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Old January 15th, 2006, 05:22 PM

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Default Re: SEIV via Steam

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geoschmo said:
You'd think it would be. But you were asking what's the advantage to the consumer. Now you are telling the consumer what to think. That's a whole nuther argument.
Actually, that was Ragnarok-X who asked what the advantage was to the consumer
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What if the store is out? Or what if you live somewhere that doesn't have a lot of stores? What if you just hate leaving the house?

Nobody ever got rich telling the customer to wait.
I live in a place where he nearest store is an hour and a half away I can wait. I guess I just figured other people would as well

But I do see what you're saying. It's simply good economics to have a variety of options, for those who don't want to wait and are willing to go the downloadable route and for those who want the CD/DVD, something physical.

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Renegade 13 said:I don't need a CD in the drive to play SEIV either. Granted, many games you do, but why is this a big deal? Sure it's a bit of a pain switching CD's/DVD's out and in all the time, but enough to make someone willing to go with a method that leaves you with no physical backup or protection for the day the game is no longer supported?
Most games don't have the long term replay value where this is even a concern. If you aren't going to want to play the game in six months, why do you care if the online support will quit working in twelve?

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Good point. But I still think the option should be there, just in case you DO want to play it again in a couple years
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