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Originally Posted by Stilgar I dont know where to got the information, or if its accurate, but my local gamestore has 2005 as a release date (year) for DragonAge. |
Looks like no. In order to make year's end and participate in Holiday sales, they would have needed to be shipping boxes in Oct. To the best of my knowledge, they still don't have a publisher.
Which brings me to some unsolicited marketing advice for Bioware. Publish on the cheap and self-publish with the help of a 3rd party contractor. I believe the additional incremental sales for boxes with flaps that open, 250 page glossy manuals, and custom 3-CD jewel cases to be marginal. Save these costs. Save the shipping costs of large, heavy packages. Include manuals, maps, etc. in pdf format on the DVD, and stick a single DVD in a small cube shaped, monochrome box with minimal artwork. Cube boxes will stand out in any ‘library style’ display, and besides, you’ll be investing some of the money you saved in capturing end caps and stand alones at the big electronics and media retailers. You’ll be able to bring it out quicker, cheaper, and keep more of the margins. You can always release a ‘collector’s edition’ with all the bells and whistles after it goes gold.