There is no doubt...this was greed and prior poor marketing planning! I am actually surprised that they did not think to start with that the truly insane among us would spend even more on a retail package if the online version was not already available. IN FACT, the more I think about it, the more I think this was exactly the plan....get us excited and then rip it out from us....cause perhaps even MORE of us to run and get the retail version.
Well it may backfire....because now we will get to see the features before rushing to the online payment version.
Either way, this is a business....just don't take us all for fools please NC Soft.
