If you ordered the download only of Sins, it would not have affected you. There were no direct price drops until quite a while after release, and retail pricing is independent of direct pricing.

If I remember accurately, the specifics of the preorder changes with Sins were that the price of the game itself went *up* shortly before release, so those who had ordered prior (even if not yet charged) kept the lower price they ordered at.

For those who had ordered boxes though, our initial shipping estimates based on production samples were off (the final box came out lighter than early information let us to expect) and anyone who had ordered at the higher shipping cost paid the new reduced cost instead (and refunded the difference if they'd already been charged).

This is a very confusing thread.  Didn't the shipping price on Sins go up later, and not down?  I got a boxed set for $50 if I remember right, the digital download I initially ordered was $45 and I added the physical copy when the collectors edition or whatever was announced.  Then the shipping cost ended up doubled by release for people that hadn't already ordered.  What went down?

IIRC shipping went up when we first got the details from the production samples, but it later went back down some when those early details proved to be on the high side.

Early download preorders were $40; the $45 price wasn't set until the last beta or thereabouts.

Sidetracking aside, as I said, contact sales with your concerns. I'll confirm Monday morning which price is correct.

Can't wait to upgrade to the boxed edition.

One question though, the first picture Mr. Wardell showed us of the Rook minature showed it all white. Will the final version have color?

youre mistaken. the digital download only version of sins on the day the game was released was $5 less than i paid. the boxed copy was $45 + s/h. we had the option to pay s/h and get the box if we wanted it. if we didnt (and i didnt) then you just kept the $5. thats how it went down.

see http://forums.impulsedriven.com/174099

We didn't drop our direct price until some time after many retailers had cut shelf prices (something a fair number of people commented on), as they don't like us directly competing with them. Thus we offer the CE extras to make up for the price difference. Launch SKUs and pricing were described in detail in a stickied announcement Brad posted two days after your complaint.

Downloadable versions of CE content were made available on the same page as the pre-1.1 updates, and the upgrade-to-box option is here.

As you said yourself at the time of your previous complaint (but seem to be mixing up now), the $39.95 price you saw was the retail standard edition price offered in stores. Our direct price remained the same as you paid. It's unfortunate that you don't feel the CE extras are of any value, but the direct price was not cut until months after release.

The price change is correct; the site here will be updated shortly.

We are currently working out how to best compensate those who preordered at $45, and should have an announcement on the matter as soon as we have a plan finalized.

The Pre-Order page has the price change, but the home page does not. might want to change the home page as well

OK so i pre-ordered the game the 49.99 (digital+box edition) but nothing about a beta.... also when i try to register it on the impulse application... i cant do so because it asks for a serial number...any ideas?

At which date did you pre-order?

i bought it  march 20th 2009 ... also will my pre-order be shown under registered games?...i mean i have no serial number to register with

You won't get a serial to register until you are charged at release. For now, the most you'll have is a temporary hold and an order number.

You pre-ordered too late for the beta. The beta closed a few weeks ago.

The beta is closed.

The email you got  tells it all:

"Thank you for your order. No charge has been posted against your credit card at this time. Your order contained a pre-order item and has been accepted. You will be notified via email when the product(s) are available and have been processed. At that time, your credit card will be charged. Please print this page for your records. For questions regarding your pre-order, please contact sales@stardock.com and include your Order number located below."

So you will get a message with serial number, just before that the credit card will be charged. As soon as you got the message with serial you can enter it in Impulse if it is not already done automaticly.

Demigod is just over two weeks from release and it's time to look at those addresses again.  If you have not yet done so, please reread my original post and check your address to make sure your retail box gets shipped correctly.

I am still working on getting the boxes shipped out early, at this point I do not know if it will be possible as I had hoped, but we'll see what I can do.