TheMarshmallowBear
Benelovent Chieftain of the Ursu Kingdom
I'm gonna buy it via Steam... without a hard copy
I wonder what percentage of the player base buys their games in hard copy, and if they do (like I did for Vanilla), how many of them actually go out and buy it rather than ordering online and getting it delivered.
Good argument, but the retailers would be totally against a release at a holiday, so it's rather not likely.
I wonder what percentage of the player base buys their games in hard copy, and if they do (like I did for Vanilla), how many of them actually go out and buy it rather than ordering online and getting it delivered.
What holiday on which retail stores are closed is celebrated by 80 countries on May 1st?
And since when are holidays a bad target for retail releases? There are tons of holidays in the US at least that are considered "retail holidays" that boast huge sales every year.
Offtopic:It's the communist worker's day.
I think it's still a fairly high amount. In my local game store, the day of release had dozens if not more out on the shelves, and they were moving. After a week, the shelves had been refilled.
Placement is everything; put them in the 'Top Ten' shelf, and casuals just walking by looking for something new will pick them up as well as the odd strategy game fan who has a download limit and/or no Amazon account.
The largest markets for the game would be unaffected if the game released on May 1st. In the very least Steam could still be used as an initial distribution, with physical copies to follow.
The thing I hate about release dates through Steam is I can't activate until midnight GMT, so my copy of the game that arrives at 8 AM has to be a paperweight for 5 hours
How do you get the game before it's been released?
How do you get the game before it's been released?