So risk getting it shipped and having it crushed, or risk picking it up in-store and have it spider wrapped? Tough decision....
Some people have already gotten the game.
I saw that higher up in the thread. But UPS loves to play games with me. Pun not intended.
As expected:
I've never had a pre-order in-store pickup spider-wrapped. I think they take the shipment to the store and directly set aside the pre-orders in the back, and only the ones that get to the shelf get wrapped.
It's only happened to me once and I asked to get another one, luckily there was another on the shelf. Not sure which game it was though, it's been a long time.
Trump Jloly 4 prezI was at my local one bank Aladdin and I swung by the video game section to take a look. Really disappointed to see the game was out with the spider wrap all over it. I may just pay more and get it without damage from game stop
I got mine today, too. Came in a box with air pouches for insulation. Has a crease on one side, but otherwise good to go. Also stopped by local best buy and saw two in stock...that were spider wrapped.
This is how mine came in today. I was a little surprised, I was expecting a bubble mailer. Box was large and there were plenty of air pockets to prevent it from moving around. Game box was in great condition.
I got a bubble mailer with some creases on the side. Well it could've been worse, but the hard cd case and artbook keep the box fairly sturdy.
thats what i did at bestbuy. I took my dented one to bestbuy but left in car and checked if they had a nice copy in the store and bought it then returned the mailed one for card refund.
gamestop. Picked up my GS orders today and gotta say, im surprised at how big this thing is! My GS had 3 copies and 2 were actually creased and crushed. I'm glad i got there early today
BBY cares less that you're happy than that they deter people from stealing.Weird how a massive corporation doesn't have sensitivity to niches...
Depends on what kind of gamer you are. Reading the above, seems like you are a big tales fan, and I would just wait in that case.
Can't blame them or realistically expect them to even know what a spider wrap is. The further up you go the ladder less of the bottom you see. It's a nationwide billion dollar company, cant expect them to dwell on the tiniest detail or even have time. It's like thinking the president should pay attention to you because you got a ticket from a traffic cam when the light was green.
I noticed the local Best Buy received three copies of Corpse Party and apparently spiderwrapped them then realized the spiderwrap damaged the boxes, so they unspiderwrapped them and put them into big plastic cases. Unfortunately, all three boxes were already mangled. I'll bet those copies will never sell as nobody buying a nice boxed CE is going to want mangled boxes.
I would imagine a good store manager would get word of upset customers on limited editions eventually. I doubt this decision is made by the CEO.
Just because you buy a game to play doesn't mean you are ok with badly mangled packaging. It's possible and common for people to actually play games and still care about packaging, especially with a very niche game that is specifically designed as a deluxe collectible.
There are people who cares about games collectibles/extras and there are others who don't. I am already seeing people selling artbook and sound while keeping the game on ebay. To say they will never sell is a bit of a stretch.
I guess, but this same store has a bunch of older niche Japanese CE games that are equally mangled and that have been sitting there since launch months and in some cases over a year ago. Unless the game sells out and becomes valuable, I doubt people are going to buy these copies when they can be had elsewhere in undamaged condition.
They have joined the likes of Amazon in shipping most of my games in bubble mailers... Newegg is by far the worst, they ship everything in bubble mailers.
