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kaiyouske said:
So much for GMG being 'legit'.

http://www.pcgamer.com/witcher-3-keys-on-sale-at-green-man-gaming-are-from-an-unknown-source/
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Did the guy that "wrote" the source article contact GMG? Nope. He didn't even bother to get their side of the story.

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

The publisher is listed as Namco Bandai. So my guess is they're getting the keys from them and GOG is just being dumb about this. It's not like they haven't been dumb about a lot of things lately.

 
Foxhack said:
Did the guy that "wrote" the source article contact GMG? Nope. He didn't even bother to get their side of the story.

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

The publisher is listed as Namco Bandai. So my guess is they're getting the keys from them and GOG is just being dumb about this. It's not like they haven't been dumb about a lot of things lately.
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We've reached out to both CD Projekt and Green Man Gaming to find out what's going on, and will update if and when we receive a reply
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Foxhack said:
Did the guy that "wrote" the source article contact GMG? Nope. He didn't even bother to get their side of the story.

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

The publisher is listed as Namco Bandai. So my guess is they're getting the keys from them and GOG is just being dumb about this. It's not like they haven't been dumb about a lot of things lately.
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after this mess, i wonder if gmg will still sell games from cd projekt red

 
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Foxhack said:
Did the guy that "wrote" the source article contact GMG? Nope. He didn't even bother to get their side of the story.

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

The publisher is listed as Namco Bandai. So my guess is they're getting the keys from them and GOG is just being dumb about this. It's not like they haven't been dumb about a lot of things lately.
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We've reached out to both CD Projekt and Green Man Gaming to find out what's going on, and will update if and when we receive a reply
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That second quote does not appear in the article I listed - which is the actual source of the news. That's from PCGamer.

Also? It's already late night in the UK, so don't expect an answer until tomorrow. That said...

Just a few words of explanation:

We have worked with GMG in the past for w2 and they were a legit partner.
We control all digital and the codes, and because we decided not to sell Keys to GMG it came as a suprise that they are doing a special promo without buying Keys from us. We have reach out to ask for the source of they Keys but up until now there was no response. They might sell nVidia Keys (which are not to be sold but gifted with the nVidia promo), or they just bough Keys from gog just like a regular customer and now they resell them with a loss (we cannot prevent anyone from selling something).
They also list Bandai Namco as the published which is not true for w3 (namco is our box distributor in PAL), so GMG is not a CDPR partner for W3 but they still might sell Keys that will work.
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Source (Rafal Jaki, CD PR)

So someone messed up, most likely on GMG's end.

 
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Just a few words of explanation:
We have worked with GMG in the past for w2 and they were a legit partner.
We control all digital and the codes, and because we decided not to sell Keys to GMG it came as a suprise that they are doing a special promo without buying Keys from us. We have reach out to ask for the source of they Keys but up until now there was no response. They might sell nVidia Keys (which are not to be sold but gifted with the nVidia promo), or they just bough Keys from gog just like a regular customer and now they resell them with a loss (we cannot prevent anyone from selling something).
They also list Bandai Namco as the published which is not true for w3 (namco is our box distributor in PAL), so GMG is not a CDPR partner for W3 but they still might sell Keys that will work.
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http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/35436-Witcher-3-35-off?p=1635264&viewfull=1#post1635264

 
I dunno, CDPR might void the keys.

But at least with GMG you're guaranteed to get a refund, unlike those other sites we keep warning people about.

 
Foxhack said:
Did the guy that "wrote" the source article contact GMG? Nope. He didn't even bother to get their side of the story.

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

The publisher is listed as Namco Bandai. So my guess is they're getting the keys from them and GOG is just being dumb about this. It's not like they haven't been dumb about a lot of things lately.
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Rumor has it that Boxed copies of Witcher 3 contain codes redeemable at GOG but one can still install and play the game from the physical CD sold in the retailed boxed copy. (since the discs have no DRM except being physical discs)

If the cheap codes are coming from a foreign retailer (Russian?) stripping the boxed copies and selling the codes, that's pretty scummy but nothing a publisher can do about it (unless they want to risk deactivating a bunch of those codes and affect legit buyers too)

There is also always possibility (though unlikely) that GMG is selling the game at a loss to compete with Steam and other digital distributors.

 
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YBX87 said:
so any risk for keys getting pulled/ deactivated buying from gmg?
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This is really interesting - b/c there's No DRM on GOG's games.

If GMG never gets keys - then, you're screwed.

If GOG revokes keys in pre-order time-period BEFORE they release the game files - you're screwed.

If say GMG gets keys, you activate them, download files don't get pulled (yet), DRM-FREE files get downloaded, and you do the install - you still got a DRM-FREE game from GOG!

What the heck are they gonna do? Revoke your game??!?! You still have the files backed-up somewhere, you still have the game. You still have the game installed, you still have the game! It should still work, b/c it's (supposed to be) DRM-FREE!

The only thing I think could really happen is if they revoke your key and it's no longer on your GOG Library Shelf - you can't get patches, updates, and extras from GOG that have occurred after you got revoked.

Or maybe the only other thing is this - your TW3 revoked copy doesn't support whatever GOG Galaxy features exist b/c the key's actually tied to the GOG Galaxy client-program.

 
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Help, Booby is starving!

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Drabelincoln said:
Snack? Is he 6?
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Because Spoder needed my help with something and I was having concentration issues since I have not yet ingested food today.

Can't have a full meal because it'll ruin dinner plans, so yes, a snack.

Mooby said:
Thanks. Probably a no for me... but LETTER QUEST. That might make it worth the $5 with Strife.
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Letter Quest is pretty fun, but I never thought it'd be Mooby-approved fun.
 
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spoderman said:
Probably makes over 250k easily. You do realize he bought his way into Saints Row 3 right? I doubt he needs another job.
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I've always assumed most of the money came from his wife's job though, at least listening to the podcasts (when I did) it sounded like she made some serious bank.

 
Witcher 2 felt like the most boring parts of KotOR1 blended together with a really asinine combat system that thought "What if we were an RPG and ALSO required skill to play? Wait, what's skill? Has anyone played an action game before? Anyone? fuck it we'll just ad lib it." Which is why they "overhauled" it like three fuck ing times. I couldn't bring myself to redo the game to see the alternate story.

Also anyone who didn't gank the bitch king doesn't deserve to play good games at all in their life time. I could see the argument for letting the roid rage douche live even if it's a stupid argument but not offing that fat sack of crap is just asinine and indefensible.

 
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Foxhack said:
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Wow, nice walk back by CD there, "They're shady evil people, don't buy!!" to "Oh, uhh..well we decided not to work with them, and their keys might be from another partner?"

Liked whatever article it was about the devs asking who GMG got the keys from and not getting a response. Yes, because when I tell people to fuck off, I expect them to be a pal and answer my questions later, despite having no reason to.

 
Red_Lizard2 said:
Wow, nice walk back by CD there, "They're shady evil people, don't buy!!" to "Oh, uhh..well we decided not to work with them, and their keys might be from another partner?"

Liked whatever article it was about the devs asking who GMG got the keys from and not getting a response. Yes, because when I tell people to fuck off, I expect them to be a pal and answer my questions later, despite having no reason to.
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CD PR didn't say they were evil. That was implied by the articles. They only said they didn't know where the keys came from since they don't have a deal with GMG.

And GMG has issued a statement.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/green-man-gamings-discounted-witcher-3-codes-are-legitimate-says-ceo

“Green Man Gaming (GMG) has an official contract with, and has been an approved retailer of CD Projekt S.A. (CDPR) products since 11th August 2011. Following a 6 month dialogue with CDPR about the launch of The Witcher 3, we were disappointed that despite the offer of significant cash advances, and other opportunities to officially work together, (we even offered to fly to Poland to discuss in detail how we could and wanted to support this launch), CDPR chose not to engage with a number of significant, reputable, and successful retailers, including ourselves, as they instead focused on supporting their own platform GOG.“
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So they're selling / distributing GOG keys at Origin, Uplay, and Gamestop, but didn't want to give any to GMG? Something is fishy here.

 
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Foxhack said:
CD PR didn't say they were evil. That was implied by the articles. They only said they didn't know where the keys came from since they don't have a deal with GMG.

And GMG has issued a statement.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/green-man-gamings-discounted-witcher-3-codes-are-legitimate-says-ceo

So they're selling / distributing GOG keys at Origin, Uplay, and Gamestop, but didn't want to give any to GMG? Something is fishy here.
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They probably banned them from Playfire

 
Foxhack said:
So they're selling / distributing GOG keys at Origin, Uplay, and Gamestop, but didn't want to give any to GMG? Something is fishy here.
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Is it because of the vouchers? Are they worried GMG will put it on sale for too low compared to elsewhere and make people less likely to buy from GOG directly?

My best guess would be it has something to do with regional pricing (which yes, they're doing on their own game despite their prior promises not to do that on their platform) and Euros.

Edit: Unrelated but Nuuvem has an Arkham Knight pre-order for $55ish for the game and season pass, if you wanna skip on the CD keys sale. Still standing by what I posted the other day, but at least Nuuvem has decent CS.

Also probably a little high (Season Pass makes it about $20 more than base, so 50% off).

 
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BobbyTastic said:
Is it because of the vouchers? Are they worried GMG will put it on sale for too low compared to elsewhere and make people less likely to buy from GOG directly?
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That... makes a disturbing amount of sense.

GOG gets all the money from direct sales, and a lot less from third party sites. If you think about it, GMG is the one site that has consistently lower prices on everything, even regionally priced releases, because of their vouchers.

If they were willing to cut off GMG completely then they must be selling an insane amount of copies.

 
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