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[withneelandi]

Teleraine wrote...

to be fair to EA the Game exclusivity deal was as previously mentioned by another poster porbably ironed out last year sometime

I mean the bells and whistles N7 warfare stuff. That was only offically confirmed a month or so ago at most. My point is that up until a month ago, EA were still happy to provide special content as an incentive to encourage people to pre order from game, the finanical problems were well known by that point.

I held off ordering my CE until I saw that additional DLC weapons were confirmed in the UK, that was announed in late January of this year, a month down the line, pre-order cancelled.

Alas not in the internet meme way.

[Teleraine]

oh oops thanks for the correction vote its NTSC J for Japan

[Fenderbaum]

wolf99000 wrote...

Teleraine wrote...

Hoping Ea learns anything is entirely reliant on how their wallet is impacted by the problems and it dosent look like thats going to happen. I for one have never seen a representative of a publisher in a retail store testing to see laucnh and customer satisfaction...I expect they rely on surveys/forums and retail feedback more then anything else

but this is not EA fault this is all GAME they have been sinking for months they have even done this with nintendo games

So then why did EA pull the plug today 5 days before release hmmm???

[BTCentral]

voteDC wrote...

It is NTSC in Japan.

Or more specifically, NTSC-J, NTSC|J, NTSC/J (however you want to format it).

Modifié par BTCentral, 01 mars 2012 - 12:11 .

[TomY90]

Teleraine wrote...

Tom if anyone has a space edtion i'd say well done considering the last pictires were froma beach and one stuck in a tree lol

true but some people did actually find some of these space editions.

[Switish]

wolf99000 wrote...

Teleraine wrote...

Hoping Ea learns anything is entirely reliant on how their wallet is impacted by the problems and it dosent look like thats going to happen. I for one have never seen a representative of a publisher in a retail store testing to see laucnh and customer satisfaction...I expect they rely on surveys/forums and retail feedback more then anything else

but this is not EA fault this is all GAME they have been sinking for months they have even done this with nintendo games

GAME has been sinking for years....

[Mr. Ando]

Fenderbaum wrote...

Mr. Ando wrote...

Fenderbaum wrote...

No one can confirm it except Bioware/EA Mr. Ando....

Were summising at best....guessing at worst...

@sh2dak...the console versions are still pretty much available...its the PC version most ppl getting cheesed about....

Well maybe a Bioware rep can confirm it please!

You be lucky....

Well I have money in my hands im wanting to throw at Bioware. If i got confirmation i'd throw it their way in a heartbeat.

[Nuk3B0mb]

if i buy mass effect on amazon and choose the standard free shipping will I still be getting it on the release date?

[Rothgar49]

Fenderbaum wrote...

wolf99000 wrote...

Teleraine wrote...

Hoping Ea learns anything is entirely reliant on how their wallet is impacted by the problems and it dosent look like thats going to happen. I for one have never seen a representative of a publisher in a retail store testing to see laucnh and customer satisfaction...I expect they rely on surveys/forums and retail feedback more then anything else

but this is not EA fault this is all GAME they have been sinking for months they have even done this with nintendo games

So then why did EA pull the plug today 5 days before release hmmm???

If I'm reading this story right, GAME pulled the plug, not EA or Bioware

[Fenderbaum]

Mr. Ando..

You see anyone from Bioware here trying to pacify us or at least give us some kind of assurance?

Didn't think so lol....

[push2play]

Just throwing it out there - EA isn't going to "learn" anything from this. This will in no way alter their business model. Having exclusive deals means having to deal with only one partner and more often than not (especially with "hot" titles) means a significant minimum guarantee (MG) payment upon delivery. If anything, EA will just do better due diligence on their partners in the future. The reason this may have caught EA a little off-guard is that they probably had a very good working relationship with GAME and thus gave them a lot of leeway before finally jerking the chain and pulling the plug.

Now I am in no way a fan of EA, in fact, quite the opposite, but don't forget - they're in it for the money, the cash, the moolah. Exclusive deals with minimum guarantee lump sum payments are always something they'd prefer than having to deal with multiple retailers, approving their advertising costs, auditing them afterwards, etc, etc.

Ninja edit: Also, have none of you been ever mislead in life? I'm willing to bet my left nut that even despite GAME's perceived liquidity problems, they were assuring all of their partners that they will get the funding/credit/kidneys necessary to pay them their dues. Come on. No company is ever 100% transparent or honest and everyone wants to survive. If that means lying, they lie.

Modifié par push2play, 01 mars 2012 - 12:20 .

[Teleraine]

Im not blaming EA for the Game failure I'm saying that they shouldnt have gone with an exclusive deal in the 1st person it stifles competition.

The Deal Ea had was probably inclusive of the any additional dlc and that EA stipulated the 29th as partial payment and stock release day for Game since game defaulted on the payment due to their financial instability its within EA's contractual terms to deny Game the product as a whole and I guess there running around trying to find someone to take all the codes and stuff which they had given to game.

The contract wouldnt have been questioned until the default im assuming since you need a valid reason to pull out or break one

[Mr. Ando]

Fenderbaum wrote...

Mr. Ando..

You see anyone from Bioware here trying to pacify us or at least give us some kind of assurance?

Didn't think so lol....

One can hope there will be some word or atleast a work around...

[TomY90]

Nuk3B0mb wrote...

if i buy mass effect on amazon and choose the standard free shipping will I still be getting it on the release date?

free delivery no it turns up on monday or tuesday from what I saw when looking.

I recommend either 1st class or expedited (them both have same delivery date estimate but expedited is suppose to be more reliable apparently)

[Fenderbaum]

Rothgar..

It would appear that EA pulled the plug as Game (not for the first time) were unable to provide guarantees for their credit basis of buying/selling games with publishers...

What I say is...it is just as much EA's fault....well know fact that Game been struggling for a looonnng time....so EA either poulled the rug under them....or gave them a set deadline to provide credit assurances....'knowing' that if they failed...they were gonna screw over their customers a week before release...

Bad business practice...they should have made 'the decision' weeks if not months ago....so yes..imo..they are perhaps more to blame...they knew Game were in serious financial difficulties....yet still plugged the exclusive with them anyway....

[withneelandi]

wolf99000 wrote...

TomY90 wrote...

Chuck Fandango wrote...

Before I order from abroad, is there any chance Amazon.co.uk will be getting any back in stock?

The one I can get now is £10 more than my previous Game order.

tomorrow might change because some people may cancel there orders if only one shop is getting the N7 warfare packs which will make some people stop hoarding multiple orders and go for the one with the exclusive

plus I am sure like me many have pre order form 2 place me amazon and blockbuster to make sure I get it so like me I would assume most of them will be selling a copy on ebay with a few days of the 9th

I'm trying to think of a nice way to phrase this.

Anyone wondering why everwhere sold out so quickly and so many people are left without..... Theres your answer.
Thanks buddy, glad to hear you'll be getting two copies.

The rest of us can just wait for you to pop your spare up on ebay. These are the people that hoard tinned good in times of crisis.

Modifié par withneelandi, 01 mars 2012 - 12:18 .

[BTCentral]

For those interested, the GAME Memo about this is available on Eurogamer.

http://www.eurogamer...-3-cancellation

Also: http://kotaku.com/58...ean-game-stores

kotaku.com wrote...

One former GAME employee told me today that he believes the company is in serious trouble.

"They are going broke," he said. "GAME had by far the best developer/publisher relationships of any retailer in the U.K., got all the support and exclusives, and now they can't even get credit for stock."

Modifié par BTCentral, 01 mars 2012 - 12:22 .

[Sh2dak]

Fenderbaum wrote...

Mr. Ando..

You see anyone from Bioware here trying to pacify us or at least give us some kind of assurance?

Didn't think so lol....

Actually, Tully assured us about half way through this topic that they were trying their hardest to sort this out. And bonus DLC information will be announced tomorrow when they've confirmed the participant retailers.

Don't you people read?

Modifié par Sh2dak, 01 mars 2012 - 12:20 .

[Teleraine]

That sounds like EA offered them a set of terms that were unacceptable to the Game senior management before EA pulled out.

[Fenderbaum]

Someones gonna be in trouble lol..but well played to them.

[IGoosI]

What really ticks me off is this is the second time I've been screwed over with a bioware game and these "special woop-de-do" editions. My Dragon age 2 signature edition went awol in the mail and as a result left me incapable of getting any kind of replacement because you can only get it via pre order. Yeah great thanks a bunch.Did I get a replacement? No of course not all I got was a sorry pal sucks to be you and now it's happened again.

We jump through the hoops these companies dangle to get the shineys they wave at us and one idiotic thing goes wrong which is nothing to do with us and we are the ones left feeling like a kid who just dropped their icecream on the street watching the ice cream van drive up the road leaving us emotionally scarred.

I for one am sick and tired of it.

[Captain Crash]

BTCentral wrote...

For those interested, the GAME Memo about this leaked to the web.

http://www.eurogamer...-3-cancellation

Also: http://kotaku.com/58...ean-game-stores

kotaku.com wrote...

One former GAME employee told me today that he believes the company is in serious trouble.

"They are going broke," he said. "GAME had by far the best developer/publisher relationships of any retailer in the U.K., got all the support and exclusives, and now they can't even get credit for stock."

Sad to see that EA couldnt offer support for them though and had their own fiscal agenda in mind.  

Mind you Game does look like its a sinking ship right now and they have no reassurances Game will be able to pay them in the future.


Still as a customer its horrible to be caught in the middle of all this!

[Fenderbaum]

Bonus dlc...ohhhh great....what about my cancelled CE though?

And how long ago was that exactly? And yes I did read it....where are they now? All at home maybe? Probably, couldn't expect them to work overtime on something like this could we now?

And in assured...you mean like we were 'assured' by the former owner of the company, europeans would get their own bazzar?

Kk...gotya....

I personally dont believe a word that comes out of a Bioware emploters mouth since the fiasco of Awakening and all the blatant lies that were told to pacify the community...

Modifié par Fenderbaum, 01 mars 2012 - 12:24 .

[Teleraine]

Goos if it was a mail loss why didnt your retailer send out another one? Play.com sent an uncharted out to me once it got delayed thought it was lost reported lost and now ive got 2...

[voteDC]

TomY90 wrote...

Nuk3B0mb wrote...

if i buy mass effect on amazon and choose the standard free shipping will I still be getting it on the release date?

free delivery no it turns up on monday or tuesday from what I saw when looking.

I recommend either 1st class or expedited (them both have same delivery date estimate but expedited is suppose to be more reliable apparently)

I always pick the free shipping from Amazon and except for the one occasion they've always got the game for me on release date. On the time they didn't I let them off as there was three feet of snow on the ground.

They always give longer estimates for delivery because then it can't be said they've missed their delivery target if it shows up after release.