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Here's an email I sent to Valve: (I know it's a stupid question, but I'm only 14 ok!)
(the important parts are in bold)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bromberg [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:55 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: question/idea about release strategy
Hey Gabe (erm.. I can call you Gabe right?)
I heard you sent a release candidate to Vivendi!
congrats!
I don't know, but I'm guessing that Vivendi wants to
release Half-Life 2 around Christmas time, right? That
is the time games can make the most money, so I am
told. However, a bunch of people want the game as
soon as possible (I'm sure you know that by know lol).
So I was wondering, are you going to do something
like release the finished HL2 product in it's current
state now, and release the special DVD version later
for Christmas? (assuming the RC will be approved, and
I'm sure it will) I think that would be a good way to
"get the best of both worlds" so to speak- You get to
release the game early, and Vivendi get's its
Christmas sales. Plus, you probably would even get to
sell the game twice to some people; i.e. they buy the
normal edition when it comes out, then buy the special
edition later with all its tasty extras.
Now, of course I'm not trying to tell a very large and
respectable company how to conduct it's sales, and I'm
not asking this as a favor, I'm just wondering if
that's the kind of marketing strategy you're planning
on using.
Thanks for your time,
Ben B.
Gabe's response:
I can't think of any good reason not to get it into stores as quickly as possible.
Well, he didn't really answer my question (like I said it was a stupid one anyway). But I guess we should expect Half-Life 2 to be in stores "as quickly as possible".
(the important parts are in bold)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bromberg [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:55 PM
To: Gabe Newell
Subject: question/idea about release strategy
Hey Gabe (erm.. I can call you Gabe right?)
I heard you sent a release candidate to Vivendi!
congrats!
I don't know, but I'm guessing that Vivendi wants to
release Half-Life 2 around Christmas time, right? That
is the time games can make the most money, so I am
told. However, a bunch of people want the game as
soon as possible (I'm sure you know that by know lol).
So I was wondering, are you going to do something
like release the finished HL2 product in it's current
state now, and release the special DVD version later
for Christmas? (assuming the RC will be approved, and
I'm sure it will) I think that would be a good way to
"get the best of both worlds" so to speak- You get to
release the game early, and Vivendi get's its
Christmas sales. Plus, you probably would even get to
sell the game twice to some people; i.e. they buy the
normal edition when it comes out, then buy the special
edition later with all its tasty extras.
Now, of course I'm not trying to tell a very large and
respectable company how to conduct it's sales, and I'm
not asking this as a favor, I'm just wondering if
that's the kind of marketing strategy you're planning
on using.
Thanks for your time,
Ben B.
Gabe's response:
I can't think of any good reason not to get it into stores as quickly as possible.
Well, he didn't really answer my question (like I said it was a stupid one anyway). But I guess we should expect Half-Life 2 to be in stores "as quickly as possible".
I heard that Gabe Newell and the other Valve dudes use automated e-mail reponses.
