Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
[Re: Mad]
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I don't mind purchasing a download directly from a developer if they cannot find a North American distributor for the boxed version. I'd rather have access to a game I want to play rather than wait months to play it from a boxed version. Like others, I do mind if the installs are limited and whatnot. Having said that, I have purchased from Adventure Game Shop, directly from Kheops and Big Fish Games and will probably continue to purchase online downloads if the option is there (i.e., haven't boycotted).
I'm not sure if anyone's done some indepth analysis of the market and pirates but I don't think pirates are getting the games through online store downloads OR boxed retail releases. If the gaming industry is anything like the music industry, it's usually someone on the inside (at any stage of development, production, Q&A, pressing, distribution, etc.) who releases it to someone else and then gets put out on the internet. This happens in the music industry all the time since there are so many people involved in the final product.
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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I don't mind purchasing a download directly from a developer if they cannot find a North American distributor for the boxed version. i do mind and alot
I have payed online many games from Indys and i get the whole caboodle - cd box or gemcase, manuel or on cd etc I absolutly refuse to buy downloads with all sorts of strings There are very plenty of fair games to buy and play. why should I support the u8nfair develpers
If the gaming industry is anything like the music industry, it's usually someone on the inside (at any stage of development, production, Q&A, pressing, distribution, etc.) who releases it to someone else and then gets put out on the internet.
exactly the same with games especally from big co's. they pass through very many hands and some are on the www before the game is releasd
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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I not like for game of download. What it happens if you must format your pc? And i love buy my game and keep with box and manual. For other side the download games is a good for people who live in countries where adventures they are not published. Here in the Italy, not all games they are published. Maybe for these people it is good. But i prefer buy my game with box and manual and to keep in my collection
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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I would like to see the developers and publishers offering both download options and a cd or dvd version of the game. I would make it so that the download would be 5-10 US dollars cheaper than the cd or dvd version. I think this is necessary to pay for the extra shipping & handling etc. if you want a CD version of the game. Of course, if you decide to buy a downloadable version first, and then later on decided that you would like to get a cd or dvd version, you should only be paying the 5-10 US dollar extra for it. This way, people who don't have an internet broadband conection can buy (adventure) games while people who want a cd or dvd version can get it, too. Personally, I really like the feel of the dvd box in my hands, especially if the box is so tastefully done like the ones for Jade Empire:SE - as well as for The Witcher. I'll always try to buy the dvd version of the game, so I, too, would be very sad if download became the only option for buying games, incl. adventure games. /Karsten
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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I hate to say this, but I really believe that downloads are going to be the only available method of getting not only games but music, videos, books, etc. in the near future - especially since once the item is downloaded you can burn your own copy on a disk. Just last night I downloaded a screen shot program - $15 if you downloaded it, $35 if you wanted it on a disk - and you just get a disk too as this particular software doesn't come in a fancy box or even a jewel case - it just comes in a disk envelope. Even Prima only makes some of their strategy guides available via download - e.g. some Myst-related guides are downloadable only. And with the current feeling that using up global resources to make paper boxes - most of which end up in the landfill as LOTS of people don't even recycle - is wasteful, I think we'll see fewer and fewer of them.
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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I hate to say this, but I really believe that downloads are going to be the only available method of getting not only games but music, videos, books, etc. in the near future - especially since once the item is downloaded you can burn your own copy on a disk. Hi ces, I don't know how many of the previous posts you have read, but the contention with downloadable games at the mo is that if you burn them to disc you still need to connect to the originator's website to re-install them & you are not free to install them on a newer or different system!
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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but the contention with downloadable games at the mo is that if you burn them to disc you still need to connect to the originator's website to re-install them & you are not free to install them on a newer or different system! That is a highly variable situation - not all downloaded games behave that way, it was raised as a specific comment on Kheops and the Adventure Shop: Jenny both Kheops and the Adventure Shop told me via e-mail you have to be connected to their site each time you install the game. their server read the key/serial number to allow installation. And you can only install a game three times after that you need a new key. That's not necessarily how all downloaded games work now, or will work in the future. Gremlin
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Re: Downloads & The release of hard copy
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And with the current feeling that using up global resources to make paper boxes - most of which end up in the landfill as LOTS of people don't even recycle - is wasteful, I think we'll see fewer and fewer of them. I don't buy that argument at all. The junk mail I get in my mailbox every day puts the piddling amount in a game box or manual to shame. Besides, what happens when you get a pdf manual on disc and no paper manual -- and you need to refer to the manual while playing the game? You end up printing out the pdf manual, and that takes MUCH more paper than a peeny little game manual. Jenny both Kheops and the Adventure Shop told me via e-mail you have to be connected to their site each time you install the game. their server read the key/serial number to allow installation. And you can only install a game three times after that you need a new key. That's not necessarily how all downloaded games work now, or will work in the future. Gremlin Seems to be the most common way at present though.
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