Gog.com is running their first pseudo-"Pay what you want" sale, with the Divinity Anthology: Divine Divinity + Beyond Divinity + Divinity II

http://www.gog.com/divinity

It's not really PWYW, except for Divine Divinity though

Current levels are
0.01 up to Average (10.17 currently) - Divine Divinity ($6 regularly)
Average (10.17) to Average of top 10% (20.99 currently) - Beyond Divinity ($6 regularly)
Average of top 10% (20.99+ currently) - Divinity II Developer's cut ($20 regularly)

So basically buy Divinity II, get the other two and extras for free

In theory holding up to the last minute might make it more affordable (as the top 10% average goes down with the $0.01 purchases for Divine Divinity which a lot of people will choose)

Originally Posted by erequena Gog.com is running their first pseudo-"Pay what you want" sale, with the Divinity Anthology: Divine Divinity + Beyond Divinity + Divinity II http://www.gog.com/divinity It's not really PWYW, except for Divine Divinity though Current levels are PWYW up to 10.16 - Divine Divinity ($6 regularly) 10.17 to 20.98 - Beyond Divinity ($6 regularly) 20.99+ - Divinity II Developer's cut ($20 regularly) So basically buy Divinity II, get the other two and extras for free

So basically save 5 dollars on DD, save a dollar on DD and BD, or buy D2 and get DD and BD for a dollar.

Thanks Op

It should be noted that the minimum is actually 1 cent for Divine Divinity, not $1. You can edit the amount next to the checkout button so that you can pay less than $1. Very nice deal for Divine Divinity, pretty crappy deal (for the moment, at least), for the other games.

Originally Posted by sunghost It should be noted that the minimum is actually 1 cent for Divine Divinity, not $1. You can edit the amount next to the checkout button so that you can pay less than $1. Very nice deal for Divine Divinity, pretty crappy deal (for the moment, at least), for the other games.

Updated to show the actual minimum

I love these sort of "set your own price" bundles, I got this one. I think GOG should make more of these!

No Steam?

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Originally Posted by cereal_killerxx No Steam?

No drm

Originally Posted by cereal_killerxx No Steam?

I don't expect GOG to start selling Steam keys anytime soon.

Originally Posted by Drabelincoln No drm

Steam is not always DRM. It can be. It usually is. But it's sometimes just a download manager.

Originally Posted by louiedog I don't expect GOG to start selling Steam keys anytime soon. Steam is not always DRM. It can be. It usually is. But it's sometimes just a download manager.

True but can you launch a game without steam running? I've never tried. I launch all my games from steam. I know about offline mode but steam is still running.

Originally Posted by louiedog Steam is not always DRM. It can be. It usually is. But it's sometimes just a download manager.

95% - 98% of my Steam games (I have hundreds and I've checked every single one)
require Steam to be running to launch.

People can put it any way they like, and I don't mean to start yet another holy war,
but Steam is DRM (maybe a convenient one in many ways, but still DRM).

Originally Posted by Drabelincoln True but can you launch a game without steam running? I know about offline mode but steam is still running.

Some games, yes. Off the top of my head I believe Faerie Solitaire, Wizorb, and everything by Wadjet Eye will all play from their directories without Steam running.

Originally Posted by seamoss 95% - 98% of my Steam games (I have hundreds and I've checked every single one) require Steam to be running to launch. People can put it any way they like, and I don't mean to start yet another holy war, but Steam is DRM (maybe a convenient one in many ways, but still DRM).

If it's not 100% then Steam itself is not the DRM. If you want DRM-free games, Steam is a terrible store, but the client itself is not the DRM. The DRM is in the games that tie themselves to the client. That's the point I was making.

Originally Posted by louiedog Some games, yes. Off the top of my head I believe Faerie Solitaire, Wizorb, and everything by Wadjet Eye will all play from their directories without Steam running. If it's not 100% then Steam itself is not the DRM. If you want DRM-free games, Steam is a terrible store, but the client itself is not the DRM. The DRM is in the games that tie themselves to the client. That's the point I was making.

Thanks for the clarification!

Originally Posted by louiedog If it's not 100% then Steam itself is not the DRM. If you want DRM-free games, Steam is a terrible store, but the client itself is not the DRM. The DRM is in the games that tie themselves to the client. That's the point I was making.

That is true - the publishers/developers incorporate the Steam DRM code into their game
executables, which make the Steam client and its restrictions a requirement to run their
games. As you say, there are a few games that don't use Steam DRM but use Steam just
as a content delivery system. I don't know who makes the decision to incorporate Steam
DRM into each game, but I really doubt that Valve forces the publishers/developers to do
so, so from a "moral" point of view (although not a technical one) I agree that it's the
games themselves (i.e. their publishers/developers) that enforce the DRM.

I look at it as Steam is clearly DRM, but some developers code the DRM portion of Steam out of their Steam games. A very small amount of developers. I think Steam defaults as online check DRM and publishers have to actively work around that if they want to turn all that off.

That said, this deal for the 1c game is great. Past that it's just a a pre-order/buy this game get this stuff free promo not so cleverly disguised.

btw, you edit the price on the screen with the slider bar, click on the price to edit.

Originally Posted by CheapLikeAFox I look at it as Steam is clearly DRM, but some developers code the DRM portion of Steam out of their Steam games. A very small amount of developers. I think Steam defaults as online check DRM and publishers have to actively work around that if they want to turn all that off.

I'm pretty sure that developers have to actively code Steam DRM *into* their game
executables, not code it out.

Originally Posted by seamoss I'm pretty sure that developers have to actively code Steam DRM *into* their game executables, not code it out.

I'm sure they have to code Steam into their games, but I'm sure the default Steam code defaults to online DRM, not the Steam integration like Faerie Solitaire does.

In for Divine Divinity! Thanks, OP!

Originally Posted by louiedog Some games, yes. Off the top of my head I believe Faerie Solitaire, Wizorb, and everything by Wadjet Eye will all play from their directories without Steam running.

I'm pretty sure Red Faction will, as well. I know this because I'm currently playing through it.

Beyond Divinity is $1 on green man gaming. So you can get both for ~$2.