Why Not Digitial Distribution?

[Keratin]

Hello Dominions 3 community. I just recently discovered Dominions 3, and I must say I am blown away by how excellent (and unique) the game is. I stayed up till the break of dawn last night winning my first completed game against the machine, and it was great time.

I decided I wanted to buy the game, so as not to embarrass myself when trying to engage in multiplayer, so I came here. Then I was quite shocked by the price tag.
Then I couldn't find the "buy downloadable version" button.
Then I came to the message boards, and found this thread in the FAQ.
Then I read this, and felt bad.

Originally Posted by Tim Brooks

We are sort of happy that the pirates have a hard time with the game. Actually that's not true, we are very, very happy that the pirates have a hard time with the game.

I think good people probably won't like hearing what I'm going to say. But they should know that the quoted text above is not really... reality. *snip*

Now, I admit to not knowing anything about the business side of these things, but my friends, I fear you are functioning off of some really bad information. With the combination of the games sparing graphical presentation, shocking pricetag, and absence of direct-download option, vs. how insanely easy it is to pirate, I honestly cannot fathom how you expect people to NOT pirate it.

I really hope that if you choose not to offer direct downloads, you do it for good reasons and not bad reasons. These honestly seem like erroneous reasons.