it's limited but yes, they are on the right path. They're just getting there VERY slowly. Now if they could just bring down the price on plastic crack it'd be a great model, and grow the business. Or hell the industry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalleron
I would fully expect them to continue to sell physical copies, so long as that remained profitable. I see no reason why they can't put up PDFs of each and every armylist. Buy the books to get the whole package, but you can buy just the rules, or both the rules and fluff, as an e-book. The more options they have, the fewer barriers to entry there are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Mystery
The difference between Netflix and what you're proposing the the scope of the content. Paying a small monthly fee gets me access to hundreds of tv shows, movies, documentaries, and all sorts of stuff. That's well worth the montly fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsugaku
Paying a monthly fee to simply have access to a handful of book that I really only occasionally glance at, and mostly only use to write army lists to play 40k, does not provide even close to the degree of content required for me to want to pay a monthly fee for access.
On a more philosophical level, the idea that I'm buying temporary access to something, rather than actually buying the product itself, is completely unappealing. I want to buy the codex. I don't want to rent it. I want to buy it. Not rent. Buy. There's a difference. To me, it would feel exploitative of GW to rack up monthly fees when I should be able to buy their books and keep them to use as I please.
'You only live once' is kind of like 'Carpe Diem' for stupid people. When most of the industrial world is in a recession because of a lack of sound fiscal behavior, I'm not going to start making poor financial decisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsugaku
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Originally Posted by DarkLink
Well that's not very nice - I might not agree with your ideas but I didn't call you stupid.
What is it about the Internet that makes people think its ok to talk like that?
it's the high level of stupid you come into contact with. if you actually have a brain stupid people really piss you off more so on the internet. Not saying anyone here is stupid just making a general comment about the internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsugaku
I wasn't calling you an idiot, I was actually quoting Jack Black: [url]http://weknowmemes.com/2012/06/yolo-is-carpe-diem-for-stupid-people/[/url] Not intended to insult anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsugaku
I was just too lazy to look up the name of the guy who said it and properly quote him.
Quoting jack black? The less said about that the better ;)
Anyway, that's the way it came across - must reply to your other points when I have a chance
Because that totally misses all of the opportunities for building something new and better - a PDF is just a copy of the existing publishing model.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
Well then I suppose - don't pay? Personally I'd pay £10 a month for access to all the codexes & supporting books, no problem at all. I'd even sign up for a year long membership for £100. But if you don't want to - cool. Either pay £20 a codex for a physical copy of £20 for the electronic copy with the supporting tools mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
You don't own a copy when you rent a movie though? And that's far more expensive per hour of fun than this isn't it? You don't owns copy of TV shows you watch (if you pay for TV, I do), you don;t own a copy of songs on Spotify. Instead you pay for access to a whole lot more content, for a much smaller fee, for a limited time. How much would all GW rulebooks cost right now to buy? let's say 30 codexes and army books, 3 main rule books and around 10 supporting books. That's £900 of books, available for a tenner. Sounds like a bargain to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
What difference does cash or bank cards make to this? Make wise financial decisions (like, in a lot of circumstances, this one) but don't be funny about the new tech :) GW is a damn cheap hobby compared to every other one I've had.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
It's way sooner than that. They need to sort themselves out in the next 18 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
Yes, yes they do. They just don't cater to the loud mouthed forum user who is utterly unrepresentative of their core market.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
Not hey haven't - they just donut understand digital, because they can't control it, and they are control freaks because all they have is their brand. No brand means no money.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
What they need to do is to embrace digital fully and go with the knocks, respond in a timely manner, stop turning comments off on their youtube videos for gods sake.
No they don't - they do what they think is best. It's their game. They don't want to screw anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
On what basis to you make that statement?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
It's just a perception - it's not true. This is what they need to embrace the whole digital thing fully and openly and engage with people.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLink
If it was the things listed above - what would it be worth to you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalleron
What does the store have to do with it? This is entirely digital, you don;t need to go into a store.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Mystery
If you live near one, if you still want to - you can go to one, buy a book, nothing changes.
If you don;t live near one, if you don't; want a book, if you're just damn busy, you can go digital.
A digital user can still play against a analogue user because the game - it hasn't changed at all.