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[Sesshomaru47]

BooHoo. Everyone knew there was a time limit. You shouldn't have been so measly and put $10 on it when you had the chance.

[godlike13]

They gave us plenty of time to pre-order the Signature Edition, enough to put down 5 frigging dollars. So this "don't have money bleeding out their anus and need time to come up with some" is just a croc, if u can't get 5 dollars then you have bigger fish to fry.

The Signature Edition was incentive to collect early pre-orders, hence it being for a set time, and the incentive was free stuff, so this "screw the company out of more money" too is a croc. It cost them to do it.



Seriously, The Signature Edition is one of the better things ive seen EA do.

[Thiefy]

didn't we have this exact same topic a few weeks ago? it seems like both the opening posters said the exact same things too

[AustinKain]

So the original poster is not as smart as the rest of the world that has preordered DA2 since the day that gamestop said it was available to be done.



Sorry you are not as smart and waited to long to take a old game or 5 bucks( i can get 5 bucks in change from the couch) to a local Gamestop or EB games.



I will be lovingly playing my SE after the midnight release for a few days fueled by low carb monster!!!

[rodgerage]

Pacifien wrote...

rodgerage wrote...

I think bioware do a amazing job it is EA's fault. Microsoft should never of sold Bioware.

Ah, Microsoft never owned BioWare. Ever.

Well that is embarrasing someone told me they owned them still i dont like EA i can live with them but will never like them.

[rodgerage]

marshalleck wrote...

rodgerage wrote...

I think bioware do a amazing job it is EA's fault. Microsoft should never of sold Bioware.

What is EA's fault? 

because they are the business side of stuff

[Amyntas]

The problem with the signature edition is that many gamers don't read gaming forums or press releases. Many gamers didn't even have this game on their radar until recently, or generally decide to buy games after reviews etc. They will feel disadvantaged if they don't get the same value for their money as others. You can say it's a true fan's duty to know of such things in advance, but I don't think Bioware wants to sell games only to true fans.

Modifié par Amyntas, 16 février 2011 - 06:24 .

[Elite Midget]

Yes, yes, YES!!!

Hate the GAME not the Playa~!

Woot, woot!

[Phoenixblight]

Amyntas wrote...

The problem with the signature edition is that many gamers don't read gaming forums or press releases. Many gamers didn't even have this game on their radar until recently, or generally decide to buy games after reviews etc. They will feel disadvantaged if they don't get the same value for their money as others. You can say it's a true fan's duty to know of such things in advance, but I don't think Bioware wants to sell games only to true fans.

Assuming the said gamer was living under a rock there was no way to avoid the news. It was everywhere; within Gamestop stores, on the site, on the EA store, on game sites. Sorry that they weren't paying attention, they can buy the exiled Prince if they feel so inclined. This not the first time Bioware has done this. They did it for Jade Empire too. 


Video games have to attempt to sell the most within the first 6 weeks getting the release date sales to be as high as possible is just business. Movies do it all the time. 

Modifié par Phoenixblight, 16 février 2011 - 06:31 .

[wulfsturm]

OP, you had how many months to pre-order the game? It's not BioWare's fault you can't get things in order.

[Fishy]

AustinKain wrote...

i can get 5 bucks in change from the couch

I don't know many couch that can give me unlimited amount of 5$ or 10 $ ... 7 years ago i wish i could have such a couch when i starved for month and fought for 20 $ per week to eat.You live in a fantasy world.


Do you have a magic couch?You should send your couch to the unicef.

[Black_Warden]

MRathbun wrote...

I was pretty set on getting the signature edition for DA-2. What I want to know is, why bioware decided to stop selling it before pre-orders were even up? Some people don't have money bleeding out their anus and need time to come up with some, so why screw the company out of more money and come up with a stupid idea like ending it? Whoever had that idea should be fired.

I, too, don't have finances to throw around based on a whim. gotta take time to save up for a $60 game like this.


which is why i pre-ordered the Signature Edition in October, and will pay for it March 8th.

Modifié par Black_Warden, 16 février 2011 - 06:39 .

[Soul Cool]

MRathbun wrote...
 and need time to come up with some,

If you cannot come up with $5 (or whatever local currency you use) within the timeframe you were given for Signature Edition pre-orders, you have much bigger problems than not getting the Signature Edition.

[Stinkface27]

10 points for using the word anus...



But most game stores let you put $5-$10 down on a game without having to pay until the actual release date. I've been paying my copies off slowly since they started offering pre-orders. It's definitely been easier than coughing up $220 in one go.



They certainly could have made more money if they continued selling the Signature Edition at extra cost after the promotional "free upgrade" period - but I think people would have been just as annoyed about that.



If you care as much as you seem to, why are you just now discovering that you missed out?

[Black_Warden]

Amyntas wrote...

The problem with the signature edition is that many gamers don't read gaming forums or press releases. Many gamers didn't even have this game on their radar until recently, or generally decide to buy games after reviews etc. They will feel disadvantaged if they don't get the same value for their money as others. You can say it's a true fan's duty to know of such things in advance, but I don't think Bioware wants to sell games only to true fans.

True, but they do want to give an added incentive/reward to their more loyal fans.

[kirkonacid]

It's been said already, but this isn't because Bioware has poor business ethics (which they don't anyways). There was an entire six month period for you too pre-order the game. It ended less than two months before the game comes out. Many people pre-order games that far in advance anyways.

And aren't you forgetting that pre-ordering the game is... uh, free? Gamespot does require a minimum of $5 down and even that comes off of your total when you purchase the game. If having $5 mean you're bleeding money out of your rear, I think we should all be calling a proctologist.

I think it is quite nice of Bioware to reward fans of the series with special content.

Modifié par crusadeonacid, 16 février 2011 - 06:44 .

[Vahe]

MRathbun wrote...

I was pretty set on getting the signature edition for DA-2. What I want to know is, why bioware decided to stop selling it before pre-orders were even up? Some people don't have money bleeding out their anus and need time to come up with some, so why screw the company out of more money and come up with a stupid idea like ending it? Whoever had that idea should be fired.

If you need time to come up with $60, you shouldn't be playing video games. 

[marshalleck]

rodgerage wrote...

marshalleck wrote...

rodgerage wrote...

I think bioware do a amazing job it is EA's fault. Microsoft should never of sold Bioware.

What is EA's fault? 

because they are the business side of stuff

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "what"

The proper response to a "what" question does not begin with "because"

[otherarrow]

As the others said: You had 6 months or so. If you didn't notice until now, then too bad for you.

Also some places it's free to pre-order. Otherwise it's around 5 dollars. If you can't afford that, then maybe you shouldn't worry so much about buying a game right now.

[Weiser_Cain]

I'm no longer in love.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

Sometimes, when a company makes a limited edition, it's actually limited. Or maybe there were so many pre-orders, they wanted to make sure that they had enough copies for retail.

[Weiser_Cain]

It costs nothing to print disks and packaging.

[Phoenixblight]

Weiser_Cain wrote...

It costs nothing to print disks and packaging.

Oh because you have proof of this? If this was so why is the market slowly but surely moving to Digital Distributation?

[RiverLucky]

Weiser_Cain wrote...

It costs nothing to print disks and packaging.

Wrong. It costs money, which adds up.

Anyway, Bioware is now an EA brand.

The DR's knew what they were getting into when they decided to wave the EA flag.

I am sure they are all well aware of the marketing strategies EA is using.

Don't be so naive to love Bioware. They are part of a corporation to make $$$.

I respect them as game developers as their games are generally good.

[Kidd]

It's difficult to imagine people having less money than me. I don't mean that to one-up you as if I'm proud I'm not making money btw, but I am literally on a kind of support income where the government has decreed what is "minimum living costs" and give me that exact amount of money + money for a single visit to the cinema a month for recreational purposes. Even I have had a DA2 preorder up for ages, since it's not like they announced the game a month before it shipped. Signature Edition also didn't cost a dime more than the ordinary version. So I had my time to save up.



If Dragon Age is so low on your list of priorities anyway, I don't see what you're whining about. A game that falls below your personal radar like that isn't one you'd normally buy "extra swag edition" for, is it? Sure know most of my non-BioWare games have ordinary editions on my shelf =)