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ORIGINAL: Arnir

According to the rumor mill (only use that term because my invitation to Matrix's board meetings has not yet been received) WitP is not attractive to game retailers. It costs too much for spur of the moment purchasers.

Yes, thats the key Id say....there is no way you could put this, or almost any game on the shelf for $70 without causing an uproar and considerably hurting sales. The max price for a game in store is probably what, $50, and on top of that the companies who actually put it on the shelves would take a cut as well as the stores selling them. Also, if its on shelves many people would purchase it there as opposed to the direct download option which of course save the price of the box and CD, printing, etc.

Basically its all about dollars, but what the hell, they are a business. [8D]

Dawg

For those of us who're waiting for the boxed version, you guys think there's any change Matrix might make the manual available for download for free?

Tim, this was already asked before release and the answer from Matrix was no unfortunately.

Dawg

I'd still like some sort of official release date for the "pretty boxed" version as I'm one of those stuck with a dial up modem with an iffy connection. I recall seeing somewhere in a post above it will be available in "a few weeks", a firm date would be nice (not to mention good customer service).

I want a nice box too.

When, when, when, when... [:(]

ORIGINAL: neuromancer

In a civilized country like Canada, DSL or Cable is the norm, not the exception.

Many of you poor people that live in backwards, underdeveloped countries - like the U.S. - still have to use dial-up?

You have my pity.

[:'(]


On a serious note, I had no problems with the download.
Unfortunately, I do have a problem with the font, but that is another matter.

And has been stated, war games are a niche market. A 'monster game' like WitP is a niche of a niche. I would be very surprised if any retailers ever carried it. Ordering a CD online, or via DL, is probably the only way a game like WitP would be distributed.

Just remember which civilized country this game comes from....[:D]

ORIGINAL: Grunty
Don't you think this digital download and CD on demand is proving to be a clumsy affair. Many of UV and WitP fans doesn't have fast enough connection or their credit card and as for CD on demand; we can see complaints that even inside the US it takes more than two weeks to get it (if you get it at all).. better not to mention Europe or Australia...

So I'm asking when will I be finally able to go to the store and buy a nice boxed version, the old fashioned way (with all the goodies included, hopefully) as I'm getting really frustrated...... just reading posts from the lucky ones that already have their copy...is it really so much trouble to ship a few boxes overseas..

A few answers. The basic concept of "DD" and "CD on demand" / "Box on demand" is the only way for us to stay in business or to do niche wargames. So we have a few possibilities here. Stay with it, pack our stuff and get another job, or only produce mainstream titles, so the "normal" retail way is financially reasonable. We´re running a business here after all [;)]

Digital River had problems in the beginning, but all of the "CD on demand" that were ordererd actually left the facillities. Digital River is currently investigating where the problem was with the shipment of the CDs.

However, we sorted these problems out with them and it´s by far not the "majority" of customers that had this problems. Just from counting the support emails we got it´s save to say the percentage is below 1-3 %. Please remember, satiesfied customers that get their CDs within a few days are not going to post this on a forum, customers that have a problem definetly do this [;)]

What makes you believe the Cd on demand situation was worse overseas (Europe etc.) ?

ORIGINAL: herbieh

Just what is an acceptable period of time to get a simple CD sent from the USA to another country
We have now well passed the acceptable time frame
I used to recieve mail from home anywhere in the world faster than this in my navy days.

Did you allready drop us an email to support@matrixgames.com ?