Purchasing DCS A-10C

[shackman]

Is online the only way to purchase DCS A-10C or will it be boxed later?

[Nate--IRL--]

At a guess I would expect it to reflect the same release as Black Shark. Digital First with boxed copies following a month or two later. But only ED knows for sure.

 

Nate

[power5]

I want a DVD version for sure. I just like having a box on my desk.

[sweinhart3]

Burn your download to dvd. Get some thin cardboard and fold into a box and glue. Pretty easy. For added effect, print out a color copy of your favorite Warthog pic and glue to the front. Waallaa

lol voila. why not though, good idea!

[Steel Jaw]

If this isn't released soon I'll be boxed !!

[SmokeyTheLung]

That pretty much guarantees a double purchase from me... : )

[159th_Viper]

If this isn't released soon I'll be boxed !!

 

Missus beating up on you again, eh?

 

:P

[Stretch]

What I need is some way to send Eagle additional money so that they can receive appropriate thanks from me. Is there some way you guys can bundle the $50 game with, say, sone cheapo $30 light-amplification goggles and sell it for $180? :P

[shackman]

If this isn't released soon I'll be boxed !!

 

Good one Mower If you want I can do the honors of boxing you :)

[Luke.S]

What I need is some way to send Eagle additional money so that they can receive appropriate thanks from me. Is there some way you guys can bundle the $50 game with, say, sone cheapo $30 light-amplification goggles and sell it for $180? :P

 

nah ED wouldn't do that. ED would release it with a fully working full size GAU-8

[BKLronin]

with a fully working full size GAU-8

 

LOL

 

I would try to rebuild my car around it.

[Thunderbolt]

kindly delivered by FedEx for ONLY 500 bucks per package!! :)

[power5]

Not sure what the deal is with getting an actual game anymore. I do not like steam at all. I do not like D2D. I am not even sure if its legal to burn a disc with my stuff from steam or D2D. Prices have not dropped, but games still cost the same if not more than they used to when they included an encyclopedia with them. For my money, I would like a disc with art on it, and a box with art on it. I have read many occurrences of people asking how to get another copy of the game they bought because their HDD crashed or they got a new computer and did not know how to get their game off the old one. My .05c Blank media will not last as long as a retail disc from ED. At least I hope the ED disc is of better quality. So, in 5 years, my game should still be readable. Have read of people having data corruption on blank media discs less than 5 years old.

 

Also, since no one knew what DCS BS was, i was able to pick it up a couple months after release (when I first heard of it) for already half price. D2D does not have overhead to worry about, so prices do not change as fast.

[shackman]

That's the exact reason I prefer a disc as compared to downloaded. Because if my computer crashes I won't have to worry about did I lose all my files and programs.

 

All I'd have to do would be walk 5 steps and reinsert the disc to install

[Stretch]

Actually you guys have it completely bass-ackwards. Digital downloads are supposed to solve the longevity issue that optical media creates.

 

PROBLEM: You bought a CD. Inevitably it will get scratched or corrupted. By then you've long since lost your proof-of-purchase so you're basically out of luck and have to either buy the game again or argue with a tech support guy for hours before he sends you a replacement CD.

 

SOLUTION: Buy the game via Direct2Drive or something and download it. If you need to wipe your computer, download it again. If you buy a new computer, download it again. You can download it again and again, as many times as you need to. There's no need to burn a CD or keep a proof-of-purchase ... as long as Direct2Drive exists and is in business they will remember that you bought the game and will keep a valid download link for you.

 

At least, that's how it's supposed to work. Of course, if Direct2Drive goes under, then it's time to start looking at burning a CD ... but even still, that doesn't exactly make it any worse than the old way of buying games. (Lost your Falcon 4 CD? Sure, just give MicroProse a call ... oh wait ...)

 

Now, as to power5's complaint, that $50 in the past used to get you game, box art, manual, fold-out map of Korea, keyboard chart, quick-reference checklist, etc. ...yes, true. Nowadays $50 only gets you the bits and bytes of your game, it's another $10 for that map, another $30 for the manual, etc...

 

BUT, stop to consider: Perhaps this is not because companies are trying to rip you off. Perhaps it's because, due to inflation and increasing consumer demands for more and more complex games, the cost of developing an A-level game nowadays is higher than it was in 1995. If Eagle did sell a DCS: BS box with tactical map, manual, keymap chart, checklists, etc., I bet it wouldn't cost $50. I bet it would cost $100, at least.

 

The thing is, digital downloads gives you the CHOICE of getting the bare-bones game for $50 if you want to. If you do want all the bells and whistles, you have the CHOICE of buying what you need, separately. If you don't need the manual, don't get it. No need to buy the whole damn grocery store just to get the food you need.

 

What you CAN'T do is get everything for $50. It's not 1995 anymore. Computers are really fast now and consumers expect games that make use of that processing power with super-complex graphics, AI, flight models, and avionics. And that ain't cheap.

[galagamo]

It makes no sense to hold out for the hard copy, when the digital download is exact same thing. Unless your still using dial up.

I use steam, H8 D2D because unlike steam, D2D has limited activations, it sucks so bad.

[Luke.S]

I prefer to have a hard copy of my games as well. And anyway with most of them I have they either have online activation so don't need a disk or a find a No Disk "patch" for them. I like keeping my disks in good nick :P

[Deadman]

Hard copy any thing else your just renting it :smilewink:

[Stretch]

No matter what, you're just "renting" it really. Buying a game gets you a license to install one copy on one computer. Really BUYING the game would be paying ED $10 million for the source code :P

[Deadman]

you missed the point:music_whistling:

[shackman]

you missed the point:music_whistling:

If I understand your point correctly Deadman, what you're saying is that everybody has the same game, but some have it downloaded others on a disc. And all need to activate it. And the ones who have it on a disc have the same and do the same as people who downloaded it except for the fact that they have a disc. Is that what you meant?:huh:

[Deadman]

No what i mean is if you physically have a disk if you blow your computer up and fry half its guts as your moving mud. All one must do is to reload the disk on the wife's comp at 0300 and move some more dirt. Its a owner ship thing if you don't have some thing in your possession it really does not exist. :pilotfly:

[muamshai]

If this isn't released soon I'll be boxed !!

 

I can provide a free grief counseling to your widow.

[Stretch]

If you buy the Steam/Direct2Drive version and blow your computer up, all you have to do is install Steam or download the D2D version on your wife's computer. No difference.