Matrix Games available at EB?

[Monkeybutt]

While surfing the coming soon list at EB,I came across this... http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/p ... _id=231893 .

Is this true or an EB screwup? If it's true,congrats on getting EB to stock your games!

[Ross Moorhouse]

This is not offical yet. Once it is we will let you all know.

[Monkeybutt]

Sounds good.

[Raindog101]

I hope if the game goes into stores, they include a printed manual instead of the cheesy PDF file.

[Fallschirmjager]

Is this going tobe in stores?

If so ill browbeat customers into buying it.

[Ross Moorhouse]

Once we know yes or no we will tell you all.

[Raindog101]

Also showing up on Gamestop! for $49.99 on 11/25. Published by Tri-Synergy. Hope there is a printed manual!

[Jim1954]

Look on Matrix's home page. I saw something there about some sort of agreement with Kinkos Printing to facilitate these PDF Manuals into a printed format.

[Ross Moorhouse]

Originally posted by Jim1954
Look on Matrix's home page. I saw something there about some sort of agreement with Kinkos Printing to facilitate these PDF Manuals into a printed format.

And we know for a fact that some people have used this service to print out the manual.

[Raindog101]

Aye, I saw that, and that's a really good idea. But if they are going to go retail and sell a wargame over-the-counter for 50 bucks, it had better have a first-class printed manual, or there will be a lot of unhappy campers. Brand new 50 dollar games with a cheesy, cheap-jack PDF file for a manual, don't cut it in the land of the big PX.

[Marc von Martial]

Brand new 50 dollar games with a cheesy, cheap-jack PDF file for a manual

I wonder if you dealt with the major advantages of PDF at all. Otherwise you wouldn´t call it cheesy and cheap-jack. You get flack these days if you do not go PDF.

[sven]

Originally posted by Marc Schwanebeck


I wonder if you dealt with the major advantages of PDF at all. Otherwise you wouldn´t call it cheesy and cheap-jack. You get flack these days if you do not go PDF.

I prefer .pdfs and I am hardly alone. With a .pdf I can print things in fonts I want at sizes I want and even annotate notes.

[Raindog101]

I'm glad you like them. (PDF files) I guess someone was bound too. But I guarantee you this, They don't put a PDF file on the CD in place of a printed manual because of customer demand, they do it because it's cheaper. So I stand by "cheesy and cheap-jack".
Although I will still buy the game and a manual from Kinko's, it's still my opinion that a $50 game should already have a printed manual.

[Monkeybutt]

Just an update,I was at my local EB today and they had both Uncommon Valor and the Starships game on the shelf for sale.

[Erik Rutins]

FWIW, since we had to re-do the packaging and make a new production run for the retail stores, the CD does include v2.0 and a new printed introductory manual by Jim Cobb (not the full one, which is still included as a .PDF).

For those who already have UV, the DocCenter link from our main page has some extremely affordable options for getting a printed manual and of course the new versions simply are a matter of spending the time to download the updates.

Regards,

- Erik