Guild Wars 2

This is my way of protest for ANets expansion-gate.

I will buy the “expansion” or whatever you want to call it – twice. But I wont pre-purchase it.

There are several reasons for this, but the biggest of them is that I think that ANet got greedy. Therefore not pre-purchasing the game from their store will result in the smallest amount of money they will get from me (unless I wouldn’t buy it at all).

Let me explain:
If you pre-purchase GW2:HoT directly from ANet, they will earn $50 minus taxes (before NCsoft’s share). That is actually what I really like to do for companies I support, financing them directly. I would have done so, if the whole expansion-gate had never happened.
Now if you buy the game from a retailer, the profit for ANet is at max 1/3 of the recommended retail price. That’s just how it works. So by buying a physical or digital copy in a store I will cut ANet’s profit by 2/3.
The funny thing is, that I will have to pay less for the game (around 1/3) from a retailer, as they tend to offer sales at release so more people will buy it in their store (I expect GW2:HoT will be sold as low as $35), which will result in a win/win situation for me.

Sorry ANet. Nowadays it becomes fairly common to treat existing customers worse than new ones (like new contracts being cheaper in the first 24 monthes and stuff) but I am not going to accept that from you.

I will vote with my wallet – and still enjoy GW2:HoT.

Thank you.

This is enlightening. Didn’t know there is such a huge difference in profit for them from their online store, and retail versions sold by 3rd parties. Now i’ll think twice where to purchase my copy when i feel like getting it.

Not pre-purchasing makes sense in and of itself anyway…
Would you like to spend 50 bucks now to have an expansion somewhere down the line?Or would you rather have 50 bucks now to spend on whatever can give you immediate benefit now and then spend another 50 bucks on the expansion when it’s released, again for immediate benefit?

Spend your money on value rather than on promises.

First time in history of GW that I’ve failed to get a head start… and I’m not going to regret anything since I’ll be on the sidelines until ANet/NCSoft figures out how to treat all players equally. It makes no difference if I’m new or existing players. If the company you’re supporting only cares for one type of customers, then why should you support them?

SleepingDragon.1596:

First time in history of GW that I’ve failed to get a head start… and I’m not going to regret anything since I’ll be on the sidelines until ANet/NCSoft figures out how to treat all players equally. It makes no difference if I’m new or existing players. If the company you’re supporting only cares for one type of customers, then why should you support them?

also funny thing is, once you buy the game, you stop being a “new player”, so come next release it’s your turn to be screwed (along with everyone else)
people should ask themselves whether they want to be customers of a company that treats their user base like they are second rate

The only true way to protest against anets treatment is to not buy the heart of thorns expansion at all.

you miss all the content from heart of thorns that way, but it gets the message across. buying the expansion is still rewarding arenanet for their behaviour, it’s going back on the protest.

I won’t be pre-purchasing because i just think that pre-order deals are ruining the industry and are extremely anti-consumer. publishers are asking us to trust them that everything they said is happening will be given on launch and to give them money as a sign of trust, with a bonus if you do.

No, i will not trust anyone until i’ve seen the package reviewed first. if you dislike what’s going on with this HoT deal, don’t reward them by buying the heart of thorns expansion, even on release. They still get the money either way and that’s not punishing them at all.