Season bundle for the wii
I'm really excited about the episodic format you guys are finally getting right with Sam&Max, but I also like to have a box to put on my shelf when the season is over. I thing the deal you made in Sam&Max, with the season subscription, is superb, and it was the thing that finally removed all questions for me on whether to subscribe to the season or buy the whole bundle when it's over.
Now, I'm not really sure how wiiware works, but - will you be offering a similar deal for the wii?
Now, I'm not really sure how wiiware works, but - will you be offering a similar deal for the wii?
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To answer your other question about whether there will be a free disc -- it's something we're still talking about. Whatever we decide will be addressed in a future announcement.
It's funny, but I'm almost hoping you would NOT offer the free disc with the PC subscription, just so that I could choose the wii version without second thoughts
Hear hear, I need to stop playing these games on my crappy, slow computer and get some incentive to buy a Wii. Otherwise I'll forever feel alienated from my Wii playing friends.
...I'm only half serious, though. Free stuff is always a plus! xD
That's like trying to pick a favorite child!
Knowing that the Wii purchases are only for the console they're purchased on, if something ever happens to my Wii, I lose all the content I purchase. This is a big reason why I haven't purchased anything from the Wii Channel yet. If TTG can do something to hedge that concern, I wouldn't hesitate on which version to purchase.
I agree.
Still, what I hope TellTale do is keep them the same as possible (content, release date, price) and let people have an honest choice about which platform to buy them from.
I'd also be worried about memory space in the long run. Between game saves and other downloads and updates, there's only so much space to go 'round before you have to start putting things on an SD card and swapping files so you can run things from the internal memory.
Not to mention the fact that I still feel slightly ripped off with the Sam & Max disc. I ordered the Season 1 pass, purchased the disc for the cost of S&H, only to find out the store version came with an actual box and some extra content (e.g., poster). Kudos to TTG for offering the disc to those of us that bought the online content, but I'm actually holding off on Season 2 so I can purchase it from the store to get the whole package (assuming they're doing it again).
Heck, I bought most of the HR DVDs (and will buy the rest eventually), even though the cartoons are all free online. I did this mostly because I wanted to support the effort, but partly because I wanted the discs.
Rest assured I'll be happy no matter what, but sometimes it's the little things that can really do it for me
Eh, what?
I thought the Telltale dvd package was much better than the one sold in stores.
Really? I saw the box in the store and it seemed cooler than just the DVD case. Maybe it was my imagination. Guess I don't have to feel like I missed out on something then.
Does it have a poster on it? Must be a new technology.
Not to get in an argument, but I didn't get a poster in the DVD from the site that appears to come with the retail store version. Sure, maybe there's something you can print off the DVD, but my printer isn't exactly what you would call "good."
In the end, it's a minor thing. But I'm also the kind of guy who shells out extra cash for a limited edition game to get some stupid little figure or something. I'm just a sucker for crap no one really needs.
Let's just focus on the awesomeness that is Homestar.
I think what Tabacco means that if you put the game in your DVD player then you will discover it has many different special features that the normal store version doesn't have. The Telltale version doesn't come with any sort of poster (print-off or not), but it does have things such as a blooper real and commentaries.
I hope there is a free disc. I always like having a hard copy along with things (I've only just got into iTunes downloading) and it'd be nice to have some cool special extras on the disc too!
The TTG disc's packaging is painted by Steve Purcell... and, as tabacco said, if you put it in your video DVD player (on your TV), it has about three hours worth of special features videos. Sorry you didn't get a fold-out poster and a paperboard box featuring the same 3D rendered art used in the comic book adverts GameTap ran for the game. :P The retail disc is nice, but I think TTG's disc is pretty competitive in terms of features offered, if you play it in a video DVD player on your TV or on your PC.
I just like tangible items like a disc, or a figure, or a poster, or some stupid booklet or something. It's a stupid habit, but a satisfying one nonetheless because years down the line I can still have that little figure or something on my desk, even when I don't have the time to bust out and watch a DVD video or something. It would appear that I'm in the minority, so feel free to ignore my ramblings (off topic: the last issue of Games for Windows had a great article on special editions and packaging that made me which more games came with cool, admittedly useless stuff).
Well, Telltale did make that case book with all the cool stuff including the magnet which is still on my refrigerator
Sure it didn't come free with the dvd, but it was a very small fee, and I don't remember any game which had such a cool bunch of stuff come with it since the Infocom age.
'Tis a cool disc, and I'm certainly not complaining about disc content. As stated, I'm just a sucker for packaging. I have quite a nice collection of old video games of all kinds and I often find myself flipping through the manuals and just looking at the boxes.
In general, I'm finding myself not very happy with the trend of online downloads because I don't get that awesome packaging. It's great for those things that are too rare or too expensive to purchase, so you can still get the content, but there's something to be said for having the actual thing in my hands. Which is why I'm thankful for the opportunity to get an actual disc at the end of a season. Let's just agree that I'm a packaging freak and move on
First of all, I know I'll be using computers for many, many years to come. And I'd rather deal with a company like Telltale when I have an issue with my license. My 360 died on me a good year and a half ago. I wasn't able to play my arcade games while not connected to my online Live account until about a month ago. This locked my family out of the games for that amount of time too, which was PARTICULARLY bad because there were a couple games in there that I bought specifically FOR them. This was NOT fixed by customer service, but rather by an AUTOMATIC UPDATE to the software that handled the system's DRM.
When I compare the year and a half of waiting, hours upon hours of completely unproductive service calls, and frustration to the always-pleasant, fast, and overall exceptional customer service of Telltale...and I have to say, the latter group is the one I'd want to work with in any case.
I understand that the Wii is not the 360. But Telltale is still Telltale, and I know that Nintendo's customer service is still "big company customer service".
Secondly, I watch Homestar Runner cartoons on my PC. I think it'll simply feel more natural to check Strong Bad's e-mails from...my computer.
Third of all, I know I'm going to use computers for many, many years to come. When the next video game system comes out, am I going to want to pull out the Wii to re-play the (then) old game? Or open a folder and start it up?
Fourth, I have a laptop. It's more portable than a Wii, I can use it in more places than the Wii. My laptop's hardware simply has advantages over the Wii that cannot be overcome. Also, I think the "email friends" feature that I think was talked about(unless I dreamed it... o.o ) would work better on a PC than the Wii.
Finally, I'm going to assume that Telltale is going to reward people that purchase directly from their store as they have in the past. This is completely conjecture on my part, and if they don't the above reasons are still enough for me.
That said, it doesn't matter in the slightest to me which version of the game you end up playing, I just wanted to throw that out there.
You make some great points. I was thinking the Wii version would have some cool "wiggle and waggle" stuff that would make it the better playing experience, but I'm not so sure I'm convinced, since everything I've seen from TTG has said the two will be pretty much exactly the same. I'm leaning more towards the PC version now, methinks.
I don't know. I think I read that in the Wii version of SBCG4AP, you can trade items with other players à la Animal Crossing. I think I'm leaning more towards the Wii version at this point...
I'm definitely going to play this on my big television set. It's the same reason that I bought the H*R DVD's as well.. so I could play them on a big screen instead of a little one.
That was discussed early on but isn't actually in the game. You can use Strong Bad's Lappy to send email and photos to other Wii users' messageboards in the Wii version.
On the PC version you can take photos which are stored to your PC's hard drive, but you can't send email from within the game on the Lappy.
Otherwise, I'm having a hard time deciding between the PC version, the wii version, or waiting until the season is over to buy the wii disc version.
Are there any news on that front?