When do you think the DVD will be available?
I pre-ordered, but I couldn't get the episode 1 download to work. So, I patiently waited for this day so that I could get the DVD and actually play!
When will it be ready for ordering, or if I'm sniffing glue or something and it's already available please point me in the right direction. Thanks
When will it be ready for ordering, or if I'm sniffing glue or something and it's already available please point me in the right direction. Thanks
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I also pre-ordered and didn't download any of the episodes out of the fact that I want a physical copy in my possession and I also didn't want to have to wait weeks to play in between episodes (I was expecting the DVD to be released once Episode 5 came out). I was really sold on the DVD more so than the DD vehicle Telltale Games is using.
Let me be clear, this is a personal preference and I'm not making an argument towards or against DD but just pointing out the fact that as a customer, I was sold on the DVD, not the DD.
So if any Telltale Games employees read this, any info on the DVD would be much appreciated.
If the downloaded game does not work, the DVD version probably won't either. You should ask for help on the Game Support forum.
Your download games work, if that's any consolation. You can download them, play them, and delete them forever if you want. You don't give up your DVD by downloading the games from your My Games page.
The thing is, the DVD usually has a bunch of nice extra content, so that takes some time to put together. It's more like a DVD of a movie or TV show, so you expect it to come out a bit later and have a bit more. It's not just the download on a disc for the internet-phobic.
While I could just download the episodes and play them just the same, to me its like ordering a virtual book or comic, its the same content but there's something much more appreciable about something I can proudly display and store personally.
Thank you for the response, its good to know that extra content is coming on the DVD.
But with these games, your end result is more or less the same. Whether the installer is downloaded or booted from a disc, it's the same experience once your game gets running. And since all the games are out, you can play them in order, the same as the DVD. It's all the same experience, all told. While it's great to have a distributable, persistent, physical license on top of a digital license, I just don't see any practical or appreciable difference at this point that makes taking advantage of that extra license you have.
There are plenty of benefits to DD and a clear market for it. When MI was announced, it was announced only available as a download. I was disappointed as I'm a fan of the series as well as actually owning physical media, so when the offer to have a DVD version was on the table, I was immediately sold on it. My statement is to express that there is a demand for a physical item to be sold independent of any DD offerings attached to it (hence why I'm holding off downloading any episodes, despite the fact that they are now all out).
As you stated, the experience is transparent so how the game was installed does not affect it, as its played just the same. My example wasn't meant to be exhaustive but perhaps a better one would be to akin an organic tomato to a genetically modified tomato. The experience of eating either tomato is transparent, no one can tell the difference between them but there is still an audience there that would like to ensure a market exists to cater to those who would rather have their produce be grown in an 'organic' manner.
Similar idea here, I want to encourage (prove that there is a demand) for the physical medium despite it being all the same end-experience. While I know the DVD is coming, I hope I'm not the only one who wishes the series still sees a full-release entry sometime in the future (say MI 6 or 7) vs episodes combined to feel like a full standalone release. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have episodes than nothing as MI seems to be a niche audience but again, just a symbolic stance to make sure the shift to DD isn't taken too far to one end.
At the end of the day, its my way of saying "I will pay for software distributed in a physical medium". As this post has shifted to the opinion-side more than function, let me just say that I'm a fan of DD offerings for 'leased' or 'rented' products, but anything I plunk down money to own, I want to be able to physically have.
My apologies for making such a long post.
There are actually quite a few obvious actual differences between organic and genetically modified produce. Generally it has to do with health concerns and taste concerns(I generally feel that organic produce generally has a better taste to it than genetically modified produce).
And anyway, you did already buy the software in a physical medium. I mean, I consider it akin to the digital copy on DVDs recently. Except, you know, in reverse. And not implemented in a terrible fashion. But I'm losing my train of thought. Back on track:
I don't think you really are making a statement, on the whole. I'm pretty sure Telltale tracks sales and DVD orders, but not really the downloads per account. And even if they do, I think your consumerist activism is ill-placed. If a purchase gives you the very best of both worlds, I don't see it as something to go against, really. If Telltale wasn't offering a season DVD, I'd understand. But they're already apparently doing a DVD for Sam and Max Season Three, they've done a DVD for every game they've made since Bone, and we can only assume that Telltale(which, by the way, is still a relatively small publisher) will continue to keep the DVD policy in place.
For example: I don't really buy digital books too often. But when my Spanish-English Dictionary came with a free license to a digital version of it, I downloaded and have made use of the thing. I wouldn't have bought it on its own, because I wanted a physical book, but if I end up getting the other one too...I don't see a reason to avoid it. Maybe I just don't understand because I see products and exchanges of money on a pratical cost/benefit level. Or maybe it's because I'm generally willing to give smaller publishers a bit of leeway when it comes to my standards because they have an atmosphere and a human quality that I value.
Maybe I'd get it if the games had a higher cost. Like I had to pay the usual $50 for a PC game, plus $30 for a digital license, and that was my only option. But the games are $35 at their highest, and if you're smarter than me you can generally get them for less.
....I dunno. I just don't get it. The system seems designed specifically to allow the benefits of both. I love this, it's why a Telltale game generally gets a higher priority than a purely digital or physical game for me. I see a unique value in embracing digital and physical distribution in a single, low-cost purchase.
Maybe I don't know what you're trying to do. Do you want Telltale to stop distributing digitally? Do you want a DVD-only option that costs even less? I mean, your early-on purchase likely means all the same to Telltale as anyone else's made in the same timeframe, no matter what you do with your license.
As long as we get a disc at only the cost of shipping, and the disc doesn't require internet activation in order to work it's all good in my book.
I prefer to have all my games on physical media myself.
Since I waited to play chapter 2 and onwards till a few days ago they could have just made the whole game and released it all in one go if it was up to me, but Telltale is an episodic company so I guess this is the way it's gonna be.
I would love to get some information on the dvd tough.
Like will the put the game together like a whole big game?
Could be interesting if they did I think, tough It'd be a shame to loose the opening credit sequences of the chapters.
On the plus side, it'd feel more like a real big game if they did.
If you have a virus protector and/or firewall, shut them down, then start again. Might help
At any rate, again, my examples were obviously far from perfect and far too focused on one component (which is why they're not good examples).
Rather Dashing, in regards to how to convey the message and all that jazz. You're absolutely right, I don't think Telltale Games is monitoring the downloads, just the revenue so my stand may go unnoticed, but at the end of the day I have no other way (as far as I'm interested in acting on) to send that message other than not downloading the episodes and writing on the boards.
As for my message which seems to be hard to understand (further making it difficult for anyone to hear
Cant think of anything else it could be lol!
The Sam & Max discs had video commentaries by the developers, trailers, outtakes, bloopers, concept art and so on.