Can you buy Dominions 3 online for download? - Page 3

Sombre · #1 January 10th, 2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JustAName

Krol, my point about "not caring" is that a publisher can cite reasons for not having downloads available all they want, but what most customers will see and/or care about is whether or not it says "download now" on the order form.

And yes, in this particular case, it IS a burden. At the game's current price, I'm (quite figurately) on the fence about buying it. As for retail boxes...hey, I've been gaming since I was the coolest kid on the block for having Pacman for the Atari first. And I'll never forget lovingly thumbing through the Pirates! and Darklands manuals. But there are some games that I want to just get and play.

Let me put it to you from a different angle. My gut tells me this game is too expensive, but I was willing to make an impulse purchase of it anyway. That impulse petered out as soon as I got to the order form.

I'm completely with you on this. If your gut tells you it's too expensive and after a couple of weeks consideration you haven't convinced yourself to the extent you can ignore the delivery, I don't think you should buy it. Be aware it's not going to go down in price.

From my limited experience Krol is pretty fond of insulting customers/potential customers when they express opinions he doesn't like, so you may have that coming in a moment. He also completely missed your point - you say you've been on the fence for a couple of weeks, musing the decision to buy,.. and his response? You could have bought it and had it by now. Classic. But he doesn't in any way shape or form represent the dom3 community, to be clear.

Gandalf Parker · #2 January 10th, 2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAName

Let me put it to you from a different angle. My gut tells me this game is too expensive, but I was willing to make an impulse purchase of it anyway. That impulse petered out as soon as I got to the order form.

Wow do NOT do that. This is not a game for an impulse buy. Get the demo and convince yourself, or dont buy it. The demo is abit out of date with the main game but its enough to give you the impression of it.

If you do like the demo then the game will most likely be the best money-to-value game purchase you ever make. Ive paid as much for games that lasted me a month. This one tends to last for years. Even the experts at it still argue and have not come up with the "killer strategy" that ruins many other games within their first year.

Gandalf Parker · #3 January 8th, 2009, 10:28 PM

So they should pay some huge amount of money to get someone to write them a safe managable download tracking system on multiple servers worldwide?
Yeah, that will make your purchase worth it for them

MaxWilson · #4 January 9th, 2009, 02:38 AM

Hey, go easy on the guy. I was in his shoes once...

-Max

reverend · #5 January 9th, 2009, 04:45 AM

I'd also much prefer a DD version, although I bought both winSPs and Dom3 on CD... International shipping costs, longer wait, etc. That's why I usually buy games digitally.

MaxWilson · #6 January 9th, 2009, 04:50 AM

I buy most of my books digitally too, actually. Although I guess that's only true if you count quantity and not cost, since Baen ebooks are cheap.

-Max

lch · #7 January 9th, 2009, 09:44 AM

I'd think that for every person who shows up here and says that he would like a digital download option, there are 25 others that didn't bother to register on the forums and write about it and just went somewhere else.

JustAName · #8 January 9th, 2009, 03:45 PM

Sorry, I didn't want to seem like I was angry or dimissive, just disappointed. I know it sounds ambiguous to take the time to post in a forum but not purchase the game, but I feel strongly about the digital business model. Decry the possible downsides of models like Impulse and Steam, but the truth is they work, and they are the future of gaming. For me it's about all the little things when it comes to who I trust for my business. That's why I'm still on the fence with Shrapnel.

Gandalf Parker · #9 January 9th, 2009, 04:24 PM

I dont think anyone is arguing with you on that. Including Shrapnel.
But until a pre-made package is distributed for it then its not as automatically a good thing as those items that have such packages. Forums, blogs, our nice chat, the shopping cart. Shrapnel has all of those installed for us. Since those other sites you mentioned have not distributed their methods then its not available.

And Shrapnel does have DD also. But without an all-encompassing package its not likely that Dom3 will be included in the games they offer that way. Not yet.

As to the numbers of people who post and dont post, thats probably true. It would reflect the same percentages as those who do purchase the game.

MaxWilson · #10 January 10th, 2009, 05:09 AM

Is your impulse strong enough to have downloaded and played the demo? The four nations in the demo were enough to keep me entertained for the few days the manual + CD took to arrive. Although I was very happy to get to play all the new nations once it did arrive.

And if you get the demo and play it for a while and decide it's not your thing, hey, you saved fifty bucks! Everybody wins.

-Max