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[MonkeySeeker]

So at this time then pending cancellations it's just PS3 copies available

[gimzod76]

thank you game for wasting my f***** time placed a new order with Amazon. i wount be using GAME again.

[Sh2dak]

iEscaflowne wrote...

Sh2dak wrote...
I think EA gives final approval of who gets what.

That doesn't really answer the question now does it?

Money. Happy?

[Elevon]

push2play wrote...

FWIW, I've canceled my preorder over at Zavvi (PC version) and stuck with Amazon. I'm sure quite a few people will be canceling their double (or triple or even quadruple) preorders once the dust settles and cooler minds prevail, so even if some places are out of stock right now, there might be some with limited copies available later on in the week.

Nothing wrong with Zavvi m8 I've ordered from them before and they are on my "good game  shop list",Amazon are ok but can  be  slow sometimes,for pure speed ShopTo.Net is number 1.


Btw I  ordered PC CE version from Zavvi  lunchtime  .

Modifié par Elevon, 29 février 2012 - 07:58 .

[Rothgar49]

Game has been going downhill for a long while now and I'm not sure how this decision will help them
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/feb/29/game-group-mass-effect-3-mario-party-9
uk.games.ign.com/articles/121/1219655p1.html

I only hope future CE go direct to Amazon.co.uk. :happy:

[MonkeySeeker]

Rothgar49 wrote...

Game has been going downhill for a long while now and I'm not sure how this decision will help them
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/feb/29/game-group-mass-effect-3-mario-party-9
uk.games.ign.com/articles/121/1219655p1.html

I only hope future CE go direct to Amazon.co.uk. :happy:

I hope they go to more than one retailer. This wouldn't have been as big a problem if Game hadn't have had the exclusive on the CE edition.

[Ash J. Williams]

yeah amazon would be great to handle CE's, never had a problem with them in anyway before, same for Play.com

[DTHD]

Guanxii wrote...

Maybe they called EA's bluff.... EA said we simply cannot accept these terms and unless you revise your position we will withdraw our support [typical EA] and GAME said okay we won't stock any of your major titles.... how do you like those apples? Basically who's gonna get more butt-hurt over this in UK retail is up for debate.

Other publishers like Activision will look at this very carefully... and hopefuly think well if we agree to these terms we won't get our major titles pulled from store shelves which will impact sales no matter how you look at it. GAME needs publishers to accept these terms to survive.

If Game actually chose to do this then they're fools as they're losing a lot of customers for good.

I for one will never use them again after this and the web-site mess they had last year.

I'm just glad ea/ bioware seem to be sorting out alternatives quickly for us.

[Scunny85]

Hopefully it will mean if game do survive they wont get all the CE exclusives anymore so people wont be forced to use them.

[Blarty]

Deltateam Elcor wrote...

For a company that is nearing self destruction, why go ahead with something like this?

I mean really, Game have permanently damaged their image with this, i never really liked them before, but i now can only hope its adminsitration comes swiftly and buries it.

Clearly when it came to the time when stock had to be shifted through the supply chain to Game, Game couldn't guarantee the conditions and stipulations that it had agreed to, and in the absence of credit assurance, EA could not risk the worst case scenario of not being paid after the fact with customers already having possession of Mass Effect.... If Game, grabbed lots of cash over Mass Effect and Fifa Street, and had til the end of March to make good on its obligations to EA, but then official receivers were called in two weeks, EA would get a fraction of the money owed to it and only then after long and protracted legal wranglings.

Something like game going bust would be massively toxic up the supply chain especially with a massively anticipated item like Mass Effect

[Kilshrek]

The lesson (if it can be called that) is that exclusive deals (read monopolies) are always a bad idea. Of course us customers didn't really exercise the vote with our wallet thing because , hell, we all wanted ME 3. Now some lucky people have the CE they didn't manage to get before, and some unlucky people will not have the CE they thought they would have.

How do you balance the books, EA?

[push2play]

Elevon wrote...

push2play wrote...

FWIW, I've canceled my preorder over at Zavvi (PC version) and stuck with Amazon. I'm sure quite a few people will be canceling their double (or triple or even quadruple) preorders once the dust settles and cooler minds prevail, so even if some places are out of stock right now, there might be some with limited copies available later on in the week.

Nothing wrong with Zavvi m8 I've orderd from them before and they are on my "good game  shop list",Amazon are ok but can  slow sometimes,for pure speed ShopTo.Net is number 1.


Btw I  ordered PC CE version from Zavvi  lunchtime .

Oh I know that there's nothing wrong with them  It's just that I've been shopping with Amazon for ages and figured I'd 1) give someone else a shot at a copy @ Zavvi and 2) reward Amazon with my continued loyalty. Here's hoping I hadn't inadvertantly shot myself in the foot

[Neri]

Deltateam Elcor wrote...

Amazon PC N7 edition is now sold out.

Phew! Good thing I did it in time!

[Reidbynature]

push2play wrote...

FWIW, I've canceled my preorder over at Zavvi (PC version) and stuck with Amazon. I'm sure quite a few people will be canceling their double (or triple or even quadruple) preorders once the dust settles and cooler minds prevail, so even if some places are out of stock right now, there might be some with limited copies available later on in the week.

Yeah, I'm thinking of cancelling my Zavvi pre-order since it doesn't seem to promise anything Amazon isn't and I trust them more (after a quick google search on Zavvi reviews I'm a bit iffy on them).  Though I might just wait until Friday to make up my mind.  They won't bill until it's left the warehouse (or a couple of day beforehand) which going by Zavvi's estimate is around the 9th of March which is a week this Friday.

[Ash J. Williams]

Since there are a lot of pages and I don't wanna go through them all, for people who pre-ordered through Gamestation, have you got your email yet confirming the cancellation? Just wondering since I haven't got anything yet from them.

[nonlethalbizzle]

N7 edition is twice the retail version (£32 at Tesco), Game actually did me a favor. Will use the money i save for worthwhile DLC.

[Lurka]

Is there anywhere which isn't sold out of PC collectors editions?

[feainn]

Got my email just under an hour ago and went straight to amazon.co.uk. Pre-order back in action!

[AllianceN7Marine]

I hope EA can let the other retailers have more copies of the CE but with only 8 days left it's going to be a challange. Hope you guys can get hold of ME3 CE. I'll never buy from GAME again and I might stop going to gamestation as well.

[Deltateam Elcor]

Blarty wrote...

Deltateam Elcor wrote...

For a company that is nearing self destruction, why go ahead with something like this?

I mean really, Game have permanently damaged their image with this, i never really liked them before, but i now can only hope its adminsitration comes swiftly and buries it.

Clearly when it came to the time when stock had to be shifted through the supply chain to Game, Game couldn't guarantee the conditions and stipulations that it had agreed to, and in the absence of credit assurance, EA could not risk the worst case scenario of not being paid after the fact with customers already having possession of Mass Effect.... If Game, grabbed lots of cash over Mass Effect and Fifa Street, and had til the end of March to make good on its obligations to EA, but then official receivers were called in two weeks, EA would get a fraction of the money owed to it and only then after long and protracted legal wranglings.

Something like game going bust would be massively toxic up the supply chain especially with a massively anticipated item like Mass Effect

Game going bust was going to happen anyway, whether this debacle happened or not, their tactics are in themselves toxic, their advertising is insulting and they pushed the used game sales thing way too far.

[Moondoggie]

Lurka wrote...

Is there anywhere which isn't sold out of PC collectors editions?

Amazon and i think Play may still have it

[Reidbynature]

Scunny85 wrote...

Reidbynature wrote...

What was the pre-order bonuses that were exlcusive to GAME? From looking and Amazon. Zavvi and all the others they have pics promising stuff like the robotic dog or the appearance pack etc.

They are part of the CE. The preorder is a rifle and armour.

Oh, just the N7 stuff.  I'm not too bothered about those (I'd hope that Amazon could get them in GAME's absence though), but I'm more concerned with the appearence pack, the dog etc.  Do CE owners get 'From Ashes' also?

[Blarty]

Kilshrek wrote...

The lesson (if it can be called that) is that exclusive deals (read monopolies) are always a bad idea. Of course us customers didn't really exercise the vote with our wallet thing because , hell, we all wanted ME 3. Now some lucky people have the CE they didn't manage to get before, and some unlucky people will not have the CE they thought they would have.

How do you balance the books, EA?

The problem is, if you are going to do deals for CE etc, you cannot just give it to one or two online retailers, as that is basically unfairly restrictive and discriminating against people who don't have Internet access, etc, and giving it to a single supermarket that have no concept of a games value beyond them being loss leaders

[Lurka]

Ash J. Williams wrote...

Since there are a lot of pages and I don't wanna go through them all, for people who pre-ordered through Gamestation, have you got your email yet confirming the cancellation? Just wondering since I haven't got anything yet from them.

I pre orded mine online and it just says canceled

[Jackster94]

Won pt the N7 warfare be available to all the retailers? I mean all the sites are sold out now and say if one retailer gets it customers won't change order as they are afraid of losing there order