Quote:
"Physical books are history.
The future is electronic books, end of story."
Things aren't as simple as they seem.
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Just like someone above, I'm waiting for the right hardware. I'll still be reading paper books for a while, but
only because of their present availablity.
As soon as I bought my music player (I refrain from using mp3 because I bought mine for oggs and Linux support) I said all cds goodbye. I only buy music cds when it's the only way to get the music I want, or I particularly respect the band. The device would fit in my mouth assuming I'd want to put it there. And it easily holds equivalent of 10 audio cds at a time. No one wants plastic, fragile and vulnerable to oxidization cds. No wonder recording industry is so desperate.
The funniest of all, sound quality is damn good, significantly better than on my PC's ac97.
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Now back to topic.
Some people make it sound like putting Dominions3 on torrent and selling only patches* err I mean cdkeys would help piracy.
Don't delude yourself. It took my friend one day to find and download full version of Dominions3. Yes, I know this post will be edited soon, but it had to be said.
If Dominions3 was available for sale/download, people who pirate it could buy it instead.
I'm still waiting for my copy of Dominions3 to arrive. I paid for it on 17th, and Tuxgames is supposed to have it on 13th. All excitement is long gone.
Blood and souls for round pieces of plastic !@ YeEeeaaH !
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Additional benefits of electronic selling:
- no need to manufacture cd's. (result: the game is cheaper)
- no need to store cd's. It costs money, too (result: the game is cheaper)
- you need electronic activation anyway (correct me if I'm wrong, but you couldn't patch Dominions2 offline).
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Ultimately, it's convenience for seller versus convenience for customer. Download is convenient for customer. Shipping is convenient for seller, it seems. I suppose making customers happier doesn't pay off.
As for the manual, as someone already pointed out, hybrid solutions are possible (pdf early, just manual sent later).
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* a typo caused by being lost in thoughts, but EA Games actually makes you pay for patches. With money and sanity.