your thoughts on Dominions II

[Saber Cherry]

It's a valid concern, I think. $39.99 seems a lot cheaper than $45. And I think a lot of people actually choose which game to buy based on the price... though I would have suspected that those are the same people that buy all their games at Walmart. That's not a slam, BTW; a lot of people do buy their games at Walmart, and most people resent paying more than they expect for anything.

So, if a $39.99 price would remove that resentment (the feel of "gouging"), it would certainly be a good idea. But Shrapnel would never do such a thing unless they had reason to believe it would make a big difference.

Poll time...

-Cherry

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
I agree - something like the Space Empires IV research queue would be better than the slider-based system, because it never benefits you to split research unless you are going to finish your current research. But it would probably take significant recoding of the research system to change it now. If only we had been beta testers... [/QB]

Minor nitpick: I can see a situation where you might actually want to split your research: if you expect contact or war with another nation within a few months, and splitting this turn will let you choose next turn which school of magic you want to research next... anything that lets you decide later is good.

Still, you're basically right - a research queue would be better 95% of the time.

[Pocus]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:

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Originally posted by Jasper:
I would rather just be able to queue research, than have to fiddle with slidders. When you get right down to it, I don't care exactly how many research points go into what, I just want to control what gets researched next.

I agree - something like the Space Empires IV research queue would be better than the slider-based system, because it never benefits you to split research unless you are going to finish your current research. But it would probably take significant recoding of the research system to change it now. If only we had been beta testers...

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ah, it could not have been. You knew doms I.

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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
It's a valid concern, I think. $39.99 seems a lot cheaper than $45. And I think a lot of people actually choose which game to buy based on the price... though I would have suspected that those are the same people that buy all their games at Walmart. That's not a slam, BTW; a lot of people do buy their games at Walmart, and most people resent paying more than they expect for anything.

So, if a $39.99 price would remove that resentment (the feel of "gouging"), it would certainly be a good idea. But Shrapnel would never do such a thing unless they had reason to believe it would make a big difference.

Poll time...

-Cherry

Well, in fact it's only a $5 difference, I can't believe that people are so attached to $5 !
However from a marketing pov you're right : $39.99 looks like $30, that's "much cheaper" that >$40, and $45 is an above average price, this can also be a deterrent.
But as the game won't be in stores I don't think sales will be much impacted by the price anyway...