Impulse and FE Question

Yes. If it goes under, then preusmably they'll deal with it. But I doubt Gamestop would have bought it in order to shut it down.

The the plan is to use Impulse at least for the time being, but we have the registration records for Elemental ourselves, so we'd still be able to provide FE by whatever other means if it really came to that (but I don't expect that it would).

 Kyro thanks for the reply. Good to know you guys have the records just incase.

 Tridus I am just a bit worried because of GameStops latest Dues Ex mess up. They really messed up bad this time, and it was aimed right at the PC Gamers.

Well, yeah. I'm not happy about that either. But it wouldn't make sense for Gamestop to spend a bunch of money buying Impulse and relocating the staff if they're going to close it. So I'm not too worried about that.

I do hope once the exclusive period ends we see SD games on other providers though.

I second Tridus's remark.  I'm not saying don't stay on Impulse, but my preference would be for you guys to sell games directly again, and you should go on Steam for business sense purposes.

They should be on Steam as well. I respect that they lose 30% profits while selling on steam, that's a big chunk of something they can do for free or get for free from impulse. And there's the anti-competitive nature of steam - every bit as bad as Gamestop's gaffe, and probably worse. But being on steam should help them reach more customers that didn't bother before. The time for marketplace-unique game releases is quickly passing, in my opinion. In reality it's likely to go the other way, since Steam and Origin are gearing up for a clash.

Yes this game needs a DRM . Put it on Steam . 

I'm in favor of Steam as well.

I don't know about going under, but I was on Impulse yesterday and about every link on the app took you to the GameStop website with the incorrect games, wrong images, etc. Oh yeah, also they kept recommending used consoles, console games, and the new GameStop Download service -- Hello? Isn't that what Impulse is??? I'm betting on a full Impulse-to-GameStop conversion by the end of the month.

I use steam everyday, haven't opened Impulse in a long time...for me, Impulse has no advantage over Steam.  

Steam pisses me of in that it MUST be open to run games. That is the only advantage to Impulse right now, at least for me.

Yea, but what does that matter?  It being open doesn't seem to cause me any problems.

I just buy the game from the service I can find it one. It doesn't really matter to me if its Steam or Impulse, or some other service for that matter. I can't be bothered to spend a lot of time contemplating between the two. Both work fine on my computers.

Actually, here's my question

Are the Free Copies only going to be avaliable through Impulse?  With Stardock doing their new DD service, will the Impulse codes work on both places?

Kryo already basically answered that in reply #2. They will most likely be available only via Impulse, since it's currently the only distribution method.

My question wasn't so much about initially, but when Stardock restarts their own DD service- my question is whether the keys would be transferable from Impulse to the new service?  I'm really hoping (and expecting) this to be the case.

I'd be very unhappy about it, but I'd even pay $5 or $10 just to transfer the registration- that's how much I want to get Impulse off my machine.  It's not even called Impulse anymore.

I can't imagine there being any of that sort of fee just to transfer a registration. If it's not free I'm not using it.

Actually, the plan presently is that users who purchased WOM will get FE via the new Stardock Central app.  FE will certainly be available on Impulse (or whatever Gamestop ultimately brands it as) but our users will be directed to download it from us directly.

Thank you, that's exactly what I wished.  Please keep that plan.

Heavenfall: Never said I would be happy to do it, saying I would do it.

This thread is two months old, from before Brad announced the new system.

This may be semi-unrelated, but just a heads up for you guys:

When you announce the beta, you need to make it very clear how you can get the game, and who gets it for what.  I know you plan on doing this, but there seems to be a lot of confusion out there in the general gaming public.

This might help you guys get the game in as many hands as possible, which I think is what you want.

And I was saying I wouldn't.

My bad.

Does this means that Stardock games won't be shackled down by Impulse?