I cant complain about LRG. I like their business model. Its honestly "limited" games. So many collector's/limited edition of games really arent that. They make so many that its not really a limited edition at all.
This morning (and a few other mornings) get hectic. Its sometimes 10's of 1000's of people vying for 1000's of copies of games. Not everyone is going to get a copy. Its not going to get any easier either. Night Trap, Ys Origins, Cosmic Star Heroine, and other games are coming up in the future.
You've stated on more than one occasion that you'd love to work for LRG so it's fair to say you've got something of a bias for them and how they operate. I can't fathom the allure personally. Also, when I first read that second paragraph I cringed a bit and felt it came off as somewhat elitist. I get what you're saying and at this point we've WELL beaten that poor equine so much that even if it were to be reincarnated, it would die an instant second death from all the flailing that's been done to it BUT this whole 10's of 1000's want but only a few thousand will actually get seems like a counter intuitive mindset for a for-profit institution to have. I think it was dashv who compared them to Nintendo and that's kinda what had sprung to mind for me as well in that I just want to pay you for a product, why won't you let me?!?
I'll be perfectly honest though, there's a part of me that hopes there are some negative ramifications that come about from today's release. I'm not holding my breath in the least but as I said in previous responses, I REALLY wouldn't mind the whole one and done thing going by the wayside. It won't happen I know, but I have to imagine there is a chance going forward that it might hurt smaller releases in the future as people will be less inclined to support them and may even flock to "competitors" like Play Asia. That said, as much as I like what Play Asia has been doing offering up their own versions of releases like Soldner X2 and Wonder Boy, I'd rather not have to deal with international postage if it can be helped.
While they're unlikely to ever modify the way they do things in regards to run sizes/re-releases, one thing I wish they would knock off is lumping games together for release. I think Lawbreakers might have fared better if it was released on its own as opposed to being released the same week as a highly coveted title like Wonder Boy. It seems to me they would have made MORE money had they not lumped them together. Give Wonder Boy it's own week with upped quantities for the regular and CE (at least 5K on the CE IMHO) and then do Lawbreakers WELL apart from Wonder Boy so people might be more inclined to pick up the CE for it (I know I probably would have done that).
Anyway, another week down and another release purchased. At the very least I'm happy to hear that dashv and ferraroso were able to get their CE copies. Hopefully everyone else who wanted it was able to as well.
