NVIDIA StarCraft II Trial [Aug 05, 2010, 11:24 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
NVIDIA's nZone has details on the availability of a trial version of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty with select graphics cards. Here's word on the sample of Blizzard's RTS sequel: "For a limited time only, buy any qualifying NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics card and get a key code for a free trial of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, good for 7 hours of game time or 14 days from activation (whichever comes first)." Thanks Big Download.
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Eh, cut the guy some slack.
Marketing 101: Offer a free trial to a game everybody has already purchased.
Wow a free demo!! That's worth the price of a $400 video card, hell ill take two so I can have 14 hrs.
I remember a time when they gave away full games for free.
I remember a time when they gave away full games for free.
StaTik wrote on Aug 5, 2010, 11:47:I remember when I got my nVidia Ti 4600. Thing came with like 3-4 games.
I remember a time when they gave away full games for free.
Yeah...I was shopping for cards last week and I kept seeing NVIDIA cards that had offers that included Starcraft II. You had to get to the fine print to find out that it was a free trial. It was very irritating and I quickly lost the desire to even consider an upgrade.
This definitely should be a marketing 101 lesson. Anyone with the desire / skill set to upgrade their own video card likely does some research first. No computer enthusiast likes to be mislead. I'd even say it's a safe bet that someone who is considering an upgrade to one of the newer NVIDIA cards is already well aware of Starcraft II and has decided whether or not he/she wants it.
Where is the incentive here? A 10% discount is worth way more than a 7 hour trial.
This definitely should be a marketing 101 lesson. Anyone with the desire / skill set to upgrade their own video card likely does some research first. No computer enthusiast likes to be mislead. I'd even say it's a safe bet that someone who is considering an upgrade to one of the newer NVIDIA cards is already well aware of Starcraft II and has decided whether or not he/she wants it.
Where is the incentive here? A 10% discount is worth way more than a 7 hour trial.
You'd think with the peripheral market being down the past two years due to console ports being the majority of the market that they would want to entice people to buy instead of pawning off demo codes.
They only time you ever get a free game these days is when NewEgg is offering a game with a purchase. but yea NVidia has been sucking when it comes to giving away a free game. I dont recall seeing a free game with the purchase of a card since back when I got my Ti4600.
If you ask me Blizzards gotten a little to big for themselves when they cant even give these codes away for free.
Just wait, theres going to come a day when they start charging people to play their betas.
If you ask me Blizzards gotten a little to big for themselves when they cant even give these codes away for free.
Just wait, theres going to come a day when they start charging people to play their betas.
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JohnBirshire wrote on Aug 5, 2010, 11:33:
Marketing 101: Offer a free trial to a game everybody has already purchased.
I haven't purchased it, yet! In fact, I wouldn't mind a trial key if anyone has some unneeded extras. My email is finglefold@gmail.com =)
I will buy it, just waiting a few more weeks. I dumped all my $$ into landscaping recently.
Blizzard should just giveaway the trial. Maybe give away 1000 a day on thier site, that would drive a ton of traffic, but still ensure that no one could sign up for 150 in a row just to play SC2.
Marketing 101: Offer a free trial to a game everybody has already purchased.
i haven't got 1 and will never get one from faceblizz
i haven't got 1 and will never get one from faceblizz
Whoa a demo! Big spenders over at Nvidia. LOL!
Hang on a mo - nvidia are trying to charge me $15 to d/l the trial and are also offering an extended d/l service for $7.99 ...
What the heck?
What the heck?
How about bluesnews gives away free guest pass lol
here's mine
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and for WoW
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here's mine
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and for WoW
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This depresses me. I went to check out an indie game on steam today and there was no demo. I am now expected to even buy indie games based on screenshots?
Why am I supposed to be PLEASED to get 'the chance' to geta demo?
Demos are free marketing. You should do EVERYTHING you can to get people to try your demo.
assuming....
that the game is good.
Meanwhile, in sanity land, people with confidence in their product continue to host free demos for anyone to download anytime. sigh....
Why am I supposed to be PLEASED to get 'the chance' to geta demo?
Demos are free marketing. You should do EVERYTHING you can to get people to try your demo.
assuming....
that the game is good.
Meanwhile, in sanity land, people with confidence in their product continue to host free demos for anyone to download anytime. sigh....
Darks wrote on Aug 5, 2010, 12:44:They do this already. Preorder the game, have to pay for an account on fileplanet, ect...
Just wait, theres going to come a day when they start charging people to play their betas.
Last week I noticed Newegg offering SC2 trial codes w/ select Geforce cards and though it was a promo run by them. Now I know it's nVidia offering the deal. 
FYI, Newegg is offering the trial codes with cards other than only the GTX 460. http://bit.ly/cbnyNS
FYI, Newegg is offering the trial codes with cards other than only the GTX 460. http://bit.ly/cbnyNS
I'll toss my guest passes into the mix
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For starcraft, if you want a wow one, hit me up here and I'll send a recruit a friend invite.
heh...trail
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For starcraft, if you want a wow one, hit me up here and I'll send a recruit a friend invite.
heh...trail
Thanks!
crypto wrote on Aug 5, 2010, 14:28:
How about bluesnews gives away free guest pass lol
here's mine
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and for WoW
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The last free game I got with an Nvidia card was with the Evga 275gtx. When I registered it at there site I got a copy of Cryostasis for free. That was not an Nvidia promo it was Evga's. I think I played it for a whopping 15min and stored it on a hard drive. I still have UT99 that I got with my Voodoo3 back in the days when they gave away real games with cards. I also remember walking in the snow to school both ways up hill ... wow I must be old 
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