Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 12, 2024 4:06:27 GMT
Anyone noticed that they haven’t announced any new audios on the website Only Trailers and images/ details of already announced projects have been released The last major new release that was announced was Zygon Century Vol 1 and that was a few months ago before they unveiled the new redeveloped website Yeah, I noticed that, too. Along with how they shuffled around the release schedule. I'm sure we could probably read something into that, but I'm not sure what. Could just be that they're wanting to give everyone some space from the August blow-up before trying to get folks excited about future releases again. Basically... waiting for a more receptive audience.
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Post by cjr on Sept 12, 2024 5:43:47 GMT
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when they went for International price parity, didn’t they do the same? No announced releases. So that there was no chance to pre-order until the fundamental changes they were implementing were in place. I’m guessing it’s the same given that going forward bundles will be a thing of the past, etc.
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Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 12, 2024 6:45:35 GMT
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when they went for International price parity, didn’t they do the same? No announced releases. So that there was no chance to pre-order until the fundamental changes they were implementing were in place. I’m guessing it’s the same given that going forward bundles will be a thing of the past, etc. Hm... I think so, but I feel like the upcoming release schedule wasn't quite as empty then as it is now, where we really only have a firm idea of the next three months. I'm trying to remember all of the changes that they announced with the new website.... As I recall, they were effectively increasing prices with the new discount structure, but in a very roundabout manner -- by tying discounts to number of items purchased, and scaling them, international customers must buy more individual stories to hit the same discount that used to be applied to anyone one purchase of £50 or more. A system that is superficially pro-consumer... at least until you consider that Big Finish also does that extraordinarily anti-consumer thing of massively raising prices on everything after it's been out for more than a month. Bundles effectively allowed consumers to buy things at the original price points (so only a "discount" in the most disingenuous possible sense of the word), so withholding pre-orders/bundles until after the price hike made a degree of (still anti-consumer) sense... but I don't think that logic necessarily applies here. After all, Big Finish already excludes bundled items and pre-orders from the currently-active flat discount, so I have to imagine the same will be true of the planned tiered discounts. From a purely mercenary, business perspective... Big Finish has somehow decided to place itself in a position where it makes the most money from older releases (the exact opposite of every other form of media on the planet), then pre-orders, and the least from release day/month sales (which is where every other media makes its most profits). So I guess what I'm saying is... I don't think their decisions or policies make a lot sense, so even if the logic of last year's price hike no longer applies, I wouldn't exactly put it past them to do the same thing now as they did then.
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lidar2
Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Sept 12, 2024 7:46:21 GMT
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when they went for International price parity, didn’t they do the same? No announced releases. So that there was no chance to pre-order until the fundamental changes they were implementing were in place. I’m guessing it’s the same given that going forward bundles will be a thing of the past, etc. Is the new pricing structure that came with the new website (multi buy discounts, no free P&P on CD bundles /pre-orders, etc.) now on the restored old website? Or did it disappear along with the new website? I did a load of pre-orders on the old website before the new one came along so I haven't had occasion to order anything for a while
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 12, 2024 8:49:04 GMT
x.com/bigfinish/status/1834141422779596996
Confirmation release date 19th September for Torchwood #87 "The Hollow Choir".
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Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 12, 2024 8:57:56 GMT
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when they went for International price parity, didn’t they do the same? No announced releases. So that there was no chance to pre-order until the fundamental changes they were implementing were in place. I’m guessing it’s the same given that going forward bundles will be a thing of the past, etc. Is the new pricing structure that came with the new website (multi buy discounts, no free P&P on CD bundles /pre-orders, etc.) now on the restored old website? Or did it disappear along with the new website? I did a load of pre-orders on the old website before the new one came along so I haven't had occasion to order anything for a while No, the new tiered pricing scheme hasn't been implemented yet, and the old flat discount is still active. Or at least that was the case when I checked, last week.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 12, 2024 9:00:34 GMT
Is the new pricing structure that came with the new website (multi buy discounts, no free P&P on CD bundles /pre-orders, etc.) now on the restored old website? Or did it disappear along with the new website? I did a load of pre-orders on the old website before the new one came along so I haven't had occasion to order anything for a while No, the new tiered pricing scheme hasn't been implemented yet, and the old flat discount is still active. Or at least that was the case when I checked, last week. I have noticed a couple subscriptions appear to be still up.. I will have to double check.
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Post by nardolespinoffwhen on Sept 12, 2024 9:58:45 GMT
Anyone noticed that they haven’t announced any new audios on the website Only Trailers and images/ details of already announced projects have been released The last major new release that was announced was Zygon Century Vol 1 and that was a few months ago before they unveiled the new redeveloped website Just had a scroll through the coming up and yes since Zygon was announced a month and a half ago we have had very little news. We know a bit more about some of the releases between now and the end of year but still don't know anything about the upcoming 7DA, War Doctor Rises and last couple of Torchwood. I guess that's not necessarily unusual. What is a bit odd is that apart from some story details about the First Doctor Adventures we know nothing about any other announced release for next year (only 3 months away) and certainly the latter half of next year is looking very empty. This may be how it always feels this time of year but I'd just love to see a bit more news to reignite some fires that were dampened by August's... Let's call it 'incident'
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Post by nardolespinoffwhen on Sept 12, 2024 12:21:35 GMT
The official Doctor Who instagram account asking for questions for 'the 8th Doctor and Charley Pollard' is crazy and brilliant. Loving the 8th Doctor love in the lead up to the live show.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 13, 2024 8:29:06 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 13, 2024 9:21:50 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Sept 13, 2024 12:16:01 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 14, 2024 8:47:02 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 16, 2024 9:19:02 GMT
Gary Russell $ale.
💥 SALE TIME 💥 Gary Russell's birthday is later this week: to celebrate Gary has picked out his 25 favourite audios and they're UP TO 50% OFF!
Sale ends at 23:59 on 22nd September 2024 (CD/DL)
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 16, 2024 11:04:41 GMT
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Post by shallacatop on Sept 16, 2024 11:59:23 GMT
That expression on Purves’ face is terrific. It’s how I feel enduring Noonan’s performance.
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Post by timleschild on Sept 16, 2024 12:17:19 GMT
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Post by Ela on Sept 16, 2024 17:30:01 GMT
I admit to not being a huge fan of the design. It's a bit all over the place.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 16, 2024 20:12:39 GMT
www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/weekly-dealsUp to 50% off selected titles featuring Eric Roberts as the Master. Discounted bundles can be found here: Master! 1-2 (CD) Master! 1-2 (Download) These deals expire 23:59 (UK time) on 22nd September 2024.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Sept 16, 2024 20:57:33 GMT
I admit to not being a huge fan of the design. It's a bit all over the place. You could use this comment for the website, the app and a lot of their recent output.
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