SEIV Deluxe spotted on the shelf

[Urendi Maleldil]

I saw boxes of Space Empires IV Deluxe tucked away on the bottom shelf of the strategy games section at J&R this weekend.

[Caduceus]

J&R?!? NEW YORK CITY?!?

Git the rope.

[Azselendor]

I think this deserves Picture proof

[Urendi Maleldil]

Next time I'm there I'll smuggle in a camera. I'll see if I can get there tonight after work.

[Urendi Maleldil]

Well, here it is. Right next to Spartan: Total Warrior.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/435927-se4atJR.jpg

The box is pretty light. It doesn't feel like there's a very substantial manual in there. Details on the back are sparse. I'm not impressed with the packaging, but it's Space Empires in a retail store. That's something I never thought I'd see when I downloaded the shareware version of SEII all those years ago.

[Atrocities]

From the looks of it, I wouldn't call it real retail. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif Nitche computer stores and back water garage stores is not Best Buy or Walmart. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I like to refer to it has Hidden Retail.

[douglas]

Playboy is a computer game now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

[Atrocities]

douglas said:
Playboy is a computer game now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif



Ya, and you can buy all kinds "attachments" to simulate sexual intercourse on line. No one buys these sex toys, yet they had a billion in sales last year.

If SE IV had more sex in it, think of the sales it would have.

[Wade]

I bought the game at Game Stop a couple of months ago. You're right about the manual not being very substantial...there is not a manual at all; only the CD.

The packaging is not very impressive but I think they tried to avoid misleading new buyers as to the age of the game. I think this release was partly to prepare potential customers for Space Empires V. A customer might think,"Space Empires V?...oh yeah I remember seeing Space Empires IV a while back. This one looks alot better. I'll try it."

-Wade

[Azselendor]

Wade's right, Space Empires IV has most likely reached about it's peak in sales by now and everything from here on in is to plant the brand name into brain-meats of unsuspecting folk with real lives and families.


And Atrocities.... uhm.... Why do you know so much about the playboy game and it's attachments? lol

[Atrocities]

And Atrocities.... uhm.... Why do you know so much about the playboy game and it's attachments? lol

Because I know things that I aught not know... Thank you mr. internet and its nasty pop ups.

[Suicide Junkie]

pop ups? what pop ups? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

If its annoying, block it. Survival of the least intrusive.

[Atrocities]

I do block them, now. But only a year or so ago I was using IE and not FF.

[Urendi Maleldil]

J&R (http://www.jandr.com) isn't really what I'd call a niche store. At least not as small a niche as you're thinking of.

[Azselendor]

Looking at the image, it appears that Strategy First ships SE4 in either cases of 6 or 12. I'll lean towards 12 since they would want to move product faster - but looking at the image, I count only 11 copies of Space Empires IV left on the shelf.

[Kana]

douglas said:
Playboy is a computer game now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif



Its called Playboy: The Mansion...

Think, The Sims meets Leisure Suit Larry, meets Magazine Tycoon...

[Atrocities]

I wonder if I formed my own internet store if I could get a dozen copies of SEIV Deluxe at cost... cost being $5.55 a game box.

[David E. Gervais]

Locally I spotted it at the Burreau en Gross store (Staples to the rest of Canada) Only 2 copies left on the shelf, so they might have actually sold a few.

When I get the chance I'll check out EB Games. Usually if one store has it the others do too.

Nuf said, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Caduceus]

Haven't seen it here, though Deer Hunter does *really* well around here...

[Azselendor]

I just hit nearly every computer store and game retailer I could find in orlando of value and turned up nothing.