How Funcom can reward early adopters without punishing new players

[PitMonk]

This ties in very closely with the “special rewards” being given out at launch depending on which method of purchase you have chosen.

It feels like a scam?

The only part of this I don’t like is not having “all” of a game just because of the method in which I purchase it. Especially when it’s half of a “kit” either way. I suspect this is just a deal they had to make with retailers to give them a Unique Selling Point against the digital download sales. If this IS the case, I would hope that after a short time, we would all be able to get both… No-one in their right mind would buy two copies of the game, would they? Maybe a deal should’ve been done…

And of course, the servers must be wiped on launch day, why wouldn’t you want that?