A word to the wise: back in November when the MS Store was offering Black Ops 2 with a 1600 MSP card and a $10 off coupon for $60, I purchased the game but never received my MSP despite calling numerous times. Finally gave up after calling 6-7 times (if not more) over the course of a few weeks.

I'd consider maybe ordering a few of these online, but I'm done dealing with my local B&M.

I just had way too many issues with things like this at my local Microsoft Store last year. It just didn't seem like any of the employees knew what they're doing with these promotions. When I had a problem, and it was early on with missing DLC, everyone would tell me different things, take down my contact info and nothing would ever come of that information until I showed up again later to ask about it. I just got tired of dealing with them.

Despite having had my contact info, I was never contacted about picking up any of my preorders or attending events that they may have held. Never got some of the DLC that I was supposed to receive for my preorders either despite being promised I would. Was told I didn't need my receipt by a couple of employees then asked to provide a receipt on a few separate occasions, luckily I had my phone and didn't delete my confirmation e-mails.

Sure, I received gift cards because of my preorders to use towards other things in the store, but then they just went ahead and pulled all of the lower priced items and points cards one day and never bothered to put them back, so what's the point of going in? I'm not interested in paying MSRP when I have multiple other far more convenient outlets.

My visits were just full of conflicting information, one time, they'd price match, afterwards, they wouldn't and claimed they never could... and the one time I went and refunded a preorder, which I was told I could by multiple store associates, I'm told by the store manager that preorders aren't refundable, but they'd only make a one time exception because of all the other crap I had to endure.

TL;DR: My local MS Store was filled with a bunch of freaking amateurs. I'd suggest sticking to the webstore.

I got Dishonored for free from them even though I really did cancel the order as I changed my mind. If I knew I was getting same day delivery I'd probably do it.

Why oh why couldn't Gears Judgment be included.

I'll switch my Dead Space 3 preorder from Best Buy since they are offering the same bonus DLC and I'd just as soon have MSP instead of Reward cert. But it looks like Tomb Raider and BioShock will stay with Best Buy since Microsoft Store isn't including the bonus DLC.

Btw, for whatever it's worth, I've done a few preorders with Microsoft Store and always received the promo code emails promptly, and got the game on release day even though I chose the free shipping.

My Dead Space 3 Limited Edition will be staying at Amazon since I have a $5 promo on it plus $10 in gift cards applied (along with the free S&H).

However, I'm also in the market for GTA5. I've cancelled my GTA5 pre-order through Amazon and switched to MS Store for GTA5. All the same, I've notified Amazon of what is virtually a $39.99 pricetag on the game. If they price match for $39.99 straight cash, they'll have earned back my business. I'm surprised that no in-game pre-order bonuses have really been advertised yet for this title considering how big it is and considering that we're only about 60-90 days from launch.

Ordered Tomb Raider & GTA V. When I did this same deal with Black Ops 2, I got everything that was promised.

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Sounds good to me. Not to contradict folks who clearly had bad experiences, but I preordered a few games last fall and didn't have any problems. Sure, MS could've sent the bonus codes quicker, but my games shipped fast and overall the deal was worth it.

ffs why no gears judgement only game I want besides gta v

This is an excellent deal! I will pre-order GTA V and Bioshock Infinite through the Microsoft Store.

How fast do they ship the games out?

Originally Posted by BudzMcGee If only it were possible to price match this at Best Buy and their $20 cert promo. They don't price match on pre-order deals though.

Mine did last year, I preordered Resident Evil 6 and Assassin's Creed 3 and they gave me a free 1600 msp with each of them, planning on doing it for Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Metal Gear Rising, Tomb Raider, and Bioshock Infinite.

How fast is the cheapest shipping from there? Im eyeing the gta5 but i really wanna have it within 1-2 days of release.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi Why oh why couldn't Gears Judgment be included.

Originally Posted by boris1 ffs why no gears judgement only game I want besides gta v

I thought the same thing when I saw this thread, especially because apparently Gears of War: Judgment hasn't even hit 100 thousand pre-orders, and Gears of War 3 at the same time prior to release (2 months) had 1.3 million pre-orders.

And it is a Microsoft published title, exclusive for their system. This, mixed with the 5 key people from Epic and the Gears of War Series that were on this game leaving over the last year doesn't make it look like it will succeed.

And Epic keeps ignoring the question about whether or not they're bringing Horde, or even Beast, back. Not looking good.

Judgment has now been added.

woot got judgement and gta v cant wait!!

Originally Posted by mikenoob How fast do they ship the games out?

The two pre-orders I made last fall each arrived on their respective launch day, even though I chose free shipping. I don't know if that's standard procedure or if I got lucky. Code emails came about a week or two later.

Originally Posted by The Ebbtide Judgment has now been added.

I tried to ask a CSR in livechat whether the 1600 Points offer would be extended to prior preorders. I may as well have been talking to some random drunk homeless man for as much as he even began to understand what I was talking about.

I ended up having him cancel my existing order and just made a new one. :P

Noticed this post faded away? Isnt this a good deal? Im debating on ordering judgment and gta5 from this since im 100% getting both but im not to familuar with the MS store. Is the free shipping good on this or no?

Free shipping is fine -- if you place the order in time (cutoff is usually couple days before release date) then they'll ship it out a day before release by UPS one day air so that you'll get it on release day. That's what they did for the fall/winter preorders so it *should* be same for the winter/spring preorders, but remember that release day delivery is NOT guaranteed by MS

i preordered a few games from ms.com last time they did this deal

they generally got here release day. i preordered Halo 4 & NBA 2k12 from them and got them release day. i preordered a few weeks in advance

Borderlands 2, however, i preordered a night or two before, so i didn't get it for about a week.

the codes took a few days to receive, but i did get them all.

i'm guessing they aren't going to do the $10 coupons again like they did last time since everybody used them on black friday.