Max. My anti-drug. So powerful it makes me want to impulsively buy the ridiculously discounted first season just for the mere rush of buying Sam and Max stuff, disregarding the fact that I already own it
A perfect opportunity to introduce a friend, relative, enemy, or doppelganger to the series. I was thinking about getting a friend the Wii version of the season but with this discount, I just might get her this instead.
Well, I'm not all to found of Sam & Max, but hey, for less than $5 I'll sure give it a chance! Plus I get more value for the shipping cost when the Tales DVD arrives.
Where can I select "physical copy" during purchase?
In this particular case, I think you have to do it twice. First you order the Season, and then, in another order, the Disk. But I hope somebody who actually knows come along and tell us if is that simple.
I've never actually played Sam and Max. This gives me a PERFECT opportunity.
How can Telltale stay in business with deals like that?
If you were a horse on a harness, Telltale would be they guy riding a wagon, dangling a carrot on a fishing pole (Sam & Max for $5) in front of you to keep the carriage (money wagon) going. If you want more carrot, you have to buy them.
I've already played all the Sam & Max games but I didn't buy them on here so I could get the Disc. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get it but the shipping is going to cost me $15 I don't really want to spend $20 dollars just for the convenience of having the games on a Disc with a few extras, oh well.
Can someone who's bought the game on the special please confirm something for me?
I had the same question so I bought the game to try it and it didn't work! (It says "INVALID NUMBER")
I am very disappointed, I'll send an email to support@telltalegames.com , but since it's the weekend I don't expect a reply before monday
I've already played all the Sam & Max games but I didn't buy them on here so I could get the Disc. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get it but the shipping is going to cost me $15 I don't really want to spend $20 dollars just for the convenience of having the games on a Disc with a few extras, oh well.
I thought exactly the same thing, but since I'm gonna pay the shipping for my Monkey Island DVD anyway, and I suppose that the shipping cost for 2 DVDs is not twice the cost for one, I bought it. But as I said before, it seems that you can't have the DVD with the $5 season
Thanks for clearing it up for me, I won't have to freak out trying to find someone with a credit card now.
hey, I don't want to be the reason why you did not buy the games, so yes you can have the DVD for free if you buy the $5 season, now go steal your mom's credit card and buy it!
There are people who will buy the games because they're good, and others who will buy the games because they're cheap.
As far as the discount deals go, I don't actually think that the discounts will cut too much into the gamers-who'd-pay-full-price-anyway crowd. It's really just about selling more units by appealing to cheapskates.
It's been said that they're using the deals as a hook to get you in on the upcoming games, and I agree. But also I would say that their overhead on selling games cheap is minimal when dealing with online downloads, since all they would have to worry a bout is available bandwidth for their site. Sure, they have to pay employees for current projects and pay to run their offices and stuff, but they don't have to pay to cut the DVD's, package them, ship them to a distributor who then ships them to a retailer who then sells it to you at a subsantial markup... when all you do is download the game from them directly. Now, I'm not sure how much they would actually sell hard copies of games to distributors/retailers for, but I think that it would be much less than full price anyway.
True, those who do want DVD's only pay shipping to buy hard copies of games from Telltale, but TTG neither has to sell said DVD's in bulk, which would drop the price, nor do they have to constantly discount said games by selling to distributors.
What I'm getting at is that:
1) I'd rather pay Telltale directly for my games than give a cut to them and a cut to Gamestop or Wal-Mart (incidentally, I did see S&M:Season 1 at Wal-Mart and it's ~$35, of which I'm sure TTG gets only half or less than that),
and 2) They don't sell their games to distributors/retailers for $30 anyway, and even when they do sell to them, they have to sell hard copies (and in bulk) so their overhead is higher and they get a smaller cut than just selling it directly to us on the net.
Suffice it to say, eliminating the middleman saves them alot of money, so that they can afford to lure in cheapskates as a hook to get them into buying later stuff for standard price.
I already have the retail 2-CD set (got it at Best Buy for $10 a few years ago), and even I caved and bought again at this price for two reasons:
a) Ability to order the DVD for only an extra $5 and change. It looks to have a lot of good content on it, and the chance I'll be able to get it any cheaper than this is beyond slim.
b) If I ever play through the season again, I won't need to keep a CD in the drive. That's beyond annoying.
This starving college student was able to spoil her best friend, another Sam and Max fan, whilst saving money to support her instinctive habit of indulging on edible products and attending pricey universities (and snagging a game or two once in a blue moon). Thanks Telltale!
Darnit TellTale, why couldn't you run this sale throughout your Mac announcement? I would have purchased it back in January had I known that I'd be able to play it on my Mac. (As opposed to not being able to play it at all.)
Although this won't help out Mac users nor anyone wanting to get the game through Telltale, I have to point out that the the retail version of Season 1 is going for less than ten bucks right now on Amazon.
Just a note that although it's being sold via Amazon's site, that's buying from CDRomUSA. That being said, I've bought things from them before, and have had no problem.
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So cheap you even want to buy it for your enemies!
A perfect opportunity to introduce a friend, relative, enemy, or doppelganger to the series. I was thinking about getting a friend the Wii version of the season but with this discount, I just might get her this instead.
Seconded
How can Telltale stay in business with deals like that?
There's a post in the support forum about it. But send a mail a support@telltalegames.com first.
I'm sure this is a Marketing movement for the 3rd Season more than a deal. And, hey, it's working =P
Download, but disc comes with just cost of shipping.
In this particular case, I think you have to do it twice. First you order the Season, and then, in another order, the Disk. But I hope somebody who actually knows come along and tell us if is that simple.
This just in. Telltale has too many great deals. Telltale files bankruptcy.
If you were a horse on a harness, Telltale would be they guy riding a wagon, dangling a carrot on a fishing pole (Sam & Max for $5) in front of you to keep the carriage (money wagon) going. If you want more carrot, you have to buy them.
If you go here,http://www.telltalegames.com/store/samandmax-season1 and click on "Already bought the season, and now you want the bonus disc? Click here!"
Does it allow you to get the disc?
If someone can let me know asap it will be much appreciated, not long left for me to get it.
I am very disappointed, I'll send an email to support@telltalegames.com , but since it's the weekend I don't expect a reply before monday
I thought exactly the same thing, but since I'm gonna pay the shipping for my Monkey Island DVD anyway, and I suppose that the shipping cost for 2 DVDs is not twice the cost for one, I bought it. But as I said before, it seems that you can't have the DVD with the $5 season
Ok, my bad, it DOES work!
hurray!
hey, I don't want to be the reason why you did not buy the games, so yes you can have the DVD for free if you buy the $5 season, now go steal your mom's credit card and buy it!
You can use Paypal as well. I just bought it twice as a gift.
You never know when you meet someone nice who would enjoy playing games in English.
Parents don't have credit cards either. Looks like I'll just have to pass on this.
Got it for my friend who didn't really want to play it.
Yep. Now he HAS to play. Thanks Telltale!
LOL, nice work!
I just tried it and it works.
1. buy the $4.95 downloadable season 1
2. go to http://www.telltalegames.com/store/samandmax-season1-disc and enter your order number
3. follow through with another order and pay for just postage
There are people who will buy the games because they're good, and others who will buy the games because they're cheap.
As far as the discount deals go, I don't actually think that the discounts will cut too much into the gamers-who'd-pay-full-price-anyway crowd. It's really just about selling more units by appealing to cheapskates.
It's been said that they're using the deals as a hook to get you in on the upcoming games, and I agree. But also I would say that their overhead on selling games cheap is minimal when dealing with online downloads, since all they would have to worry a bout is available bandwidth for their site. Sure, they have to pay employees for current projects and pay to run their offices and stuff, but they don't have to pay to cut the DVD's, package them, ship them to a distributor who then ships them to a retailer who then sells it to you at a subsantial markup... when all you do is download the game from them directly. Now, I'm not sure how much they would actually sell hard copies of games to distributors/retailers for, but I think that it would be much less than full price anyway.
True, those who do want DVD's only pay shipping to buy hard copies of games from Telltale, but TTG neither has to sell said DVD's in bulk, which would drop the price, nor do they have to constantly discount said games by selling to distributors.
What I'm getting at is that:
1) I'd rather pay Telltale directly for my games than give a cut to them and a cut to Gamestop or Wal-Mart (incidentally, I did see S&M:Season 1 at Wal-Mart and it's ~$35, of which I'm sure TTG gets only half or less than that),
and 2) They don't sell their games to distributors/retailers for $30 anyway, and even when they do sell to them, they have to sell hard copies (and in bulk) so their overhead is higher and they get a smaller cut than just selling it directly to us on the net.
Suffice it to say, eliminating the middleman saves them alot of money, so that they can afford to lure in cheapskates as a hook to get them into buying later stuff for standard price.
a) Ability to order the DVD for only an extra $5 and change. It looks to have a lot of good content on it, and the chance I'll be able to get it any cheaper than this is beyond slim.
b) If I ever play through the season again, I won't need to keep a CD in the drive. That's beyond annoying.
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