I'm getting so fed up with Impulse

Huw · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:25

Just got an email basically saying that the whole Ubisoft catalogue is on sale. I thought I'd at least have a look, you never know what gems there may be.

But no. Once again, "sorry, this item is not available in your region." Only THREE of SEVENTY-EIGHT titles are available to the UK, one of which is a DLC for a game you can't buy! It would be funny if it wasn't so bloody tragic. I wish they'd figure out a way of only emailing people about sales for games they can actually buy.

Edit: Link if you want to see the sorry mess for yourself.

PrChaos · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:42

I've never even heard of Impulse.

Ozzie Dave · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:54

Impulse are rubbish like that (regional thing). Only ever bought Stardock games from there. Now Gamestop owns it, it will only get worse I reckon...

Huw · 17 Aug 2011 at 00:01

Ozzie Dave said:
Impulse are rubbish like that (regional thing). Only ever bought Stardock games from there. Now Gamestop owns it, it will only get worse I reckon...

Yeah the regional crap has always bothered me, but this one is particularly awful. I mostly only have Stardock games on there too, but I do have a few others from the one or two sales a year that are actually worth it.

iviv · 17 Aug 2011 at 00:41

Well, technically its not Impulse's fault, they would have tried their best for worldwide rights, just the companies won't let them/put a silly price on it, I'd assume.

Gimpymoo · 17 Aug 2011 at 00:48

iviv said:
Well, technically its not Impulse's fault, they would have tried their best for worldwide rights, just the companies won't let them/put a silly price on it, I'd assume.

You would think, but Impulse has been like that since day 1.

BlizzardX · 17 Aug 2011 at 01:54

It is simply a sympton of rights and region. Xbox live is the same here in NZ, I can't purchase Risen from the UK even though my account and Xbox is from the UK as my region isn't allowed by the publisher, instead I have to purchase a $129.99 version or try and import one from the UK. Steam is the same here too, although NZ pays in USD but certain things still cannot be bought.

Huw · 17 Aug 2011 at 07:39

iviv said:
Well, technically its not Impulse's fault, they would have tried their best for worldwide rights, just the companies won't let them/put a silly price on it, I'd assume.

It's Impulse who sends the emails though. I do understand the concept of regional pricing and all of that kind of rubbish, but it seems Impulse can't be bothered to tailor their emails. That's what's irritating me.