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A couple common sense things:

1) 40 copies on eBay out of 3000 copies is not a big percentage. Bots didn't "buy all these up." I think mostly curiosity and  demand just exceeded supply here.

2) Flippers are good in the sense that if you didn't get a copy you can at least still get one for a premium if you really want one. Imagine if nobody put their copies on eBay... then you would actually never get one.

3) Don't pay scalper prices now. They have a limited window to flip these for a high premium before the eBay market gets flooded with more copies from people who finally get one in hand, see the price its going for, and decide to sell/trade and then the price normalizes. If you want to get a copy on the secondary market, you gotta hit it at the right time... probably a week or two after they've been shipped out.

Remember, few LRG vita titles actually go for $100+ on the secondary market, and the ones that do are the ones that have had time to appreciate. If people are paying more for Papers Please from a guy who doesn't even have it in hand than Oddworld or Breach & Clear, I have to shake my head and laugh. Remember when Soldner and Oceanhorn sold out quick like this? Look at what they're going for now.

 
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bmcgrevy said:
Will LRG be doing PS5 rereleases for some of their PS4 games?
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With PS5 confirmed to be backwards compatible with PS4, I can't imagine that they would. On the other hand, it wouldn't surprise me if they did. I would commit to new titles released for PS5, but re-releases of PS4 titles would be a new low.
 
How did I miss that Best Buy sold River City Girls? Why don't they sell it anymore? I still see old games like Lumines Remastered in stock. Will there be another River City Girls release for PS4 or Switch (or even PS5) since it looks like it had a retail release? And can anyone explain why this game is more expensive than some of their other games from resellers?
 
bmcgrevy said:
How did I miss that Best Buy sold River City Girls? Why don't they sell it anymore? I still see old games like Lumines Remastered in stock. Will there be another River City Girls release for PS4 or Switch (or even PS5) since it looks like it had a retail release? And can anyone explain why this game is more expensive than some of their other games from resellers?
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You'll have to import or ebay the game. Way Forward is good about not reprinting games that go through LRG, which this did. The Best Buy copies were through LRG, and even then, it was only copies for Switch. PS4 was only through LRG. Both were an open preorder.
 
bmcgrevy said:
How did I miss that Best Buy sold River City Girls? Why don't they sell it anymore? I still see old games like Lumines Remastered in stock. Will there be another River City Girls release for PS4 or Switch (or even PS5) since it looks like it had a retail release? And can anyone explain why this game is more expensive than some of their other games from resellers?
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It was selling for a good amount on eBay early on so resellers brought all the copies months ago.

 
ecwfan said:
If you bought Power Rangers from LRG (not Best Buy) and want the missing skins you need to open a ticket on their support site. PS4 game buyers can request a replacement disc while Switch game buyers can request a code. It is my understanding that the PS4 copies sold at Best Buy are the corrected discs, but I am not sure about the Switch version.
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[SIZE=11pt]Wait, when or where was this request ticket mentioned? Does the missing skins pack include the recently released Robert “RJ” James - Jungle Fury Ranger and the Dai Shi Phantom Beast Skin? So this means that the LRG version of Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is already inferior and outdated. I wonder if nWay or Lions Gate Entertainment Inc will release a Definitive Edition sometime in the future. It seems that more downloadable content will be released since nWay has started doing the whole season pass content approach.[/SIZE]

 
I guess I'll just have to suck it up and buy it online then. It looks like it sold for $40 after shipping anyway originally so it's only about $20 over MSRP and only sells a few copies a month. One seller had copies listed all of these months and only sold 3 of them. It makes me wonder if they'll end up dropping it more if they never move the copies since it looks like most people who want it got a copy already. It also makes me wonder why anyone bothers scalping and hoarding these games since it looks like the majority of them sell for only $10 or $20 above MSRP anyway and after eBay fees they are making less than minimum wage or, in many cases, losing money on unpopular titles.
 
What happens to cancelled orders? Blind boxes come holiday? I remember there used to be a waiting list even though it never worked out for in my favor. Did they get rid of it?

 
Tothoro said:
Blind boxes and convention stock. They did indeed get rid of waitlists, unfortunately.
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Buying 3 blind boxes a few years ago was the worst Limited Run mistake I ever made.

Sure it seemed like a fun idea when I was ordering, and even fun when they showed up.

Was most definitely not fun when I got 3 reject games I never would have bought and did not want...

I definitely didn't buy them with the intention of selling them, but I had no idea what to do with them. It took me 2 years but I finally sold them and got back almost 50% of what I spent...

 
So what decides which LRG are popular or not? Some titles sell out instantly and have high resell while others depreciate despite being good games. Just what the market wants I guess like anything else?
 
When Spelunky came out, I thought the CE was full of great stuff and jumped on it the moment it was available. I was sure it was going to sell out quickly. Instead, it stayed available throughout the weekend and beyond. That was the first time I was personally insulted by other people's taste in video games.
 
adam81 said:
Does the Jak 4 case ship individually? My Jak X CE is coming Tomorrow or should I expect it with that?
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Mine shipped by itself few weeks ago. Did you ever get an email to fill out an online form with your info for the case? They sent my case after I filled out the form.

 
Still waiting on my Jak games along with blasphemous CE, it has been in "in-hand" status for some time but hasn't moved at all.

Also, I vaguely remember but is Samurai Showdown showing up in a non collectors edition?

 
topchief1 said:
When Spelunky came out, I thought the CE was full of great stuff and jumped on it the moment it was available. I was sure it was going to sell out quickly. Instead, it stayed available throughout the weekend and beyond. That was the first time I was personally insulted by other people's taste in video games.
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I also own the ce I regret it

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shosaisyu said:
I wish I could cancel my SOR4 CE...shit's just getting released at retail. Sigh..
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Crap, really? I ordered the PS4 one with the statue that is delayed for eternity.. not so limited I guess?

edit: I don't know the difference, is CE the one without the statue? I can't keep track of the # of releases this game has now.

 
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on sale this week at bestbuy

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Switch $29.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/gunvolt-chronicles-luminous-avenger-ix-standard-edition-nintendo-switch/6395588.p?skuId=6395588

Stranger Things 3: The Game PS4 $29.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/stranger-things-3-the-game-standard-edition-playstation-4/6395589.p?skuId=6395589

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe Switch $24.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/battle-chef-brigade-deluxe-nintendo-switch/6308306.p?skuId=6308306

Giga Wrecker Alt. Switch $24.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/giga-wrecker-alt-nintendo-switch/6358567.p?skuId=6358567

Windjammers Switch $19.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/windjammers-nintendo-switch/6332232.p?skuId=6332232

Red Matter PS4 $29.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/red-matter-standard-edition-playstation-4/6389338.p?skuId=6389338

 
blueweltall said:
I think they sent a steam key for eveybody who preorder the CE.
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yeah which is nice but I want to play it on my console in my living room with 4 other friends and not have to deal with the logistics of getting 4 PS4 controllers hooked up to something that can stream to my front room

LRG pooped me hard over with this one, i'll be a much more scrutinizing customer from now on

 
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There's something weird with Best Buy and LRG. Other items if your local store doesn't have it in stock you can have it shipped to your local store and pick it up there. For LRG titles this option is not available. If your local store doesn't have it in stock you can't pick it up at your store. You're forced to buy it a store that has it or pay shipping unless the order is over $35. You can have it shipped to a UPS store but that costs $3.99 so what's the point? This is only with LRG titles and makes no sense.
 
bmcgrevy said:
There's something weird with Best Buy and LRG. Other items if your local store doesn't have it in stock you can have it shipped to your local store and pick it up there. For LRG titles this option is not available. If your local store doesn't have it in stock you can't pick it up at your store. You're forced to buy it a store that has it or pay shipping unless the order is over $35. You can have it shipped to a UPS store but that costs $3.99 so what's the point? This is only with LRG titles and makes no sense.
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Not surprising. More than likely because Best Buy wisely ordered a fewer number of these.

With more and more stores wiping out or cutting back on all physical media, it's fully expected that warehouses/shipping are going to be the more preferred routes for getting anything but AAA releases.

I can see more and more retailers like Best Buys and Targets not wanting to waste time/money on coordinating ship to store options for physical media. Target already spiked up mandatory $35 order minimums for nearly all of its movies, too.

It's just not worth it from a profit margin.

The era of pemiums for physical media collectors is well upon us. Oh joy ...
 
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It's kind of sad, games are just seen as disposable now like movies and music after Netflix and streaming songs became a thing.
 
bmcgrevy said:
What is everyone's opinions on competitors such as Strictly Limited Games?
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. Strictly Limited does some nice CEs and they seem to have some connections with Taito (or whoever holds their IPs). That said, I finally got a shipping notice for a title I ordered a year ago from them and have a number of orders in limbo. I trust they will arrive just fine but the massive delays put me off additional purchases.
 
bmcgrevy said:
There's something weird with Best Buy and LRG. Other items if your local store doesn't have it in stock you can have it shipped to your local store and pick it up there. For LRG titles this option is not available. If your local store doesn't have it in stock you can't pick it up at your store. You're forced to buy it a store that has it or pay shipping unless the order is over $35. You can have it shipped to a UPS store but that costs $3.99 so what's the point? This is only with LRG titles and makes no sense.
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Their buy-in amount is just too low on LRG games. Stores get a one-time shipment and online orders will be fulfilled with that stock.

 
bmcgrevy said:
There's something weird with Best Buy and LRG. Other items if your local store doesn't have it in stock you can have it shipped to your local store and pick it up there. For LRG titles this option is not available. If your local store doesn't have it in stock you can't pick it up at your store. You're forced to buy it a store that has it or pay shipping unless the order is over $35. You can have it shipped to a UPS store but that costs $3.99 so what's the point? This is only with LRG titles and makes no sense.
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not for me I see realMyst, Mighty Switch Force and some other LRG titles have the ability to ship to other bestbuy stores

 
bmcgrevy said:
It's kind of sad, games are just seen as disposable now like movies and music after Netflix and streaming songs became a thing.
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Blame Microsoft. Gamepass may have its positives, but no company has done more to hasten digital downloads than MS this generation. It's done to home console games what mobile games did to handheld consoles.

That said, I'm not looking for hate or trolling. I don't have any beef one way or the other. Customers made their bed and choice here.

I do wish however that consumers were smarter about how much wr are giving up by letting publishers push the masses to purely leasing digital content.
 
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romeogbs19 said:
Blame Microsoft. Gamepass may have its positives, but no company has done more to hasten digital downloads than MS this generation. It's done to home console games what mobile games did to handheld consoles.

That said, I'm not looking for hate or trolling. I don't have any beef one way or the other. Customers made their bed and choice here.

I do wish however that consumers were smarter about how much wr are giving up by letting publishers push the masses to purely leasing digital content.
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Good thing you didn't say that on the Xbox board. Youd have multiple people block/report you and tell you that they did so lol. You are extremely right, however. Even as someone who mainly chooses Xbox, it's pretty sad. It was basically the only positive thing people had to say about the show last week too.
 
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I'm more pissed about the fact that they aren't talking about these new games being Xbox One X enhanced. I'm not playing Halo Infinite at 900p or less when Xbox One X could easily be the same visually as Series X just with a lower resolution. If these rumors are true they can go fuck themselves.

 
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adam81 said:
I'm more pissed about the fact that they aren't talking about these new games being Xbox One X enhanced. I'm not playing Halo Infinite at 900p or less when Xbox One X could easily be the same visually as Series X just with a lower resolution. If these rumors are true they can go fuck themselves.
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Agreed - MS didn't do themselves any favors with the messaging for that showcase. It was really confusing.

 
redrum666 said:
not for me I see realMyst, Mighty Switch Force and some other LRG titles have the ability to ship to other bestbuy stores 
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Gunvolt Chronicles doesn't for PS4 or Switch.

Do you guys usually buy Swith versions, PS4 versions, or both?

EndOfGreen said:
Good thing you didn't say that on the Xbox board. Youd have multiple people block/report you and tell you that they did so lol. You are extremely right, however. Even as someone who mainly chooses Xbox, it's pretty sad. It was basically the only positive thing people had to say about the show last week too.
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What's wrong with the posters in that thread? They randomly accused you and other people of being trolls even though I can't see you or what the other guy said that was trolling at all. If you say you don't like a popular game then it's trolling somehow? One guy reported your post because he went through your post history and saw you wrote in the PSN thread you said your didn't like GOT. IMO the mods should give consequences to posters who abuse the report function and waste their time with reporting posts that clearly aren't trolling because they aren't reporting your posts because your posts break the rules. They're reporting them because they're malicious and don't like you personally so they think that if they gang up on you they can get you banned.
 
After having missed out on Papers Please on Friday, I consoled myself by ordering a variant cover copy of Carrion.

A day or so afterwards, I got an e-mail that included a digital code for Carrion on the e-Shop. Is this something that happens regularly with Special Reserve Game titles? I might be a bit more free about picking up their titles if there are complementary digital copies in the offing. Certainly not going to complain about being able to access and play the game earlier.

 
Read up a little more on the games on the Limited Run site. It looks like this was an offer exclusive to Carrion in particular. It doesn't look like any of the other Special Reserve Game entries have similar offers.

All the same, I'm not complaining. I paid $30, and effectively get digital and physical. If I want to, I can keep my physical copy sealed and still enjoy the game. Already entered the code and downloaded Carrion on my Switch.

 
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