I preordered at Amazon with gold box quick pick discount + ECA + a $30 code from the trade-in program so it is pretty dirt cheap for me when it's all said and done. Otherwise I may have held off as well as the last one got so cheap after a fairly short time (though now it is back up again in value - go figure).
I'm just hoping this is one of those rare games I can actually get a platinum trophy in since I find the vast majority of them simply impossible. So the pursuit of that ought to keep me busy for a while.
So, according to Amazon this comes out Sept 16th! Wow - I thought it was another week away (when I'll be out of town). So hopefully they ship it to me fairly quickly (I do have Prime) so I can put some time into it before my trip.
I was a bit bothered by the seemingly unstable frame rate in the demo. I hope that isn't an issue with the full game. And also, while the watering level was unique, the other one was a carbon copy from the other games - I didn't see a single difference there. That's OK as long as the vast majority of the game isn't like that.
By the way, here's my rather sweet looking invoice from Amazon (was just on to verify the shipping method - unfortunately no release-day shipping on this one so it is going 2-day - hopefully I have it on Friday then!):
Item(s) Subtotal: $46.99
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Gold Box Discount: -$2.35
Promotion Applied: -$4.70
Promotion Applied: -$30.00
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Total Before Tax: $9.94
Estimated Tax: $0.00
Gift Certificate/Card Amount: $9.94
So after gold box + ECA I was only paying $39.94 anyway and then my $30 off code from the trade-in program knocked it down to just about $10 of my trade-in credit (and considering that the trade-in credit and associated $30 promo code pretty much came from my GS credit, it's like I ordered it from GS for $10 ).
I'm just hoping this is one of those rare games I can actually get a platinum trophy in since I find the vast majority of them simply impossible. So the pursuit of that ought to keep me busy for a while.
So, according to Amazon this comes out Sept 16th! Wow - I thought it was another week away (when I'll be out of town). So hopefully they ship it to me fairly quickly (I do have Prime) so I can put some time into it before my trip.
I was a bit bothered by the seemingly unstable frame rate in the demo. I hope that isn't an issue with the full game. And also, while the watering level was unique, the other one was a carbon copy from the other games - I didn't see a single difference there. That's OK as long as the vast majority of the game isn't like that.
By the way, here's my rather sweet looking invoice from Amazon (was just on to verify the shipping method - unfortunately no release-day shipping on this one so it is going 2-day - hopefully I have it on Friday then!):
Item(s) Subtotal: $46.99
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Gold Box Discount: -$2.35
Promotion Applied: -$4.70
Promotion Applied: -$30.00
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Total Before Tax: $9.94
Estimated Tax: $0.00
Gift Certificate/Card Amount: $9.94
So after gold box + ECA I was only paying $39.94 anyway and then my $30 off code from the trade-in program knocked it down to just about $10 of my trade-in credit (and considering that the trade-in credit and associated $30 promo code pretty much came from my GS credit, it's like I ordered it from GS for $10 ).