Wider Bonnie’s Bookstore distribution
Bonnie has been added to AOL and Shockwave, among others. I believe Real, Yahoo and Big Fish will add it in January.
Sites carrying Bonnie’s Bookstore:
Bigger Sites
AOL
MSN Games
Pogo
PopCap
Shockwave
Small/Medium Sites
DA Games (UK/Euro friendly)
GameDemo
Games2Download
TryGames
By the way, they’re all charging the same basic price of $19.95 (plus or minus a nickel), so there’s no point, for now, in price shopping. All sites let you try it for 60 minutes for free.
December 24th, 2005 at 6:20 am
While they all charge the same basic $19.95 price, Big Fish has an interesting deal that looks very tempting … 5 games for $49.95. (Along with some other higher-quantity deals.)
I was considering buying a couple of games, so at this price, I can get 3 more for just 10 bucks extra. Not bad. Now I just wonder if other game portals will feel like they have to follow suit with similar deals.
December 26th, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Actually, Bonnie’s Bookstore is not supposed to be out on Big Fish just yet (you’ll notice there’s no link to it from the main page).
Yes, the Big Fish packs can be a good deal if the games you want are included in the offer. Usually though, the newest releases aren’t on that list. It’s sort of like the BMG/Columbia House record deals – good for picking up a lot of games at a good price, but with somewhat limited selection.
December 26th, 2005 at 7:24 pm
Phil, when and where will Mac users be able to try, buy and play the game?
Thanks!
-peterb
December 26th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
The Mac version should be up on PopCap’s site (and probably others) in January. The Mac version is basically done, but PopCap wants to put up a whole bunch of new Mac stuff at once (sort of a re-vamp of their Mac offerings).
December 27th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
Trygames sells it for 16.99 $ according to the website (or maybe they don’t include some taxes in their prices).
December 30th, 2005 at 7:23 am
Phil, I just saw that Bonnie’s Bookstore is on Big Fish, and even though it’s a new game, it’s part of the deal I mentioned above for $9.99. (Or less.) Maybe you didn’t check it out, since you mentioned something about those kind of deals including only a “limited selection” of games … actually it seems like there are quite a lot of games available for this deal, both new and old. Here’s the link:
Big Fish Special