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Wodin while it might get people into WiTP I think Matrix would have a legitimate concern that it would prevent people considering purchasing from buying AE and just playing WiTP for years and years waiting for the eventual price drop on AE. It certainly could increase the audience of a game like this but the question is over 2-3 years would it cause more lost revenue on AE than it would generate, it's a very real possibility it would be a net loss for them. Lord knows I want more games for less but I think the fact that Gary Grisbey's Pacific War is free will probably be a good enough experience for people who'd be seriously interested in WiTP. Sure it's arcaic but if you enjoy that then you'd definitely be willing to pay the extra buck for WiTP. That's how I found and got into WiTP and then AE.
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Hoping TOAW3 comes on offer for the same price as these..I'll pick it up then. Also if WITP (it's been superseded and would be a great way to get more people into the game who would then go onto buy WITP AE), Battlefront and SSG's Kharkov games would most likely be bought aswell for that price.

Would be cool if the smaller less well known games came out for around $10...like World War 2 general Commander and Operation Barbarossa Struggle for Russia and Uncommon Valour to name some WW2 ones. Flashpoint germany for $10 timed at the release of Flashpoint Campaigns would be a great marketing idea aswell.
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ORIGINAL: Iain McNeil

Greyshaft on the newsletter sign up it if you have ever black listed or marked one of our mails as spam or clicked a link saying "Do not mail me" it automatically removes you from the system and never mails you again and it is impossible for us to override it - this is to prevent spam. If you contact me with your email address I can check if this is the problem. If that is the issue you'd have to contact the mail provider directly as they will not talk to us or allow us to override this.

I just signed up again and received a friendly email from the newsletter team,
Looks like it was third (or fourth?) time lucky

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Just purchased FOF. Servers seem to be running really slow though. The download is inching along.
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Flanyboy..your probably right..maybe Uncommon Valor then is the one that could be a good entry point and price.
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Just ordered Forge of Freedom, directly as a result of this offer. Thanks for the price reduction.
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Already got FoF and UV ... but I'm sure there's a deal out there with my name on it :)
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I hope the rise in sales for these games have shown what a price reduction can do in terms of sales.
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I'm not sure the rise in sales is relevant, it's more the rise in sales and subsequent drop-off of sales after the sale is complete vs the constant sales rate of a non sales title.

That said I trust that Slitherine was taking a low risk approach and likely the first sale was on games that probably had a pretty low sell through rate to begin with so any increase in sales would be a boost for the organization and developers.
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I hope the rise in sales for these games have shown what a price reduction can do in terms of sales.
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It is indeed way too early to judge and keep in mind these is far from the first sale we've had as far as data on price reductions. The jury is out but we will be watching the results of these deals very carefully.
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I can just say that i bought it because of this sale. It's not a game needed but it has been on my list for a very long time and probably would have stayed there (enough games on the subject and not enough time).
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ORIGINAL: flanyboy



That said I trust that Slitherine was taking a low risk approach and likely the first sale was on games that probably had a pretty low sell through rate to begin with so any increase in sales would be a boost for the organization and developers.



This is the exact reason why I pushed for lower pricing of the older games.

I really hope it's a success for Slitherine and which ever developer made the game and finally the customers..
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I've been watching for FoF and other older games to get much cheaper. I will be buying it.
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