do you have to buy the game in disc form

[disneyfan1206]

like world of warcraft

[DawnSkye]

Ask again when it's released...

[Bovafett]

like world of warcraft
are you asking for a digital download?

[Jazzaiz]

I would assume you might be able to do a digital download...

i think this is a question to ASK CRYPTIC!!

[KO_Gilligan]

I'm actually not a big fan of digital devilery. With the complication of necessary copy protections, and the fact that several titles hag bugs that were later unfixable on the digital delivery version, I'm a skeptic. Why can't we get a downloadable that is exactly like the retail disk.... maybe even a disk image?

[LordDave]

Well you can get WoW via digital download. Hell, you don't even have to buy the game, just get the trial and activate a subscription. Easy.

And I do hope they use STEAM if possible. I love STEAM ever so much.

[connobi]

No one knows...... :)

[NicholasJohn16]

Does CoH or CoV have a digital download?
I would bet they'd do the same with this game.

[Snaptrap]

Since Star Trek is more popular than WoW ever will be, I think they should make the game a digital download only just to eliminate piracy and to make it more cost effective. The game is online anyway and anyone that doesn't have a fast enough connection to download this game probably won't have once sufficient for playing either.

Save the cash for adverts rather than packaging.

[marshalleck]

Either way you can bet you'll have to pay around $50 for a CD-key to authorize your account.

[njdss4]

Does CoH or CoV have a digital download?
I would bet they'd do the same with this game.

Smart thoughts there. Look at the developer's past work to see their tendencies. I think it will have digital download as an option, especially since it's an MMO.

[NicholasJohn16]

I'm download CoH right now, so bets are there will be a download option for STO, but it's 2.5GB and gonna take 2 hours to download.

I never saw download times like this with EvE. At most it was like 45 mins.

[eNDIE]

of course you need to pay but digital distribution is a realy good solution allthough i like to have the game box at home i can see why people prefer this way.

[boydyma]

i dont care either way. i just want the damn game already :rolleyes:


but seriously, they should make it a free download like a few MMOs out there have, and just charge to get the sub out of the player. at the end of the day. peeps are going to pay IRL$$$$ for this game, me included. Cryptic just need to make it easy for peeps to P2P

roll on the 10th!

[IanD967]

Since Star Trek is more popular than WoW ever will be, I think they should make the game a digital download only just to eliminate piracy .

you cannot really pirate a game that you have to pay monthly for anyway :) which is why we dont see pirates playing MMO's heh


i would love it if it was on STEAM but i could settle for digital download if i cannot get it on disk :)

[Kaminaja]

Do you have to buy the game in disc form like world of warcraft

Without knowing for sure, I'm 99,9% certain that there will be a disc form available at release. It's quite an important factor to be able to place a box among all the other new games in the game stores. Thats also why alot of companies release new expansions that you have to buy - being able to place something in the "new releases" section, either the original game or an expansion, is important to attract new players to a game.

A download version.. Hmm .. maybe. I can imagine it would be a bandwidth nightmare to have X thousand people trying to download Y GB all at the same time. Since you brought up WoW yourself, I don't recall that there was an option for download TBC at the release, but there is now..

[Snaptrap]

you cannot really pirate a game that you have to pay monthly for anyway :) which is why we dont see pirates playing MMO's heh


i would love it if it was on STEAM but i could settle for digital download if i cannot get it on disk :)

So long as it doesn't end up on a free server like several other MMO's.

[boz75]

Another question that is being asked too early as noone knows the definitive answer. I think a "Would you prefer to buy this as a disc/digital download package" type thread would have been suitable.

Anyhow I will be looking to buy the actual disc game package presuming there is one as opposed to a digital download. In fact I would buy the special edtion even...Cryptic are you listening :D

[ddgrfn11]

of course you need to pay but digital distribution is a realy good solution allthough i like to have the game box at home i can see why people prefer this way.

Yes im the same way...i want a box on my shelf to look at on occasion....it may be weird...but oh well..lol

[walltar]

I dont have DVD mechanic but i will buy it for this game and i will defenetely buy collectors edition.:cool:

[ddgrfn11]

I dont have DVD mechanic but i will buy it for this game and i will defenetely buy collectors edition.:cool:

Yes most definitely... why save all that money to buy standard when you can spend a few more and get the good one...especially when it comes ST. :)

[Sythian]

It will most likely be possible for digital download at some point, I would plan for a disc purchase upon initial release.