SEIV Deluxe spotted on the shelf
 

I saw boxes of Space Empires IV Deluxe tucked away on the bottom shelf of the strategy games section at J&R this weekend.

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J&R?!? NEW YORK CITY?!?

Git the rope.

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I think this deserves Picture proof

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Next time I'm there I'll smuggle in a camera. I'll see if I can get there tonight after work.

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Well, here it is. Right next to Spartan: Total Warrior.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...27-se4atJR.jpg

The box is pretty light. It doesn't feel like there's a very substantial manual in there. Details on the back are sparse. I'm not impressed with the packaging, but it's Space Empires in a retail store. That's something I never thought I'd see when I downloaded the shareware version of SEII all those years ago.

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From the looks of it, I wouldn't call it real retail. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif Nitche computer stores and back water garage stores is not Best Buy or Walmart. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I like to refer to it has Hidden Retail.

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Playboy is a computer game now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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Ya, and you can buy all kinds "attachments" to simulate sexual intercourse on line. No one buys these sex toys, yet they had a billion in sales last year.

If SE IV had more sex in it, think of the sales it would have.

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I bought the game at Game Stop a couple of months ago. You're right about the manual not being very substantial...there is not a manual at all; only the CD.

The packaging is not very impressive but I think they tried to avoid misleading new buyers as to the age of the game. I think this release was partly to prepare potential customers for Space Empires V. A customer might think,"Space Empires V?...oh yeah I remember seeing Space Empires IV a while back. This one looks alot better. I'll try it."

-Wade

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Wade's right, Space Empires IV has most likely reached about it's peak in sales by now and everything from here on in is to plant the brand name into brain-meats of unsuspecting folk with real lives and families.


And Atrocities.... uhm.... Why do you know so much about the playboy game and it's attachments? lol

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Because I know things that I aught not know... Thank you mr. internet and its nasty pop ups.

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pop ups? what pop ups? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

If its annoying, block it. Survival of the least intrusive.

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I do block them, now. But only a year or so ago I was using IE and not FF.

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J&R isn't really what I'd call a niche store. At least not as small a niche as you're thinking of.

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Looking at the image, it appears that Strategy First ships SE4 in either cases of 6 or 12. I'll lean towards 12 since they would want to move product faster - but looking at the image, I count only 11 copies of Space Empires IV left on the shelf.

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Its called Playboy: The Mansion...

Think, The Sims meets Leisure Suit Larry, meets Magazine Tycoon...

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I wonder if I formed my own internet store if I could get a dozen copies of SEIV Deluxe at cost... cost being $5.55 a game box.

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Locally I spotted it at the Burreau en Gross store (Staples to the rest of Canada) Only 2 copies left on the shelf, so they might have actually sold a few.

When I get the chance I'll check out EB Games. Usually if one store has it the others do too.

Nuf said, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Haven't seen it here, though Deer Hunter does *really* well around here...

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I just hit nearly every computer store and game retailer I could find in orlando of value and turned up nothing.