When will you buy the game?

Hartmann · 01-20-10, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

I'll buy it....

A year or two after release when it hits the bargain bin and some supermod that includes the missing subs and campaign years, is far along in development.

I think the same, after some years when the mods add some interesting things

I will be using GWX and SH3 for very long time

capthelm · 01-20-10, 06:22 PM

buying it as well soon as it hits the store xx

Buddahaid · 01-20-10, 06:35 PM

The thought occurred to me that by not buying until it "hits the bargain bin", is condemning the franchise by making the success boil down to new customers, that may crave exactly what the simulation-or-else crowd does not want. You know, the u-boat/wolfenstein game, which could be fun, but sell it as such. Sure, if the money is dear by all means wait, but otherwise buy and keep the faith.

Carotio · 01-20-10, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

What is the difference between option 1 and 4?

1: you'll accept anything offered to you. Even if they cut it further down to just be U-96 on its last Das Boot patrol.
4: you'll buy it even though it doesn't fulfill all your expectations. But in the hope that by buying, they will offer you more content later. To buy too of course.

Multi choice is allowed, vote both if that feels suitable for you.

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

The thought occurred to me that by not buying until it "hits the bargain bin", is condemning the franchise by making the success boil down to new customers, that may crave exactly what the simulation-or-else crowd does not want. You know, the u-boat/wolfenstein game, which could be fun, but sell it as such. Sure, if the money is dear by all means wait, but otherwise buy and keep the faith.

If that's the outcome, so be it. That is for ubisoft. As someone else stated somewhere in here. What if Ubisoft gives up and abandons the underwater world? Does the possibility of another company picking the genre up not exist? Maybe not right away, but eventually, then why not? Maybe a producer who will listen more.
Btw, SH5 as it looks right now, it's exactly that: uboat-wolfenstein as you put it. Das Boot in a video game.

Quite a lot of you speak of a 50$ game. That's 263.31 DKK in my currency, but that's not the usual price for new games here. More likely it will appear at the usual price of 399 or 395 DKK for new games, and that's 75 $. Welcome to my world.

JScones · 01-20-10, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Carotio

Quite a lot of you speak of a 50$ game. That's 263.31 DKK in my currency, but that's not the usual price for new games here. More likely it will appear at the usual price of 399 or 395 DKK for new games, and that's 75 $. Welcome to my world.

AU$89.95 here...which is US$82. I wonder how many people would think a bit differently if they were expected to pay $82 for SH5 rather than $50.

Add-ons like UBM are usually AU$49.95, or US$46.00...that's near what the Americans are paying for the game itself!

Maybe a topic for a new thread - how much would you pay for SH5 as it currently stands?

Buddahaid · 01-20-10, 07:49 PM

It depends on your your market norms. If I recall, SH4 was $78.00 US when it debuted.

TarJak · 01-20-10, 08:56 PM

I'm planning to see what is said about it here first, then if it's as bad as SH4 was I'll wait until it hits the bargain bins. If the word is positive I'll probably buy it earlier. I'm in the same economy as JScones and $90-$100 is the norm for a new release game.

The missing pieces for me will be how sustainable the game play is. If it is playable beyond 6 months then I'll consider the $100 a worthy investment if not, it will be on the shelf with some similar poor investments I've made in the past.

View Poll Results: When will you buy the game?
I'll buy it asap no matter what.	81	36.65%
I'll buy it, after having read the first user comments.	58	26.24%
I'll not buy it, the uboat side ain't my favorite.	4	1.81%
I'll buy it, just to support subsim games.	14	6.33%
I'll buy it, if the dev team and ubisoft delay the release, in order to add the missing uboat types.	17	7.69%
I'll buy it, if they delay the release, in order to add types 2/9 AND late-war.	44	19.91%
If released as planned, I'll buy it, once the price is reduced.	39	17.65%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 221. You may not vote on this poll

01-20-10, 06:22 PM	#2
capthelm Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 522 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	buying it as well soon as it hits the store xx __________________ "One torpedo ... one ship" my SH5 lighting mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkM5k8SXpWo my SH5 audio mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIN5RHeL8B8

01-20-10, 06:35 PM	#3
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,331 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	The thought occurred to me that by not buying until it "hits the bargain bin", is condemning the franchise by making the success boil down to new customers, that may crave exactly what the simulation-or-else crowd does not want. You know, the u-boat/wolfenstein game, which could be fun, but sell it as such. Sure, if the money is dear by all means wait, but otherwise buy and keep the faith.

01-20-10, 07:49 PM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,331 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	It depends on your your market norms. If I recall, SH4 was $78.00 US when it debuted.

01-20-10, 08:56 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I'm planning to see what is said about it here first, then if it's as bad as SH4 was I'll wait until it hits the bargain bins. If the word is positive I'll probably buy it earlier. I'm in the same economy as JScones and $90-$100 is the norm for a new release game. The missing pieces for me will be how sustainable the game play is. If it is playable beyond 6 months then I'll consider the $100 a worthy investment if not, it will be on the shelf with some similar poor investments I've made in the past.