GalCiv2 Prices
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Just wondering, but I've been reading the various posts the mods have put up and saw some oddities in the prices for Galciv2, that puzzled me a little. Not really sure where to post these questions, but here's to hoping someone official could clarify. Ok, so here's what I gathered from the various price options:
1. The retail prices for Galciv2 is at $40, but according to the posts, aproximately half (some $20) of that goes to the retailer so Stardock only gets about $20 if you buy it at the store.
2. The 'on-site' price is $45 for download, and +S/H if you want the actually disks. The reason that it's $45 instead of $40 is that Stardock doesn't want to undercut the retailers, it's done to promote business (for future support, I suppose). However, all $45 of this would go to Stardock.
3. You can also get the game on Totalgaming.net for the same price ($45) or 5 tokens, if you are a member. In which case, you really only pay $35. This, although obviously the cheapest method, requires you to spend $70 to get 10 token, the other 5, you can use to buy REALLY cheap games or save it up for future stardock products (Society anyone? it's looking pretty cool, already bought and paid for too... sort of. lol). With Totalgaming.net you can download it as many times as you want, hell, you can back things up and burn your own CDs and install it somewhere else (for those who fear its longevity), so the 'physical' isnt really an issue anymore.
So here are my questions: If Totalgaming.net is a part of Stardock, when we buy it from Totalgaming.net do you guys really get all $35 of that? (well obviously some would go to maintain the Totalgaming.net network, but that would have to be maintained anyways, right?) And lastly, is there ANY reason, and I mean ANY reason to get it anywhere else besides to get the collector's edition?
1. The retail prices for Galciv2 is at $40, but according to the posts, aproximately half (some $20) of that goes to the retailer so Stardock only gets about $20 if you buy it at the store.
2. The 'on-site' price is $45 for download, and +S/H if you want the actually disks. The reason that it's $45 instead of $40 is that Stardock doesn't want to undercut the retailers, it's done to promote business (for future support, I suppose). However, all $45 of this would go to Stardock.
3. You can also get the game on Totalgaming.net for the same price ($45) or 5 tokens, if you are a member. In which case, you really only pay $35. This, although obviously the cheapest method, requires you to spend $70 to get 10 token, the other 5, you can use to buy REALLY cheap games or save it up for future stardock products (Society anyone? it's looking pretty cool, already bought and paid for too... sort of. lol). With Totalgaming.net you can download it as many times as you want, hell, you can back things up and burn your own CDs and install it somewhere else (for those who fear its longevity), so the 'physical' isnt really an issue anymore.
So here are my questions: If Totalgaming.net is a part of Stardock, when we buy it from Totalgaming.net do you guys really get all $35 of that? (well obviously some would go to maintain the Totalgaming.net network, but that would have to be maintained anyways, right?) And lastly, is there ANY reason, and I mean ANY reason to get it anywhere else besides to get the collector's edition?
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