NW was a limited release.
Okay something does not add up. Is Notum wars a new game designed to attract new people who passed on Anarchy-online? Or in fact is Notum wars a Booster designed to keep players interested, who have been forking out money every month. They could have done this Notum wars any number of ways differently to allow everyone to be on a level playing field. The fact of the matter is almost anything that releases for a massive multiplayer game will be a limited release. The environment in these types of games is to unpredictable for them to assume anything. Every store that wanted copies of Notum Wars did not receive copies, only a limited selection of stores. It doesn't take a degree in business or even a GED to figure this out. Everyone is niave to think that they would not lie directly to thier customers. The ones who pay the monthly fee to play the game. This is todays business. They do what drives the profits up and minimizes risks. When thier customers start to catch on they lie and place the blame elsewhere. What would have happened if this was posted on the website.
" Today we have shipped a limited amount of copies of Notum wars. These copies will show up sporadically across the world. This was done to help minimize potential server problems. Expect to see a wide release sometime during the 1st week of December."
This would not have went over very good. So why not just lie and pass the buck. Or why not just give everyone thier nice little graphics and sounds and wait on the Land control portion. If you look at all the evidence and sort it out then thier is only one answer. They did not want everyone to start using Land control.
All said and done who cares now
I have my copy of Notum Wars. I am about to embark on a 3 hours drive from Holland Michigan to Traverse city. Then I'm going to turn around and head back home. My partner lives up there and I can't play AO without him. Oh I said that wrong. He is meeting me halfway. I stand by my theory. Of course you know you are going to get your money. Just not all at once. Small price to pay if it prevents serious problems in the servers. But like I said I no longer care. I have my copy of Notum wars and I am helping my partner to get his copy. Sad deal about him getting a free month but not me! And like why is it in ULTRA fine print that you get a free month included IF you are creating a new account. Man, I got another theory, oh wait, I gotta get going now. Buh-BYE!
Download Option Should of trump retail
Quote: "Basically, a download offer would undermine our retail partners' sales, and we're not going to do that. "
Yes but in my opinion the customers requests for the option of download should trump retail partners.
Let's look at some negatives,
1. Funcom blew a chance to make history and automate the first big MMORPG expansion by offering download and retail.
2. Funcom wasted a chance to make 100's of happy customers
that requested said download.
3. Funcom reversed a policy that allowed AO main to be downloaded like I did to purchase the game.
4. Funcom let me, a disabled U.S. Federal retiree, drive 3 hours in town to every store not and not be able to find it.
5. I refuse to mail order for personal and logistical reasons.
Funcom sacrificed the satisfaction of it's download subscribers in order to make sure it's retail ties where not damaged. I do applaude CZ for a good honest answer but listed above are my professional complaints.
Vash,