Pre-ordering a game for charity!

[Elsarild]

I don't mind giving money towards this game but to say what others have been saying...Ten million? What the fu-
I don't know of any game that has sold ten million pre-order copies. That just seems ridiculous. Maybe like, five thousand or something as they're a small developer but hey, what do I know about marketing?

Game looks pretty interesting though. I wouldn't mind playing a Dead Space/Doom ripoff. And for thirty five bucks? Sure, I bought Final Fantasy XIII. I'm down for this.

Well, according to some random youtube commenter that I didn't fact check because I coulnd't be arsed, so take it for what it's worth: only 4 pc games has ever had more than 10 million pre-orders, and among them was The Sims games and Starcraft.

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

wonder how pissed off theyd be if they were like one dollar off 10 million.

They wouldn't be pissed, they would probably "buy the game themselves" a couple of times.
Wait a minute, this could make sense.

If the 10.000.000 aim was lowered to a reasonable number, you could have bought an enormous amount of $1 copies to sell on Ebay, for let's say $2 - $5. But anyway, I like projects with a more realistic approach, like the "humble bundle" which made $1.000.000 with their recent offer. It's realistic, you donate and you really are 100% sure you get your game. Considering that the make let's say 10% for themselves, the crew of the "humble bumble bundle bee whatever" makes $100.000 every time they offer a succesful bundle options. Sounds like a very good buisness strategy based on charity and videogames.

 

[SH4DOWSL4Y3R]

the solution is easy, pre-order like ten copies, then sell the keys to friends fo' some sweet sweet profit if it works out (hell, wrangle 5 bucks of them for a copy, and you stand to make an epic profit). if some people were to do this, the devs could possibly reach their mark and everyone gets a cheap game.

if not, you've given a not so significant amount of money to charity, i know i've spent a lot more on things that were a lot less entertaining than this game looks to be.

however, i still believe that knowing more details about the charity in question would be good.

 

[octafish]

So basically this is their advertising campaign. It is a nicely thought out one.

Pre-orders even of $1 aren't going to make it to 10 million, but what money is put down gets donated. Not a bad idea, charity gets money either way, indie game devs get a viral campaign, and PC gamers get another interesting Eastern European video game. Sort of a sci-fi Condemned with mutants instead of hobos is the vibe I'm getting.

It is a clever campaign that will surely help raise the game's profile and raise money for charity. I'd like to know what charity it is though. Either way they get a dollar from me.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I think 10 million is a stretch. They expect to make it the best selling game of all time? Even for a dollar a piece that's just too high. Maybe a big AAA game could do it, but not a title like this. At least it's not "If we make $10 million we give it to charity, otherwise we keep it".

 

[Panorama]

I have pre-ordered im looking forward to it, even if i don't get it for a dollar the game looks good.

 

[LoganN64]

So according to the website they chose Amnesty International as the charity that the donations will go to, sadly it looks like the pre orders are stalling at about the 17,000 mark.