Is the price of Dominions II a deterrent?

PDF · #1 October 31st, 2003, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by apoger:
The current price is too steep.

My best suggestion (still) is for IW to offer the game as a download and sell for $30. They can email a product key to the buyer. Many companies have done this and it works just fine. This would cut the production costs dramatically, while probably offering the same or better profit per unit. The low price and ability to "impulse buy" would increase sales greatly.

That's it, I've said my piece. I won't mention it again. And apologies to Shrapnel for suggesting that IW dodge the middleman.

I support that, with a downloadable manual though

I got GalCiv this way just 10 minutes after release

, it was very cool and avoids waiting for delivery as well as shipping/taxes/customs.
Piracy could be a concern, but frankly I don't think they will be much pirate activity around Dom2, so a simple reg key system would be sufficient protection IMHO.

Alneyan · #2 October 31st, 2003, 12:42 PM

And why a downloadable game would be more likely to be pirated than a "regular" game? If someone does want to pirate a game, transforming the files on a CD into a zip file or some sort of CD image is easy enough. But I don't believe there will be that many people attempting to pirate Dominions 2.

I second the arguments given by PDF about downloable games, no more shipping, no more delays.

Sammual · #3 October 31st, 2003, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by apoger:
The current price is too steep.

My best suggestion (still) is for IW to offer the game as a download and sell for $30. They can email a product key to the buyer. Many companies have done this and it works just fine. This would cut the production costs dramatically, while probably offering the same or better profit per unit. The low price and ability to "impulse buy" would increase sales greatly.

That's it, I've said my piece. I won't mention it again. And apologies to Shrapnel for suggesting that IW dodge the middleman.

I am SO in favor of this. I buy half my games based on the impulse factor and almost all of them are downloaded Online. I already pre-ordered (The Dom I demo is a game in itself and I wanted to support the further development of this series) so it doesn't matter to me FOR this game.

Sammual

Wendigo · #4 October 31st, 2003, 12:50 PM

There are players without broadband or that simply prefer a more solid return for their money (I do, at least).

I haven't bought Galciv nor will I do, in part because Civ did not do for me (so Civ in space...) but also due to the selling scheme.

Btw, Warlords IV review is up at Gamespot and the site suggests Dom II as alternative...good stuff, the current playerbase of series like Heroes, AoW or Warlords is full of potential customers for Dom II.

edit: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ia/review.html

[ October 31, 2003, 10:50: Message edited by: Wendigo ]

Shir Khan · #5 October 31st, 2003, 01:54 PM

I would pay 30 bucks, nothing more.

Max Payne 2 is CHEAPER than Dominions II., and there is a huge difference in quality between these games.

Alneyan · #6 November 1st, 2003, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shir Khan:
I would pay 30 bucks, nothing more.

Max Payne 2 is CHEAPER than Dominions II., and there is a huge difference in quality between these games.

Thanks for this bit of wisdom, I wasn't aware Max Payne 2 was a strategy game, let alone a TBS. I gather Max Payne 2 is quite different from the one then?

Sarcasms aside, how can you compare two completely different games such as Max Payne and Dominions? The only field would be graphics, or the amount of money invested in the game. (Max Payne is the winner in the former case without a doubt) If you don't like TBS games, then obviously you would prefer Max Payne, and vice versa. But how you can compare the two is beyond my knowledge.

Mortifer · #7 November 1st, 2003, 02:19 AM

Oh boy I love polls!

The results so far:

Do you think Dominions II is too expensive?
Yes, it is too expensive. 56% (23)
It's about right. 41% (17)
No, it should cost more. 2% (1)

What is the maximum you would pay for Dominions II?
$50 or more 41% (17)
$45 10% (4)
$40 5% (2)
$30 37% (15)
$20 7% (3)
$10 0% (0)
I would not pay anything for Dominions II. 0% (0)

The community is totally divided about this. Interesting as usual.