Makes sense, honestly its only a matter of time until retail stores disappear completely in favor of digital downloads for consoles as well as pcs.

But I like the pretty box.

Maybe you could make a "print your own box"  web page.  We could print them out and mail them to you for you to autograph and return with a company photo.

makes sense to me.

Does this mean no boxes? Or direct shipping (perhaps through Amazon + fedex) for a limited number of items?

Will that decision mean lower costs for customers compared to titles from other shops that still ship physical units?

Well at least you responded to our issue.

Good decision. I haven't bought a game from a store in years. How quickly will you release these games on Steam? I only buy from your site, but I also want it to do well in the larger market.

Any way you can share in round numbers what the cost delta is for doing retail vs. digital?  Do the best buys etc.. of the world charge slotting fee's for boxed games?  Always wondered about that.

All Good Brad, especially if the new SDC is out before Rebellion!

Though the issue of box art won't go away...

No problem, last time I bought game from retail was in 2007.

As long as I can buy the game through impulse.

troll pacov runs away !

Only PC games I see at the stores are a couple big FPS, a bunch of Sims stuff, and Blizzzards Warcraft stuff.  And a few MMO fad games.  Noting I really want to go buy.

Retail is largely dead for non-mainstream PC games, so no shock here.

As for consoles, I don't think they'll survive the transition to DD, but that's more a function of the horrendous business model.  I suspect handhelds will replace consoles eventually, though some genres will move to PC

Interesing ...

would be a pleasant surprise after all the console arrogance

That's okay. I've got Fallen Enchantress already, and I wasn't planning on getting Rebellion from a retail outlet.

If you can't make money doing it, don't do it.