ORIGINAL: DSWargamer
I understand....... that people wanted this game to be a comfortable purchase. A nice computer game purchase like all the rest. Where they could sit and complain, oooooh come on, 70 bucks is asking too much, get with the program, this is 2013, I should be able to get a digital download for slightly less, 60 bucks eh. And then there would be those waiting for the seasonal sale in 2 years and wanting it for 50 bucks. And then the person expecting it in 5 years to be massively discounted, because it's an old game.
I suppose some simply can't wrap their head around the idea, that World in Flames is a BOARD GAME, and through a generous arrangement, ADG has made it ok to put it into computer form, make it possible to display it on a computer, and have it as a means to defeat the need for a room killing map monster.
But it's till a board game. ADG COULD have said, no, and not allowed anyone to make it into the computer version it is.
What is amazing to me is that even after 2-3 threads with numerous posts saying we're willing to pay the same for the DD only, people STILL don't get it.
So....Once more for the hard of hearing:
Nobody is asking for a discount, special considerations or anything like that.
What we're asking is not having to subsidize FedEx and the various national tax-collectors by having hard-copies we don't want forced upon us.
Oh, and it's not a boardgame. Boardgames usually come with...y'know....boards.
Let me get this straight....Yeah they COULD have made it a digital download, no damned books. But that likely was never the objective.
If it had been me, I would not have made the pdf files. It would have solved the problem. I guess Slitherine Group has learned a valuable lesson here.
You'd allow people to buy the game, give them the digital download, but then they'd have to wait 1-2 weeks for the manuals to arrive before they could actually play it?
And this would've 'solved the problem'? [:D]
As for the cost, hmm I could start listing all the other notable, and famous wargames, all board games, that generally speaking don't cost 10s of dollars, but hundreds of dollars. I know of plenty that cost 200 and 300 bucks. I know that ASL has single modules that cost as much as computer World in Flames. And the shipping isn't free, they are not sold by Amazon.
Oh, I know. My ASL collection has set me back far more than I care to think about.
But this isn't a boardgame. The lack of a board and counters is a bit of a clue, as is the fact that it's distributed by a software company.
Oh, and here's an interesting nugget of information. If you choose to buy the WiF boardgame from ADG, shipping is included. It says so right there on their web-site.
Funny that......
It is unfortunate that Slitherine Group has made an error in the case of this game, in assessing the reaction by some, of being told the manuals were part of the purchase. It's unfortunate some parts of the planet suck.
The game is sold WITH manuals, in the same way board games are sold WITH counters. It's part of the product.
So if Empires in Arms was sold WITH horses, you'd be okay with that too?
Or are you saying that if Matrix decides to offer a DD-only option, that the price should be lowered?
It is after all no longer a complete product, according to you.
Some of us are out here facepalming thinking that some of you are making the hobby look like it is rife with spoiled entitled brats disguised as old men.
And yet others are left a little confused as to why people insist on inventing their own set of motives, instead of reading what we actually write.
But, as you said, some parts of the planet suck.
