GOG.com is the only legitimate source of our games (The Witcher 3)

[zMeul]

source: GoG.com Twitter

there's just nothing more to say about this .. it basically sais that these

• http://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Witcher-Wild-Hunt-Online-Game/dp/B00XCRT0GS/ref=sr_1_5?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1431814546&sr=1-5&keywords=witcher+3
• https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt--2672-1
• http://www.dlgamer.co.uk/download-the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-pc_games-p-29274.html
• https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/thewitcher3_wildhunt_storefront
• https://www.origin.com/en-ie/store/buy/194188/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition

are a scam ?!?!  :blink:

 

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edited: added more stores that sell either their version (DRM) of the game, or straight up GoG.com / Galaxy redeemable keys

Edited May 17, 2015 by colonel_mortis
Changed it to use the built in tweet embedding system

[VG Docs]

Amazon's the devil!

[SeriousDad69]

I see ads for that fart game almost every time I open Steam hahahaha.
Edit: Seems I'm in the wrong thread B)

[TheGeeker]

Amazon's the devil!

AMAZON? STEAM IS!! quick spend all your steam credit and never go back!@

[WereCat]

Damn the local store in my city is full of thieves!

[Samfisher]

Whoever is running that Twitter account is gonna get fired soon lol.

[Guest Kloaked]

#shotsfired #steamisascammer

[DeScruff]

I have a feeling they are referring to the GOG installers...
I think Ive heard of people selling what sounds to be the stuff you can download on GOG, pretending to be a GreenMan Gaming like site.

[lutewan]

what? it doesn't say anything about the witcher 3?

[LAwLz]

People please, check your reading comprehension.

That is GOG saying that the only legitimate place to get GOG edition games (their installer, their compatibility patches and DRM-free) is from GOG.com. They did not say "GOG is the only store which sells The Witcher 3 legitimately".

 

If you see a "Zeus Master of Olympus GOG edition" game on some site that isn't GOG, then it's a scam. That's all they are saying.

[Master Disaster]

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/action/witcher-3-wild-hunt/

Lol?!?!?!?!

People please, check your reading comprehension.

That is GOG saying that the only legitimate place to get GOG edition games (their installer, their compatibility patches and DRM-free) is from GOG.com. They did not say "GOG is the only store which sells The Witcher 3 legitimately".

Actually they did, Steam and GMG are resellers.

[LAwLz]

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/action/witcher-3-wild-hunt/

Lol?!?!?!?!

Actually they did, Steam and GMG are resellers.

Steam does not sell the same version as the one on GOG. On Steam it has DRM and uses a different installer.

Greenman Gaming is selling a GOG key so that seems to not be a genuine reseller. They might have just gotten a hold of a bunch of GOG keys and are not selling them.

[Master Disaster]

Steam does not sell the same version as the one on GOG. On Steam it has DRM and uses a different installer.

Greenman Gaming is selling a GOG key so that seems to not be a genuine reseller. They might have just gotten a hold of a bunch of GOG keys and are not selling them.

That's irrelevant, their statement is absolute.

"Gog.com is the only way to get our games, we've authorised no other resellers"

Steam is a reseller, so is GMG. Both sell the game so according to that statement both Steam & GMG are unauthorised to resell TW3.

[LAwLz]

That's irrelevant, their statement is absolute.

"Gog.com is the only way to get our games, we've authorised no other resellers"

Steam is a reseller, so is GMG. Both sell the game so according to that statement both Steam & GMG are unauthorised to resell TW3.

The Witcher 3 isn't exactly "our game" though. "Our games" in this case refers to the GOG edition of games.

[Master Disaster]

The Witcher 3 isn't exactly "our game" though. "Our games" in this case refers to the GOG edition of games.

Err, you do realise CDP owns Gog, right?

[Derangel]

Steam does not sell the same version as the one on GOG. On Steam it has DRM and uses a different installer.

Greenman Gaming is selling a GOG key so that seems to not be a genuine reseller. They might have just gotten a hold of a bunch of GOG keys and are not selling them.

Amazon is selling the GOG version of Witcher 3 as well. So unless you are going to accuse the largest etailer on the planet of selling non-authorized keys....

[That Norwegian Guy]

Lost like 10 IQ points just reading the dumb assumptions in the first half of this thread. Like @LAwLz pointed out, "our games" when referring to gog.com refers to their installer middleware. IT'S FREAKING OBVIOUS.

 

 

Err, you do realise CDP owns Gog, right?

 

Irrelevant. CD Projekt (publisher) owns two things: CD Project Red (developer) and GOG.com (distributor). That doesn't work recursively, GOG.com doesn't own anything. BASIC CONGLOMERATE STRUCTURE.

[Trik'Stari]

Lost like 10 IQ points just reading the dumb assumptions in the first half of this thread. Like @LAwLz pointed out, "our games" when referring to gog.com refers to their installer middleware. IT'S FREAKING OBVIOUS.

 

 

 

Irrelevant. CD Projekt (publisher) owns two things: CD Project Red (developer) and GOG.com (distributor). That doesn't work recursively, GOG.com doesn't own anything. BASIC CONGLOMERATE STRUCTURE.

knowing that, I will not be making the switch to GoG's new client.

 

Why? They downgraded a game that I might have played. Which I am now not going to play.

[LAwLz]

Err, you do realise CDP owns Gog, right?

I know that. I don't see how that changes anything. CD Project, CD Project Red and GOG are 3 different companies, despite the former owning the latter. it wouldn't have been posted by the GOG Twitter account if they only meant The Witcher series, it would have been posted by CDRP's Twitter.

 

All games on GOG are special editions. They have their own installer and sometimes even patches. When GOG say "our games" I think it is pretty obvious that they refer to the GOG editions of games.

 

 

 

Amazon is selling the GOG version of Witcher 3 as well. So unless you are going to accuse the largest etailer on the planet of selling non-authorized keys....

That's pretty weird. Are you allowed to sell something without being authorized? If you are then Amazon might just be selling the game (legally) without the official approval of CDPR.

[Master Disaster]

More info, it seems GMG and Amazon are both unauthorised to resell Gog keys...

The article only mentions GMG but I'm assured its the same for everyone selling a Gog key

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-dev-disputes-39-witcher-3-promotion/1100-6427129/

According to buy.thewitcher3.com the only authorised resellers are Steam, Uplay & Origin.

[Derangel]

I know that. I don't see how that changes anything. CD Project, CD Project Red and GOG are 3 different companies, despite the former owning the latter. it wouldn't have been posted by the GOG Twitter account if they only meant The Witcher series, it would have been posted by CDRP's Twitter.

 

All games on GOG are special editions. They have their own installer and sometimes even patches. When GOG say "our games" I think it is pretty obvious that they refer to the GOG editions of games.

 

 

 

That's pretty weird. Are you allowed to sell something without being authorized? If you are then Amazon might just be selling the game (legally) without the official approval of CDPR.

They're allowed to legally but no way would Amazon ever do it. Not when it would kill every publisher relationship they have. Amazon has put a lot of time and money into building their digital store and even forming a relationship with Sony to officially sell digital PS3 and PS4 games.

[Master Disaster]

They're allowed to legally but no way would Amazon ever do it. Not when it would kill every publisher relationship they have. Amazon has put a lot of time and money into building their digital store and even forming a relationship with Sony to officially sell digital PS3 and PS4 games.

They have. See my above post.

[Derangel]

More info, it seems GMG and Amazon are both unauthorised to resell Gog keys...

The article only mentions GMG but I'm assured its the same for everyone selling a Gog keyhttp://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-dev-disputes-39-witcher-3-promotion/1100-6427129/

According to buy.thewitcher3.com the only authorised resellers are Steam, Uplay & Origin.

VERY curious how this all started to pop up right after they launched their Galaxy cilent and not before.

[Sakkura]

This whole GOG key thing is such a freaking train wreck.

[Victorious Secret]

Amazon.ca still has physical copies. So maybe this is solely for digital distribution? Although I don't understand why not let Amazon sell digital copies. 

 

Meh. All a bunch of malarky.