Gamasutra are
reporting that Electronic Arts will be artificially constraining the availability of both digital and retail copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic at launch, a move which seems weird on the surface but it is being done to prevent dramas around the launch caused by too many users:
"We are limiting launch quantities of Star Wars: The Old Republic to ensure players have a smooth and high quality game experience and service at launch," a rep for EA and BioWare told Gamasutra.
"All versions of the game -- physical and digital -- are available for pre-order on a limited basis only. Once they are gone, they are gone," he added.
The report also mentions that sales will simply be cut off once they've reached a certain limit.
No mention is made on what the limits are, so more skeptical people might simply see this as a super-clever marketing move on EA's part to try to increase the number of pre-orders. But if you can't stand not being in the action from day one, you might want to bear this in mind!
Posted 09:09am 20/8/11
Smart marketing tactic.
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Posted 02:32pm 20/8/11
Is the CEO just bringing up all their projects and going how can we f*** this...
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Posted 03:51pm 20/8/11
If you use the Origin region page for Australia, TOR is not available for purchase.
So if you want to play a copy of TOR on release you have to buy from overseas.
Posted 04:49pm 20/8/11
I just want ToR already tired of EA being the f***wit money grubbers they are
Posted 05:05pm 20/8/11
I don't agree. Not sold in Australia at release means I won't ever buy it.
Plenty of other fish in the sea, just like women.
Posted 06:36pm 20/8/11
Was absolutely gonna buy a copy and jump in too (despite on and off thinking that it looks s***), if only for my love of KotOR. Now, interest waning fast with this apparent corporate bulls***.
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Posted 07:07pm 20/8/11
Even if it is good, it's lost me on principal.
Posted 01:29pm 21/8/11
It may also just be that time frame needed to sign all the deals for 'Australian' servers that are actually located in Australia.
My 2 bytes worth...
Posted 01:36pm 21/8/11
Surely they'd rather sell as many copies as they can and make money than possibly lose sooo much more money after release?
Posted 07:17pm 21/8/11
If the North American and Canadian pop falls too much after launch they will probably let internationals or "Red Zone" countries like AU and NZ player to fill the gap by buying online then retail versions.
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Posted 10:08pm 22/8/11
Star Wars pull will probably be enough, but negative feedback from os would hurt it too.
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