How in the hell do I just buy the first episode?
I have tried everything & it only lets me buy the whole season.... I don't have the money for that.... just the first episode.
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I have one, but that also is against the point. I only have $9. I would need $20 to buy a wii points card.
If you don't want to/can't commit to the full season, you have to wait longer to get a single episode.
It wasn't like that with any of the other games...
It was for Wallace and Gromit.
Or, could just spend $10 (anyone can make a simple buck right) and buy 1000 points from the wii shop channel
The way I see it, if you want to commit to the whole season, you get the added bonus of receiving the first episode earlier than those who choose to wait for a single episode.
There's no flaw about it, if someone is excited for a game, they're going to drop the cash to get the whole season to play it that much sooner.
Well you are the only one who feels that way. Times are tough & it isn't exactly easy to shell out $35 on a whim. If I had the money, then hell yeah I would do it, but if you ask me... this system is incredibly flawed... I mean they just lost a sale now didn't they?
I hate the wii & too be honest, I don't trust giving my credit card number to a major company. People hack that shit all of the time.
Besides, your credit card number never gets recorded on your Wii.
That's right. He's the only one.
The
Only
One.
He may be a pod-person.
I can see where you're coming from, but I don't know how you can say there's no flaw. The fact that there's people who want to buy the single episode, but can't, and therefore end up not giving any money to Telltale shows there's a flaw somewhere along the line.
It's not that they will never be able to. It's that they're too impatient to wait for it.
I think it's perfectly fair that customers who are putting more of their money down upfront are getting preferential treatment in the form of earlier access. Think of it as "early VIP access."
If you were saying they should provide a date for when the single episode will be available, I would agree with that completely, but just saying that it's flawed because it isn't simultaneous is something I don't agree with at all.
Which I imagine will lead to people pirating it who would otherwise have paid. Money is money.
I bought the whole series, but I still don't see why I should get the episode a month earlier than anyone who just wanted to buy one at a time.
I'll get a SECOND job as soon as you get your FIRST life.
Telltale fanboys see no wrong. Like I said... they just lost my sale. I was ready to shell out the money, & I had my bank card ready... but in the end, it looks like somebody else is going to be getting my hard earned money.
You are damn right I am too impatient to wait... why? Because I shouldn't have to. Sure, I could just pirate it & get it not only right now, but also for free, but that is not what I am all about. If I am willing to pay for the game (& I am) then I should be able to do it without having to wait a month later than the people who bought the entire season. They would be making more money off of people like me who want to buy it an episode at a time anyways. Its just stupid buisness sense.
They might have lost the $8 or so from people who would only try one episode first, but they would have lost many dollars from people who would have bought one episode first if given the choice. So by denying this choice, they get more money upfront, which in business is always a good thing. 'Collect from your customers as soon as possible, delay paying your suppliers as long as you can' they say.
Please note that I am not certain whether this policy gets them most money up front or not, but I'm sure they thought about this before they decided on a release policy.
If they don't have total idiots working for them, you're totally right. The most important thing for a company is to earn as much money as it can. It was, it is and it ever will be this way. The thing you normally do is that you try to estimate, how much copies you will sell the one or the other way. If you have finally chosen an option, you don't really care about the people that are unsatisfied with your deciscion, you just go with it because you calculated the amount of people that won't be buying your game because of release policy. So be sure, behind all of this is a plan. I'm saying this as a business major in Germany. Not that i'm trying to show off, i just want you to know that i'm not just getting my arguments from nowhere.
Your sense of entitlement and your condescending attitude is also unwarranted. Most games don't even come with an episodic break down - you pay $35.00 or $50 always. "I should and I'm too impatient to wait because I shouldn't have to because I don't wanna buy the season?" Telltale nor does any company owe you anything. If you don't like the terms, you can complain about them sure. But in the end it's still your choice to buy it or not. If it's not worth it to you then don't get the game. But don't act like Telltale owes you something.
I'm just going to throw out one simple line that will revoke everything you just said.
"The customer is always right."
What that means is that if I am not satisfied, then they lose my sale, which puts them out of money that they could be using to feed there families. Sure you are thinking that a measley $9 isn't going to matter to a big company like Telltale... well think of it this way... do you really think that I am the only one who feels this way? Well I for one know that I'm not. I'm just the only one on this damn forum who has the balls to question there judgement over this. The rest of you are just blinded by the fact that they are actually making old school adventure games... In your mind you think if you question them then they will stop making them... It doesn't work that way.... as long as you have money to spend, then they will take it. All I am saying is that I think it is unfair (& unwise) to release the single episodes a month later & I'm not going to give in on this. If you think I am bitching over nothing, then divert your eyes because I am gonna keep on doing it until I gets some recognition from the people at Telltale. I mean whats the worse they can do? Ban me? Ha... Its not like I am saying anything out of line anyways. I am stating my opinion & why I think this method is just plain stupid. I work to feed my family & I don't have a rich daddy to sponge off of so I can't afford to shell out the $35. So because of this I have to wait a month or maybe even 2 to play the game? I mean the reason I started playing Telltale's games was that I found them to be a bargain. So with what money that I had left over from my check, I started buying there wiiware games for my son to play (yes I have a son & I'm 19... wanna make something of it) & Wallace & Gromit for the 360 for myself, but because all of the money I have left for my Entertainment until August the 10th is $9 (which is the price of a Telltale episode might I add) I can't download the game? Thats just plain out messed up.
No.
With that line of thinking, "I love this bright shiny Ferrari but only have $1 to spend." Plug in the rest of what you just said and it makes absolutely no sense. nt
That is a completely different matter... they don't sell Ferrari's for $1 after one month now do they? Telltale sells games for $9 after one month though... so why can't they just do it from the release date? Its not that F****** hard to figure out what I am talking about.
I assure you that most of the people on here do not have rich daddies either, but your attitude of "Have money, must spend" and your desire for instant gratification, along with the delusions of entitlement from a corporation, are the reason the United States is in an economic crisis. This didn't happen overnight, it has been building for years as people decided that they just couldn't be bothered to save up money to earn something later, so they got a credit card, then they got in debt, then they got in more debt, then they found out that the more money you put on a credit card, the more they expect you to pay every month, and they couldn't afford it, and when they couldn't afford to pay the banks, the banks lost money because the people had already spent it and couldn't pay it back... aaand we end up where we are now.
If after all your expenses per month, you are left with only $9, I'm thinking your best bet is to play the games you already have (on the two rather new systems you apparently own, where did that money come from?). Use that $9 to take your kid out for ice cream or something. Hanging out with your kid somewhere other than the couch is going to be a lot better for him in the long-run anyway.
Uh. Wow. Just, wow. Did we travel back in time to the Nineteen-fifties?
As somebody who's spent a lot of time working retail, I can tell you that 99-percent of the time, when a customer says that line, he is definitely NOT right and knows he has already lost. Next comes the rhetorical "Do you know how much money I spend here?", then the stomping out while threatening to never shop in the establishment again.*
By-the-way, where are we now in the five-stages of grief? Are we still on anger?
*I invariably see him sheepishly skimming the shelves a week or so later. This is the price we pay for doing away with dickering and the barter system... And feudalism.
Really... You know me kiddo. I pay my bills, feed my family & save my money for emergencies. I do however allow myself a $25 entertainment fund from every paycheck. I don't waste my money. I don't know who the fuck you are to tell me how to raise my kid. I work my ass of so he doesn't starve. Then I wrestle on the weekends & put considerable strain on my body on top of that because
A. It has always been my dream to be a professional wrestler
B. It puts extra money into my bank account & extra food into my kids stomach.
Not to mention the 2 "New" consoles I have came out in 2005 & that I got them as gifts about 3 years ago
So before you come on the internet & start judging somebody, you better get your facts straight.
I wanted the whole season so I bought it all. If I didn't have the money for I'd go sell something or save money to buy it. But Telltale never twisted my arm. Unfair? They don't owe you anything. The merits of how wise it is up for debate. Companies that screw up lose revenue. If Telltale screws up, they will go out of business or lose money like any other.
Telltale also has no obligation to respond to you just because you're intending on being loud and obnoxious. That's the same logic a five year old who wanted candy would reply with. And yeah, while your point of contention is not wrong to assert your attitude about it is uncalled for. They won't ban someone for voicing their opinion, but if you intend on being belligerent that's a great way for them to probably lose sympathy for you and your cause and to make them want to help you even less.
By the way, my father is the furthest thing from rich (and a great, great man) and he didn't pay for the game. I did with the money I got from my old job that I saved up from over two years ago.
The insane thing is that they're going to implement what you want in something like a month or so but you're being just as ridiculous about it. It's not messed up, it's a business decision to make more money. It's not even a stupidly bad one. You can save that $9 for a month from now. I have no sympathy for this story (and no problems with you having at son at 19) - but you clearly have a computer and Internet to complain upon. and a Wii and a 360 yet you can't shell out $35 or - *gasp* - wait a month? There are people starving to death in Africa who have real problems. That's actually messed up.
All I'm saying is, there's something to be said for patience and delayed gratification. The wait makes it all that much better.
A lot of the benefit of episodic games comes from the fact that they are separate games, for one. If you start off the series and don't like it, you can stop. That's a benefit. Telltale's Season Pass has another benefit, that you can buy the whole thing at once if that is your preference. The Season Upgrade option generally combines those benefits. With all three, there's an option for everybody.
I buy Telltale's season passes because I prefer to buy it in one go. I like to get that message in my inbox each month with my download button. And I have faith in Telltale to deliver an enjoyable, quality product.
But people don't have to share my opinion or situation. Why NOT allow people to play the first episode before buying the whole season? Why NOT let people who prefer to buy in portions do so?
And the reasoning is that the customer can't understand the idea of an episodic game, and that's condescending.
Thank you... finally somebody understands what I am saying
And there's your answer. Telltale did their homework. Wait another month or so and you'll be able to buy individual episodes to your heart's content.
They will allow that. If buying a single episode by itself is so important to someone, I'm sure they can stand waiting a bit longer for it.
It's got nothing to do with the customer being "confused," regardless of anything any of them have said. It has to do with getting more sales upfront of the full season. It's the same idea behind the pre-order bonuses, they want to know upfront how many people are going to be sticking around all season.
No, it's not, if the customer is genuinely confused. Telltale is selling games using a unique release schedule. Confusion costs them sales (and increases support costs, too).
In a perfect world, I'd love to be able to buy only the first episode right off the bat. But not everyone is as computer-literate as you and I, and it makes sense for Telltale to ease the process of purchasing for all those customers who don't hang out on message boards every day. That's where the majority of their sales come from. If it's more cost-effective to go this route, then more power to them.
Why should they HAVE to, though? Especially when this wasn't the case with their Sam and Max seasons or their Strong Bad seasons? A change occurred. It's out of the norm not only for Telltale, but for episodic gaming releases as a whole. Why can't it be criticized? Why *should* people grin and bear it, especially if they think it's a bad idea at all?
If that is the case, I don't see why the consumer should advocate it. It may be a good change for them, who knows, but it's going to annoy a lot of people in the process. If that's the case, why exactly should other customers defend the decision?
What about it improves anything for us, the people buying the games?