Posted October 17, 2016
By which I mean that the old, non-GOTY edition should be removed from sale. I find it potentially confusing and a little dishonest that they are both still available. Why? Because GOTY only costs $10 more than standard, but if you buy standard and want to get the DLC, you have to fork out $24.99. That's $15 more than you'd have to pay if you just got the GOTY upfront. I don't think there are that many people who are so uninterested in the (apparently very good) DLC that they would not be willing to pay $10 more to get it. What I can imagine is that a significant number of people might buy the old edition, not realizing that they could have gotten all the DLC on the cheap until it's too late to make the exchange. If they cut the Expansion Pass price by $10, I don't think it would be as big of a deal, but we all know they won't.
The worst part is that the old, non-GOTY edition is still the one listed under the "BUY SERIES" box. If someone sees that and decides to buy the whole series (or complete the series) without looking more carefully, they would end up spending $15 more than they would otherwise have to (and for an arguably inferior experience; see here). At the very least, they should swap the non-GOTY edition and the Expansion Pass for the GOTY edition *in the "BUY SERIES" box* (one would assume that someone looking to buy the whole series would be interested in the DLC).
Yeah, yeah, I know, look before you buy, it's not GOG's fault if you're too stupid to pay attention to what you're buying, blah blah blah, I know somebody is going to say it. I'm not posting this to complain, but because I believe that GOG genuinely wants to provide their customers with the best possible experience, I see this as being in contradiction with that.
TL;DR -- it might be a good idea to remove the old non-GOTY edition from sale; at the very least they should make GOTY the "BUY SERIES" option.
The worst part is that the old, non-GOTY edition is still the one listed under the "BUY SERIES" box. If someone sees that and decides to buy the whole series (or complete the series) without looking more carefully, they would end up spending $15 more than they would otherwise have to (and for an arguably inferior experience; see here). At the very least, they should swap the non-GOTY edition and the Expansion Pass for the GOTY edition *in the "BUY SERIES" box* (one would assume that someone looking to buy the whole series would be interested in the DLC).
Yeah, yeah, I know, look before you buy, it's not GOG's fault if you're too stupid to pay attention to what you're buying, blah blah blah, I know somebody is going to say it. I'm not posting this to complain, but because I believe that GOG genuinely wants to provide their customers with the best possible experience, I see this as being in contradiction with that.
TL;DR -- it might be a good idea to remove the old non-GOTY edition from sale; at the very least they should make GOTY the "BUY SERIES" option.
Post edited October 17, 2016 by niruMX808