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Originally Posted by FlyingMonkey9 Feel like this game will sell well on PC, but console gamers won't be buying. Will wait and see how the game plays with controller and then pick up when its 29.99 in a few weeks

There's a demo on Steam. People have been saying that it controls very well with a controller and arguably better than kb/m.

^I thought so as well.

Played the demo on Steam and then ordered the game a short time later.


It's +26 miles to the nearest Best Buy and gas is around $5 a gallon, checked ahead to see if they were offering the GC before making the trip (nope). So I ordered off Amazon with some GC I had from Bing and Borderlands 2.

Originally Posted by KrizB ^I thought so as well. Played the demo on Steam and then ordered the game a short time later. It's +26 miles to the nearest Best Buy and gas is around $5 a gallon, checked ahead to see if they were offering the GC before making the trip (nope). So I ordered off Amazon with some GC I had from Bing and Borderlands 2.

You could have ordered online and got it ship to store. They mail the gift card, I got mine already. On Tuesday I will go pick it up.

Man I am in a bind... I know someone who is selling Euro key with TF2 and Civ 5 preorder bonus for $35. But my att dsl bandwidth is pretty low at 150 and i am at 65% mark so even if I got the key I won;t be able to download it till the cycle reset in like 2 weeks. He claim the key will work fine for NA. On the other hand, the amazon preorder with 15 credit is nice too and I don;t need to worry about the bandwidth... what do u guys think?

demo of the game will be on the ps3 tomorrow

Have already gotten the BB email that it'll be ready for pickup in the morning. Can't freakin' wait! Glad I have a short day tomorrow!

I'm not convinced the price on XCOM will do any quick deep diving, any more than I believe Dishonored will. XCOM is coming from Firaxis, the folks behind Civilization and Pirates!. Neither of those dropped in price quickly, and Civilization, released in 2008, has still not dipped below $15. That's pretty solid for a title 4 years old. (And Pirates! on the original XBOX still auctions off for $10-$20.)

It'd be a mistake to confuse 2K Games (the publisher) with Firaxis (the developer) on this one. XCOM won't follow the Darkness II pattern. If XCOM is anything like the original (and we already know it is), the replayability will be stellar. Only folks trading this one in will be folks who don't like this type of game.

Originally Posted by Kylearan Have already gotten the BB email that it'll be ready for pickup in the morning. Can't freakin' wait! Glad I have a short day tomorrow! I'm not convinced the price on XCOM will do any quick deep diving, any more than I believe Dishonored will. XCOM is coming from Firaxis, the folks behind Civilization and Pirates!. Neither of those dropped in price quickly, and Civilization, released in 2008, has still not dipped below $15. That's pretty solid for a title 4 years old. (And Pirates! on the original XBOX still auctions off for $10-$20.) It'd be a mistake to confuse 2K Games (the publisher) with Firaxis (the developer) on this one. XCOM won't follow the Darkness II pattern. If XCOM is anything like the original (and we already know it is), the replayability will be stellar. Only folks trading this one in will be folks who don't like this type of game.

but the truth is that ppl who does not like turn based strategy games would not even buy this game in the first place. most of the ppl who are going to buy this game are those die-hards fan / or ppl who enjoyed the original xcom games .

Originally Posted by Kylearan I'm not convinced the price on XCOM will do any quick deep diving, any more than I believe Dishonored will. XCOM is coming from Firaxis, the folks behind Civilization and Pirates!. Neither of those dropped in price quickly, and Civilization, released in 2008, has still not dipped below $15. That's pretty solid for a title 4 years old. (And Pirates! on the original XBOX still auctions off for $10-$20.)

Well, Civ V came out in 2010. They didn't drop the price until July 2011 when the list price became $29.99. (Which is still is at.)

Looking at history, Civ V only went 25% off during the winter Steam sale in 2010, so you can probably expect to wait 9 months at least to get a deal on XCOM.

Picking up the ps3 version in less than 12 hours


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first game at full price this gen minus the $10 RZ coupon, of course

Hmm. You guys think the $15 card will be available when it's released? I I'm hoping pc version becomes available for store pickup with card


edit: gift card got removed from the site :(

Has anyone who ordered for shipping ship out yet?

Originally Posted by Jinque Has anyone who ordered for shipping ship out yet?

I ordered yesterday, they sent it out same day, and it'll arrive by end of tomorrow (I'm silver).

I preordered yesterday and the gift card shipped ysterday already. I will be picking up the game at the store, but did not recieved any email with the Preorder DLC code, will that be in the box or are you guys getting the DLC by email?

Originally Posted by FlyingMonkey9 Feel like this game will sell well on PC, but console gamers won't be buying. Will wait and see how the game plays with controller and then pick up when its 29.99 in a few weeks

that is why i preordered the ps3 version, i think the console versions will go down in price quickly. "strategy" and "console gaming" just dont go well together. hoping for a price match in the $45 range (come on TRU). already put the $15 giftcard to good use with the max payne $20 DOTD.

Did anyone get the Preorder bonus for the PS3 version? I didn't get it when I picked the game up and I haven't received any emails about it after about 6 hours.

Originally Posted by jaydude84 Did anyone get the Preorder bonus for the PS3 version? I didn't get it when I picked the game up and I haven't received any emails about it after about 6 hours.

i thought the preorder bouns is inside the game?

Originally Posted by YBX87 i thought the preorder bouns is inside the game?

That's what I've been hearing, but it's not within my game. I guess I'm going to contact Best Buy support, but I'm not really sure how to plead my case.

Originally Posted by YBX87 i thought the preorder bouns is inside the game?

My Xbox version has a sticker indicating that. I haven't opened it to confirm.

Originally Posted by pacifickarma My Xbox version has a sticker indicating that. I haven't opened it to confirm.

i just opened my ps3 version, and confirmed the code is on a online pass code paper inside the game, n the youtube video i just watched confirmed xbox 360 version has the code on a paper inside.

Originally Posted by YBX87 i just opened my ps3 version, and confirmed the code is on a online pass code paper inside the game, n the youtube video i just watched confirmed xbox 360 version has the code on a paper inside.

Did the Ps3 version have a sticker on the outside indicating that?

Because I also got one that had nothing inside and Im pretty peeved about it...

Gonna go exchange it for one that does