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Buy once, have all platforms

ZincarlaZincarla Member Posts: 2
edited August 2012 in Archive (Feature Requests)
I would like to see a way to buy one version, for example PC, and get the other platforms (Android/IPhone/ect) free, or at a discount. That way would could play our saves at home, sync them to the phone, and play on the go. Without having to buy 2 or more copies of the base game and all DLC. (Unlikely I know, but it would be awesome)

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  • Ezzaam4FutbolEzzaam4Futbol Member Posts: 72
    They wanna make a maximum of money with us. If this mean there will be more chance of doing BG3 and Icewind Dale, why not. But, its kinda cheap to not let people that bought and get(by example with me) get the exactly same game on Android.
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738
    This isn't something new. The exact same thing happens with multi-platform games on consoles.
  • ZincarlaZincarla Member Posts: 2
    It would be possible for them to release the files themselves, (Example, the apk file for android). This is done with some of the indie game bundles. However, I see your point. The vendors would not be happy about that, and it would probably breach a contract somewhere.
  • AmardarialAmardarial Member Posts: 270
    Zincarla said:

    and it would probably breach a contract somewhere.

    and defeat the whole purpose of this in the first place, if they start giving stuff out for free, then we don't get BG 2 EE we don't get IWD 1 or 2 EE we dont get PS:T EE, and there is zero chance of IWD 3, or BG 3, or PS:T 2....

    In short, you want them, buy them, then buy more just cause, sure you got friends to gift them to.
  • RazorRazor Member Posts: 436
    Drugar said:

    Impossible even. The different vendors (Apple, Google Market, etc) need to agree to this and none of them will take a hit on their income because someone bought a BG version on another platform.
    So alas, it will not happen.

    I'am ok with it, if bg will make more cash, though some companies do offer "buy here play where available" Steam!

    I do hope what you said is not true. That google and that fruit store have such a monopoly that if someone want to make a product available there (at their stores) they can't provide it from no where else.
  • MedillenMedillen Member Posts: 632
    I'm planning on paying PC and tablet... Totally worth it :D But I'm hardcore fan
  • BerconBercon Member Posts: 485
    If you bought it for PC and then want it on iPad, you are paying for the effort that went into porting it on iPad. Plus it would probably take too much effort to handle platform independent licenses that its simply not worth it.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    I don't really understand why people believe they should pay once and receive the game for free on all platforms it is released on. If I buy an XBox game, I don't expect the box to have the Playstation and Windows version as well...
  • Ezzaam4FutbolEzzaam4Futbol Member Posts: 72
    This isn't something new. The exact same thing happens with multi-platform games on consoles.
    But in that case, we can join each other with different platform.
  • Space_hamsterSpace_hamster Member Posts: 950
    The price is so low, just buy the platform you need.
  • kamuizinkamuizin Member Posts: 3,704
    edited August 2012
    Drugar said:

    Impossible even. The different vendors (Apple, Google Market, etc) need to agree to this and none of them will take a hit on their income because someone bought a BG version on another platform.
    So alas, it will not happen.

    (I'm just asking this for the sake of argument, so no need to shout me or flame me ppl ok? :) so lemme make my questions, just ignore me if my question is too outrageous, but i want to raise some points.)
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    So that means that any unnoficial version after a brought of the game in at least on of the plataforms would not be a violation to Beamdog (and therefore devs) copyrights? We would at maximum have a problem with the plataform owner (as windows, MAC, Apple... etc...). Is that right?

    I don't see much problem if it's only the platafor owners that gonna be pissed off, cos their objective is sell their products, their plataforms, you can't make a pirate hardware, so... why not?

    This i don't know so maybe i'm wrong and is just my ignorance, for this reason i didn't put this previous, but does Beamdog had to share a % of the sales with the owner of the plataforms? Based in what? At least i see Ipad or windows with an unlike view that i have for PS3 or Xbox.

    I don't even have Ipad or Mac, just windows PC, so just to ppl know i'm just asking.


    Ps: the game isn't cheap, but neither is expensive, the price is just fair.


  • BerconBercon Member Posts: 485
    Apple and Google get % of every sold app on their markets. Same is true with console games, the manufacturer (Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo) all get their % of every sold game (license fees). Only Linux, Mac and Windows (PC) don't have fees like that, which might be why you usually get mac/windows versions of the games when you buy it (Blizzard/Steam).
  • kamuizinkamuizin Member Posts: 3,704
    edited August 2012
    So MAC and PC should share the a single sale, don't you agree @Bercon? Otherwise is sell 2x the same product to the same customer.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    They'll have to pay Apple's % as its coming out in the App Store. Even if they weren't, if they were to package Windows/Mac versions as a bundle it would be at a higher price tag than US$18 as they'd have to to recover development costs and have some profit and realistically, this isn't a game that will sell 1 million copies in the day of release as some Blizzard titles do.
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