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Green Man Gaming Thread: Save some green, man
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Liferebooted
Banned
Finally got my correct worms rev preorder key from em.
$10 cash back or $15 GMG credit for prepurchasing BioShock Infinite.
Buy, use credit and 20% off code on South Park for two unreleased games I'm highly interested in for $85? Yes please!
GMG rocks for preorders.
Buy, use credit and 20% off code on South Park for two unreleased games I'm highly interested in for $85? Yes please!
GMG rocks for preorders.
j0hnny_385
Member
Indeed it does. Anyone figured out their business model yet? Operating at a loss while attracting customers and being shielded by VC thus going for the long run or...? I honestly don't get it. I got Dishonored for 37.5EUR from GMG while that same game costs 50 EUR on Steam. Do they get their Steam keys from the publishers directly or from Steam? Questions, questions...
Interesting...
I went ahead and purchased X-com ($10 credit). And will pre-order Bioshock as well ($15 credit). Making my next purchase in the neighborhood of $20-$25 for a new release (Far Cry 3 maybe).
GMG does indeed rock!
You get it when the game is released.
Actually according to a moderator on their forums you're supposed to get it right away. Some people did but some didn't. Anyway, I opened a ticket, we'll see.
I'm in exactly the same boat. No credit, ticket open for a day now and no response.
Ugh...ok. I wish they were more clear about that. They already can't cancel the order since they gave you the pre-order flash game code right away. It's stupid that they wait for the credit.
Thanks for this. I'll take $15 credit back, given I use GMG a fair amount.
Damn. In some cases it can be argued that pre-ordering is useless.
But at that cheap price with $15 credit, its hard not to.
GMG is king of pre orders and will continue to get my business.
As for their business model, they take a much smaller cut of the sale, but they make their profit off the volume of their orders and small overhead.
From what I've been able to gather, they are a fairly small operation, but have been able to gather a pretty large and loyal following.
Steam can basically charge so much because they are steam, I don't want to go too much into that but they have a pretty good grip on the market
But at that cheap price with $15 credit, its hard not to.
GMG is king of pre orders and will continue to get my business.
As for their business model, they take a much smaller cut of the sale, but they make their profit off the volume of their orders and small overhead.
From what I've been able to gather, they are a fairly small operation, but have been able to gather a pretty large and loyal following.
Steam can basically charge so much because they are steam, I don't want to go too much into that but they have a pretty good grip on the market
Do GMG actually make a profit? I always assumed that they were operating at a loss to gain market share. These price cuts seem impossible to work with given the narrow margins I've been told about for games.
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Deleted member 17706
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Gain market share of what? I don't imagine there are a ton of people buying games from them outside of the huge sales they have on Steamworks games and MMORPGs.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Digital distribution commonly uses a 30% margin and pretty much all of their pre-release sales fall within that range.
I'm not sure what's confusing about that. In a broad sense the more people that buy Steamworks games from GMG, the less people there are buying them from other places, and thus they have gained a larger part of the market. The fact that they're using other companies' DRM, software, or servers doesn't really matter if the money is going into GMG's pockets.
As far as I know, the Steamworks policy is basically...
Developers get: access to Steam achievements, Steam Cloud, etc
Valve gets: game requires Steam
I think Valve does not get a cut of Steamworks games sold through other vendors.
Valve Steamworks webpage said:
I really just want to know if the GMG version comes with the sniper challenge. The game doesn't release for a month so I'm fine with waiting for the coupon.
mercenar1e
Member
for those of you that want the Hitman Sniper Challenge i have 1 code i want to get rid of for $2.00 paypal - its redeemable towards any version ps3/xbox/pc
How is it redeemable for any version? I'll take it if it's actually redeemable on pc
Aw shit, I was considering getting it right now with that 20% off.Guys we need a new voucher!! I want to buy NFS MW. Are there any right now? Or any planned. Pretty please GMG if you are reading this.
It sucks because I'm one day too late. -_-
spindoctor
Member
The code you get has to be registered on the official website where they ask you which platform you will play on. Then you can get a separate key to actually unlock the Sniper Challenge for your platform of choice.
First time a pre-order is cheaper on Steam(Latin America).
I bought it on GMG and got the Sniper Challenge, so that should be a yes.
I bought Hitman when they started this credit/cash back deal and I did not receive the Sniper Challenge (USA here).
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
They've stated in the past that due to another outlet already having exclusivity, no one in the US would be getting Sniper Challenge codes.
Sucks.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Yes, it should be available on your game page.
Thanks
Are there any discounts codes available now?
Thinking of getting Borderlands 2 for $37.99 if there is a discount available
Oh, how unfortunate.
I got the Civ 5 key, but where do I find the thing for the Elite pack?
archnemesis
Member
I never found that one. If anyone has an answer I'm interested in hearing it too.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
it was one key for the game and the elite pack...right click on xcom in steam and check the DLC tap, you should already have it
archnemesis
Member
You're right, apparently I do own it. Somehow I never noticed any of the content in-game.
Wouldn't be surprised if the floodgates opened with 2K putting the foot down, THEN making that compromise.
And if they realiably took payment options I'd probably stick with them anyway on PC games I want to pre-order, but it sounds like sometimes they just won't accept anything unless you make a new account, so screw it.
Yep, back to amazon, steam, origin deals etc for me. Pre-order age is over.
joeygreco1985
Member
Those 20% and 25% off vouchers did the job of getting their name out there, though. New release games for $34 is insane, no way they could have kept it up. Good on them.