Are you going to wait or buy it on day 1? - Page 6

mookiemookie · 09-06-09, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aanker

I only voted to wait because the PTO is my interest. I bought SH4 twice on or about day #1; one was and still is in the box, the 2nd was D2D and is the one I play (a lot).

I'll give Neal the money to support SUBSIM while I wait to purchase the pacific theatre SH5 US boat add-on!

Happy Hunting!

Art

There may not be an add-on without strong first week sales.

EgoApocalypse · 09-06-09, 12:11 PM

On the day defo.....Well at least as close to release date as possible.

Will-Rommel · 09-06-09, 05:27 PM

I'll pre-order it.

The subsim community is something unique amongst the gaming universe and it is those new titles releases that make it stick together and exist.

I usually play simulations for like 2-3 months then take a pause and move to something else, but each time i came back here the forum was still busy and new mods were awaiting my comeback.

Yes, it's easily worth 50$ to stay onboard such a gentlemens cruise.

PL_Andrev · 09-06-09, 05:41 PM

50$? hmmm...

I hope that in this time dollar will be very cheap... and decide after playable demo...

Jimbuna · 09-06-09, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Will-Rommel

I'll pre-order it.

The subsim community is something unique amongst the gaming universe and it is those new titles releases that make it stick together and exist.

Rgr that

Shiplord · 09-06-09, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Antar

50$? hmmm...
and decide after playable demo...

We can rent here in Germany nearly all the new games in video stores and test them as full versions if there are no demos of games available.

I did that with SH4 and many other games and I will do so with SH5. I rent it for two days (games are often available for rent one or two days before the store release

) and test it myself whether it convince me, whether it works with my hardware that time, whether it has bugs I can live with until a patch is released, ..., before I make a purchase decision. I am not that die-hard subsimmer, so I can live also without SH5.

Armistead · 09-06-09, 08:06 PM

I'll buy it as soon as I find it. $50 bucks is a good meal. I look at the hundreds of hours of enjoyment SH4 gave me and that's a good return for the dollar.

Hopefully it will be playable from day one. If not, no biggy, I'll wait for the patch, pray for mods and play SH4 until they get it working.

maerean_m · 09-06-09, 11:58 PM

At this moment, the poll says that 28% of you will wait 6 months to buy the game and pay almost nothing to Ubisoft for Silent Hunter 5.

Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4.

The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality.

Just my 2 cents

ddrgn · 09-07-09, 12:29 AM

I like to follow this series along and see the progress made by the modders and watch the game grow from fair to great.

How will you know how good the game got without knowing how bad it was? ;]

Highbury · 09-07-09, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by aanker

I'll give Neal the money to support SUBSIM while I wait to purchase the pacific theatre SH5 US boat add-on!

Why do people assume we will get a Pacific Add-on? With SH4 did we get an Atlantic add-on? no.. we got U-Boats in the game's theater.. PTO.

Following that trend would it not make more sense that a possible Fleet Boat add on for an Atlantic game would be for the up-til-now untouched Atlantic Fleet Boat ops.... makes much more sense to me.

Arclight · 09-07-09, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by maerean_m

At this moment, the poll says that 28% of you will wait 6 months to buy the game and pay almost nothing to Ubisoft for Silent Hunter 5.

Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4.

The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality.

Just my 2 cents

I must say that's a confusing and slightly worrying statement, considering the source.

Are you saying more people should support it, or that it just isn't worth supporting?

Nexus7 · 09-07-09, 06:14 AM

100 buy(votes) * 50$/buy = 5'000 $

Ubi total sales: 1'000'000'000 $ / year

our contribution: 5'000 / 1'000'000'000 *100 = 0.0005 %

karamazovnew · 09-07-09, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by maerean_m

At this moment, the poll says that 28% of you will wait 6 months to buy the game and pay almost nothing to Ubisoft for Silent Hunter 5.

Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4.

The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality.

Just my 2 cents

The poll only shows that 45 people will not buy the game on day one. Once SH5 gets more than 9.0 on game sites like GameSpot and is promoted both as serious face arcadeish sim !!!AND!!! as a super uber realistic management/sub/war sim, any sim/ww2/nazi/sea enthuziast will buy (or pirate) the game. Any pirated copies will turn to buys if the hard box contains any goodie and a nice manual, the game rocks, and if you reserve multiplayer to box serial numbers and make an ability to upload campaign status on the UBI server (for leader charts). I bet you that in an year 2010 which will also see the new IL2 (not the Birds of Pray arcade krap) SH5 will sell like hot bread as long as you, the dev team, manage rise to expectations

. So chin up

Why do I say this things? Because serious PC gamers are more than tired of crap games. We're also tired of shooting germans and destroying the Reichstag in any game that's even remotely historic. Anything new and serious is bound to provoke interest. And sea surfing, torpedo shooting, ship sinking, DC dodging, captain feeling, crew obeying, german voice sim is bound to provoke interest on many levels.

Jimbuna · 09-07-09, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by maerean_m

At this moment, the poll says that 28% of you will wait 6 months to buy the game and pay almost nothing to Ubisoft for Silent Hunter 5.

Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4.

The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality.

Just my 2 cents

That is quite concerning, especially if it is indicative of all sub simmers.

Let us hope that is not the case

Navarre · 09-07-09, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by maerean_m

Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4.

The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality.

"People can't embrace change unless they feel safe. ... A lack of safety makes people risk-averse." (from the novel "The Deadline")

The poll tells very clearly, that 28% of the voters not longer want to be abused as a free beta testers, they are tired of Ubisoft's unfinished game and QA policy. The voting of these user are no criticism about the developers but criticism about the Ubisoft management and how they bring games to the market.

Do not buy a game or to buy later when it was patched to an acceptable level, happens to be the only way for a gamer today to signalize that they are no longer accepted the the marketing course of the publishers. These people are aware that this behavior may cause an abortion of a game franchise but they are not willing to continue to pay for a game just to artificially keep the franchise alive for a product which no longer comes on the market with the quality it ought to have.

View Poll Results: When SH5 comes out, I'm going to....
Wait at least 6 months to a year for the bugs to be worked out/be modded/put in the bargain bin.	54	27.84%
Come hell or high water, I'm buying it on day one.	140	72.16%
Voters: 194. You may not vote on this poll

09-06-09, 12:11 PM	#77
EgoApocalypse Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The system might fail you. But dont fail youself................... Posts: 252 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	On the day defo.....Well at least as close to release date as possible. __________________

09-06-09, 05:27 PM	#78
Will-Rommel Chief Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 320 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	I'll pre-order it. The subsim community is something unique amongst the gaming universe and it is those new titles releases that make it stick together and exist. I usually play simulations for like 2-3 months then take a pause and move to something else, but each time i came back here the forum was still busy and new mods were awaiting my comeback. Yes, it's easily worth 50$ to stay onboard such a gentlemens cruise. __________________ -Fighting is a lifestyle-

09-06-09, 05:41 PM	#79
PL_Andrev Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 995 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	50$? hmmm... I hope that in this time dollar will be very cheap... and decide after playable demo... __________________

09-06-09, 11:58 PM	#83
maerean_m Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 529 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	At this moment, the poll says that 28% of you will wait 6 months to buy the game and pay almost nothing to Ubisoft for Silent Hunter 5. Which Ubisoft deserves after the stunt it pulled with Silent Hunter 4. The game will only barely pay for the development costs (if only) and if Ubisoft decides the make Silent Hunter 6, it will be of the same quality. Just my 2 cents __________________ Kilroy was here

09-06-09, 08:06 PM	#82
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I'll buy it as soon as I find it. $50 bucks is a good meal. I look at the hundreds of hours of enjoyment SH4 gave me and that's a good return for the dollar. Hopefully it will be playable from day one. If not, no biggy, I'll wait for the patch, pray for mods and play SH4 until they get it working.

09-07-09, 12:29 AM	#84
ddrgn Korvettenkapitän Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 918 Downloads: 362 Uploads: 30	I like to follow this series along and see the progress made by the modders and watch the game grow from fair to great. How will you know how good the game got without knowing how bad it was? ;] __________________ ddrgn mods: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=217261

09-07-09, 06:14 AM	#87
Nexus7 Commander Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 469 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	100 buy(votes) * 50$/buy = 5'000 $ Ubi total sales: 1'000'000'000 $ / year our contribution: 5'000 / 1'000'000'000 100 = 0.0005 %* __________________ If you are going through hell... keep going (Winston Churchill)