FOTS pre-order bonuses

[easytarget]

1. Breaking up the pre-order clans was a concession to the retailers (not customers). The customer does not benefit from this, leave him/her out of your response dear CA brand mgr.

2. Strongly suggesting pre-order clans will be released later is weak sauce given there are units from previous games never released. Why given all the discussion in the forums would you not just come out and tell everyone you'll release them later? It's like only half utilizing the fact that you're acknowledging a direct connection with your customers by addressing the talking points in discussions like this thread, while at the same time not addressing them. Huh?

3. Say something about a patch. When was the last SP patch? I don't even remember. Was there one? All I recall is a lot of incessant whining by the distinct minority who play MP with much shouting and screaming about OP this and nerf that. Apparently it works, the last two patches were effectively all MP. Does the majority of SP players have to turn into two year olds to get a patch? Hello?

4. Oh, and put a froggy on one of the mountains somewhere. The bears were a nice touch in ROTS, time to take it to the next level as a tribute to one of the finest examples of a game guide ever made!

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

1. Breaking up the pre-order clans was a concession to the retailers (not customers). The customer does not benefit from this, leave him/her out of your response dear CA brand mgr.

I suspect they've said it enough that they believe it themselves.

EDIT: Though maybe they're just taking the game to the next level. Shogun 2 is all about choice. You can't research all the techs - you need to prioritize. You can't upgrade your characters completely - pick just the traits and abilities you can't spare. Now it's choose which clans you want - but you will have to sacrifice others to get them.

[Andres]

There's a bit of a contradiction in that post over at the .com:

On the one hand, you say:

Isn’t it just cut content?

No. DLC content is worked on in its own time and under its own budget

On the other hand, you say:

As you may have seen in the past, over time it is possible that exclusive pre-order content becomes widely available as DLC.

Isn't previously exclusive pre-order content that comes available as DLC not exactly that: cut content that comes available later, at a price?

Anyway, I understand that the customer will be able to purchase the missing content afterwards as DLC, but isn't it a bit silly that you can't have the entire thing at once (a, more expensive "de luxe edition" or such?), here and now, as a pre-order? I think many customers are willing to pay that little extra to have the complete game immediately.

I agree with point 1. of easytargets' post #19; I don't see how not offering the possiblity to buy the complete game at its' release is in the interest of your fans

Completely aside: it's indeed about time that a frogbeasteasteregg is implemented somewhere in a TW game.