It's really great seeing all the discounts and I've finally gotten The Witcher 2 and some other things because of the sales and am grateful for them, though I have to admit I'm not all that enthused by most the bundles, not simply because they might not be the kind of game/s I like.

While saving 75% on a bundle is great, some have to worry about how much they spend not how much they save, there's a big difference, not everyone can or will splash out money just because they're saving x amount. I'm far more concerned about how much things are going to cost and how much I'll have left. Some may even have only x amount set aside for games.

The one bundle I got and seemed worthwhile, the one with Thief 1,2,3 and two other games. I thought it was okay only because I liked and wanted the Thief games, getting the bundle discount of a collection of a specific game franchise is great. Though it still made me bite the bullet on games I wasn't interested in (Anachronox and Invisible War).

There are other examples of good, infact even better bundles, even if I'm not really interested in them currently, such as the Ultima series and Might and Magic series bundles. Anyone interested in one of those franchises will no doubt be very keen on it.

From there the bundles start to become somewhat mixed, regardless of how I feel about the games themselves. For example the "World War 2" bundle, sure all the games are set in World War 2 but the games in the bundle are worlds apart, someone might really like the Commandos series but not be interested in any of the other 7 games or may even dislike them, they may even like two of the franchises in that bundle but it still wouldn't want to fork out for it because over half the games still might not appeal to them. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if had that bundle been split into bundles for each franchise GOG would have had more sales and money from them. The Commando fans would have snatched the Commandos games, same for the Blitzkrieg and Panzer fans, but as is many are probably staring at it thinking "but I don't like/want all those other games". It's just not a good mix of games because they vary so wildly.

Then there's a Bullfrog one, with basically the same problem because it also varies quite wildly. I don't know anyone who likes all the franchises included in it but almost every even casual gamer I know likes 1 of them in it, and I don't know anyone who buys games just because it's made by a certain developer/publisher.

On the other side of that coin is the Gabriel Knight and Phantasmagoria bundle, regardless of it being from the same studio, it's a good mix because the games are so similar, fans of that genera will no doubt be happy to see that bundle.

Basically bundles of franchises, perfect. Noone looses out and noone has to buy things they don't like or want, each such bundle is guaranteed to be snatched up by their fans.

Bundles of the same genera, great. They'll appeal to their segment of the marker, it's hard to turn down and has little to no downside.

Bundles from a certain developer/publisher, okay to bad. Developers have good games and bad games and fans of one genera may be completely bored by another. Probably most buyers are probably just biting the bullet on them for the ones they want.

Bundles form something like a period (ie "World War 2" bundle), between "awww" and "meh". Chances are many more are thinking how much they like franchise x in such a bundle but don't want to get/pay for 5 other franchises just for the "savings" than there are people actually getting it. If those were kept in franchise bundles or at least similar genres it would have been nice, a blatantly obvious example from it would be bundling "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest" in something like a FPS (First Person Shooter) bundle.

Please don't think I'm just complaining, ranting or even ungrateful for the bundle sales, that's not my intent and I wouldn't have spent so much much time on it if I was. It's just that some of the bundles feel like they're trying to sneak in vegetables with chocolates where one gamers chocolate is another's vegetable, kind of similar to how a store might bundle excess stock noone wants with something that's selling well except stock isn't an issue here though I can still see the incentive here.

Bundles focused on a specific market segment or genera will be snatched up like proverbial hotcakes in a heartbeat by those interested in that gametype without any second thought due to biting the bullet on an extra they don't want, which can leave a sour taste no matter what the "savings" number says. No doubt many will be biting these bullets, but each one adds up until they don't like the taste and pretty much say to themselves, that's it I've bought enough extra stuff I don't want so I'm out for now, even though there are things which in more focused bundles they would be eager to pay for.

Anyway, just a thought.

There are some games that i wanted to buy if they were 75% off individually, but i cant afford to buy the entire bundle because i already own the games on disc or from other sites. The bundle sales have not worked for me and i hope GOG does individual games 75% off like Steam soon.

Ya, these bundles aren't really doing it for me. The pick 5 pay 10 was really tempting for me. If it came up again I would do it for sure. But, in these bundles there is usually only one, maybe two games I want.

For the publisher packs, I'd assume the deals with them stated they couldn't offer more than 50% off unless they put the games in a bundle to get the company the extra sales.

For the indie games, it is a bit more puzzling. Like how the Indie RPG pack was 75% off individually earlier this week, but they added a game and it needs all of them now. Still I'm not too upset about it as the pack I wanted was cheaper buying the 4 games I needed to fill it out than the two I wanted individually. (Though I hope it doesn't come back without the full bundle needed later on.)

Having things in bundles has made me think over stuff more before getting it. If everything was individual I'd probably buy more games. However I do respect not having to buy the full bundle again if you own part of it, and having the option to redeem a gift to yourself and pass the extras along.

If possible though, yes they should focus on franchises. If they are going to randomly mix stuff together, sales like the 5 for $10 work better.

Frankly, I think overall they are really good deals. I think pretty much all the bundles so far have been under $20 which is less than half of a typical game title at the local store. I have bought some of the bundles so far and exactly how much lower price do you want than $1.50 to $3 per game. I think GOG is bundling them to try to make a little profit from these. I don't think that's bad. They have to run the website, pay salaries for staff, and then also give a portion to the developers of the games. How much are they really making on a bundle or a game? Not much. I don't think we should necessarily expect to find a bundle that fits our desire every day of the sale. It's going to be some hits and some misses. Just my two cents on the matter.

Yes, there are good deals, but as many said before me, it totally misses the target as far as I am concerned. I haven't bought a single pack and will not likely buy any, simply because I don't want a bundle of games, I want specific games.

So, for people relatively new to the site, or who haven't bought much yet, it's a pretty amazing sale. For people like me who often "insta-buy" games at release, it's not so great...

The format of these bundles doesn't work for my particular mindset. Note that I'm not complaining, but for the way I think and evaluate spending money on myself, these types of deals don't work. When I see a bundle with only one or two games I want at 75% off if I buy the whole bundle, it doesn't make me want to buy it. Quite the opposite, actually. Since I don't want the other games (I have no interest in them and I don't want them on my shelf if I'm not interested in playing them, plus I can't give them away) and since the discount is immediately less if you remove even one game from the bundle, it just pisses me off to see the game I want immediately jump to a higher price when I remove games from the bundle itself.

Again, I'm not complaining, but when I see a game for 75% off and it jumps in price when I try to select just that one game, it doesn't make me want to buy it. All it makes me do is pass on it altogether.

So the end result here is I've bought exactly zero games for myself so far from this GOG sale, even though there have been several that are on my wish list.

I can see people's point about not wanting to spend money on games that they don't want. However, I think most games in the bundle are still on sale (at 50% off) if you select them individually. I think this has put most of the games between the $3-5 range which still is very low. I think getting an extra bonus for buying more than one is typical in other commercial outlets as well. It's often labeled as "buy 2 get 1 free" or "buy 1 pair, get the 2nd pair 50% off", but sales in other retail areas such as food and clothing also have these kinds of offers. It's a way of having the consumer spend more money (which is good for the company), but also also benefits the customer if the extra items are wanted.

Worst case scenario you can pick the individual game for 50% off, still not a bad deal, IMHO.

The 50% off of everything is quite nice, but the bundles aren't doing anything for me. I am interested in a HOMM (3 specifically) and they are half off clocking in at $5 each in most cases. There is a bundle today, but you seriously have to get them all to get a better per game rate, and there are a bajillion of them.

I'm not interested in buying 10 items when I really just want 1 or 2. The total cost is lower IF I bought all of them, but there is no way I would ever have done that. It's not saving money, its spending more, which is precisely why they do it. Sorry I'll just stick with the one for 5$.

Now I did go for the build a bundle thing not too long ago. That little bit of interaction really helped sell me on it. It also meant I could get around the whole already owning games on the list problem. I got a couple of things I was interested in, and a couple I was just curious about but probably never would have gotten.

Agreed with the feelings here. I would much prefer a lower "special" discount (60%) but be able to buy only the games I want. I might also go for the buy 5 and pay $10 if there were at least 2-3 games I was interested in (the last one only had 1).

They definitely could have done with a staggered % depending on how many games you buy.Or like others have suggested build your own Or buy x amount get x % etc...Lots of ideas from everywhere. Not sure why they went the bundle route anyway....

I realize my posts come off a bit whiny, because I do appreciate GOG having the sale. Like others have said though, a staggering discount, or smaller set discount would be nice.

I know a lot of effort goes into getting releases ready and on here for people to buy. It is appreciated by everyone that we will never have crap like The War Z come out here. (At least I'd hope not.) In turn you have games that get released here showing up in indie bundles for a small fraction of what they cost here. GOG has to recover their investments, so in turn some of those games end up bundled with more popular titles.

Still, if possible, having bundles where you can pick from a selection of games would be welcome if possible. As would a staggered discount option to encourage people to work up to 75% off.

Yes, that's a fair point. But, for example, I have La Mulana on my wishlist. I don't want any of the other games in that particular bundle, but when I choose only La Mulana, the price jumps from $3.74 to $7.49. Now, I know that's not a lot of money either way, but it sticks in my craw that the game is offered at one price if I add a bunch of stuff I don't want (and can't gift away), but doubles in price if I try to buy that one, single game that I do want. As a result, I just choose to pass on it altogether.

The bundles aren't really working for me. The 50% off standard discount is cool, I've bought up several games with the discount, and I don't want to complain too loudly, because "No, discounting your entire catalog by 50% just isn't good enough!" is a hell of a thing to tell a company. But ... the Steam sale is starting tomorrow, and they won't be asking me to buy games I'm not interested in to get the best discounts on the ones I am.

Again, I'm not really complaining--I bought Inquisitor, and The Real Texas, and a few other games, and I'm completely happy with that. But I do feel that GOG could probably have done these things better.

I understand your point on GOG trying to get some more profit, but they would probably get more profit if they bundled the games with a little more thought. For example, I was looking at the World War 2 bundle. I would love to get it for the Medal of Honor and Sniper Elite games, but I have no interest in the other games in the bundle mainly because I am not into strategy games. In my experience, people who like the slower pace of strategy games are not always into the fast pace of fps games, and vice versa. Had GOG instead split the two genres into different bundles and probably added a couple games into the FPS games bundle, I bet it would have sold better (just guessing). As it is, I am going to pass on the whole thing. The point is, people choose games based on the style of gameplay rather than the content or subject of the game.