I have to say this release has really been messed up by distributers and e-tailers, yet again I will not receive my copy from the Jersey retailer on release date (I don't think they can ever get it to the customers in time), and then the backup from Amazon won't make it here on time either. Total mess up imho.
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nope but they did for the 15th
plus it's not there fault that they got sent a tiny order.
who sends a small order to anyone when a game has been waited on for near enough 12 years?... lol
I don't have any problem with this if they are able to deliver on the release date. I don't expect the game prior to the 15th, and I think that anyone else that does should lower this expectation. The release has always been the 15th, with early release at midnight through participating retailers and the digital download. What I do have an issue with, is the fact that I pre-ordered from Amazon in July 2010, a pre-order old enough for Amazon to be fully aware of, and it seems unlikely at this point that we'll be receiving the game on the day of release. That to me is very poor. Add to that the rumours that we're hearing that some Amazon orders have shipped, non-Prime and those that have had short pre-orders (again, could just be rumours but who knows) and that really seals the deal.
I've been an Amazon Prime customer for a few years now. I'd never threaten to cancel Prime because I think it is a fantastic service 95% of the time, but this issue over a longstanding pre-order is an absolute farce. Amazon knew that the game releases on May 15th, and they also knew that people wouldn't be able to play until it unlocks regardless of when they receive it. They're practically the biggest internet entertainment company, so why are they having stock issues? Surely they knew how big this release was going to be and would have adjusted their supplier orders accordingly?
I don't think I'll bother pre-ordering games from Amazon again. I stuck with my Amazon pre-order because it was £22.97. In future I'll just stump up the extra and go with Shopto.
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You can have one of mine if you still need one?
Every other retailer said the 15th but have been busting their balls to make sure people have it for the 14th - check the amount of people in this thread with their shiny copies.
I wasn't being a douche, I was told yesterday morning it would be dispatched yesterday, it wasn't. I think I have a right to be ****ed when I am misled.
Very kind of you volt9291. If I don't use it, I'll let you know and you can redistribute it. At the moment those of us with Amazon orders simply don't know whether we'll be able to play on Tuesday or not.
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Can anyone who has signed up with the guest account confirm if the region states The Americas like mine does?
http://i.imgur.com/SYTay.png
This must be in place since I was in the beta.
http://i.imgur.com/SYTay.png
This must be in place since I was in the beta.
Yup, mine does as well.
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so it's not just me then? thought it might have had something to do with the credit card it was attached to having expired nearly 2 years ago - I checked friday and changed it and it said then it wouldn't be despatched until Monday. looks like it's not going to arrive at all
oh well, hope it's sunny next week!Sent.
It's not amazons fault they only got sent what they got sent i can imagine the unloaders laughing at a tiny box of games for a game that has 1000's or orders..., they have already said it has broken pre-order sales records so they knew exactly how big it is, but what can they do when activision (or whoever is in charge of distri) to get X amount sent out.
that is where the blame lays, blizzard knew this was going to be big yet chose a distributor that is ****? or couldn't handle it...
when i ordered they said "estimate" for 15th
Yes, but you ordered pretty late into it, when i ordered mine it had in big green font "choose first class delivery option to receive on release day"
and Amazon NEVER do that, it's the first time i had seen it and i order all my gear off there.
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This tbh.
Nobody said the 14th. Just because the severs open then doesn't change the date that the retailers were all given.
Some people have been lucky, but if Amazon get it to people on the 15th, they've done exactly what was asked.
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LOL - they're delivering on the release date... that chat looks like the work of a psychopath!
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Did you put in a code recently or was yours left over from the beta?
Just wondered if people who had recently had guest passes sent to them by people on here also showed The Americas for the region or not.
Hmm late into it? I ordered on the 15th of March which was the first time I had seen the CE come up, and also it said the same thing about release day delivery as well.
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