Laughed at your post. Not a problem for me, but I do feel for you.
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Pre-Purchase content is a joke
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Wait till it goes on sale. That's what I'm telling myself I'm going to do.
You said Paradox was an AAA publisher. I countered in an off-hand manner. You disagreed. I presented the numbers. I don't know what you were trying to do, but I was under the impression we were having a conversation about AAA publishers, though it may be somewhat OT for the thread.
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most video game OSTs cost between 10-15€ so I think an extra 10 for the soundtrack is reasonable
+the extra race, I think the price for the nova edition is very fair
+the extra race, I think the price for the nova edition is very fair
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The way I look at it is that they are offering the soundtrack and ebook for 10,00$ each. That actually doesn't sound that bad to me. Not cheap by any measure, but not nearly as expensive as the OP makes it out to be.
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Yes you argued about AAA studos, but my point wasn't that. Thats why it's a strawman arguement.
EDIT: Anyways I'm done with OT, I just dislike nitpicking.
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spider pic was a big draw for me, might even change my first play though from space USA to scientist spiders
your math is wrong, in the base edition for 40 dollars you get
1. game
2. 5 species (animations+description)
3. forum avatar (yes, I know it is Blorg so it is great....)
4. your name into space... I will not even comment on that.
5. ringtones
for 50 dollars you get
1. game with pre-order bonuses (-39,99)
So for 10,00 we get:
2. Digital soundtrack a 20 dollar value for free mind you
3. Forum icon
4. One alien specie.
so now i am paying 50 dollars for depending on how you value the game itself for anywhere between 60 and 80 dollars worth of product
and for 70 dollars you get
1. game with pre-order bonuses (-39,99)
2. Everything from Nova Edition, except icon (-20,00)
So for 20,00 you get:
3. Digital Collectors Book a 20 dollar value based off of what most game companies charge for thier art collectoin books
4. E-book another item that can be 10 dollars for a soft cover, 20 for a hard cover
5. Avatar
6. Icon
7. Signed desktop wallpaper (this must be joke) rouglhy 5-20 dollars depends on how you value any given painting
so now you are paying 70 dollars for depending on how you value the products in question anywhere between 95 and 140 dollars worth of value
i dont know seems reasonable to me and lets face it to me these are items i want compared to some things you get in a collectors editions, and at a much lower price then the 100 to 200 dollars some collectors editions will be sold at
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With GMG, you can get the standard edition for 31.99 USD. This is a bargain.
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Your break down of what is offered in each edition is inconsistent and lacking in some places. Im sure it wasnt completely intentional to suit your own opinion.
Base Edition: 39.99
Game + Creatures of the Void (CotV) + Name into space + ringtones + Blorg forum avatar (BFA)
Nova Edition: 49.99
Game + CotV + Name into space + ringtone + BFA + Soundtrack + Nova Forum Icon (NFI) + Exclusive Alien Race (EAR)
Galaxy Edition: 69.99
Game + CotV + Name into space + ringtones + BFA + Sountrack + NFI + EAR + Galaxy Forum Icon + Ebook + Digital Art Book + Wallpaper + Unique Forum Icon
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You made an implicit statement that Paradox was an AAA publisher, a point you used to support your main argument. It's hardly nitpicking if the whole argument is severely weakened when that point is shown to be untrue.
EDIT: Ok, done now.
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Well, I also didn't like most of the bonus stuff you can get... but I liked that bonus race (easily worth 0.05€ cost) and I have good faith in paradox (easily worth 9.95€ donation). So I am not worried to buy the "intermediate" priced version. It is up to you, if u wanna pay or not and no1 forces you.
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The awesome thing about free markets is that if it doesn't make sense to buy one version according to your own subjective preferences, you can just buy a different one.
Nobody is going to twist your arm.
Nobody is going to twist your arm.
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I too was a little underwhelmed by them.
And entirely disappointed at the still lack of a hard collector's edition.
But this is a company that has at least recently been primarily about digital distribution. I cannot speak to the earliest days of Paradox, but nowadays they primarily distribute their games digitally.
A trend the entire industry is following. And with this move away from hard boxes, this is standard fair for pre-order bonuses, a wallpaper, a digital book, the soundtrack.
Do I want a hard collectors edition yea it would be nice. But I know that these expensive collector's editions with custom made items, and statues, and faux leather maps, and only like 1,000 are made. These I've felt are never actually profitable for game companies.
Especially not now, especially not from a company so into digital distribution.
What did you want a Blorg statue? Lol how would one ever explain what that thing is.
And entirely disappointed at the still lack of a hard collector's edition.
But this is a company that has at least recently been primarily about digital distribution. I cannot speak to the earliest days of Paradox, but nowadays they primarily distribute their games digitally.
A trend the entire industry is following. And with this move away from hard boxes, this is standard fair for pre-order bonuses, a wallpaper, a digital book, the soundtrack.
Do I want a hard collectors edition yea it would be nice. But I know that these expensive collector's editions with custom made items, and statues, and faux leather maps, and only like 1,000 are made. These I've felt are never actually profitable for game companies.
Especially not now, especially not from a company so into digital distribution.
What did you want a Blorg statue? Lol how would one ever explain what that thing is.
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You kidding me? A digital soundtrack is worth ten bucks. The spiders are just a disgusting cherry on top. (I'm an arachnophobe...)
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At this point paying the extra money is worth the consternation it is causing for pre-orderphobes.
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They can't do much, really. If they included some seriously chunky DLC content with the top tier pre-order, there would be a riot.
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Pretty much this.
The e-book and soundtrack are basically just ways of thanking players who want to contribute more to PDS. If you believe in PDS so much that you wanna throw a bit extra money at them to keep 'em going they'll be nice and give you some nice insight into the development, a cool soundtrack, and a forum avatar to show you are super awesome.
If your main concern is money then buy the basic game, wait for the species to come out in an independent DLC for 3-4$ and buy it then, or ignore it all together.
This thread is pointless. Do you feel you should be getting in the $69 version for $39 or are you upset at PDS for having the temerity to offer different versions of the game because you feel compelled to always buy the most expensive version of things regardless of the value?
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