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Talleyrand said:
As much as I want to support Illwinter and Shrapnel, I can't bring myself to pay a premium for their products, and in that I think we both lose. Am I in the minority? Well that is the million dollar question, isn't it?
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Other people answered this question already. It all depends on how you look at it.
First, by your own argument, why are you asking about the premium price now since the game just came out? If they lower the price, it shouldn't drop for quite some time since it just came out.
Second, the production values appear to be good. Heck, we're getting a 300 page manual, do you see any game offering that nowadays? How many graphics do you need for a strategy game?
Third, it is a decision made by them. People are refusing to buy Gal Civ 2 because it has no MP. How many people are going to actually play MP in that sort of game? Do you realize what that would add to the cost of that game? Would it be worth it for it to be MP?
People only expect game prices to fall because of overstock issues from big-box retailers. If Best Buy buys 25,000 copies of a game and 15,000 sell after the first 6 months, they are going to drop the price of the other copies because they are trying to move their inventory. This has nothing to do with the publisher, and everything to do with the seller.
I don't know where you are going because you also claim that graphics are "only a fraction of the total production values that I'm talking about." What else goes into total production values?
As another poster mentioned, you basically need to figure out what your threshold cost for the game is. I look at my games as another poster does and figure out a cost/hour ratio and go from there. I have saved more money because I do not rush out and buy every $30-40 game out there because of its price point. I have bought fewer, typically more expensive titles, and have played them to death.
Ultimately, the choice of whether or not to buy it is up to you. But, judging from the pre-orders for this game, Shrapnel has chosen a good price point for it.