Why isn't there an online purchase?

[SnallTrippin]

Finally got around to ordering Dominions 3 and now I have to wait for delivery? For a game under a gig in 2010...why?? ...sigh.

[Sombre]

Because otherwise the terrorists win.

[SnallTrippin]

Well it says it shipped today ...which is doubtful...but hopefully I'll get it by Tuesday when I have off...sigh.

[Gandalf Parker]

This has been answered many times.

Short guess, because there is not yet a standard ironed-out installable package to handle digital distribution. All of the sites have to write their own or buy into something like Steam.

Shrapnel does offer downloads of games. But they do not seem willing to take chances with their heavy hitters.

And its actually quite likely that the game shipped today. This is not the size company that shuts down on weekends. In fact, its the size company that does most of their work on weekends.

[SnallTrippin]

I just really want to get into some MP, never got around to DOM2 MP because of bandwidth/ISP/etc problems.

[Sombre]

Well if you want to play MP then dom3 was a good choice.

[SnallTrippin]

It's sad they don't make a deal with Gamersgate/Paradox or some other company because I can imagine it'd get a bit more exposure on those sites.

[Quitti]

But it'd cost them. They might gain more by doing it though, but let's face it again, dom3 is not a mainstream game, so it wouldn't probably pay off with this game. With some other titles it might, I haven't looked much into them, just some casual browsing.

[Trumanator]

Not to mention they have to get rid of all those copies they have already.

[SnallTrippin]

I would bet that they'd do pretty well. This game is just not known, even to people who WOULD play this type of game. Gamersgate helped the Europa Universalis and other Paradox games like that quite a bit.