View Full Version : Game Pre-download now available at UBI
Tigrone
03-11-07, 03:43 PM
"For those of you who would rather not leave your home or office you can download Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific through the Ubisoft Digital Store. You can pre-load the game starting now allowing you to start playing the moment the game is released online on 3/21/07!"
I had not seen this before. The game can be pre-ordered for immediate download on 3/21, if you don't want anything more.
Does this mean people in the UK can get the game 2 days earlyer if they download?
Does sound like a good choice.. Ive already preordered the CE from the ubistore but havin a download sounds good too :up:
Stay away from download version, people. If you intend to mod this game you will have to download and download and download, and then your download tickets suddenly are used up.
There are only 5 reasons to DL a game.
1. There are no stores by you that sell the game, and shipping to Sri Lanka is so expensive you'd have to whore your sister in order to pay for it.
2. So you can pay the same price for something you can't actually touch.
3. You are afraid of the public and the thought of being outside makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
4. You have light myopia so it's hard for you to go outside, and consequently, you work 12 hour night shifts.
5. The idea of limited downloads makes you feel "Extreme" and adds a sense of danger.
:)
Tigrone
03-11-07, 05:38 PM
For once this may something for US. I've only seen this on the US site in $US. I did find not it on the UK or European sites.
Personally, I would drink acid before buying a restricted download of anything. I don't even want to think about the kind of copy protection hidden code they slip onto and into your PC. But, if one is in Shangri-la and has no other means of getting it....
codmander
03-11-07, 05:54 PM
Stay away from download version, people. If you intend to mod this game you will have to download and download and download, and then your download tickets suddenly are used up.
what the heck is a download ticket:doh:
nvdrifter
03-11-07, 07:41 PM
Digital downloads are great for people living in countries that cannot buy the game at a store or get it delivered. And the limited download and activation thing isn't a problem. I have downloaded a few digital versions myself and can reinstall them on my computer as many times as I like. All you have to do is:
a) burn the install .exe onto a disk
b) install game
c) activate (register) the game online to be able to play it
d) run regedit and find the game directory plus the security activation code directory for that game (if the game required online activation)
e) right click on each of those directories and export them, then burn the registries to the same backup disk
f) each time you need to reinstall, just click on the registry files you saved and no online activation is necessary.
It's that simple. If you ever need to reinstall the game on your computer, you can do it unlimited times. You don't have to download it and activate it each time. And it's legal since you already purchased the game and only keep it on your computer.
I would personally rather buy the physical game with the manual, reference card, disk, etc. But this is also an option for those who can't.
tedhealy
03-11-07, 08:13 PM
I only get digital downloads from a companies that allow you unlimited redownloads and reinstalls like AGEOD's Birth of America game or Stardock's GalCiv 2. I assume ubi does not do this?
dean_acheson
03-12-07, 11:54 AM
What I can't understand is UBI's shopping cart and user information.
It seems the company had different shops and carts.
I think that I have ordered the deluxe edition with the bells, and a d/l one, and one from amazon.
Everytime I log into UBI it tells me that I have ordered nothing, however, I have the emails telling me that I have.
UBI sure has charged my account.
Why can't this be as easy as amazon?????
dean_acheson
03-12-07, 12:05 PM
.... and it seems that once your pre-order a digital download, there ain't no unordering something that you won't get for a few weeks.....
very very odd.
E.Hartmann
03-12-07, 02:50 PM
The problem with download games is when your down with them, you can't sell them. Not saying anyone would sell their SH4 but downloads save you no money and give you more hassles than anything else. Plus you wont get all the cool extra they talk about like a box, and a map that you never use. :hmm:
monsoonrat
03-12-07, 02:57 PM
What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?
dean_acheson
03-12-07, 04:38 PM
um, i am not sure.
i've never been to Sri Lanka, but I do live very close to Arkansas....
What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?
Pretty much.
You could always whore yourself though.
Digital downloads are great for people living in countries that cannot buy the game at a store or get it delivered. And the limited download and activation thing isn't a problem. I have downloaded a few digital versions myself and can reinstall them on my computer as many times as I like. All you have to do is:
a) burn the install .exe onto a disk
b) install game
c) activate (register) the game online to be able to play it
d) run regedit and find the game directory plus the security activation code directory for that game (if the game required online activation)
e) right click on each of those directories and export them, then burn the registries to the same backup disk
f) each time you need to reinstall, just click on the registry files you saved and no online activation is necessary.
It's that simple. If you ever need to reinstall the game on your computer, you can do it unlimited times. You don't have to download it and activate it each time. And it's legal since you already purchased the game and only keep it on your computer.
I would personally rather buy the physical game with the manual, reference card, disk, etc. But this is also an option for those who can't.
Thanks for this info! ... Sounds like a great solution to my "situation".
Art
d@rk51d3
03-12-07, 07:32 PM
What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?
Pretty much.
You could always whore yourself though.
That makes it a definite yes then.:rotfl:
Schultzy
03-12-07, 09:38 PM
What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?
Pretty much.
You could always whore yourself though.
I thought that was what he was suggesting anyway, what with the one is really screwed bit! :lol:
I ordered the US download version of Silent Hunter III
from Direct2Drive (which is GameSpy/IGN owned)
on March 22, 2005 --- two years ago.
I have been able to again download the game from them
countless times. (On the order of two dozen.)
This is before I started making my own backups of the
install + patch 1.4. But I have switched computers a
couple of times and needed to download again.
Any time my number of downloads expires, I write to
them and they send me a new code, every time.
I am not advocating either using the d/l version nor
am I schlumming for Direct2Drive, but this was just
my experience with them. Their policies may have
changed during the last two years. Caveat emptor.
kiwi_2005
03-13-07, 06:15 PM
Wouldn't it be better to buy the real thing in a PC store than to get a DL version. If you get this DL version is the Download an setup.exe file? Like could you DL then copy the DL to a dvd so you wont have to DL ever again. Ive read of some ppl who use this method after like the 3rd install thats it they have to DL it again? Unless you live high up in the Alps, or deep in the amazon living on solar power heating then DL it, otherwise just buy the dvd.
There are only 5 reasons to DL a game.
1. There are no stores by you that sell the game, and shipping to Sri Lanka is so expensive you'd have to whore your sister in order to pay for it.
2. So you can pay the same price for something you can't actually touch.
3. You are afraid of the public and the thought of being outside makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
4. You have light myopia so it's hard for you to go outside, and consequently, you work 12 hour night shifts.
5. The idea of limited downloads makes you feel "Extreme" and adds a sense of danger.
:)
1. Check (I dont have a sister, but brother will do in this case)
2. Check (Eww.... i wonder how many bacteries are living in a DVD disc)
3. Check (Looks out the window with chills going thru the spine)
4. Check (Hehe, that´s what they think!)
5. Check (Another option to add more realism, I download the game so that I have only one ticket left. Then, when I die in the game, I delete it)
:) Check
There are only 5 reasons to DL a game.
1. There are no stores by you that sell the game, and shipping to Sri Lanka is so expensive you'd have to whore your sister in order to pay for it.
2. So you can pay the same price for something you can't actually touch.
3. You are afraid of the public and the thought of being outside makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
4. You have light myopia so it's hard for you to go outside, and consequently, you work 12 hour night shifts.
5. The idea of limited downloads makes you feel "Extreme" and adds a sense of danger.
:)
1. Check (I dont have a sister, but brother will do in this case)
2. Check (Eww.... i wonder how many bacteries are living in a DVD disc)
3. Check (Looks out the window with chills going thru the spine)
4. Check (Hehe, that´s what they think!)
5. Check (Another option to add more realism, I download the game so that I have only one ticket left. Then, when I die in the game, I delete it)
:) Check
:rotfl:
Well in my opinion it is a PITA constantly putting in CD's & DVD's to prove I own a game. My licensed copy of MS Office doesn't require me to do that when I use it or update it. I will probably buy the hard copy just to have it but the download is tempting.
I decided to go this route!
Well, technically since I'm going to need two copies (one for my brother to go MP against him) - I'll get the download, then pick up a hard copy at a store a few days later. :p
Solves both having to wait AND having to miss out on an actual copy.
simsurfer
03-15-07, 01:24 AM
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nvdrifter
03-15-07, 04:40 AM
I noticed that Direct 2 Drive is charging $49.95 US for their digital download of SH4. I'm sorry, but that price is ridiculous. That is the same price as buying the physical game in the US with game disk, 100 page printed manual, 1 hour historical dvd, and reference cards. :nope:
I noticed that Direct 2 Drive is charging $49.95 US for their digital download of SH4. I'm sorry, but that price is ridiculous. That is the same price as buying the physical game in the US with game disk, 100 page printed manual, 1 hour historical dvd, and reference cards. :nope:
Totally with you on that one, though! It's definitely overpriced, and if I weren't getting it as a 2nd copy anyway (I don't need two manuals), I wouldn't go for it.
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