Still disappointed that there doesn’t seem to be an option to prepurchase a physical copy of the game. All stores and websites I’ve checked out are only taking orders for the digital download at the moment it seems.
It kinda makes it impossible for the veteran players like myself that want a physical copy from getting the free extra character slot, since we need to be able to somehow prepurchase and register the expansion before it launches.
Their won’t be a physical copy of the game at all. U can only get a physical prepurchase box all it is is a cdma box with a card inside with ur code. And only from select places. All copies of the game are digital
~sigh~ they’re making it harder and harder for those of us that like to pay in cash.
I’m old fashioned, I know.
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Their won’t be a physical copy of the game at all. U can only get a physical prepurchase box all it is is a cdma box with a card inside with ur code. And only from select places. All copies of the game are digital
Is there any confirmation of that regarding the physical copies sold at retail during and after launch though? I’ve heard of the “physical” copies prepurchased by people awhile ago only coming with the registration code, but that was a month or two before there was even a release date for the expansion.
Urgh, I would thought we would have had some sort of dev confirmation on this sort of thing by now, especially since it’s less than a month before the launch of the game, but they seemed to be stubbornly silence on the matter.
Well it makes sense why they would reward digital prepurchasers with a free slot and not those buying in store. Then they get more money and don’t have to split it with a retail chain.
Well it makes sense why they would reward digital prepurchasers with a free slot and not those buying in store. Then they get more money and don’t have to split it with a retail chain.
The free character slot is suppose to be for “veteran appreciation” though not just for digital prepurchase. I’ve been playing since head start, but it seems won’t be seeing much “appreciation” coming from them my way simply because I want a physical copy instead of having to go through a digital download.
I’m sorry Anet for liking to be able to actually hold my games in my hand, putting them on my bookshelves, and NOT having to rely on websites and their servers (which I have no control over) for all downloads and possibly redownloads.
I’m sorry Anet for liking to be able to actually hold my games in my hand, putting them on my bookshelves, and NOT having to rely on websites and their servers (which I have no control over) for all downloads and possibly redownloads.
Those website will last longer than your cd will
Also you have to download (often huge) game updates anyway (it’s mandatory)
I mean feel free to prefer physical copies that you have control over, but it doesnt mean much with MMOs
Also you have to download (often huge) game updates anyway (it’s mandatory)
I mean feel free to prefer physical copies that you have control over, but it doesnt mean much with MMOs
I’d rather not take that risk though, because as I said before, I have no control over those websites and servers. Those companies could easily out last us all, but we can never be totally sure on any company’s stability in the long run.
We’ve had to download large updates for the game before, but we haven’t had to download any huge ones yet anywhere near the size of an expansion before. Most of the LS updates were usually around 400mb-700mb each. That was two every month with a scattered amount of bug fixes (35mb-60mb each) in between. In guessing the expansion is probably at least 10gigs+ (plus large bug fixes afterwards), and that’s a whole other ballpark.
Another reason I greatly prefer physical copies is because I don’t have to download all of that and run a bunch of data. My family is on a data plan since we live out in the middle of no where and the ISPs think it’s a waste of money to run cables that far. A 10-15gig download is a third to a half of our entire month’s data. So that means there would be a 15$-30$+ overage fee on the bill plus the cost of the game itself.
Yea not like anet will keep game open, way in the future after they close down the website and servers
So what good will that physical copy do you then mate?
So what good will that physical copy do you then mate?
It’ll give me a nice warm fuzzy feeling when I see its case next to my Rytlock statue, gw1 cases, and my collector’s edition of gw2 because then the fond memories of the years I spent playing the game would come flooding back.
(And I’m only being half sarcastic when I say that.)
Kinda hard to achieve that with a digital download.
