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  • VepgenusVepgenus Member Posts: 398

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    I can't help but snicker that a digital version could ever be sold out. Dorito's is thinking WTF?

    In this case beta limits can be the only reason.

     

    Imagine all the angry gamers frothing at the mouth right now, that they can't get their digital version. Really is great marketing ploy. But Anet just upped the ante for themselves with this move, they better hope this Beta runs as smooth as a launch or flames will be acoming soon!

  • komobokomobo Member Posts: 144

    Haha "Supply & Demand", "Marketing Ploy". Excellent theories guys - keep it up!

    Now, if only someone could point me in the direction of a store with a nice selection of tin foil hats?

    * Waves at Pushkina *

  • BeansnBreadBeansnBread Member EpicPosts: 7,254

    Originally posted by Vepgenus

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    I can't help but snicker that a digital version could ever be sold out. Dorito's is thinking WTF?

    In this case beta limits can be the only reason.

     

    Imagine all the angry gamers frothing at the mouth right now, that they can't get their digital version. Really is great marketing ploy. But Anet just upped the ante for themselves with this move, they better hope this Beta runs as smooth as a launch or flames will be acoming soon!

    The angry frothing gamers can still get digital copies from other retailers that still have keys left. Best Buy is one that still has them available.

  • ComfyChairComfyChair Member Posts: 758

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

    Originally posted by ComfyChair

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

    Originally posted by Sora2810

    Originally posted by colddog04

    In real life, when you restrict supply, the price of the product goes up.

     

    When ArenaNet restricts supply, the price stays the same and they lose guaranteed sales.

     

    This is an attempt to keep the beta weekend load under control and they should be commended for making the hard decision to stop taking people's money in the interest of a healthy BETA.

    ^This. You know they care about gamers when they do this. Dangle themselves from a cliff to make sure they don't hurt others. Wish other companies would've went this route.

    except you can still get the digital download from Best Buy, Gamestop... everywhere else

    It's hype. They want a headline. Tera is too good.



    That's because those are boxes, the codes are inside them, already printed out. Therefore they are counted as part of the limit.

    Also, i'd go an watch gamebreaker :) They trash your beloved game. He throws the box. Something that's only ever done for truly bad games.

    TERA-BLE is DoA according to them.

    The gamebreaker guys like WoW and SWTOR.

    These are digital downloads from Best Buy and others, not boxes

    Nope, they're not. There are a few digital partners who will have had [x] codes allocated. Arenanet's main site will also have had [x] codes. But most stores sell a physical box with a code which is THEN used for a digtal download in the future. Is it weird? yes.

  • joocheesejoocheese Member Posts: 845

    Originally posted by komobo

    Haha "Supply & Demand", "Marketing Ploy". Excellent theories guys - keep it up!

    Now, if only someone could point me in the direction of a store with a nice selection of tin foil hats?

    They got plenty of tin foil hats at WOW and SWTOR. I got mine! :-)

  • BeansnBreadBeansnBread Member EpicPosts: 7,254

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

    Originally posted by ComfyChair

    Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

    Originally posted by Sora2810

    Originally posted by colddog04

    In real life, when you restrict supply, the price of the product goes up.

     

    When ArenaNet restricts supply, the price stays the same and they lose guaranteed sales.

     

    This is an attempt to keep the beta weekend load under control and they should be commended for making the hard decision to stop taking people's money in the interest of a healthy BETA.

    ^This. You know they care about gamers when they do this. Dangle themselves from a cliff to make sure they don't hurt others. Wish other companies would've went this route.

    except you can still get the digital download from Best Buy, Gamestop... everywhere else

    It's hype. They want a headline. Tera is too good.



    That's because those are boxes, the codes are inside them, already printed out. Therefore they are counted as part of the limit.

    Also, i'd go an watch gamebreaker :) They trash your beloved game. He throws the box. Something that's only ever done for truly bad games.

    TERA-BLE is DoA according to them.

    The gamebreaker guys like WoW and SWTOR.

    These are digital downloads from Best Buy and others, not boxes

    Your problem is that you don't understand that other digital retailers also have a limited supply of codes.

     

    But based on your joke of a few posts, I don't figure you would actually like to understand the situation.

  • Cyberdeck7Cyberdeck7 Member UncommonPosts: 239




    That's because those are boxes, the codes are inside them, already printed out. Therefore they are counted as part of the limit.

    Also, i'd go an watch gamebreaker :) They trash your beloved game. He throws the box. Something that's only ever done for truly bad games.

    TERA-BLE is DoA according to them.

    The gamebreaker guys like WoW and SWTOR.

    These are digital downloads from Best Buy and others, not boxes

    Nope, they're not. There are a few digital partners who will have had [x] codes allocated. Arenanet's main site will also have had [x] codes. But most stores sell a physical box with a code which is THEN used for a digtal download in the future. Is it weird? yes.

    That makes sense. But you would have thought, with 1 million beta applicants (or whatever) and the email last week: "didn't get into the beta?" they would have been prepared

  • 1carcarah11carcarah1 Member Posts: 172

    If this is a marketing move, why didnt they also closed the EU sales?

    Remember that everyone outside EU is buying the NA version of the game

  • joocheesejoocheese Member Posts: 845

    So... if GW2 has maxed out on the number of sold digital copies for the BWE; with 24 servers... how many people are talking about?

    10k? 100k? 500k? 1m?

  • adam_noxadam_nox Member UncommonPosts: 2,148
    I find it a bad practice to make a money grab and then cut off purchases to save on bandwidth costs.  I'm sure they could accomodate a million people, surely that's what they aim to get even in the short run, but they are choosing not to.
  • UngoHumungoUngoHumungo Member Posts: 518

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department

    There are times when one must ask themselves is it my passion that truly frightens you? Or your own?

  • HorrorScopeHorrorScope Member UncommonPosts: 599

    Originally posted by graggok

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department



    Is this sarcasm? Hard to read into this one.

  • KyutaSyukoKyutaSyuko Member UncommonPosts: 288
    Was thinking about canceling my CE Pre-order because it's so expensive, but I guess I'll hold on to it for now.  No it's not paid off which is why I'm not in the beta :(
  • UngoHumungoUngoHumungo Member Posts: 518

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    Originally posted by graggok

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department



    Is this sarcasm? Hard to read into this one.



    no its legit

    There are times when one must ask themselves is it my passion that truly frightens you? Or your own?

  • IstavaanIstavaan Member Posts: 1,350

    Originally posted by firefly2003

    I may be on the side of error here but how can you sell out of a product that's a digital copy?

    because servers can only hold so many people. jesus come on man.

  • sammyelisammyeli Member Posts: 765

    Originally posted by graggok

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    Originally posted by graggok

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department



    Is this sarcasm? Hard to read into this one.



    no its legit

    Umm GW2 will not be on disc at all no matter where you get it from no matter what edition, its digital even if you buy the box.

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  • UngoHumungoUngoHumungo Member Posts: 518

    Originally posted by firefly2003

    I may be on the side of error here but how can you sell out of a product that's a digital copy?



    they wanna sell the box copies and CE copies

    There are times when one must ask themselves is it my passion that truly frightens you? Or your own?

  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719

    So... marketting geniuses don't hang out at MMORPG? Who would have thunk it!

     

    Stop all your silly amateur marketting arguments and conspiracy theories. This is what happened:

     

    By guaranteeing weekend beta access to pre-purchasers they created a bottleneck. They can only have as many players this weekend as their infrastructure and support can handle. They reached that limit. That's all there is to it.

     

    If you were waiting to buy tonight or tomorrow and you can't find a local store with pre-sale codes, my sincere condolences.

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  • UngoHumungoUngoHumungo Member Posts: 518

    Originally posted by sammyeli

    Originally posted by graggok

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    Originally posted by graggok

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department



    Is this sarcasm? Hard to read into this one.



    no its legit

    Umm GW2 will not be on disc at all no matter where you get it from no matter what edition, its digital even if you buy the box.



    Except the key is in the box..... and the Collectors Edition has a disc....I've seen it

    There are times when one must ask themselves is it my passion that truly frightens you? Or your own?

  • joocheesejoocheese Member Posts: 845

    Originally posted by sammyeli

    Originally posted by graggok

    Originally posted by HorrorScope

    Originally posted by graggok

    its boils down to one thing......they need to boost their box sales, they didn't print all those discs not to sell them, its a smart move on their marketing department



    Is this sarcasm? Hard to read into this one.



    no its legit

    Umm GW2 will not be on disc at all no matter where you get it from no matter what edition, its digital even if you buy the box.

    People are truly running out of things against GW2 to troll about. No matter what, they just won't stop. Oh well.

  • UnlightUnlight Member Posts: 2,540

    Originally posted by sammyeli

    Originally posted by Rednecksith

    Nothing like artificially limiting the supply of a (theoretically) infinitely distributable product to increase demand. How classy. If any other company did this (like Blizzard, EA, THQ, etc.), people would be calling for blood. But since Arenanet can apparently do no wrong, everybody's cool with it. UGH.

    Though I've got to hand it to them, it's brilliant marketing at least.

    This post is gold right here.



    Nah.  Maybe pyrite. 

    There are 48 servers and the estimated number of people who prepurchased is somewhere around 200,000 so far, based on some guesswork.  That's over 4000 per server already.  4000 per untested, un-optimized server.  And EU isn't sold out yet.  Plus there's the press coming and the 10,000+ actual beta testers already in the game.  Sounds plausible to limit the number of additional testers with that in mind. 

    Although it is also some brilliant marketing.  I can't remember ever hearing about a game company *refusing* sales, for whatever the reason.  You have to admit, the trend has been to push the stuff out the door and damn the consequences.  It shows a lot of confidence to hold back sales.  They *know* people will be back for it later.

  • IstavaanIstavaan Member Posts: 1,350
    I have never seen an mmo trolled this bad, i don't get it though because the game is actually very good,
  • silvermembersilvermember Member UncommonPosts: 526
    let's assume there's some truth to all the people crying marketing trick, my question is: what difference does it make? Does saying that magically produce more copies? Np. Does saying that help the people the ppl who want to buy it feel better? No. does saying help you sleep at nite? No, if your answer is yes,you really need a life.
  • OldManFunkOldManFunk Member Posts: 894

    Originally posted by graggok

    Originally posted by firefly2003

    I may be on the side of error here but how can you sell out of a product that's a digital copy?



    they wanna sell the box copies and CE copies



    Then why can I buy digital copies of WoW when there are dust covered boxes on the Walmart shelves?

  • NitthNitth Member UncommonPosts: 3,904

    Originally posted by Tayah
    Guess they have enough people for this weekend for now, they're sold out digitally atm.
    https://buy.guildwars2.com/

    How can you be sold out digitally? its ridiculous.

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