Yea, I would guess that as well.  Is FE even going to have physical copies?  Like in the store and such?  I could care less, I don't need a physical copy with impulse.  Or maybe I do now...who knows what Gamestop will do in the future...

I would not get too greedy...

They didn't hint at it, they flat out said it. Of course that was back when they owned Impulse, so hopefully someone thought about that when writing the sale contract.

I don't see any reason why you should.

Nah, there's still some people hung up on physical copies.

could careless theby will say how when the time comes

The free games were likely part of the terms of sale.

Greedy?  There is nothing greedy about wanting a physical copy (with a good manual one can hope)

Unnecessary? How about "a lost cause" instead. But no, that's wrong--if they ever do finally start valuing documentation, there's no reason at all that the constant-updates process couldn't include updates to a PDF manual, or better yet a constantly-updated PDF supplement to a print manual that actually added value to the SKU for a hard copy purchase.

But that's a general remark, sort of off-topic for the thread.

The entitlement take on the free copies of FE is just silly. Sure, I'm very disappointed with how WoM turned out and I paid for the box with the dragon fig in it. But I'm surprised and very faintly hopeful that FE might be at least in the neighborhood of what I've hoped for Elemental since years before it had a formal name. Expecting Stardock to pay for a full boxed game with printed manual when they are giving away many (thousands of?) licenses just doesn't make sense. Not if we want that game group in their larger software shop to keep producing and keep getting better.

I would like a physical copy considering that I paid 50 bucks for a physical copy of WOM. I have tried to be patient, but it is hard when you bought a game expecting a game and got something that was comparable to alpha testing. We aren't being greedy here, we are just being reasonable considering we paid to wait for a game that is barely even playable a year later.

Well, I've played several Stardock games before this. Sins being one of my favorite strategy games, and when I went to buy this I saw it was a Stardock game I figured it would be reasonable at least.

This game was a joke, a scam was more like it. We all payed to alpha test a game.

Stardock also know that if they didn't release the game for free that they would lose a huge amount of customers, it isn't an extraordinary step - it is a business move. If you think it is anything more than them groveling for more business then you are foolish. My intentions were not to come here and complain or argue, but to give an honest opinion.

Getting FE for free is their attempt to make good for WoM being what it is. Saying that a free expansion isn't good enough becuase you want a boxed copy shipped to you also for free is ridiculous. That would cost a fortune in extra expense that should be spent working on the game.

Fact is - physical copies of PC games are going away. Better get used to it.