Beamer wrote on Oct 10, 2012, 17:05:

Jerykk wrote on Oct 10, 2012, 16:43:
This looks seriously impressive. Also very ambitious. I'm not sure he can make the game he's describing with only $2-4 million. It seems like it would cost at least $10 million. I wouldn't be surprised if he cuts the open-world and multiplayer components to make it more manageable.

Still, I'm pretty much obligated to support this.

He wants $2-$4MM to create an alpha to bring to publishers.

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 8, 2012, 04:14:
Yeah, that's because uPlay games on Steam are the only exception to this If you got a serial from steam with your game, download a "copy" from "somewhere" with uplay intact and start it, it will ask you to bind it to your account with serial. This is how all uPlay games, except those directly bought on steam, are working.

It is literally why I don't buy uPlay games anywhere but on GMG... also it's cheaper there ;p

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 8, 2012, 00:36:
That is not actually true, if you run a uplay game that you didn't buy via uPlay it starts uplay and asks you to bind to your account (after entering the serial) that's how I bought Anno 2070 (from GMG) although I downloaded the game from GMG's own service.

The addon key you then enter in Anno 2070, it unlocks and done. What is however true, is that if you only bought a key for a uplay game, you are pretty much ... sol ;p You have to actually pirate the game and start it uncracked and THEN enter your key and bind it to your account.

The exception here is the steam version of Anno 2070.. there it gets really ugly...

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 8, 2012, 01:33:

Dev wrote on Oct 7, 2012, 23:12:
They gave an official answer, and I've posted about it and linked it in several blues posts on this now.

Basically its dictated by contractual issues with 2k. They figured out a way to get around it by offering store credit, which they didn't have to do.

Just like regional pricing on steam isn't because of steam wanting to screw people, its because of publishers setting it that way.

Explanation or no, it still doesn't make sense to me (the not being able to use the voucher). It seems to be setting a precedent for publishers saying NO, GREEN MAN, YOU CANNOT OFFER OUR GAME FOR SUCH LUDICROUS PRICES. There's no way that all publishers have previously said "sure, an extra 30% off on top of the usual 10% pre-order discount is okay with us," which leads me to believe they can set their prices freely. AFAIK, they purchase a lot of game keys and then turn around and sell them at whatever margin they damn well please. What makes 2K so special that GMG would accept such a deal?

Pretty much the entire reason they've been successful is that they sell brand new games for so cheap; if they lose that they have nothing. Well, a decent selection of older games and indies with the unique ability to trade them back in, but that didn't get them very far in the past. The bulk of their business is game keys for Steam or Origin, etc. Nobody I know who shops there actually uses Capsule.

Dev wrote on Oct 6, 2012, 15:01:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Oct 6, 2012, 14:11:
GMG still have 25% off almost any game, including preorders.

It even works on xcom...

as long as you aren't in NA

Bet wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 21:01:

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 17:47:
If you are excited about the Firaxis version, then great. X-COM is one of those rare properties that I love so dearly that I am super anal about it and freak out when anyone messes with the formula (Way more so than with Fallout, so I was able to enjoy FO3 and NV). I by no means think this game is gong to suck - It looks really good. It's just that they named it XCOM... Bah, I'm just going to stop posting about it. Everyone is excited about it and I don't want to sound like the guy who has to pooh-pooh everyone else's enthusiasm.

I'd estimate that 90% of NMA members enjoyed Fallout 3 and New Vegas once they got past their blind hatred of change.

Getting past one's own prejudices is one of humanity's greatest dilemmas.

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 12:53:
Okay, after reading that interview on XCOM I've gone from nervous about the remake to flat-out terrified. It really sounds like they changed WAY too much. Looks like I'm back to waiting for the kickstarter X-COM remake project.