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I've seen hearts of iron and eu3 complete in physical stores here quite a lot. Surely if there's no physical release that'd represent a loss in sales?

 

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The question is the cost of producing/distrobuting boxed copies more than the income from those sales

 

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liamgamer55 said:

I've seen hearts of iron and eu3 complete in physical stores here quite a lot. Surely if there's no physical release that'd represent a loss in sales?

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My understanding is physical sales are like 5% of the total. So yes there would be some loss, but then the profit per unit will (I'm sure) be far lower due to far higher design, printing and distribution costs.

 

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No boxed copy?
Oh well, I guess that's the future. We will all cease to exist physically and live in the virtual world.

 

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I don't even have a CD/DVD/Blue-ray drive anymore

 

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me neither :O

 

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Surely you cant be serious? How do you install the software for wifi dongles and headsets? What about installing nostalgia inducing games?

I really hope it comes as a boxed copy because its usually quicker to install and the box will feel nice

 

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TheCheeseMaster said:

Surely you cant be serious? How do you install the software for wifi dongles and headsets? What about installing nostalgia inducing games?

I really hope it comes as a boxed copy because its usually quicker to install and the box will feel nice

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You can download every driver. In case of WiFi, I had to use my smartphone to download the driver on its own drive, then I just connected my mobile to my pc and installed the driver.

Old games and such are on my mobile hard drive - either as ISO or the full game (e.g. Settler 2, Fugger 2).

 

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I'm pretty sure the folks at publishing/marketing have been pretty consistent when it comes to the topic of physical releases. If it makes fiscal sense for PI to release a physical copy of a game, then they will.

 

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Currently, physical copies are a tiny fraction of what they was just a few years ago. Lots of markets have stopped with boxed copies, as the RoI is negative.

 

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Sam L said:

that's the future

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Indeed.

In few years you'll be laughing at companies who still release their games on disks.

 

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... and cherishing every one of them.

While I always prefer hard-copy, I can live with downloads. All I hope is that I get decent internet before this comes out.

 

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As long as this won't mean a 5 page manual, it's gonna be fine.

 

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Sam L said:

No boxed copy?
Oh well, I guess that's the future.

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It is not the future: It is the present in an increasing number of countries.

 

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I hope that because of some reason (because it is good for marketing, because it reaches more people, whatever) Paradox ends up deciding to make a physical release.

 

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Balor said:

Currently, physical copies are a tiny fraction of what they was just a few years ago. Lots of markets have stopped with boxed copies, as the RoI is negative.

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I know you can't give us specific numbers, but you guys did release a physical version of CK2, which was released only around half a year ago, right? The company must be getting something out of it then, yes?

 

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Cds, like the Floppy Disc, can and will die out.

 

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Balor said:

Currently, physical copies are a tiny fraction of what they was just a few years ago. Lots of markets have stopped with boxed copies, as the RoI is negative.

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Sell boxes as "Collector's Edition" include a nice map, maybe some figurines and if you included a signed poster by the devs it'd be extra nice. As I posted elsewhere, I'd pay $100 and up for a nice boxed copy of a game.

 

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tului said:

Sell boxes as "Collector's Edition" include a nice map, maybe some figurines and if you included a signed poster by the devs it'd be extra nice. As I posted elsewhere, I'd pay $100 and up for a nice boxed copy of a game.

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The Box of Paradox - Collectors edition.

Take my money. Where can I preorder?

 

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AndrewT said:

My understanding is physical sales are like 5% of the total. So yes there would be some loss, but then the profit per unit will (I'm sure) be far lower due to far higher design, printing and distribution costs.

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Actually, I believe the 5% is just non-steam sales. When counting other digital distribution systems like Gamersgate, it's probably much smaller than 5%. That makes the actual return when put against the cost of printing the boxes, getting the CD's, etc. very, very, low.