Fury still being sold in retail outlets, but who's buying it?
Filed under: Fantasy, Fury, Business models, Forums, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play
There's a forum post at atomicmpc.com that involves itself with the fact that Fury is still being sold in retail outlets (Electronics Boutique specifically named, though apparently there are others), when the game is free to download and free to play. As written here, though, it's not quite so cut-and-dried, as there is a slight benefit to owning the physical disc. My question, however, is this: given the depth of negative press Auran has gotten for Fury, is it worth paying for at all? Across the board, Fury's gotten nothing but horrible reviews, and I'm surprised the game exists at all. This is an industry story on the level of Duke Nukem Forever, or Daikatana. Is the disc worth owning for any reason other than a White Elephant gift?






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12-30-2007 @ 4:08PM
Green Armadillo said...
I suspect that this has less to do with the disc being worth owning than it does with stores being stuck with inventory that they want to get rid of by any means necessary.
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12-30-2007 @ 4:36PM
Ghen said...
Stores will sell anything. Nothing is a write off. If it doesn't sell in 6 months or get bought back by the producer then they might mark it down to half price.
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