Quoted from ronlisa:I was thinking the same. Hope it's a good game because this is a game I am considering to buy. May wait now to see how it all turns out. No need of tying up money in a deposit for a year or two.
Seems without preorder money offered years in advance the project cannot continue to develop like WOZ has over the years.
Maybe I'm reading his email wrong?
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"As of September 1st the price of The Hobbit LE will increase $500 to $8000.00. We ask that you are current on the payment schedule for The Hobbit by 8/31/13. Those who are not current will see a $500 increase in the price of their game after 9/1/13, making their game $8000.
Many people are paying according to the schedule which enables us to develop the game as we did with WOZ. We need to reward those who are loyal and stay on the payment plan while others who do not pay now will pay more later. There may be another price increase before the game goes into production. We have several distributors around the world looking to increase their orders so demand is growing for the game as more information is released"
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If a worldwide network of distro's are looking to increase their orders I don't know why Hobbit would require more preorder money from the end user home market... Seems like all that other worldwide distro demand would equal a lot of dough?