buy via download?

[bernd]

will there ever be an option to buy games via download for people with a fast connection? i am sitting in old europe (germany) and would like to buy space empires 4, which i discovered yesterday. i like this game a lot. but the shippingrates from the US with ups are simply toooo high. it would be great if you could arrange a download-option, and maybe it would help to distribute your games to faraway places.

[Fyron]

There is a UK distributor (look on www.malfador.com (http://www.malfador.com) in the se4 section). Maybe you could get lower rates from them?

[Mephisto]

Unfortunately there isn't much you can do to get it cheaper. the cheapest way is still directly from shrapnel games. The €/US exchange rate is quite good at the moment so I would suggest to buy it now. It is worth it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by bernd:
will there ever be an option to buy games via download for people with a fast connection? i am sitting in old europe (germany) and would like to buy space empires 4, which i discovered yesterday. i like this game a lot. but the shippingrates from the US with ups are simply toooo high. it would be great if you could arrange a download-option, and maybe it would help to distribute your games to faraway places.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You wouldn't happen to run Ex Astris Scientia.org?

[VampiricDread]

People in Europe (EU space) might consider checking www.strategic-plus.co.uk (http://www.strategic-plus.co.uk) who distribute Shrapnel games from the UK. Being in the EU helps avoid the heavy taxes we have to endure when ordering stuff from the United States.

Hope this helps.

[ April 28, 2003, 13:01: Message edited by: VampiricDread ]