Long before I ever joined the Shockwave team, I was a huge fan of the site that was the original home for online, on-demand gaming. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 10 years since Shockwave.com started introducing people to their first web gaming experience. It’s amazing how gaming has become so core to so many people’s lives since then - from the introduction of casual download games, to connected consoles, to online worlds, mobile and social networks - games are weaving their way into all of our lives in new and exciting ways. As I write this, the most popular app on Facebook and 7 of the top 10 free apps on the iTunes store are games.
All this translates to a growing opportunity to find just the right gaming experiences for you. It also translates to a lot of sorting through to find the games you love and the stuff you want to spend your time and/or hard-earned money on. Shockwave has always been focused on bringing you the best games at the best value, whether it’s our giant catalog of free-to-play online games or our ‘all you can eat’ Shockwave Unlimited subscription service that gives you full access to 700+ download games all for one low monthly price. Today we are taking that commitment to value one step further, and introducing the absolute best way to buy low priced games. We are now offering the majority of our premium download games - over 700 to choose from - for only $6.99 each. No, this isn’t a sale price. No, this isn’t for a limited time. This is our commitment to bringing you low priced games every single day.
So, we’ve hit the major headline. I wouldn’t blame you if you’d already stopped reading and gone to start loading up, but for those of you who are still here, you’re probably wondering ”why? Why go from $19.95 all the way down to $6.99?” I’m glad you asked. Put simply, we want you to play more games. A lot more games. See, we love games and as the rest of the world continues to join us in this love affair, more and more awesome content is being created. Our job is to bring you the best of what’s out there and make sure that you are experiencing as much of what you love as possible - whether it’s time management games, hidden object, matching, action, puzzles or anything else you enjoy. We want you to get the most entertainment you can possibly get for your money, and we want to be the people to help you do that.
So, if you’re the type who wants to try a little bit of everything but not have to buy anything, we’ve got you covered with Shockwave Unlimited for as little as $4.95/month (that’s still less than the cost of a single download game, for access to 700+ existing games and up to 20 new ones every month. Not to mention access to all the benefits of Club Shockwave). Or, if you’d rather buy low priced games individually, you can now get ‘em for just $6.99 every single day. By the way, that is $6.99 and you’re free - there’s no obligation to buy new games, no confusing virtual currency/coin system, no strings - just buy the game(s) and you’re done until you decide to come back and buy some more.
I hope you’re as excited about this as we are, and hope you’ll use it as an excuse to play more games. Seriously, they’re good for you.
Until next time,
John vanSuchtelen
Sr. Director, Product & Programming
Wow! This is great news! Good for you, Shockwave!!! That’s the way to compete in this market, and I applaud you. There are several games that I love that are offered here and not on “that other site” where I buy games. I’ve avoided buying them due to the price–I’m used to paying $6.99 elsewhere, and even with a discount for being an Unlimited member, I still wouldn’t budge. Thanks for always working to make us happy!
Shockwave is definitly the best deal out there! As a Shockwave Unlimited Member I love being able to play all the games I like for as long as I like for a low fee! This new pricing is a fantastic bargain as well. Thank you Shockwave!
That’s great!! Thank you for listening to your customers! I’ve got one more related request — could you possibly provide gift certificates that we can buy online and print out? Christmas is coming up and I’d like to give games as stocking stuffers for all my nieces and nephews. Thanks!!