Many points to address...
@Cheezeninja: "...don't want to go to digital distribution because either they have a large stockpile of printed CD's/Manuals in backstock that are far less likely to get sold that way, or they have their own printing setup"
We've gone through many, many print runs of the game and never have it collecting dust, so that's not an issue. And no, we don't have our own print setup.
"...Dominions 3 costs a pretty penny for an indy game, and digital distribution is cheaper"
Digital distribution is cheaper? No, because it's entirely up to the seller. My favorite example is Distant Guns, which sells for $90 as a download. Or Steel Beasts Pro for $125.
"Especially if you could get some exposure on some gaming websites like Penny-Arcade or TheEscapist or something"
Go to the Dominions 3 product page and click on the "What They're Saying" link. That's just a small smattering of recognition. Not saying it doesn't hurt to get even more exposure, but just pointing out that it's not like the game has been underexposed.
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@llamabeast "...but because we love this game, and want it to do better."
And what's to say it's not doing perfectly fine as it is? We don't give out sales figures, and you won't find it on the NPD, but how do you know it hasn't sold like fifteen million copies?
Maybe half the population of India plays it. And sure, getting more people to buy it is always desirable, but sometimes I read these threads and get the sense that for whatever reason people think that only a 100 people on the planet are playing Dominions 3, which is far from the case.
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@Jazzepi: "Especially in lieu of actually listening to your customers."
Come on, don't you mean because you don't get the answer you want?
Let's see, just in this thread Saulot said, " I know Dominions is great and all, but who can't wait a week or two, for what is, in the end, just a game?" So is his view any less valid than yours?
According to your way of thinking if some folks said that Illwinter should hand deliver the game with a basket of cheese and ale, then by God, that's what should happen because someone on a forum requested it. And if we the publisher aren't bending over backwards then we must not be listening to the customer, and we're a bad, bad company.
Why is it so hard to simply accept our answer? How about our customers actually listening to us?
As I've said multiple times, it doesn't mean that in the future it won't change. Heck, tomorrow we could go digital distribution. But today we're not.