Guild Wars 2 dev suspends digital sales to control 'high player concurrency'
Guild Wars 2 dev ArenaNet had vowed that a pleasant gaming experience for it players was paramount to game sales, and it enforced that my closing digital sales on the game's official site until the player population stabilizes.
Guild Wars 2 dev ArenaNet had vowed that a pleasant gaming experience for it players was paramount over game sales. And, the company is making good on its word. To stabilize the game's growing population, digital sales of the game have been temporarily suspended.
In a post on the game's official Facebook page, ArenaNet said that the game had reached a level where so many players were trying to play at the same time that it was causing a problem with player enjoyment. The dev has said it is expanding its "infrastructure" to ease the load on its servers. Digital sales on the site will return once the player explosion is under control again.
You can circumvent this temporary sales restriction by going to one of ArenaNet's retail partners. Do note that some digital versions happen to be sold out as well.
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Guild Wars 2 dev ArenaNet had vowed that a pleasant gaming experience for it players was paramount to game sales, and it enforced that my closing digital sales on the game's official site until the player population stabilizes.-
Well, there is a first. Have to give them credit for not grabbing as much cash as they could.
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The devs for this game seem to actually like their customers and do right by them. Very rarely do you see a company giving updates almost daily in regards to there game. And sadly this is coming from a monthly free mmo. I passed on the first Guild Wars but I've been having a great deal of fun in this one.
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Yea I can see myself spending quite abit of coin in their store too.
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Yeah, a lot of the prices are a bit high right now. I'm hoping they go lower at some point.
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I dont even know where a bank is yet (only level 10)
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Are you sure? The bank upgrade in beta was definitely more than 10 slots.
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Even though they have a micro-transaction store built in the game they did make a point to counter balance it. They have a currency exchange system for gold and gems. So you don't necessarily have to pay real money to use the store.
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actually it's 20 slots. It's two extra rows like the default starting amount.
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Henge was pretty sophisticated.
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"we'll take your money and then perma ban you!" /trollface
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If that means I won't be playing with butt-hurt fourteen year olds who just scream profanities in public chat and use clever names like 'AssMaster420' - shit, I'd give them *double* their asking price.
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makes sense. the Uber love all games have at start , but wears off quickly... this way they can spread that out over more time. Save some face compared to the last big releases.. not even a year till F2P for some. That being said, im a bit miffed.. f2p and I was hacked and my account changed... already so waiting to get it back so I can play some.. of course on a 3 day weekend.. I cant play.
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Or they can go buy it in any store.
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Aussie gamers may be much more as a percentage of the population but in gross numbers they're still a tiny fraction that gets screwed over because of geography.
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Good for them. I went to the launch party and every one of them were super nice. I haven't met a good dev team yet that was generous, social, and overall pleasant with their fan base (in person).
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