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Matrix Games available at EB?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 9:59 pm
by 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!
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:52 am
by Ross Moorhouse
This is not offical yet. Once it is we will let you all know.
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 8:10 pm
by Monkeybutt
Sounds good.
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2002 6:14 pm
by Raindog101
I hope if the game goes into stores, they include a printed manual instead of the cheesy PDF file.
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2002 9:17 pm
by Fallschirmjager
Is this going tobe in stores?
If so ill browbeat customers into buying it.
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:59 am
by Ross Moorhouse
Once we know yes or no we will tell you all.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 2:46 am
by Raindog101
Also showing up on Gamestop! for $49.99 on 11/25. Published by Tri-Synergy. Hope there is a printed manual!
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 3:48 am
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.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 4:05 am
by 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.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 4:11 am
by 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.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 7:54 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 8:00 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:22 am
by 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.
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:02 pm
by 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.
Comments...
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 6:40 pm
by 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