JWE looks amazing, offers to purchase are a disappointment.

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

JWE is the first time since witcher 3 ive been immediately willing to preorder a game, instead i walked away disappointed and haven't done so yet. The main reasons are:

- There's no physical PC edition.

- Further, as a pc gamer how i buy games is as follows: steam sale or epic no holds barred expensive physical collectors edition. I really would like a collectors edition. Instead, all im offered is to pay a relatively high cost for nothing but a steam unlock, which honestly i see as a cheap commodity.

- The deluxe edition is really underwhelming. I don't know if i even want 5 new dinosaurs. Maybe more cosmetic helicopters (or anything else they add later) might be more interesting. The value proposition of the deluxe version isn't immediately apparent.

- What about the usual things that are included with the deluxe version? No digital art book, soundtrack, wallpapers, even a signed jpg with Jeff Goldblum would have shown a hint of care and substance about what they're making.

I think the essence of what i'm trying to say is, im coming to JWE as a fan looking to preorder, and what i'm being met with isn't acknowledging that, its more 'Braben wants to go light on physical distribution' and didn't even think to include the standard minimum for digital deluxe editions.

This was all done for elite dangerous, so its sad that JWE is getting the cheap treatment.

Anyway i hope this can get improved before launch as the next steam sale is only a few months away.

 

[PCMR4Life]

The PC version will go on sale on Steam June 12th. The Steam Summer sale will be some time in mid to late June. So I wouldn't expect a game that just came out in June to get a really low price during the Steam Summer sale.

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

The PC version will go on sale on Steam June 12th. The Steam Summer sale will be some time in mid to late June. So I wouldn't expect a game that just came out in June to get a really low price during the Steam Summer sale.

Well that's the balancing act isn't it? Frontier's efforts are to secure the highest price sale, and mine are to see if i have self control to wait for a better price. I still say they're not even trying. Especially if as someone said in another thread the deluxe dinosaurs are going to be in the game anyway just unlocked further in.

Common frontier i want to get into it

 

[PCMR4Life]

Well that's the balancing act isn't it? Frontier's efforts are to secure the highest price sale, and mine are to see if i have self control to wait for a better price. I still say they're not even trying. Especially if as someone said in another thread the deluxe dinosaurs are going to be in the game anyway just unlocked further in.

Common frontier i want to get into it

From what I heard the 5 Dinos you get with the deluxe version are already in the game. Just buying them unlocks them. They might be sold separately as DLC later on but they will probably be $5 still.

 

[Cosmos]

JWE is the first time since witcher 3 ive been immediately willing to preorder a game, instead i walked away disappointed and haven't done so yet. The main reasons are:

- There's no physical PC edition.

- Further, as a pc gamer how i buy games is as follows: steam sale or epic no holds barred expensive physical collectors edition. I really would like a collectors edition. Instead, all im offered is to pay a relatively high cost for nothing but a steam unlock, which honestly i see as a cheap commodity.

- The deluxe edition is really underwhelming. I don't know if i even want 5 new dinosaurs. Maybe more cosmetic helicopters (or anything else they add later) might be more interesting. The value proposition of the deluxe version isn't immediately apparent.

- What about the usual things that are included with the deluxe version? No digital art book, soundtrack, wallpapers, even a signed jpg with Jeff Goldblum would have shown a hint of care and substance about what they're making.

I think the essence of what i'm trying to say is, im coming to JWE as a fan looking to preorder, and what i'm being met with isn't acknowledging that, its more 'Braben wants to go light on physical distribution' and didn't even think to include the standard minimum for digital deluxe editions.

This was all done for elite dangerous, so its sad that JWE is getting the cheap treatment.

Anyway i hope this can get improved before launch as the next steam sale is only a few months away.

At £50 its not cheap thats for sure.

 

[PCMR4Life]

Physical copies of PC games have been dead for a while, very few games get physical copies. I understand why people like them I just don't get why people expected this game to get one. It would have been nice to get a physical copy like a collectors edition for the PC with the game in a box with an art book that shows a little of how the game was made and the art involved in the game. I would have bought it. But sadly physical copies of games are dead as far as PC goes, everything is digital download for PC now.

All I can suggest is keep an eye out in Europe cause some times Europe will get physical copies the US market does not. I have seen videos on YouTube where people have gotten physical copies of games from Europe, that they didn't even know existed cause they weren't released here in the US.

 

[Philip Coutts]

I have to say I did expect a wee bit more than just one additional skin for the pre-order at the pricepoint. Also the plus 5 dino's for and extra £5 is not really a "deluxe" edition in my view. That said I've pre-ordered the deluxe!

 

[Chris Simon]

I have to say I did expect a wee bit more than just one additional skin for the pre-order at the pricepoint. Also the plus 5 dino's for and extra £5 is not really a "deluxe" edition in my view. That said I've pre-ordered the deluxe!

You don't know. Maybe they will have chrome scales.

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

Physical copies of PC games have been dead for a while, very few games get physical copies.

Completely disagree. I can't think of any large to medium game that has not received a physical pc edition. What were you thinking of?

With collectors editions yes there have been some that have been console only, but we're not yet at that point to be discussing that.

 

[PCMR4Life]

Completely disagree. I can't think of any large to medium game that has not received a physical pc edition. What were you thinking of?

With collectors editions yes there have been some that have been console only, but we're not yet at that point to be discussing that.

Not that I check often but I don't see any new PC games in Walmart or any other store. If there were physical copies of recent PC games you would be able to buy them online. But you can't. PC gaming is mostly digital download now.

 

[Caramel Clown]

I will open you a big secret - almost all boxed PC games these days have no disc inside. You open it up, and it's...empty. Only a sticker with the code to download it Only occasionally some fancy shmancy editions get an actual disc.