CDPR keeping Witcher 3 keys for Origin, uPlay and GOG; tell GMG to go pound sand

gatti-man said:
Pretty sure it is the same legally actually. If you make slanderous claims as a mod on an official forum of cdpr you are a representative of cdpr. That claim echoed through the Internet for hours without response and caused damage to GMG's reputation. CDPR should have responded in my opinion.
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We don't know what is said in agreement between volunteer mods and CDP. It's very possible that CDP isn't legally responsible to statements made by their mods on their forums even if they may reflect on CDP when people pick on that stuff.

GMG harmed its own reputation all by themselves by purchasing some 3rd party keys and going around CDP.
 
Tovarisc said:
GMG harmed its own reputation all by themselves by purchasing some 3rd party keys and going around CDP.
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Yup. They would have been better off just releasing a statement saying "we'd like to sell the Witcher 3, but CDPR won't sell to us", and leaving the ball in their court. Circumventing their normal publisher relations seems incredibly short-sighted given their fairly consistent history. A reputation is not so easily mended, especially in the age of internet knee-jerk reactions (of which this thread has had many).

If they've repaired relations, good, hopefully it doesn't hurt either company much in the long run. I like CDPR's games and site and GMG's great deals, and want them both to continue.
 
hamchan said:
The price going back up to match the other stores tells me that they reached an agreement, and that GMG now has to follow the price CDPR wants the game to be, instead of having the freedom to price it themselves.
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Chalk up a victory for price fixing I guess.

CDPR looks bad here, no 2 ways about it.
 
hamchan said:
The price going back up to match the other stores tells me that they reached an agreement, and that GMG now has to follow the price CDPR wants the game to be, instead of having the freedom to price it themselves.
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I guess it's a good thing that I purchased mine from GMG last night then.
 
Honestly i feel, in my opinion of course, is that GMG should just disclose who is selling them the keys.

I know it won't happen but it basically saves face and may reopen doors for CDPR in the future.

We still have no idea if the keys are legit, they are only claimed to be.

In the same time I get CDPR is trying to maximize profits, but not having one of the biggest distributors of video games carrying your game is a stupid move regardless where else it goes.

This whole situation is dumb.
 
BennyBlanco said:
Chalk up a victory for price fixing I guess.

CDPR looks bad here, no 2 ways about it.
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What reason GMG would have to give in to CDP and make deal with them now or vice versa?

With statement GMG released they more or less said that they tried to make deal with CDP, didn't get one and then turned to 3rd parties for TW3 keys not caring about what CDP has to say.
 
Tovarisc said:
All day 1 copies are missing some, small, key files that needs to be downloaded from GOG servers.
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Yep, definitely DRM. Too bad *sigh*

(I actually thought about buying the Limited Edition because these days, every game is riddled with awful DRM (Steam). But I guess I save money once again.)
 
Lucumo said:
Yep, definitely DRM. Too bad *sigh*

(I actually thought about buying the Limited Edition because these days, every game is riddled with awful DRM (Steam). But I guess I save money once again.)
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Just dont buy a day1 version and there wont be any small file to download.
But its probably abour principle and that is perfectly fine then
 
Lucumo said:
Yep, definitely DRM. Too bad *sigh*

(I actually thought about buying the Limited Edition because these days, every game is riddled with awful DRM (Steam). But I guess I save money once again.)
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Not DRM at all. This is in place to prevent early release/leak.


Once the game releases and if you have a legitimate copy you should be able to play offline without any issues.
 
Lucumo said:
Yep, definitely DRM. Too bad *sigh*

(I actually thought about buying the Limited Edition because these days, every game is riddled with awful DRM (Steam). But I guess I save money once again.)
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I think it's very unreasonable to assume that game wouldn't have any pre-release protection in place. Even company like CDP doesn't want pre-release .torrents popping up with fully playable copy of the game inside.

Maybe they should have tied all physical copies to Steam and not allow GOG preload and suddenly no protections required.
 
ctw0e said:
If they have access to this type of information (and are allowed to post it), they are definitely speaking for CDPR.
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which type of information are you talking about?
The moderator just said something that was
1. Wrong (thinking g2a was gmg)
2. Didnt contain any information that wasnt available to the public at the point he was posting
 
diablos991 said:
Not DRM at all. This is in place to prevent early release/leak.


Once the game releases and if you have a legitimate copy you should be able to play offline without any issues.
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Yeah, but it still does nothing for early releases of the console versions. Unless there's a new GOG console server up that I'm unaware of.
 
Totobeni said:
Wow not even Amazon?? Amazon is a big store/reseller, not letting Amazon sell keys is weird, this is just weird.

seriously what GOG/CDPR want to achieve here exactly?
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They want GOG to be the price leader for the game, and won’t play ball with retailers who would discount further than they’re willing to.
 
Tovarisc said:
We don't know what is said in agreement between volunteer mods and CDP. It's very possible that CDP isn't legally responsible to statements made by their mods on their forums even if they may reflect on CDP when people pick on that stuff.

GMG harmed its own reputation all by themselves by purchasing some 3rd party keys and going around CDP.
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It doesn't matter what the agreement is between cdpr and their mods. If you mod an official forum owned by cdpr you are by definition their representative and any statement made that is slanderous should be addressed by cdpr.
 
gai_shain said:
Just dont buy a day1 version and there wont be any small file to download.
But its probably abour principle and that is perfectly fine then
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diablos991 said:
Not DRM at all. This is in place to prevent early release/leak.

Once the game releases and if you have a legitimate copy you should be able to play offline without any issues.
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Tovarisc said:
I think it's very unreasonable to assume that game wouldn't have any pre-release protection in place. Even company like CDP doesn't want pre-release .torrents popping up with fully playable copy of the game inside.

Maybe they should have tied all physical copies to Steam and not allow GOG preload and suddenly no protections required.
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Am I misunderstanding something? Day 1 version is the official release version, right? I mean, it's the official release day and I order The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collectors Edition from Amazon. So would I need to download anything because for me that's a "day 1 version", unlike GotY editions and such.
 
Messofanego said:
Interesting. A little before and after:

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If Green Man Gaming had to raise the price to appease CDPR, that just confirms all of the pricing theories that have been stated in this thread.

This tells me that the only thing CDPR was pissed about was the price (and their money) and that they didn't give a fuck who GMG got their keys from since GMG is legit anyways.
 
Lucumo said:
Am I misunderstanding something? Day 1 version is the official release version, right? I mean, it's the official release day and I order The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collectors Edition from Amazon. So would I need to download anything because for me that's a "day 1 version", unlike GotY editions and such.
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Im honestly not sure how this stuff works, I guess there are different print runs and the first batch of shipment has this drm stuff and the following wont have it. If you preordered you have to download the file
 
Lucumo said:
Am I misunderstanding something? Day 1 version is the official release version, right? I mean, it's the official release day and I order The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collectors Edition from Amazon. So would I need to download anything because for me that's a "day 1 version", unlike GotY editions and such.
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Every PC copy that is printed before 19th of May has key files missing from the DVD's. These files need to be downloaded from GOG upon release of the game so it works. This is to prevent pre-release leaks of playable PC copies, to prevent piracy.
 
Tovarisc said:
What reason GMG would have to give in to CDP and make deal with them now or vice versa?

With statement GMG released they more or less said that they tried to make deal with CDP, didn't get one and then turned to 3rd parties for TW3 keys not caring about what CDP has to say.
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Assuming the "deal" covers purchases made when the promo was still active, they no longer have to sell those copies at a loss. GMG seems to get their keys close to release date, so I assume this is possible.

It worked out well for them in the end if this happened.
 
Lucumo said:
Am I misunderstanding something? Day 1 version is the official release version, right? I mean, it's the official release day and I order The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collectors Edition from Amazon. So would I need to download anything because for me that's a "day 1 version", unlike GotY editions and such.
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They are doing you a fovor by allowing you to predownload before release and then play earlier on release day. It isn't DRM.
 
FLAguy954 said:
If Green Man Gaming had to raise the price to appease CDPR, that just confirms all of the pricing theories that have been stated in this thread.

This tells me that the only thing CDPR was pissed about was the price (and their money) and that they didn't give a fuck who GMG got their keys from since GMG is legit anyways.
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Shocker. I was getting shouted down earlier for this when it was plainly obvious cdpr was just pissed they were being undercut. I've lost a lot of respect for cdpr in the past 24 hours but it just lowered them to every other developer out there from their high pedestal they were on to me.

dex3108 said:
Oh boy XD

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...How-GMG-gets-their-keys?p=1636568#post1636568
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He's just guessing and has no clue about anything really.
 
gatti-man said:
Shocker. I was getting shouted down earlier for this when it was plainly obvious cdpr was just pissed they were being undercut. I've lost a lot of respect for cdpr in the past 24 hours but it just lowered them to every other developer out there from their high pedestal they were on to me.
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The lesson here is...don't put developers on pedestals. Ever. Because they won't do the same for you.
 
Tovarisc said:
Oh look, random member of forum making shitpost. Nothing to see here.
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Did you like that "It's so sad to see such an epic game selling for $33 when other games sell for $60".

Fucking hilarious. I'd make a sex analogy about being thirsty and loving to receive, but I fear for my account status.
 
Ah man, was gonna take GMG on their deal today. Shouldn't have waited I guess. Lol. Oh well, I'm a patient man I'll just wait until the next sale. $6.00 off isn't enough to make me bite.
 
Tovarisc said:
Every PC copy that is printed before 19th of May has key files missing from the DVD's. These files need to be downloaded from GOG upon release of the game so it works. This is to prevent pre-release leaks of playable PC copies, to prevent piracy.
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Ah, that makes sense then and I have no problem with this. I've never pre-ordered a game in my life and don't intent to start after so many years of buying games. So I will be able to buy and play my game without much problems then.

diablos991 said:
They are doing you a fovor by allowing you to predownload before release and then play earlier on release day. It isn't DRM.
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Why would I do that? As a kid, you want to have things "now". I'm 25, I'm fine with waiting a week or whatever. Also, my lovely connection (88 KB/s download) doesn't want to download anything if it's not really needed.
 
CDPR is quickly losing their 'gamers favourite developer' status with their recent moves. They are just making a fool out of themselves with these poor PR statements and not wanting to talk to big shops. Calling out shops without first engaging in a proper dialogue is below them. Did their head of PR / marketing leave in the last year or something?
 
gai_shain said:
which type of information are you talking about?
The moderator just said something that was
1. Wrong (thinking g2a was gmg)
2. Didnt contain any information that wasnt available to the public at the point he was posting
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It's in the OP.

I would kindly ask our fans no to buy via GMG at this time. We had not sold them Keys and dont know the origin of them.
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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=1634844&viewfull=1#post1634844
 
Klossen said:
Again, I'm stressing the fact that a game requiring an online connection for activation can hardly be regarded as DRM-free.
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thebloo said:
If I go to a store and purchase a Retail copy of Witcher 3 that was printed before launch (which would be pretty much all on day 1) I would need to access the Internet in order to play.

Now, that's not a hassle, but it is a form of DRM. See here: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Digital_rights_management_(DRM)#Online_activation
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Kimawolf said:
Yeah DRM is DRM. If I have to connect to the net to download a file to play my game its DRM. Sorry to people who love a game corporation and can't accept they may be doing something shady. Its no different than MS always online crap they tried to pull.

Sorry CDPR I will be getting the game from GMG as well.
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So, Day One patches are a form of DRM now?
 
1337 said:
CDPR is quickly losing their 'gamers favourite developer' status with their recent moves. They are just making a fool out of themselves with these poor PR statements and not wanting to talk to big shops. Calling out shops without first engaging in a proper dialogue is below them. Did their head of PR / marketing leave in the last year or something?
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Last year, year and a half was full of bad PR moves and non standard behavior in my opinion. They are even using some AAA tactics like countless videos and trailers before launch, Expansion Pass announcement before game release, glorifying free DLCs, stating that they are not amateurs and then delaying game again, exclusive content for X1...

Syriel said:
So, Day One patches are a form of DRM now?
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They are not but this is not day 1 patch. If you buy retail PC game before release you won't be able to play it without internet day 1.
 
publicpwnerer said:
Did you like that "It's so sad to see such an epic game selling for $33 when other games sell for $60".

Fucking hilarious. I'd make a sex analogy about being thirsty and loving to receive, but I fear for my account status.
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I think you just made that analogy and shot that at me, classy stuff.

Also did I like what? I don't understand that part of your post. At end of the day I don't really care if store X is selling game Z for 33 and store Y for 60 if both stores are above the board.

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Syriel said:
So, Day One patches are a form of DRM now?
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What CDPR has implemented for PC copies (retail + GOG) of the game is different from Day 1 patch. There is Day 1 patch + small key file download for mentioned copies of the game.

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dex3108 said:
Last year, year and a half was full of bad PR moves and non standard behavior in my opinion. They are even using some AAA tactics like countless videos and trailers before launch, Expansion Pass announcement before game release, glorifying free DLCs, stating that they are not amateurs and then delaying game again, exclusive content for X1...
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Two additional physical trinkets for Collector's Edition of XBO version and none in-game content, lets be precise so people don't flip out when left to assume details. Also not sure why to be upset about large amounts of media coverage pre-release as you are doing marketing for your game? They want TW3 to sell really well and bush radio marketing won't cut it.
 
Kintaro said:
The lesson here is...don't put developers on pedestals. Ever. Because they won't do the same for you.
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I don't buy many games day 1 and it helps to feel good about the developer. I know you are right but I still favor certain developers over others I can't help it.
 
If they don't put "drm" on the physical release, what's to stop someone from leaking the game on torrent sites way before release date? This is the only way.
 
flaxknuckles said:
If they don't put "drm" on the physical release, what's to stop someone from leaking the game on torrent sites way before release date? This is the only way.
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...yes, that is why DRM exists.

It's like some of you guys are just now realizing that DRM doesn't just exist in a vacuum of mustache-twirling villains.
 
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