Europa Universalis III

[MrFun]

What is "DRM?"

[Nikolai]

Digital Rights Management. Same as for music, used in almost all games nowadays in different strenghts. Think Spore and Red Alert 3 in worst case(5 installs max and spyware on your computer) and Steam's in a better case(CD version not compatible with Steam's version of a game).

[MrFun]

ah, okay

[MrFun]

Target doesn't have EU III, Circuit City does not have EU III, and Game Stop does not have EU III.

Why does this game have such limited availability?


I really wanted to avoid ordering it online because I want to get my hands on it NOW rather than wait for it get through the damn mail.

[Nikolai]

You should move to Europe. Here Paradox themselves distribute the game, over in the US I think they still are relying on a local distributor.

You still can use GamersGate of course, but a quick check seems to show that they don't offer the Complete package there, only the game itself and its XPs separate of eachother. Which means the game +XPs gets much more expensive than it should...

[ColdPhoenix]

I've got the same problem in the UK. Went to a few shops but none of them had any Paradox games. Ended up ordering Crusader Kings through the post, it arrived a few weeks ago. The first Paradox game I've tried.

Fantastic game! Can't wait to try the other titles on offer!!

[Unimatrix11]

Well, in Germany (Lüneburg) they have the complete edition standing at the ´Media Markt´ (#1 electonics store in Germany, i´d guess) for 30€. CK for 15 i think.

[MrFun]

I may have to go ahead and order mine online from amazon.com.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Sometimes Fry's in the US will have them, an older copy. Sometimes Best Buy will too.

For price, amazon always has them and the best price (unless you find a dog-eared one, marked-down somewhere).

I remember seeing this in a few stores when it came out, but I do not remember seeing it recently (except maybe at fry's, but they got software from "the year 2000" still on the shelves).