Don Bradman Cricket PS4/Xbox One version discussion

[SpitfiresKent]

How big will the install size be? I only have three games for my PS4 and already it's eaten up a quarter of my memory!

 

[MattW]

2.5GB.

 

[Chief]

2.5GB.

Hmm. That's an odd sort of thing for you to know... I'm warming up the rampant speculation mobile.

 

[RedskinsUK]

2.5GB.

Lol ive just downloaded the Battlefield Hardline Beta & thats 11Gbyes

 

[MattW]

Hmm. That's an odd sort of thing for you to know... I'm warming up the rampant speculation mobile.

Drive the rampant speculation mobile to the Amazon.

It's on the back cover. And turns out it was 2.3GB, use that 200MB wisely.

 

[RedskinsUK]

Drive the rampant speculation mobile to the Amazon.

It's on the back cover. And turns out it was 2.3GB, use that 200MB wisely.

Lol nice spot[DOUBLEPOST=1422982104][/DOUBLEPOST]It may be nothing but the PS3 version has dropped by £5 since this morning on Amazon.co.uk

 

[indrajeet1811]

Any discount or goodies for preordering it?

I'm planning to buy it digital this time since this is one game i don't plan on selling. Hope there is some sort of discount for preordering or buying it on day 1 of digital release.

 

[dontboycottme]

Grainger Games has this listed for pre order at £39.99

 

[Chief]

Grainger Games has this listed for pre order at £39.99

I try not to use Amazon because ethics, but I'd probably use them ahead of Grainger Games.

 

[dontboycottme]

Why? have you had bad experiences with Grainger Games?

 

[Chief]

why

Lol. There was... an incident... Sadly they became very well known for one rather bad night a few years back when a few of their staff behaved very poorly at an industry event. I'm sure the public probably didn't register, but in the industry the name usually conjures an eye-roll.

EDIT: So no: no bad retail experience. But I've not had a bad retail experience with Amazon either, and I wouldn't make them my first choice. Trouble is your nice, local independent shop is unlikely to stock a Cricket game.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

I'm just waiting for ShopTo to stock the game but as each day passes it seems unlikely that they will. If not i'll just go with Amazon.

 

[dontboycottme]

I eventually picked up db14 for ps3 at an independent games store in sheffield. The price was appallingly high for a budget product.The problem with this game is that the retail distribution is an absolute joke. Therefore very few stores, including GAME want anything to do with them. If stores can't get any stock then they can't sell them. I really don't think that whoever has been distributing DB14 has a clue what they are doing.
i am not going to pre order this game from anyone. I actually am not convinced that anyone will have stock available to ship on the release date. it is entirely possible that Amazon have the stock cornered, hence the ridiculous price.

 

[Chief]

I eventually picked up db14 for ps3 at an independent games store in sheffield. The price was appallingly high for a budget product.The problem with this game is that the retail distribution is an absolute joke. Therefore very few stores, including GAME want anything to do with them. If stores can't get any stock then they can't sell them. I really don't think that whoever has been distributing DB14 has a clue what they are doing.
i am not going to pre order this game from anyone. I actually am not convinced that anyone will have stock available to ship on the release date. it is entirely possible that Amazon have the stock cornered, hence the ridiculous price.

I think you're barking up the wrong tree a bit: it's a very tough job for a distributor to sell this game into stores.
The issue is that retailers don't want to stock niche games on the high street: they'd rather carry larger amounts of the AAA games and dedicate a lot of space to trade-ins. This is where their biggest margins are. If they don't think they can sell a game in good volume, then they don't want to stock it: a bigger company might prefer to stock it online-only and not on the shelves.

Picking a few key retailers and offering them exclusives and/or incentives is pretty much the only way to do it, but the key thing it comes down to is numbers: last year it was a new property which struggled to make an impact: this time will be better, next time will be better still, as reputation and sales grow.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Hmmm...looks like FunBoxMedia are selling the game themselves on eBay: Don Bradman Cricket PS4 - PlayStation Game PRE-ORDER BRAND NEW SEALED FREE POST | eBay