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[Dervish]

All in the title. £59.99

 

[Gahn]

Uhm awaiting for their e-mail tbh yet.

 

[Dervish]

what, an e-mail from play.com?

 

[Anar]

All in the title. £59.99

Game still selling it for £39.99, I know they wern't on the official list but neither are Play now

 

[Faeldawn]

All in the title. £59.99

£59.99? ROFL, i'll wait till it's been out for a few months then pick up a copy for a tenner thanks muchly

 

[Faeldawn]

Game still selling it for £39.99, I know they wern't on the official list but neither are Play now

Nerf posting while im typing

More reasonable price.

 

[Gahn]

what, an e-mail from play.com?

It was up yesterday, but you could only drop in your e-mail address so they could send you info of when it would have been available.

 

[Ashorn]

Game still selling it for £39.99, I know they wern't on the official list but neither are Play now

Trouble is that the Game.uk one absolutely definately does not include the preorder pack (with the beta key/early start/items) , whereas Play.com , assuming its still a preorder partner, does have those.

 

[Flimgoblin]

got my email from play.com now but have already bought two copies

I'm hoping the case is as follows: X number of partners, not all of them ready, the ones that weren't ready yesterday were removed from the website.

And not that play.com were listed but aren't partners any more...

 

[Anar]

Trouble is that the Game.uk one absolutely definately does not include the preorder pack (with the beta key/early start/items) , whereas Play.com , assuming its still a preorder partner, does have those.

Cant find where it say's that on Play.com? or have I missed summit? I'd order from Game before they raise the price odds are if they weren't parteners they wouldn't be selling it, and if they aren't partners and retract the order...............I may get a tad upset

 

[Gahn]

got my email from play.com now but have already bought two copies

I'm hoping the case is as follows: X number of partners, not all of them ready, the ones that weren't ready yesterday were removed from the website.

And not that play.com were listed but aren't partners any more...

So you got a nice key u can pair with your beta account? Provided you ain't in already ofc.

 

[Dervish]

I just called play.com and pointed out they have been taken off the official list and that they don't anywhere mention about the preorder box (despite having it as the image for that game) and that without it (pre-order box) no-one is going to order it from them whem Game are doing what looks to us as the same thing for half the price. guy I spoke to was very helpful and is right now calling Play.com head office and is going to e-mail me ASAP.

Still though, £60 is a lot. I may just go with Game anyway but I want early access so I can bag the guild name I want etc..

 

[Flimgoblin]

nono, the email was the "product now available" but being the f5-killing monkey I am I'd already been to the site and seen it was up..

Already in beta so the key doesn't actually do much for me anyway

 

[Anar]

So when exactly is "Open Beta", as far as i was aware beta is now closed and judging from other "Open Beta's" ive played it wont be until a month or 2 before release which is probably Christmas time?

Guess what im syaing is even if we get the "Open Beta" code now, we still wont be able to get into the beta for months? or am I completly going off on a tangent?

 

[chrislocalboy]

I just called play.com and pointed out they have been taken off the official list and that they don't anywhere mention about the preorder box (despite having it as the image for that game) and that without it (pre-order box) no-one is going to order it from them whem Game are doing what looks to us as the same thing for half the price. guy I spoke to was very helpful and is right now calling Play.com head office and is going to e-mail me ASAP.

Still though, £60 is a lot. I may just go with Game anyway but I want early access so I can bag the guild name I want etc..

Awesome to actually see a call centre staff member who cares!!!

Mind you when I've had to ring Play they have always been nice and genuinly sounded intersted.

Keep us posted on what he says, I'm un-willing to pre-order and pay the full price unless they can be confirmed as partners and that we will get the special package!

Nice work though!

 

[Flimgoblin]

So when exactly is "Open Beta", as far as i was aware beta is now closed and judging from other "Open Beta's" ive played it wont be until a month or 2 before release which is probably Christmas time?

Guess what im syaing is even if we get the "Open Beta" code now, we still wont be able to get into the beta for months? or am I completly going off on a tangent?

Open Beta isn't immediately, no, but it is a guarantee you get in - there's also the head start and the official pre-order programme bonus items.

 

[Case]

£59.99?? lolz

 

[Flimgoblin]

£59.99?? lolz

That's the collectors edition which includes artwork, graphic novel, miniature etc. the standard edition will be cheaper I imagine

 

[Anar]

Open Beta isn't immediately, no, but it is a guarantee you get in - there's also the head start and the official pre-order programme bonus items.

Thanks for clearing that up for me Film :worthy: don't get me wrong ordered my CE yesterday just chomping at the bit to get into the game

 

[Ashorn]

Cant find where it say's that on Play.com? or have I missed summit? I'd order from Game before they raise the price odds are if they weren't parteners they wouldn't be selling it, and if they aren't partners and retract the order...............I may get a tad upset

Game.uk arent offering the preorder pack, what they are offering is a preorder of the CE. The CE doesnt contain the early start/betakey/items, only the preorder *pack* for the CE does, and the preorder *pack* is only available from the companies that war-europe has said are partners in the pre order program.

Lots of places are offering preorders of the CE, but thats the CE, not the Preorder Pack for the CE, which is a seperate entity. THE preorder pack costs extra , as it comes with the early start/betakey/items. I have not yet seen Game.uk listed as partners on war-europe. I have however seen play.com listed as partners (though the link was taken down yesterday, I think due to it linking to a unfinished page at the time).

IF war-europe or someone does now say that Game.uk IS a preorder partner then thats ok, but if they dont then the game preorder is only for the CE.

 

[Anar]

Game.uk arent offering the preorder pack, what they are offering is a preorder of the CE. The CE doesnt contain the early start/betakey/items, only the preorder *pack* for the CE does, and the preorder *pack* is only available from the companies that war-europe has said are partners in the pre order program.

Lots of places are offering preorders of the CE, but thats the CE, not the Preorder Pack for the CE, which is a seperate entity. THE preorder pack costs extra , as it comes with the early start/betakey/items. I have not yet seen Game.uk listed as partners on war-europe. I have however seen play.com listed as partners (though the link was taken down yesterday, I think due to it linking to a unfinished page at the time).

IF war-europe or someone does now say that Game.uk IS a preorder partner then thats ok, but if they dont then the game preorder is only for the CE.

I hear what your saying mate, but I'd be a bit annoyed/supprised if the CE listed by "Game" was exactly the same and the standard edition of WAR, also listed by "Game". I'm guessing that "Game" havent updated their CE page yet as its the same as the standard version .......just a shot in the dark mind

Edit: 'cause i cant type and think at the same time

 

[Ashorn]

Ahh..play have updated their product page now to show that it includes THE preorder pack with the early start/beta key/items

 

[Dervish]

Ok just got this:

Hi
I phoned are head office and they said all they can go with is what
the suplyer details that have been given to us and then put on the webpage
and were not abl;e to confirm if there was any specail extas along with
the item i am sorry i could not find out any further information

Now I'm really pissed off.

 

[Ashorn]

I hear what your saying mate, but I'd be a bit annoyed/supprised if the CE listed by "Game" was exactly the same and the standard edition of WAR. I'm guessing that "Game" havent updated their CE page yet as its the same as the standard version .......just a shot in the dark mind

Its not the same as the standard version, its the CE.

But it isnt THE preorder pack, its just a preorder of the CE. The bonus items/earlystart and beta key dont come as part of the CE, they come as part of THE preorder pack of the CE. A special edition of the CE (55,000 copies in europe) with the additional bonuses.

So effectively there are 3 versions, THE preorder CE, the CE and the standard.

 

[Dervish]

Lol just seen Ashorn's post which he posted as I was doing my last one just then and I can confirm Play.com are doing the pre-order pack. Seems like my efforts were not in vain after all.

 

[Case]

That's the collectors edition which includes artwork, graphic novel, miniature etc. the standard edition will be cheaper I imagine

It`s on sale for £39.99 at game, why £20 more at play?

 

[Jimmy]

cos game isnt the preorder package. the £20 extra gives you the open beta key as well as the extra ingame items etc etc..

also read 2 posts up.

 

[Dervish]

Its not the same as the standard version, its the CE.

But it isnt THE preorder pack, its just a preorder of the CE. The bonus items/earlystart and beta key dont come as part of the CE, they come as part of THE preorder pack of the CE. A special edition of the CE (55,000 copies in europe) with the additional bonuses.

So effectively there are 3 versions, THE preorder CE, the CE and the standard.

Are you sure about that? I'm betting the CE is limited to 55,000 whether it comes with the pre-order pack or not. I would think the pre-order pack is just encouragment to buy from a listed (or listed then unlisted lol) official partner.

 

[Case]

The CE is the CE, the only difference would be the access to beta, you get all the other stuff anyway so where does the extra £20 cost come from? rip off tbh

 

[Ashorn]

Are you sure about that? I'm betting the CE is limited to 55,000 whether it comes with the pre-order pack or not. I would think the pre-order pack is just encouragment to buy from a listed (or listed then unlisted lol) official partner.

Actually I cant remember what the 55,000 was regarding, will have to check the post on the Beta forums again...one moment and I'll take a look

EDIT : yup you're right, 55k for CE