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Just leaving another venezuelan flag around here x-D
Love the box, but I already bought the game for PC (pre-ordered!) and for the Wii, a “gift” for my office, I just really wanted to catch more souls to worship World of Goo :-P
And there’s always Amazon.com. The Euro version should be available in mid-December, we’ll post about it when we know more, what stores, etc. Watch out, World of Warcraft!
Great placement being next to WoW. Now everyone who buys World of Goo will be made aware of World of Warcraft. Blizzard really ought to call and thank you guys. :D
Anyway, this is great to see and good luck. Hopefully this retail release will help get WoG the sales it deserves. I’d love to see a World of Goo commercial. Do you guys have enough funds to make that happen?
Where would you prefer us to buy? I assume if we buy through the website, you get to keep all $20 (or close to it), but if we buy the retail version, there’s going to be a bigger cut from the retailer, the distributor, the publisher, etc., but I suspect you also want retail sales to justify the shelf space and increase retail distribution.
@Phil: thanks for the tip, i just emailed blizzard about this :)
@Derek: yes, you’re right, we see the largest portion of the payment from purchases on our website, about $19 after paypal take their cut. from retail sales the share will be MUCH lower. there are lots of people taking a bite out of that $20 pie.
You may not know, but recently WoG was awarded 6 out of 6 in a review in the Danish newspaper Politiken (http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/spil/article599455.ece). This obviously attracted my attention, and now I desperately want to buy the game. But I can’t find it anywhere here in Denmark.
Like Keiran I would love to have the box – especially since I want it to be a christmas present for my 6 year old son.
Isn’t it possible to buy the boxed game from your website? Perhaps adding a few dollars to the price?
Just bought the Wii version and it is downloading! Can’t wait! (I’ll be downloading the PC version soon aswell, so I can have Goo on my laptop ;) )
As for ports, perhaps if there is every a C++ compiler for Google Android, I can get Goo for my GooGle Android (which I don’t have yet, but whatever ;) )
Places like Target and Walmart are anxious to see if the sales of World of Goo at Best Buy are any good to help them decide whether to take a gamble on a virtual “unknown” and bring it into their stores. Best Buy has done a great job supporting the title, placing it in every store in their chain. Hopefully all of us who know about the game and are used to buying our games digitally have spread the word enough to our not-as-technologically inclined friends so this beauty of a box will sell at Best Buy and spread to Target, Walmart, and beyond! (Could anything really be beyond Walmart? Maybe Starbucks…)
It took me and three sales associates forty-five minutes to find the box set at Best Buy yesterday :X Their computer showed they had four units, but we couldn’t find ‘em anywhere! Turns out some moron had stocked them behind “Marriage Rush 2″ in the Casual Games section…. It wasn’t by World of Warcraft at all T_T
The good news is, now I have the Wii version, the downloaded version, and the retail version, and I finally feel like I’ve paid enough proportional to how good this game is. All I can do is thank 2D Boy for such a sublimely profound, hilarious, and contemplative game, and I’ll be supporting you guys buying whatever crazy contraption you pump out next, regardless of the reviews.
You’ve shown me and many others that making a great game is not about the numbers, but about the heart. I can’t wait to see where this takes you.
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Do the PC versions come with instruction guides?
I don’t think I’ve ever bought a PC game before…
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I see it! It’s right next to World of Warcraft. See it? Huh? Huh?
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
hi guys i have the game on wii and i love it (and you for making it)! but theres something that cached my eye how come you dont have a WoG forum?
oh can somebody plz tell me is there something at the end of WoG corp. or is just a joke?
-the thankful sign painter
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Emanuel; check the top-right of this website for the list of links. Forum is one of them.
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
What stores is it at exactly? Target or Walmart hopefully?
~DtD
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Just leaving another venezuelan flag around here x-D
Love the box, but I already bought the game for PC (pre-ordered!) and for the Wii, a “gift” for my office, I just really wanted to catch more souls to worship World of Goo :-P
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
This is a photo Ron took in Best Buy.
In the US: Best Buy, Sam’s Club, GameStop
In Canada: Walmart Canada
And there’s always Amazon.com. The Euro version should be available in mid-December, we’ll post about it when we know more, what stores, etc. Watch out, World of Warcraft!
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
thanks hah i didnt expected such fast reply thanks you!
yeah! another venezuelian flag soon we will conquer the world *evil luaght*. ;-)
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Wow! Good on ya! Great to see indie-devs in stores!
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 am
Is there any chance that I could make a similar photo in Hungary someday? :P
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
As a linux user i have been wondering the exact same thing.
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
Can I order a linux boxed version somewhere?
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Let’s see…World of…hmm…there’s Conflict…there’s Warcraft…
Ah! There it is. Goo. My safe, beautiful haven from all the struggles in the world.
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Great placement being next to WoW. Now everyone who buys World of Goo will be made aware of World of Warcraft. Blizzard really ought to call and thank you guys. :D
Anyway, this is great to see and good luck. Hopefully this retail release will help get WoG the sales it deserves. I’d love to see a World of Goo commercial. Do you guys have enough funds to make that happen?
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Where would you prefer us to buy? I assume if we buy through the website, you get to keep all $20 (or close to it), but if we buy the retail version, there’s going to be a bigger cut from the retailer, the distributor, the publisher, etc., but I suspect you also want retail sales to justify the shelf space and increase retail distribution.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Great news !!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:23 am
will this miracle be in russia ?
November 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am
@Phil: thanks for the tip, i just emailed blizzard about this :)
@Derek: yes, you’re right, we see the largest portion of the payment from purchases on our website, about $19 after paypal take their cut. from retail sales the share will be MUCH lower. there are lots of people taking a bite out of that $20 pie.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am
congratz ppl:) proud of you 2dboy;)
November 24th, 2008 at 11:40 am
@ Ron: Then I shall buy it on the website, even though it be nice to have the box :D. I just gotta wait a couple of days until I get paid.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:57 am
You may not know, but recently WoG was awarded 6 out of 6 in a review in the Danish newspaper Politiken (http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/spil/article599455.ece). This obviously attracted my attention, and now I desperately want to buy the game. But I can’t find it anywhere here in Denmark.
Like Keiran I would love to have the box – especially since I want it to be a christmas present for my 6 year old son.
Isn’t it possible to buy the boxed game from your website? Perhaps adding a few dollars to the price?
November 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Don’t be fooled – this is the secretly released World of Goo MMORPG!
November 24th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Is that for mac?
November 24th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
When will be released(in physical format) the game in Spain?
How much will it cost?
November 24th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
iPhone version gets my money! Takers?
November 25th, 2008 at 4:22 am
最上行从右边数第三个。
November 25th, 2008 at 10:53 am
yes an Iphone version will be amazing :)
I have this game for wii
and would love to see it on my phone
November 25th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Just bought the Wii version and it is downloading! Can’t wait! (I’ll be downloading the PC version soon aswell, so I can have Goo on my laptop ;) )
As for ports, perhaps if there is every a C++ compiler for Google Android, I can get Goo for my GooGle Android (which I don’t have yet, but whatever ;) )
~DtD
November 25th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I have still not found it in Canada – is it a non-Quebec thing, perhaps?
November 26th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Stinus: The European version will come out in December, if I recall correctly. You can then buy it from a few stores and online shops.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:19 am
http://2dboy.com/2008/11/11/world-of-goo-coming-to-wiiware-in-europe/
Here.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:20 am
http://2dboy.com/2008/11/11/world-of-goo-coming-to-wiiware-in-europe/
Here.
(If this is a double post I apologize, my internet is buggy.)
November 26th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Places like Target and Walmart are anxious to see if the sales of World of Goo at Best Buy are any good to help them decide whether to take a gamble on a virtual “unknown” and bring it into their stores. Best Buy has done a great job supporting the title, placing it in every store in their chain. Hopefully all of us who know about the game and are used to buying our games digitally have spread the word enough to our not-as-technologically inclined friends so this beauty of a box will sell at Best Buy and spread to Target, Walmart, and beyond! (Could anything really be beyond Walmart? Maybe Starbucks…)
November 26th, 2008 at 7:10 am
I don’t understand the “Phyton”
I know …
I’m noob …
November 26th, 2008 at 8:15 am
i cant wait the moon phase to play it!
November 26th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
is there a point to this?
November 27th, 2008 at 5:04 am
seems like WoG got himself a reputation ;)
keep it up!
November 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am
I’m going to buy both the downloaded and the retail version. You people deserve all the support you can get and I deserve a boxed version. :-D
November 29th, 2008 at 6:12 am
very nice, congratulations!
November 29th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Молодцы парни…клёвая игра =)
December 1st, 2008 at 4:07 am
I want that game…
December 1st, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Is this for austrailia too?
December 1st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Wow, they sold out THAT quick? That’s amazing! Keep up the goo-d work!
December 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Oh, they just were sent in… That’s entirely different. Still, goo-d luck!
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Why will PC owners get a retail version if Wii owners won’t!?
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
@Sami: If you want to pay € 50 for it instead of € 15 the boxed version would be great.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
The version we can download via the site is DRM free (WooHoo!!), but is the boxed version also DRM free?
December 4th, 2008 at 7:50 am
It took me and three sales associates forty-five minutes to find the box set at Best Buy yesterday :X Their computer showed they had four units, but we couldn’t find ‘em anywhere! Turns out some moron had stocked them behind “Marriage Rush 2″ in the Casual Games section…. It wasn’t by World of Warcraft at all T_T
The good news is, now I have the Wii version, the downloaded version, and the retail version, and I finally feel like I’ve paid enough proportional to how good this game is. All I can do is thank 2D Boy for such a sublimely profound, hilarious, and contemplative game, and I’ll be supporting you guys buying whatever crazy contraption you pump out next, regardless of the reviews.
You’ve shown me and many others that making a great game is not about the numbers, but about the heart. I can’t wait to see where this takes you.
~Tamias
February 19th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Пинайте своего хостера – сайт с трудом открылся :(