

I wouldn't look for games on ebay unless you want to pay over the odds or are willing to get bid sniped.

Amazon.co.uk sell the RCT 3 Platinum Retail only for Mac at 30 pounds :)
And Play.com don't sell it at all ;) So yes your point is down so far :)

Steam didn't personally make it a point to say that classic games would stick to 5.99/9.99 pricing ... Do you even know what we are talking about?

That was my problem. If you just want to ignore it, that's fine. You're entitled to your own thoughts about it.

Do you even understand my post? If you think I was 'just' talking about GOG growing bigger and better then you are mistaken. I'm all for that. What I'm not for, is that happening at the cost of the things that make GOG great, which was my point.

And what does my personal opinion about DRM have to do with anything? I was talking about GOG's future as a retailer. I didn't realize my individual opinion was so relevant for that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_3

No it's not. Try READING what I've put. Deluxe is Platinum and here are the links, taken from the first page of this topic like I said....

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/13204342/Rollercoaster-Tycoon-3-Deluxe-Edition/Product.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rollercoaster-Tycoon-Deluxe-Edition-PC/dp/B0031ESIZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335870937&sr=8-1 (Amazon is now out of stock)

£6.98 on Play.com
£5.49 on Amazon.co.uk from uknown seller
£6.99 on Game.co.uk

That is 11.34$. Yep it is cheaper on Retail. Yet no confirmation on DRM on them (Securom is stated on the web)

Although I'm not stating it has or doesn't have DRM, you do have to admit that currently you are 'stating' Securom is mentioned on the web (by some guy on a gaming forum, about Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, no platinum/deluxe specified), and ignoring another 'some guy on the web' right here in this thread stating that the RCT 3 Platinum version has no DRM or Disc Check.

At least the guy you didn't mention was talking about RCT3 Platinum.

But yes, I agree neither would merit as confirmation.

Oh yes the special version for UK folks ;)
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1120352/-/Product.html
this is the EU version anyways :) And it has Securom :)

Sadly I can't find DRM form stated anywhere besides GamersGate - DRM-Free is stated theere. If it is DRM free on Retail ok... The price is high... But yet I don't see a confirmation for it.

Btw: http://atari.com/games/rollercoaster_tycoon_3_platinum
£14.67 is the UK price :)

Yeah, I didn't expect you to find any fault on Steam, only on GOG. :)

It has been pointed out over and over again in the past that the "max $9,99" price point is too restricting for GOG, even for releasing old games. As has been the case with e.g. Bloodlines, which has been sold on DotEmu all this time, just because they didn't have as restrictive price points.

It seems even you are quite confused what you are trying to say.

So which are those things that made GOG so great, and are now suffering? Did the old cheapo $5.99 games vanish somewhere?

So are you now talking with the mouth of everyone then?

I presume GOG knows what is more profitable to them than casual forum poster. At least I don't claim to know what is the best for GOG's business, they make their decisions based on the data they have (who knows, maybe at some point they'd even sell DRM-games!). If I am not happy with their decisions, I _personally_ will not buy from them.

Maybe a bit annoyed by certain avid Steam fans coming here telling how GOG should restrict its business only to non-Steam games, to some kind of extremely low-profit museum of $6 games which are very hard to get rights to, and get to work on modern machines. Maximum work, minimum profits.

I don't care if he gets angry or not. I really don't care about much of anything. What do you care about

Yeah, I didn't expect you to actually get the point. It's not like TET specifically said they'd stick to 5.99/9.99 pricepoints for classic games after they introduced the pricepoints or anything.

And even then I was simply hypothesizing on the negative effect deviating from that could have on GOG. Again shows you didn't even read my original post properly. I said it could affect the future negotiations for getting games on the table @lower pricepoints, like $5.99. And again no. I was hypothesizing about GOG in a future market. And unlike what you claim I'm saying I didn't state anywhere what was 'best for GOG' . What I was saying is that I don't want them to loose themselves in going after what's 'Best for GOG', which if you're talking about solely a profit standpoint would probably involve more concessions than most people here would be happy with. And nowhere did I deny you that option? But GOG is generally praised for their attitude and general approach when it comes to Digital retailing. It would be a shame if they lost that and simply left the approach up to us, the consumers, because as I'm sure you'll easily agree with me, the average consumer doesn't always choose what's "best" for them in the long run. (best between quotes to allow for subjectiveness) I'm certain that would annoy you, however I in no way was stating anything of the sort. I'd suggest you re-read my statements.

In fact, I've already made statements in other threads that I can see GOG becoming quite a strong retailer, with a big range of classic games, indie games, and ~3year and older DRM-free games.