Physical Nindie Publisher Super Rare Games Launches Exclusive Members Club

Doesn't exactly create a level playing field...
But, I was assured that it shouldn't impact anyone's usual buying habits. They don't plan on having any exclusive games for the membership and you can still pre-order runs of 3 games. I don't see any value in this membership, but others may differ I'm sure.

I’ve been a big fan of these guys and have all but one of their releases but I hate this. The arrogance of it... basically it’s give us the money for the price of one game a year to get the same level of service you got last year. Don’t pay - get a worse service - crazy.

LRG have made some terrible decisions but this is crackers. I’m over collecting. These little companies are greedier than the big ones.

This is really desperate.

@Stocksy Have you ever experienced any stress buying from Super Rare? I know I haven't. Their games (with all due respect) don't sell out in minutes like some companies.

I don't see the point in this, wow, it gives you early access to buy games? Meh, most of the games they have released (in my eyes) aren't that good anyways (except Worms). True I do check every week or so for new games but none of them are my type of game.
Its just a quick way for them to grab money.

I agree on all of the comments above, very weird move.

Great scam to rinse extra money from those suffering FOMO.

"Pay us an annual fee so you'll get a better chance at buying our games?"

Hell no.

@GrailUK I missed lover in a dangerous spacetime and I don’t know how. Which has annoyed me ever since! But yeah no - but this membership has actually put me off collecting from them now. As I’ve bought games from them I wouldn’t normally buy to support them and have the set. This move has annoyed me to the point of them losing my loyalty. Both these and LRG have lost me - not that they will care. So many online defend these guys like “influencers” I suspect freebies help there lol

That’s pretty bad business practice I reckon, here’s an idea just make a decent amount of copies in the first place so everyone who wants a particular game can get a copy

This > Nintendo Switch Online

Now, if only LRG would make their titles available outside America.

Charging a nominal fee for customers to get ahead of the line of those who won't subscribe? It feels scummy.

@TheAwesomeBowser they are. If you buy a few at the same time they come in about £30 delivered including postage and taxes paid. It’s the one thing they do right.

@Stocksy Oh cool.

@Magician Still better than NSO.

This is what I call "artificial rarity" there is no legitimate, real, reason for these games to be so hard to obtain. It's simply the company forcing the issue.

I'm one of those people that never get their backsides in gears to try this... that said, I'm not paying to sort out that problem. It is a self produced problem. Just do multiple runs.

That is petty.

Secret mailing lists blah blah blah.
No thanks, the games are a premium price anyway without this.

Terrible idea, a subscription service that nets you each release with say a 10% discount would have a much better idea

I'm all for physical games, but it seems like Limited Run gets the bigger, more popular titles. There haven't been any games Super Rare has produced that make me wish I had an "inside info" on.

Hahaha. Limited Run gets lootboxes & Super Rare gets a scam membership.

SRG must think we a bunch of suckers

@Stocksy Agreed, it's pretty lame.

@RupeeClock Pre-order. Everything is paid for up front, there is no cash input as such or risk and as they are now fairly established they obviously have some money behind them.

@Velocirapstar what’s even bizarrer about the LRG loot boxes was they had the titles to buy in the sale anyway. So I just bought the two old ones I wanted!!! Not sure why anyone would buy blind if you can just select the title you want! Ha

@Morph "a subscription service that nets you each release with say a 10% discount would have a much better idea"
This should be the benefit of of the subscription not a idea. To screw buyers overs and get nothing in return is truly a Money Grab. There is no benefits I see from what they are offering in the subscription.

" 25% discount on any purchased merchandise (one use only)
" Premium packaging on all orders

The 25% discount should be unlimited if your wanting buyers to subscribe a "one use only" is a total SCAM.

@GrailUK You're absolutely right about there being no stress. The other thing that is interesting is the priority shipping part of this. I live in the US and the games that I've ordered from Super Rare come INCREDIBLY fast considering they are shipping overseas so I don't really see the point in this. If Limited Run offered this it would make way more sense as the publish way more games and their production and shipping is kind of a mess.

@RupeeClock It's not as though they are losing money. They would not be doing this if it were not profitable. If limited resources is an issue, that could be worked around by producing a batch, selling it, and turning around and using those profits to produce more. They could have a system where after the initial batch is sold, people who want to buy them still can sign up, and if some minimum quota is met, more are produced. If the quota is not met, they could refund the sign up fee. Many of these titles are selling out in days, hours or if the hype is to be believed minutes. So I do not believe for a second they would be unable to sell another batch.

This current system of "release a thousand copies, and sell out the next day, or look, you forgot which day it released, too bad!" is nonsense, and very much forced, artificial rarity.

@RupeeClock Well then they are still backed by their cash flow just like any and all companies that exist. It's a business.

@RupeeClock lol at the email... basically... their reply is it’s 2 quid a month what you all moaning about... we will send the game packaged well (should be standard surely) and on time (again should be standard) I’d rather they put £2 on every game if im honest

@Heavyarms55 In the case of SRG this isn’t true the Copies hang about for ages and for many collectors the point is they are limited to one run.

@SwitchForce I agree. Everything in both emails I find a total turn off and “one use” was a final insult on the initial email. The second saying “it’s only £2” suggesting - what you moaning about... hmmm... there is a guy on twitter who defends these guys and LRG and posts his “collection” all the time but clearly is sent freebies and is just a yes man is defending this and unfortunately many switch collectors trust him.

@Stocksy "there is a guy on twitter who defends these guys and LRG and posts his “collection” all the time but clearly is sent freebies and is just a yes man is defending this and unfortunately many switch collectors trust him."

Unfortunately, I am one of those collectors whom don't trust such postings and will make my own decisions. And it's sad there is a mole on there that is bought and paid out with bribes.

@SwitchForce yeah unfortunately many can’t see that he is being sent his collection for free which is why he defends LRG and SRG whatever they do. Other day I saw him asking a company for freebies and getting the hump when they didn’t want him to “help promote their game” joker.

I’ve email Super Rare my feelings.

Maybe it is this or increasing game prices to cover running costs?

@PixelStef Aww bless you.

Here's a novel idea to take the """stress""" out of buying:

Rather than implementing a ridiculous fee, regardless of how little it costs (again, like the Switch online, I don't care that it's "only" $XX.XX), why not just take pre-orders with a deposit up until the time comes to actually print them?

I'm no expert, but surely that's a way to ensure you sell practically every copy you have in stock as well as providing to everybody who wants one, thus removing this "stress".

I’ve never experienced any stress in buying games from Super Rare Games. Limited Run Games is way harder to get games from. I would probably buy the membership if it was from LRG.