Guild Wars 2

Some stores are still selling physical copies of Guildwars2 Are those going to automatically update to HoT if someone buys them? Personally I would not mind that if it happens.

Guildwars 2 is usually overrun for space by that other MMO and is sometimes hard to find. I personally like the idea of just downloading it over a dvd of it. Mainly because it is constantly updated.

Doubtful

Considering they didn’t upgrade the original physical copies to the heroic edition, it’s very unlikely.

If what is being sold is only the vanilla game then it’s highly unlikely that ANet will update it with a version that’s worth $50 to them, for free.

That wouldn’t make a lot of sense from a retail point of view.

The stores that sell GW2 purchase boxes at a trade discount rate. From a retail point of view, if you buy stock that you can’t sell before it become obsolete (or goes out of date), then you bought to much stock and take the loss.

To flip it around to a similar sort of equivalent. If a farmer sells a load of cheese and eggs to a supermarket, and the supermarket fails to sell them before they go off, should the farmer have to replace them free of charge?

Those local game shops have failed to sell GW2 ‘before it went off’. Swapping those paid for, but now out of date GW2’s to HoT’s for free makes no sense from a sales point of view. Essentially it takes the risks away from the stockist, while still giving them a full price discount for maximum profit.

The stockist ‘really’ should take the loss and pull GW2 versions that are no longer being sold from the shelves, but many wont, and will instead try to make the money back from foolish customer.

I did forget to include that Heart of Thorns will not have a physical retail copy which kind of makes it impossible to replace. And the price already includes GW2 anyway.

Chyanne Waters.8719:

I did forget to include that Heart of Thorns will not have a physical retail copy which kind of makes it impossible to replace. And the price already includes GW2 anyway.

Nah, they’ve said a physical copy will be available through certain retailers (Amazon, GAME and the like usually) so other stores wont be able to sell “upgrades” just the base, outdated game.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/105801626-General-Guild-Wars-2-Heart-of-Thorns-Questions

“Q: Will this expansion only be available digitally, or will there be a boxed edition as well?
A: Both. Once Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is available, you’ll be able to buy it digitally or get boxed editions at retail stores.”