Downloadable retail needed?

[alexti]

Maltrease said:
What you wouldn’t get are people that ended up not liking the game enough to buy it later who might have dropped the money before they didn’t know they wouldn’t be in love with it (Sword of the Stars in my case).

I would argue that it is a good approach. If you buy some product and you realize you don't like it you can return it back to the retailer. Computer games somehow are exception from that (ok, usually you can return them back, but it's a bit of a hassle). So if the publisher/developer don't mind not getting money from people who tried the game and didn't like I support them in that decision.

[Tim Brooks]

Hi all.

It is always interesting to read threads like these. you know, we have a very different philospohy on our games than most. But we analyze what is happening, what people are saying and then we look at the reality. So far, we haven't seen that making a game downloadable adds to sales, at least not in the way you hope it would. Janster, don't you miss out on games if the only way you would buy them is by download? Someone here (wait, that was me!) said that if you had bought the game the day you started this thread, you would be playing it now. I guess to each his own and I don't fault you for your dl fanatacism, but Dominions 3 won't be available in a download version as there are no plans for that at all.

Happy Gaming!