HELP US! Please click som links and help promote the game! (updated: 9th Sept 2010)

[Jinix]

Hi,

I just read the article about funding your games Carolina has linked to.
It has been very informative and as I love the Penumbra Series would like to support you further.
My key problem: I HATE (and refuse) buying downloads. Not just because I want a box; I also do not want to share my bank/credit card details online.
Luckily my girlfriend is an Amazon fan - so she bought Penumbra Overture and BP at Amazon for me ;-).

Regarding the article, I was wondering how financing boxed versions work... Will you get a decent share when I buy a boxed version or has this already been paid when producing / delivering to the vendor? What I mean is, when I buy the Penumbra Collection at Amazon (unfortunately Requiem is not available stand-alone) I would re-buy 2 parts of the series to get Requiem -- but that would be fine for me if I knew that not just the publisher would win......

And a follow-up question: I did not spot any info regarding a publisher for Amnesia in Europe -- any news on that?

Regards
Ozz

Btw: I always use the nick "Ozz" in forums... but the admin here won't let me... no clue why....

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Me again...

Searching the net for infos regarding a boxed version of Amnesia I read your newest blog and was very concerned regarding the sales of Amnesia. Even more scary as you even consider doing "a less niche title" next!!
I am wondering whether one of the reasons for sales being below expectations might be people like me waiting for the box? Or were the sales of Penumbra primarily download versions?

Regards
Ozz

It costs a fortune to be able to put out a boxed version. Unless FrictionalGames are willing to make nothing from it or sell it for $60
Imagine the costs of distributing a box of anything all over the world.
Besides boxed games will soon be toast - All software will only have a download version eventually.

The only ones standing in the way are those that make money from producing the packaging, shipping it and retailers who lose the markup.
It's a deadly waste of resources to add all that packaging to the worlds environment problems - not to mention the umpteen gallons of gasoline to deliver it around the world.

Anyone that buys a boxed version nowadays when a download is available is certainly no friend of the planet!!!

Use commonsense; buy online and save the planet from wasters.