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[Brockololly]

Eh- what I still want to know is whats the deal with the MSRP for the PC version? It started out at $49.99 everywhere like most PC games, then with the announcement of the SE, it jumped up $10 on the EA Store, and within the past week, the price on Amazon and Gamestop for the PC version has likewise jumped up to $59.99.



So is that the official new price for DA2 on PC? Or is that just the SE's price on the PC? Cause it sort of negates half of the supposed value you're getting in the SE if its $10 more anyway....

[DancesWithScions]

how's pre-ordering from the EA store (digital download) sounds to you ?

it seems like the only solution for the non-american/european .

but again there is still some time for miracles, have some faith.



and i want to adress another matter, i think some people misunderstood Priestly's statement that the SE is th CE.

i think what he really meant to say that its NOT the CE (correct me if im wrong) , but its the closest thing you will get, and as much as i would like to have a bulky CE on my desk , in order to prevent further disappointment it is highly recommended for all of you to to embrace your "upgraded" pre-order installment . its better than no bonuses at all. im happy with what is offered to us.

[Sharuko]

adriano_c wrote...

Sharuko wrote...

For those wonder about Mass Effect 2 and Steam. Mass Effect 2 was released on January 26th to everyone. Steam had ME2 preorders for sale on January 13th.

If their relationship is like anything in the past, we won't see the signature edition till the very end of the deadline. If at all...

Well, if it's not released on Steam in time, I'll be skipping the game entirely. I'm picky, heh.

Similar with me, however if it is not available on Steam I will just still buy it but I will wait till they release a Ultimate Edition of DA2.

My guess is EA wants to give other retailers a head start due to obligations.

Modifié par Sharuko, 02 novembre 2010 - 09:12 .

[Sharuko]

Brockololly wrote...

Eh- what I still want to know is whats the deal with the MSRP for the PC version? It started out at $49.99 everywhere like most PC games, then with the announcement of the SE, it jumped up $10 on the EA Store, and within the past week, the price on Amazon and Gamestop for the PC version has likewise jumped up to $59.99.

So is that the official new price for DA2 on PC? Or is that just the SE's price on the PC? Cause it sort of negates half of the supposed value you're getting in the SE if its $10 more anyway....

Funny thing is the Digital Deluxe version which was basically a Collector's edition for both DA:O and ME2 was 59.99.

So for people that are purchasing online, there is no deal.  You are paying 59.99 for the Collector's Edition again, but this time you have to do it two months in advance. 

[Brockololly]

Sharuko wrote...
Funny thing is the Digital Deluxe version which was basically a Collector's edition for both DA:O and ME2 was 59.99.

So for people that are purchasing online, there is no deal.  You are paying 59.99 for the Collector's Edition again, but this time you have to do it two months in advance. 

Yeah- I'm just waiting to see some gameplay of the PC version and thenprobably pre order on Steam. But if the price has already creeped up $10 for the PC version you're kind of getting the short end of the deal if you wanted to buy it off Steam.

Sadly though, since EA's only other big recent PC game, Medal of Honor, had the price jacked up to $60 I won't be surprised if thats what they're trying with DA2. If thats the case, given how quickly the price on games falls now, I can wait.

[Thandal N'Lyman]

li009 wrote...
... and i want to adress another matter, i think some people misunderstood Priestly's statement that the SE is the CE.
i think what he really meant to say that its NOT the CE (correct me if im wrong) , but its the closest thing you will get, and as much as i would like to have a bulky CE on my desk , in order to prevent further disappointment it is highly recommended for all of you to to embrace your "upgraded" pre-order installment . its better than no bonuses at all. im happy with what is offered to us.

Oh, I think that Chris said exactly what he meant to say.  The few times I've seen him make a typo or otherwise be unclear, he's come back into the Forum quickly with a correction or additional information.

I think "The SE IS  the CE", is about as definitive as any statement about the future can ever get. (Not that I'm necessarily happy  about it, you understand...)

Modifié par Thandal NLyman, 02 novembre 2010 - 09:46 .

[FictionalBreger]

Brockololly wrote...
Yeah-
I'm just waiting to see some gameplay of the PC version and
thenprobably pre order on Steam. But if the price has already creeped up
$10 for the PC version you're kind of getting the short end of the deal
if you wanted to buy it off Steam.

Sadly though, since EA's only
other big recent PC game, Medal of Honor, had the price jacked up to
$60 I won't be surprised if thats what they're trying with DA2. If thats
the case, given how quickly the price on games falls now, I can wait.

Zavvi.com seems to offer Dragon Age 2 for £29.95.
Seems a good deal, no?
However, if it will still be at £29.95 in late December/early January, I don't know.

Modifié par FictionalBreger, 02 novembre 2010 - 09:49 .

[Thandal N'Lyman]

Brockololly wrote...

Yeah- I'm just waiting to see some gameplay of the PC version and thenprobably pre order on Steam. But if the price has already creeped up $10 for the PC version you're kind of getting the short end of the deal if you wanted to buy it off Steam.

Well, the betting is that it was a preview of CONSOLE game-play, but you can see footage from the Sneak-Peek in Vienna at:  www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dragon-age-2-gameplay-video/350296 (after wating through the 30-second advert, and if you don't mind listening to comments from the player and on-lookers in German.  )

Modifié par Thandal NLyman, 02 novembre 2010 - 09:54 .

[adriano_c]

Sharuko wrote...

Funny thing is the Digital Deluxe version which was basically a Collector's edition for both DA:O and ME2 was 59.99.

So for people that are purchasing online, there is no deal.  You are paying 59.99 for the Collector's Edition again, but this time you have to do it two months in advance. 

On Steam the DDE (of Dragon Age) was actually 65.00 USD (just glanced over my purchase history). The ME2 DDE was 60.00 USD.

Modifié par adriano_c, 02 novembre 2010 - 10:04 .

[IrishSpectre257]

Want the bonus content for pre-ordering, but don't think that's enough time to make an informed decision?



Nobody forces you to open the game immediately. Wait a few days and do some research. Return to the game if you don't like the sound of it, hold on to it and enjoy the bonus content if not.

[Brockololly]

IrishSpectre257 wrote...

Want the bonus content for pre-ordering, but don't think that's enough time to make an informed decision?

Nobody forces you to open the game immediately. Wait a few days and do some research. Return to the game if you don't like the sound of it, hold on to it and enjoy the bonus content if not.

Can't really do that with a digitally downloaded game or most PC games in general

[Thandal N'Lyman]

Brockololly wrote...

IrishSpectre257 wrote...

Want the bonus content for pre-ordering, but don't think that's enough time to make an informed decision?

Nobody forces you to open the game immediately. Wait a few days and do some research. Return to the game if you don't like the sound of it, hold on to it and enjoy the bonus content if not.

Can't really do that with a digitally downloaded game or most PC games in general

LOL!  I see what you mean about D2D  or Steam. Never used those methods, so don't know about the return policies there.  But all the retailers around here let you return unopened PC games for a full refund within a rather generous timeframe.  A few are only a fortnight, but most are up to 30 days.

[KendallX23]

so how about telling us if any other Eastern Europe country besides Hungary gets the signature edtiton,please ?don't want to get my hopes up

[flexxdk]

li009 wrote...

how's pre-ordering from the EA store (digital download) sounds to you ?

EA tricked me once already. I ain't gonna fall for their EA Scam program again. No matter what anyone says.

Thandal NLyman wrote...

Well, the betting is that it was a preview of CONSOLE game-play, but you can see footage from the Sneak-Peek in Vienna at:  www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dragon-age-2-gameplay-video/350296 

Even though it's for the console, it looks very nice. Though I find the size of Hawke's sword a little bit... overrated.

[Shadelon]

Whacka wrote...

li009 wrote...

how's pre-ordering from the EA store (digital download) sounds to you ?

EA tricked me once already. I ain't gonna fall for their EA Scam program again. No matter what anyone says.

Thandal NLyman wrote...

Well, the betting is that it was a preview of CONSOLE game-play, but you can see footage from the Sneak-Peek in Vienna at:  www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dragon-age-2-gameplay-video/350296 

Even though it's for the console, it looks very nice. Though I find the size of Hawke's sword a little bit... overrated.

It's actually a kind of staff-sword, some kind of combination of a sword and a staff. I think it's kinda cool anyway. 

[ZtalkerRM]

Let me just state I'm disappointed at the payment options.

In the Netherlands (and Europe in general) there aren't many people with credit cards. We use bank cards over here that directly access your bank account.

KendallX23 wrote...

so how about telling us if any other
Eastern Europe country besides Hungary gets the signature edtiton,please
?don't want to get my hopes up

I checked every possible site of buying this pre-order, and there's no way I can buy it.
Why so credit-card (United States) focused?

I think WoW proved Ideal and Paypall work just fine. They'll probably ship in tons of extra money by appealing to the European customer who doesn't want to use credit cards. I dare to say our Ideal system is even better....takes only a fraction of a second to pay for stuff and it's quite safe.

Just my 2 disapointed cents.

[Siegdrifa]

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Let me just state I'm disappointed at the payment options.

In the Netherlands (and Europe in general) there aren't many people with credit cards. We use bank cards over here that directly access your bank account.

You mean, you don't use visa or other kind of card?

[movie_diva]

Does you bank card have a Visa or Mastercard logo on it, they do here in the US and we can use them like credit cards.

[ZtalkerRM]

Siegdrifa wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Let me just state I'm disappointed at the payment options.

In the Netherlands (and Europe in general) there aren't many people with credit cards. We use bank cards over here that directly access your bank account.

You mean, you don't use visa or other kind of card?

Most people don't.
Our bank cards don't function like credit cards.
I can withdraw money from Mastercard and Maestro points, but it'll be drawn directly from my bank account. In fact, minutes later I can see it digitally.
Credit cards aren't big over here. Some people have them, but almost everyone I know uses Ideal or Paypall to pay online. Credit Cards are...frowned upon here since you can withdraw what you want, even if you don't have it on your bak account at the time.

In the past, if you wanted to play WoW, you had to get 'scratch cards' over here. You could buy them with 'normal' money and the box would hava a code inside you could use to activate your account with another month.

I'm not kidding, I saw a response from somedy who lives in Hungary too. It's not a 'years behind thing' people over here just find it practical if you already have a bank-card system that works faster and doesn't have as many risks.

movie_diva wrote...

Does you bank card have a Visa or Mastercard logo on it, they do here in the US and we can use them like credit cards.

Over here, credit cards are a sepperate type of card. You'll have to pay your bank to get one. I do have the Meastro logo on it, but that only allows me to 'pin' or withdraw my money (from my bank account) from Maestro points.

Modifié par ZtalkerRM, 03 novembre 2010 - 01:39 .

[Siegdrifa]

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Siegdrifa wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Let me just state I'm disappointed at the payment options.

In the Netherlands (and Europe in general) there aren't many people with credit cards. We use bank cards over here that directly access your bank account.

You mean, you don't use visa or other kind of card?

Most people don't.
Our bank cards don't function like credit cards.
I can withdraw money from Mastercard and Maestro points, but it'll be drawn directly from my bank account. In fact, minutes later I can see it digitally.
Credit cards aren't big over here. Some people have them, but almost everyone I know uses Ideal or Paypall to pay online. Credit Cards are...frowned upon here since you can withdraw what you want, even if you don't have it on your bak account at the time.

In the past, if you wanted to play WoW, you had to get 'scratch cards' over here. You could buy them with 'normal' money and the box would hava a code inside you could use to activate your account with another month.

I'm not kidding, I saw a response from somedy who lives in Hungary too. It's not a 'years behind thing' people over here just find it practical if you already have a bank-card system that works faster and doesn't have as many risks.

movie_diva wrote...

Does you bank card have a Visa or Mastercard logo on it, they do here in the US and we can use them like credit cards.

Over here, credit cards are a sepperate type of card. You'll have to pay your bank to get one. I do have the Meastro logo on it, but that only allows me to 'pin' or withdraw my money (from my bank account) from Maestro points.

But my credit card check my account before i'm alowed to withdraw or buy in store, and when i use it, my credit count is debited at the same time.
If it takes more than what i have in my account, it's because i'm allowed (to a certein some), but i can ask my bank to refuse any payment if my account go under zerro.

Modifié par Siegdrifa, 03 novembre 2010 - 01:43 .

[ZtalkerRM]

Siegdrifa wrote...
But my credit card check my account before i'm alowed to withdraw or buy in store, and when i use it, my credit count is debited at the same time.
If it takes more than what i have in my account, it's because i'm allowed (to a certein some), but i can ask my bank to refuse any payment if my account go under zerro.

Yes, same system over here. You can make arrangements with your bank about that.
So it's in essence the same...I still have no way of pre-ordering this game though.

It's frustrating actually...like not having a credit card but just a 'normal' bak card is bad  or something.

[Thandal N'Lyman]

ZtalkerRM wrote...
It's frustrating actually...like not having a credit card but just a 'normal' bak card is bad  or something.

Well, it is  a bad thing, for the type of transaction you are trying to complete.  The solution is obvious, "Get a credit card." 

Essentially you have the wrong currency.  And no amount of your insisting that "Forints are just the same as Roubles" will make a merchant who wants Roubles take your Forints.  Yes, the merchant loses the sale to you, but the hassle of the conversion is obviously not worth it to them regardless of how convenient it would be for you.

Modifié par Thandal NLyman, 03 novembre 2010 - 02:25 .

[ZtalkerRM]

Thandal NLyman wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...
It's frustrating actually...like not having a credit card but just a 'normal' bak card is bad  or something.

Well, it is  a bad thing, for the type of transaction you are trying to complete.  The solution is obvious, "Get a credit card." 

Essentially you have the wrong currency.  And no amount of your insisting that "Forints are just the same as Roubles" will make a merchant who wants Roubles take your Forints.  Yes, the merchant loses the sale to you, but the hassle of the conversion is obviously not worth it to them regardless of how convenient it would be for you.

Ehm. My money is just euro's. Your analysis doesn't quite fit.
We have a different system here. I have no need at all for a credit card. Like established in previous posts, I can do exactly the same things people with a credit card can. 
The comparison could be more like....Bioware wants 4 grams of silver for this pre-order. you provide grams in the shape of little balls and the cubes I have won't do. While it's still 4 grams.

[Thandal N'Lyman]

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Thandal NLyman wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...
It's frustrating actually...like not having a credit card but just a 'normal' bak card is bad  or something.

Well, it is  a bad thing, for the type of transaction you are trying to complete.  The solution is obvious, "Get a credit card." 

Essentially you have the wrong currency.  And no amount of your insisting that "Forints are just the same as Roubles" will make a merchant who wants Roubles take your Forints.  Yes, the merchant loses the sale to you, but the hassle of the conversion is obviously not worth it to them regardless of how convenient it would be for you.

Ehm. My money is just euro's. Your analysis doesn't quite fit.
We have a different system here. I have no need at all for a credit card. Like established in previous posts, I can do exactly the same things people with a credit card can. 
The comparison could be more like....Bioware wants 4 grams of silver for this pre-order. you provide grams in the shape of little balls and the cubes I have won't do. While it's still 4 grams.

My analogy is simply to show that there are differing forms of payment here.  You want to pay with something that the merchant does not recognize as a vaild medium of exchange.  You have "Forints", (Bank Card) they want "Roubles", (Credit Card.)  You insist that it is "just the same" (or rather, that the merchant "should see it" as just the same) as what they are asking you to use.   Round or Square; Pink or Purple; Maestro or MasterCard; if it isn't in a form the merchant can/will except, it doesn't matter what arbitrarily designated representation of wealth you WANT to use.

The merchant will win every time.

Modifié par Thandal NLyman, 03 novembre 2010 - 02:55 .

[ZtalkerRM]

Thandal NLyman wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...

Thandal NLyman wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...
It's frustrating actually...like not having a credit card but just a 'normal' bak card is bad  or something.

Well, it is  a bad thing, for the type of transaction you are trying to complete.  The solution is obvious, "Get a credit card." 

Essentially you have the wrong currency.  And no amount of your insisting that "Forints are just the same as Roubles" will make a merchant who wants Roubles take your Forints.  Yes, the merchant loses the sale to you, but the hassle of the conversion is obviously not worth it to them regardless of how convenient it would be for you.

Ehm. My money is just euro's. Your analysis doesn't quite fit.
We have a different system here. I have no need at all for a credit card. Like established in previous posts, I can do exactly the same things people with a credit card can. 
The comparison could be more like....Bioware wants 4 grams of silver for this pre-order. you provide grams in the shape of little balls and the cubes I have won't do. While it's still 4 grams.

My analogy is simply to show that there are differing forms of payment here.  You want to pay with something that the merchant does not recognize as a vaild medium of exchange.  You have "Forints", (Bank Card) they want "Roubles", (Credit Card.)  You insist that it is "just the same" (or rather, that the merchant "should see it" as just the same) as what they are asking you to use.   Round or Square; Pink or Purple; Maestro or MasterCard; if it isn't in a form the merchant can/will except, it doesn't matter what arbitrarily designated representation of wealth you WANT to use.

The merchant will win every time.

And said merchant won't get money from a huge group of people in Europe.
In any case, just dispointed that there aren't more payment options. It's not like Im trying to pay with seashells or anything.

Let's rest the debate, it's pointless. You can pre-order the game, I can't.