The pro-consumer attitude of CD Projekt and GOG.com truly makes for a classy fanbase that will go out of their way to support you.  Let me tell you a brief story about The Witcher fans...

I am a box collector.  I have a ton of PC game boxes dating back to the very early 90's when I got into this hobby.  I felt bad with The Witcher 2 though, because the GOG.com offer was so tempting and would give CDP the entire profit as well as supporting DRM free games.  I needed the box though, for my collecting impulses.  I made a thread about this on the GOG forums, lamenting my lack of being able to buy the GOG version.  Well, today someone on the GOG forum GIFTED me the GOG version of the game, for nothing, just so I could both have the box and support the DRM free version.  He said he had spare cash and wanted to support the developers any way he could, and felt good about gifting copies.  I'm not identifying him because I do not want him to receive a thousand private messages.

This is an example though of how the community will treat you if you treat the community.  By making a PC focused game (if not exclusive) with no DRM, free DLC and the right attitude CDP has gained fans who want to go above and beyond to support them and to support their business.  That's just heart warming, and I hope other devs big and small take note.

I hope you take note as well.  Support the devs you really admire and agree with.  Make their efforts worth it.

GOG.com has always had a good community. I remember a thread where they would gift each other games to try and get people to play something they wouldn't normally play. Brilliant idea.

I also bought The Witcher 2 off GOG. Simply the best digital version of the game you will find anywhere.

That's a really cool story (as in, legitimately so, not of the bro variety).

@StingingVelvet: That's kiiiind of weird? I mean, you have a copy of the game, and you're not the one giving the money to the developers for that GOG copy. So you now have a redundant copy of the game, and some other guy supported the devs on your behalf. Wouldn't it have been better if he'd gifted the game to someone who didn't have it?

But whatever man, I'm not trying to rain on your parade - it was still a damn generous thing for the guy to do

  Still, at the end of the day what matters to me is that CDP got another $45 and I got the box.

@borodin said:

@StingingVelvet: That's kiiiind of weird? I mean, you have a copy of the game, and you're not the one giving the money to the developers for that GOG copy. So you now have a redundant copy of the game, and some other guy supported the devs on your behalf. Wouldn't it have been better if he'd gifted the game to someone who didn't have it?

But whatever man, I'm not trying to rain on your parade - it was still a damn generous thing for the guy to do

I did think of that after I redeemed it, that there is some poor guy out there who can't afford the game right now and I could have given it to him.  It's too late now to fret over that though since I already redeemed the gift code.  Still, at the end of the day what matters to me is that CDP got another $45 and I got the box.

Nice story and yes, I really admire how CD Project and GOG treats their fans and customers.

I'll definitely pick up the console version (yeah, even if it's graphically less impressive) ... at least I heard it's pretty certain that it's coming to consoles in the near future.

Hey, that is really cool.  I do like getting boxed copies for new games (cheap games on Steam sales notwithstanding), but in this case I went with the GoG version.  Funny thing is I've never managed to beat The Witcher, though I've started it a few times.  New computers, dead HDD's with hours of saves on them, stuff like that.  Still, I felt like I would be missing a great opportunity for what looks to be a great game (made by a fantastic dev who likes supporting their customers long after release), so I ended up buying and pre-loading it...but I can't play till Wednesday due to finals and work.  Damn!

On an unrelated note, do you post on the PCG website as well?  I recognize your screen name, I think from there.

Love GOG, nothing more needs to be said.

Hey, that is really cool.  I do like getting boxed copies for new games (cheap games on Steam sales notwithstanding), but in this case I went with the GoG version.  Funny thing is I've never managed to beat The Witcher, though I've started it a few times.  New computers, dead HDD's with hours of saves on them, stuff like that.  Still, I felt like I would be missing a great opportunity for what looks to be a great game (made by a fantastic dev who likes supporting their customers long after release), so I ended up buying and pre-loading it...but I can't play till Wednesday due to finals and work.  Damn!On an unrelated note, do you post on the PCG website as well?  I recognize your screen name, I think from there.

@Nate_is_my_fake_name: @Nate_is_my_fake_name said:

Hey, that is really cool.  I do like getting boxed copies for new games (cheap games on Steam sales notwithstanding), but in this case I went with the GoG version.  Funny thing is I've never managed to beat The Witcher, though I've started it a few times.  New computers, dead HDD's with hours of saves on them, stuff like that.  Still, I felt like I would be missing a great opportunity for what looks to be a great game (made by a fantastic dev who likes supporting their customers long after release), so I ended up buying and pre-loading it...but I can't play till Wednesday due to finals and work.  Damn!On an unrelated note, do you post on the PCG website as well?  I recognize your screen name, I think from there.

I just finished The Witcher for the first time last month actually.  I bought it at release and then again when the Enhanced Edition came out, but I had never played all the way to end before because of a HDD crash which took my saves and then just general distraction.  I finally sat down a month or so ago and said "okay, time to finish this sucker" and then did so.  The last two chapters are actually the best of the five I think, so you should play them sometime.And yeah, I posted on the PCG forums when the website first popped up.  I decided I didn't like the community there that much though and left for the most part.  Right now I mostly post on GOG's forums.  I would like to post more here but it's a lot to dive into!

CDP is definitely a class act. I have maximum respect for them and what they stand for.

I did make sure to buy the Enhanced Edition Director's Cut for $5 on GoG last week.  I know I will get to it eventually, and I have the original boxed copy.  Last time I installed it, I found out that DLing all the patches for the Enhanced/Director's stuff was way too much of a hassle.  The entire thing for $5 was way too good to pass up.The problem I run into with getting back into it is that I played quite a bit, so I have to spend probably about 15+ hours to get back to where I was.Yeah, not a fan of the PCG community either.  I actually just got my account here last week.  Been listening to the Bombcast for over a year now, I figured I should check out the website.  Definitely digging it so far.

I would buy it on GOG if they weren't so keen on charging me about £17 more than D2D does. One would think it would be in that same price range since all the cash goes to the devs. I love CDP for all of the stuff they're doing, but I don't give a shit about anything other than getting the game and getting my money to the devs in some way. Never liked collectors editions, hate physical media and I don't have that £17 extra to spend unfortunately, so just buying the game will have to suffice.. Real nice guy who gifted it to you though.

I would buy it on GOG if they weren't so keen on charging me about £17 more than D2D does. One would think it would be in that same price range since all the cash goes to the devs. I love CDP for all of the stuff they're doing, but I don't give a shit about anything other than getting the game and getting my money to the devs in some way. Never liked collectors editions, hate physical media and I don't have that £17 extra to spend unfortunately, so just buying the game will have to suffice.. Real nice guy who gifted it to you though.

Free DLC though? That would be cool, but I think it's about time PC gamers start realizing that DLC is (generally) not the same thing as shit-we-didn't-put-on-the-disc. The entitlement of the PC community regarding such things really pisses me off sometimes.

That sounds pretty awesome.

I'm actually buying 2 copies myself.
One digital, which was preordered half a year ago. (sadly on Steam, so still waiting for it to unlock)
And a physical CE, but that will probably take a while before the stores in my country get it, which was another reason for digital purchase

@borodin said:

@StingingVelvet: That's kiiiind of weird? I mean, you have a copy of the game, and you're not the one giving the money to the developers for that GOG copy. So you now have a redundant copy of the game, and some other guy supported the devs on your behalf. Wouldn't it have been better if he'd gifted the game to someone who didn't have it?

But whatever man, I'm not trying to rain on your parade - it was still a damn generous thing for the guy to do

I did think of that after I redeemed it, that there is some poor guy out there who can't afford the game right now and I could have given it to him.  It's too late now to fret over that though since I already redeemed the gift code.  Still, at the end of the day what matters to me is that CDP got another $45 and I got the box.

I just bought the boxed Premnium Edition for only £30, it's £35 on steam. Really looking forward to the game, i've only seen a couple minutes of footage (not even gameplay) to keep the game fresh.