Saw it advertised here: Direct2Drive.com for $9.95.


RDP

Let's hope this for the community... But don't worry, we know the dev team has nothing to do with the price of the add-on, Dan.
The Ubi marketing guys are evil. :x :nope:
Selling such an expensive add-on will not be easy, especially when you know that a lot of players on here are now allergic to u-boote :huh:, and want to enjoy the Pacific theatre of operations as much as possible.

Here in Sweden the price is also about 20€ as for today.

The 10$ (suppose 10 euros in Europe) price was set by the marketing guys, they are not (that) evil :)

Sergbutto - is that the price for actually buying the add-on, off the shelve?

OMG need more post to lose this avatar!

LE: Phhew, that was a close one!

For some reason I still cannot find any retailer in the USA that has this game available now or for preorder online. I've checked GameStop.com, EBGames.com, Amazon.com, and BestBuy.com.

Are they all just shoddy on updating their websites or what? Should I just drive down to my local GameStop or EBGames or Best Buy today and see?

Actually, this is the only option for purchase (or preorder) I've seen for the USA online.

It's a $9.95 download version from Ubisoft USA that says it will be available for download on the 28th. I thought this game was coming out here in the USA today, on the 26th? Either way, I want a nice boxed hard copy. :)

http://digitalstore.ubi.com/178/5867/product/Buy-Silent-Hunter:-Wolves-of-the-Pacific-U-Boat-Missions-(Pre-Order)-Download

Marketing has never been one of Ubisoft's strong points......at least relating to the Silent Hunter series. Thankfully, they have great Devs. :D

Amen to that!

I think Neal will be posting a purchase link for the Add On tomorrow. :D

:huh: :huh: :huh:

I 100% agree with you about keeping the price as low as possible.:D

However, I disagree over the other idea of yours, that a lot of players are allergic to u-boote. I don't think this is true. Just check the statistics: at the precise moment I am typing this, there are a total of 272 subsim members viewing the SH3 forums and 267 viewing the SH4 forums. And usually there are more members on the SH3 forum than SH4. And don't forget that, while the SH4 modding forum brings novelties every day, the SH3 is rather bleak when it comes to new mods these days. So, even with this stronger momentum in modding SH4, there are still more viewers on SH3.
Yes, I concede there's a current against uboats around, but this is fueled by 20 up to 30 people at most, which are few, but very vocal, with an indignation mostly driven by political correctnes. Instead of enjoying two separate games - which are JUST GAMES - they are turning each of them into a political SHRINE, which is a pity IMO. And, in all honesty, 30 people can't be considered a mainstream.
You can't say many players are allergic to uboat games as long as I see new people posting every day in the SH3 forums, which is amazing for a game launched three years ago!

Phew, long post, but I really felt the urge to say what I think, especially when I see people who enjoyed SH3 in the past now cursing and swearing at the precise game they used to love a year ago.:arrgh!:

I agree. The one thing that will make the Add On worth while for me will be the possibility of a full U Boat Atlantic Campaign. I haven't played SH3 for more than a year now, because I won't have Starforce Drivers on my system.

The thought of a possibility of a full U Boat campaign within SH4 about six to nine months down the road makes the Add On worth purchasing in my view. :D

Ubisoft needs some serious help with how they market and publish titles.

This game is supposed to be (I thought) out in the U.S. today. I can't even find it at the Ubi store other than some silly DL. Are they serious? lol

Neal will have the link up tomorrow. :D

I love the excitment before a new Silent Hunter release!!
 

Hang in there everyone, only 48 hours to go (maybe less for our American friends). We're all very excited about this release and hope it's a better finished product than SH4 1.1 was. Surely? :o

Update: Kriller2 had his copy yesterday and I think he's in the States, get him!!

That is the reason why I waited and bought last year, the 10€ StarForce-free version of SH3 :|\\

Where did you get it? And was it patched?

That is the pre-order price. Availability date is Feb. 28.

We have here in Germany a low-prize section of older PC games in stores, called Software Pyramide, from there I get the 10€ version with the bar code number
4012160344487. Entering this number at amazon.de brings also the same version
http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_w?_...&Go.y=11&Go=Go
and the SH3 version in the Gold Games 9 compilation is also SF-free. These SH3 versions are patched to 1.4b out of the box.