[MUD-Dev] BIZ: Europe & Distrubution

[HRose]

Johan wrote:

> After reading about Blizzard's (VU?) decision to only allow
> localized server play and a 2-3 month delay for Europe I couldn't
> help to think why no MMORPG, at least to my knowledge, has ever
> been released over the Internet from the start. If any type of
> games could pull this of it would be just MMORPGS.

Because they still have clueless marketers to deal with and
contracts with distributors?

This is what appeared on DAoC's grab bag: "By the way, every
expansion we’re asked, nay, begged to sell the expansion as a
download and additional copies as simple CD keys. I sure wish we
could – as a consumer who finds that daylight burns, I infinitely
prefer downloads and shopping online. However, our deal with our
distributor totally precludes us from offering the annual retail
expansion as a download or online CD keys. You all will be the first
to know if that ever changes, I promise."

The point to underline is that the needs and purposes of the
distributors don't match anymore the needs and purposes of these
games.

-HRose / Abalieno
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