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Goldknyght Apprentice Member Joined: 1/12/06 Posts: 1460 It''s one thing to have a opinion, but enforcing one is unconstitutional.	9/15/08 1:53:10 PM#21 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Keogh Read it again. "WAR set a company record for the most retail pre-orders placed by consumers for a PC title in EA’s 26 year history." Thats not a big feat to be honest in my opinion. What game has EA released that would beg someone to pre-order it before WAR? Madden but come on you can get MADDEN on release date you dont need to pre-order that game.
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Locklain Novice Member Joined: 5/30/04 Posts: 2201	9/15/08 1:57:47 PM#22 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Goldknyght Originally posted by Keogh Read it again. "WAR set a company record for the most retail pre-orders placed by consumers for a PC title in EA’s 26 year history." Thats not a big feat to be honest in my opinion. What game has EA released that would beg someone to pre-order it before WAR? Madden but come on you can get MADDEN on release date you dont need to pre-order that game. In all honesty, I have never "needed" to preorder a game. It all depends on if I want to drive to get a game or have it delivered. The only thing I have ever felt the need to preorder was a PS2 and PS3 which was a good thing I did preorder. It's a Jeep thing. . . _______ \|___\| \_______/ = \|\|\|\|\|\| = \|X\| \......../ \|X\| \|X\|_________\|X\| You wouldn't understand
Goldknyght Apprentice Member Joined: 1/12/06 Posts: 1460 It''s one thing to have a opinion, but enforcing one is unconstitutional.	9/15/08 1:57:52 PM#23 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Locklain Originally posted by Ozmodan Surprised they have not stuck there wonderful DRM utility on this game. I won't be playing it, but I hope it as good as all the War people have hoped. Be nice to have a good competitor to Blizzard. Competition makes better games. DRM is not needed since you have to have an authentic key for the game to actually work. Without the key you can't create a login, without a login you can't play. If so many people didn't pirate video games we wouldn't have to worry about intrusive software. Yeah but why make a intrusive software if it doesnt work. Every game that is so called un piratable has been pirated. After Half-Life 2 was pirated the DRM and SECUROM features should of been scrapped because that was a pretty solid way to fight piracy and they failed what makes u think these Malware programs are going to stop hackers because they do it for the challenge and its like Every year some PC developer tries to out smart them and before the day is even over BAMN your cracked copy. Why i like and support Bethasa (Oblivion) for never putting any anti-piracy things on there games No keys no nothing. Just what i paid for a game. Game sold very well last time i checked.
Goldknyght Apprentice Member Joined: 1/12/06 Posts: 1460 It''s one thing to have a opinion, but enforcing one is unconstitutional.	9/15/08 2:01:58 PM#24 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Locklain Originally posted by Goldknyght Originally posted by Keogh Read it again. "WAR set a company record for the most retail pre-orders placed by consumers for a PC title in EA’s 26 year history." Thats not a big feat to be honest in my opinion. What game has EA released that would beg someone to pre-order it before WAR? Madden but come on you can get MADDEN on release date you dont need to pre-order that game. In all honesty, I have never "needed" to preorder a game. It all depends on if I want to drive to get a game or have it delivered. The only thing I have ever felt the need to preorder was a PS2 and PS3 which was a good thing I did preorder. Tru tru consoles are a good thing to Pre-Order if you have the money to buy them. I only pre-ordered the dreamcast and it was doing good till PS2 came out =P then became a Epic Failure. But i did like that hackers found a way to play SNES, NES games in crap on it which was cool. Plus you could download any game without a mod-chip and play it on a Dreamcast which i think really killed it. No one had to buy games because the hackers hacked the boot sequence and u didnt need a mod-chip or anything. Just download a game burn it and it worked.
Locklain Novice Member Joined: 5/30/04 Posts: 2201	9/15/08 2:20:58 PM#25 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Goldknyght Originally posted by Locklain Originally posted by Ozmodan Surprised they have not stuck there wonderful DRM utility on this game. I won't be playing it, but I hope it as good as all the War people have hoped. Be nice to have a good competitor to Blizzard. Competition makes better games. DRM is not needed since you have to have an authentic key for the game to actually work. Without the key you can't create a login, without a login you can't play. If so many people didn't pirate video games we wouldn't have to worry about intrusive software. Yeah but why make a intrusive software if it doesnt work. Every game that is so called un piratable has been pirated. After Half-Life 2 was pirated the DRM and SECUROM features should of been scrapped because that was a pretty solid way to fight piracy and they failed what makes u think these Malware programs are going to stop hackers because they do it for the challenge and its like Every year some PC developer tries to out smart them and before the day is even over BAMN your cracked copy. Why i like and support Bethasa (Oblivion) for never putting any anti-piracy things on there games No keys no nothing. Just what i paid for a game. Game sold very well last time i checked. Oh trust me I know. The only people that are punished are those that run legitimate programs but I am sure companies have to do something to keep the suits happy. What it will eventually boil down to is you will have to do exactly like you do with MMOs. Create a username and password and login each time you want to play. It's a Jeep thing. . . _______ \|___\| \_______/ = \|\|\|\|\|\| = \|X\| \......../ \|X\| \|X\|_________\|X\| You wouldn't understand
Orphes Hard Core Member Joined: 3/18/07 Posts: 2876 You make, you buy, you die!	9/15/08 4:13:51 PM#26 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Proson Please note: Sold to retailers! Same thing funcom said when they sold over a million copies ^^ Dont be fooled! EA has nothing to do with AoC. AoC could have sold millions after millions copies and still WAR would be the most preordered game for EA. I'm so broke. I can't even pay attention. "You have the right not to be killed"
Overpower Novice Member Joined: 7/29/07 Posts: 115 5000% Crit	9/15/08 4:49:14 PM#27 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Stop bashing on Proson, he realizes it was an idiot post thus he stopped replying after he posted it. To Crybabies: Uhm...if a game pisses you off, don't play it - duh. To Crybabies - Part 2: If you want a game to suit all your needs, start off by going to college to become a Game Designer. Emo User Award: busdriver, for his love of Britney Spears - The Prize - Winning Posts
fatpanda Novice Member Joined: 6/04/07 Posts: 83	9/15/08 5:57:00 PM#28 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Proson Please note: Sold to retailers! Same thing funcom said when they sold over a million copies ^^ Dont be fooled! Who are they trying to fool? they say 1.5 million sold TO RETAILERS. They didn't say sold to customer etc. If they say retailers and you're fooled into thinking they said players then how many copies of a game a company sells is the LEAST of your problems.
fatpanda Novice Member Joined: 6/04/07 Posts: 83	9/15/08 6:31:01 PM#29 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Netuddki As far as I know "sold for retailers" is not = money. Reatailers have at least 30 days of payment period. So if they ORDER 1 million copies, they don't buy it immediately. They "buy" it on commission. Practically they pay only for sold (to consumers) units. The news really mean: They distributed 1.5 million copies. They didn't sold them yet. It's just a PR stunt to use the word "sold". I don't think it's a "PR stunt". They haven't used any PR Stunts thus far and have been upfront, honest and actually have been listening to their customer base. So maybe they should have said shipped or distributed instead of sold but I don't see it as being a stunt. Now if they just said "1.5 million sold"..and left off the "to retailers" part, then maybe a PR stunt.
Tayah Elite Member Joined: 1/02/08 Posts: 409 "Always borrow money from a pessimist. They won't expect it back."	9/15/08 6:42:27 PM#30 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) It also says """"Over the course of our beta, over a million gamers throughout the world sent a clear signal to us - they want WAR, and we are more than happy to oblige them,” said Mark Jacobs""""" I think that's a hint of how many pre-orders were sold.
Pharoin Novice Member Joined: 11/20/04 Posts: 91 Everyone wants to go to Heaven but no one wants to die!	9/15/08 7:43:18 PM#31 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Hater! Man why u cant just say congratulations, How many games has your company sold?? Take the Magic: The Gathering ''What Color Are You?'' Quiz.
Cendharia Apprentice Member Joined: 5/05/06 Posts: 272	9/16/08 3:10:03 AM#32 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Seems to me they were talking about a personal sales record within the EA company......how many boxes went out to retailers from ONE game. Nothing more nothing less. This is a definite case of reading comprehension. Ok putting aside all that....Congrats EA and Mythic...hope more good happens for you, personally am enjoying the headstart, although ..ended up having to change servers two mornings ago, an hour queue wait...AFTER I created my characters. Server I picked was too popular rofl. No matter. :) Have to say though...took me 15 minutes to create 3 characters, and in that time the server filled up to bursting. I like that message better..........proof in the pudding. :D Cend
Maulzu Novice Member Joined: 9/07/08 Posts: 13	9/16/08 3:05:09 PM#33 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Lobotomist Good start I never thought I will see the day that true contender to WOW will be made. Please get some math in your life. This game cannot contend with WOW and I hate WOW, but I can count so I'm forced to call it.