Tactical Wargamer Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Has it been release for Normandy? Ok maybe that term is outdated. How about the Art work for the eventual link to the Normandy page? Want to place it on my site..... if possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 No, it hasn't been released yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Box art, there's not even an official title yet, let alone box art. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Heck, there may not even be a box! Boxes are sooooo last millenium. I suppose they could show box art of what it would look like if it had a box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I like boxes. They give me such a rush of nostalgic reminiscence every time I come across one in the back of a closet. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 DVD sleeve, you troglodytes! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I like boxes. They give me such a rush of nostalgic reminiscence every time I come across one in the back of a closet. Michael So you rummage through other peoples closets? Good ol Emrys, never ceases to amaze me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I thought I had a skeleton in my closet, but it was Emrys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Boo! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabal23 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Well if it anything like the UK release we will be lucky to get a case at all. BF has been getting cheaper as the games go on. The game will probably ship in an old tuna can sharpied with the letters CM:N on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 *looks at the CMSF case* I'm not sure you aren't on crack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Well if it anything like the UK release we will be lucky to get a case at all. BF has been getting cheaper as the games go on. The game will probably ship in an old tuna can sharpied with the letters CM:N on it. All major releases in a family get cases and fully printed manuals. Follow-on modules which are not standalone usually only get a jewel case and either a small printed manual "add-on", or no printed manual at all. Since you need the base game to play a "module", there is no need to print the whole thing over and over again. This is one of the main reasons why we can sell the modules at a lower price, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoex Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I always thought the fact that you need the base game to play a "module" (Moon's quotation marks, BTW) is the main reason why the "modules" can be sold cheaper than the base game . Seriously, printing manuals and buying CD cases in bulk are surely marginal budget busters, aren't they? A regular CD case, like the one most games come in these days, costs $ 1.25 at my local store, and my guess is they are cheaper if you buy 5,000 at once... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I said "one of the main reasons" why we can offer it cheaper. If we had to print 100-200 page manuals for the modules, offering them at $25 would be impossible. CD/DVD cases are the smallest part of the packaging. Printing 100-200 page manuals is where it gets expensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoex Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Understood. On the other hand, CMSF Marines Module Manual (.pdf) is 28 pages, Brit Module Manual (.pdf) is 24 pages. Looks like you could save 75-87,5% on printing costs if you just skip the 70 to 170 white pages at the end . Sorry Moon, just pulling your leg a little 'cause I'm in a silly mood today. I get where you are coming from and I'm not trying to argue for printed manuals. Just being a little trite, is all . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabal23 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I said "one of the main reasons" why we can offer it cheaper. If we had to print 100-200 page manuals for the modules, offering them at $25 would be impossible. CD/DVD cases are the smallest part of the packaging. Printing 100-200 page manuals is where it gets expensive. So then how did you do it with Marines? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 We printed the Marines manual because it was comparatively small (32 pages) and we expected (rightly so) that we would be able to print a huge quantity. The more you print the more you can offset the per unit cost. But the quantity of hardgoods vs. digital downloads decreases with each following module (not surprisingly), making printing more and more costly. BTW, what people always forget in discussions such as this (or also discussions about shipping & handling) is that all these hardgoods need to be *handled*. They need to be shipped from the printer to our warehouses (including one in Europe!), they need to be assembled, picked and packaged and processed. Each item therefore costs not only printing (and proofing etc.) but other related costs as well. There is simply a threshold where it makes business-sense to offer just the disc through mail. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Printing 100-200 page manuals is where it gets expensive. That I can believe. The cost of virtually all printed matter has shot up something like 15,000% in the last 40 years. and most of that in the last 20. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoex Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Agreed and point taken. Seems to me the cost of virtually everything has gone up by a perceived 1000% in the last 20 years . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 At least that much. Some things have gone up that much in the last 15 years. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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