Serious question... why are you so against people talking about value? I can understand disliking the resellers and getting irked at people buying 2 - 3 of ____ rare CE in order to make profit, but that is not what is going on here. Most people here seem to genuinely want the game, but know that KH will drop in price (3D hit $9.99 at BB and it WAS still possible to find the preorder cards if you looked hard enough) and people know that sometimes these editions exist in excess (like I've seen more epic / limited edition of Bulletstorm / The Darkness 2 for instance). Also we're in a busy time of the year with many other games asking for money and most of them deserve it a little more than a HD port of a classic game.
Why wouldn't it revolve around profit? If it will cost them money to give it back to Amazon (lets say 4% restocking, so they lose a dollar and time / effort to return it) and you CONSTANTLY point out this thing is common, which makes it far less likely / harder to find someone willing to pay extra for the LE ($40 + possible tax + like $5 dollars for shipping vs just going to the store and buying one for $40 + tax, which would be like $42 in MI) and can result in wasted time / effort bumping a topic on CAG. I mean there is doing a nice thing like those who sold the Wizard edition of Ni no Kuni for cost and there is going out of your way to break even. Much rather take the $1 dollar loss than trying to find a buyer to be honest.
Limited Edition for $7.99? Unlikely. Though the base game will probably hit $5 - $10 dollars.
I can and did too.
Amazon has taken down the LE and now offers the regular. I had canceled my order and replaced it with a discount in August. Mine has yet to ship, I'm hoping I get the LE. I'm paying $35 for it, I better get the LE. Otherwise, I'm returning and waiting for a drop.
The worst part is in the official SE unboxing of the LE, the rep says that anybody that pre ordered the game from a major retailer gets the LE version. And clearly that doesnt seem to be the case
The copy of the LE I preordered from Amazon shipped out today using the super saver option. It should be here either Friday or Saturday depending on whether the email or the site tracking is more accurate. With all these people saying it was first come first server even with preorders at stores I am interested to see what version they sent me.
Congrats man. At least one of us didn't get a pancake'd copy.
I remember reading on Amazon that everyone who pre-orders will get a free upgrade. So until anyone says otherwise, I'll assume it to be true.
I'm guessing they are not listing it anymore over the several complains they must have received. I picked up a copy easily Tuesday morning, I wasn't even looking for it, it caught the corner of my eye as I was going to checkout with my Star Trek: Into Darkness Blu-Ray.
Yeah its probably because of the complaints. But also the best buy by me didn't get a single LE and I didn't even know about it till I opened it and got home to find out the Artbook was the game case itself. I thought it was like something you got separately when you picked it up or something like that.
Yeah mine came in good condition, I mean on the bottom left there is a tiny ding but it's hardly noticeable. It also came in a bubble mailer. What's stupid is I also ordered puppeteer for PS3 and that came in a nice cardboard mailer same day.
I've been saying this for a week here. It's the bottom feeders, just like market insiders who try to push penny stocks, causing drama in the hopes it sells out and increases in 'value'.
Don't forget that we're already finding vanilla copies too.
You are right, in a way. The problem is rarity is relative nowadays because people hoard. Just look at this thread, how many want to keep it sealed for resale. People aren't buying this in stores to play, they're buying it to make $10 a month from now. So in a month it'll be "omg rare and sold out" not because people wanted it, but scumbags thought they can pull a profit.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of people that just like to have a sealed copy for their collection... a good number of people actually buy 1 to play and 1 to display, which might be stupid to others, but this is how they want to use their money. Also, don't forget that it doesn't someone a cent to troll, so don't be surprised if some of those "I bought 6 to resell later" posts are just ploys to piss people off. CAG use to be a better site that didn't have so many of those people (both trolls and resellers), but this is all really relative to what you think of morally right and wrong.
Yup. I buy two copies of a game every now and then for that very purpose. But sometimes, I just buy one copy and don't open it if I'm not going to play it right away. When I am ready to play it, I check the resale price of new copies. If the value is higher than MSRP, I keep my copy sealed and just buy a used copy. If it's less, I just open that mofo.
i had a hunch it was going to come back in stock on amazon. you can always bet on amazon having stock of "limited editions", even if every other retailer is sold out. never bet against amazon
They shipped mine the day I ordered it (3 days ago) from only a few states away, and it's still in the process of getting to me. Man, UPS is never this slow... They're driving all over the place before they come here. I hope nothing happens to it during its long journey.
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