How about being pro staying in business and selling enough games to be able to afford to complete the next game?
Larian said GOG 'if available' before they knew for sure if they would be able to offer the game there, and dropped the 'if available' once the details were finalized enough that they could do so.
Even if the retail deals were not already in place before the kickstarter began, Larian can not, and should not, make major business decisions based on a poll of people who are not personally invested in the game or company, and (more importantly) do not have all the applicable information. That's also a likely reason why GOG didn't have a poll over this issue, either.
They could have dropped retail. It is a significant portion of the market, they would have been sued, there would be no localizations, some kickstarter backers would be angry it would at least be released English only, Larian would have a much harder time getting any future distrubution deals and the lost sales and extra expenses could drive them out of business (or greatly reduce the scope of their next project), but at least you could say they stood by your opinion of fairness.
Digital prices are connected to retail prices, because retailers will not sign agreements with distributors who plan to undercut them.
Instead when digital distribution was introduced all claimed how wonderfull it is for the customer cause it can make products cheaper.
Yes, and when politicians introduce new taxes and spending programs they quite often claim they will be temporary. Do you believe them, to?
I'm angry that D:OS is used as one off the brands which forces GOG to go the same way as Steam.
Again, do you really think GOG was not going to have regional prices for Witcher 3 (having the same publisher that brought them to court to force regional pricing for Witcher 2), but yet somehow D:OS was responsible for that?
that is not i as a backer wanted to happen when the kickstarter asked me to help.
GOG made a business decision, that they would have made regardless.
Why is there no official statement?
They are working on a game. Swen is in San Francisco and Minneapolis showing the game to the US press. They have already stated the retail pricing and made multiple comments about distribution deals. Many people, including GOG, have mentioned the issue of retail contracts forcing regional pricing for digital sales.
What exactly is left for an official statement?
Noone would have cared in any way for it cause noone ever complained that GOG had one price for all regions.
Really? Nobody ever had an issue with some people being able to work for an hour and buy a couple GOG games, while some in other countries had to work all day (or more) to buy a game?
You can argue Steam's regional pricing is less fair overall, but a flat price is hardly perfect.
