*****Official Star Wars: The Old Republic Thread*****

[Monkeymatt]

Re-arrange these words:

Shop Cool
To Shop

I get it now, wasn't typing them in correctly, epic fail on my part

Probs gunna wait for a couple of days to see what pre-order prices are offered elsewhere.

 

[Gazanimal]

The 2nd one there's £35.86... The first one I've never heard of or used... are they reliable??

Ah, so it is. Bloomin' google shopping search for you.

I also suspect they don't have a release date set yet:

If you pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic before 12pm on Thursday 30th of December 2049 we will guarantee that you will receive it by the release date of Saturday 1st of January 2050, if you do not receive it we will compensate you with £3.00 on your account

 

[featherz]

Hehe copy and pasted from shop to .........

If you pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic before 12pm on Thursday 30th of December 2049 we will guarantee that you will receive it by the release date of Saturday 1st of January 2050, if you do not receive it we will compensate you with £3.00 on your shopto account.Click here to view Terms and Conditions

Hahaha.

 

[Gazanimal]

<cough>

Look up /\

 

[featherz]

haha oops!

 

[Mr Krugga]

Does Coolshop charge in advance for pre-orders?

 

[Gazanimal]

Not sure but most seem too, so I suspect they would as well.

 

[Vuvuzela]

Hehe copy and pasted from shop to .........

If you pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic before 12pm on Thursday 30th of December 2049 we will guarantee that you will receive it by the release date of Saturday 1st of January 2050, if you do not receive it we will compensate you with £3.00 on your shopto account.Click here to view Terms and Conditions

Hahaha.

somebody has a very good sense of humour

 

[Vuvuzela]

According to this which is supposedly from a French store, a standard edition is going to be 61.99(~£55) and a collectors edition is 174.99(~£154) If that is true, I don't think I'll be getting the game at all.

EDIT: Pre-orders expected to start tomorrow.

well looking at that date, its saying 27 October 2011, not sure though a day before Battlefield 3

 

[Metalface Mark]

I wouldnt touch coolshop with a barge pole after the hassle I had with them, they were absolutely useless.

 

[Vuvuzela]

Interesting that shop cool says release day is 15 September 2011, that's the same day the blue ray discs are also released.

 

[robin66]

Interesting that shop cool says release day is 15 September 2011, that's the same day the blue ray discs are also released.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it did.

 

[Crixus00]

I wouldnt touch coolshop with a barge pole after the hassle I had with them, they were absolutely useless.

Interesting, I have purchased quite a few high profile titles for delivery on release date and they have never let me down.

 

[Gazanimal]

One thing I've noticed from the back of the Pre-order box is it shows the min spec details, but one reads:

Hard Drive: 8x DVD-ROM or better

I can appreciate it needs to install from a DVD-ROM but, not class it as a HDD.

I'd have thought amount of disk space required would be there.

Typo or fake-o? (yeah I'm throwing out a conspiracy theory )

 

[ChrisJSY]

Going to wait for Digital Versions to crop up, can't be bothered with the hassle that is stores I've never heard of let alone never bought from, hard copies, postal service, delays etc.

 

[Sleepery]

Thing is, they've already said that the digital version is going to be an origin exclusive, and while many stores won't charge full whack, you can bet EA themselves will.

 

[Monkeymatt]

One thing I've noticed from the back of the Pre-order box is it shows the min spec details, but one reads:

Hard Drive: 8x DVD-ROM or better

I can appreciate it needs to install from a DVD-ROM but, not class it as a HDD.

I'd have thought amount of disk space required would be there.

Typo or fake-o? (yeah I'm throwing out a conspiracy theory )

The game is still in development, I suspect they are still waiting for everything to be finished and put in the game before they say how much space you need.

 

['Wes]

Interesting that shop cool says release day is 15 September 2011, that's the same day the blue ray discs are also released.

I hope not, this game needs more time.

 

[Monkeymatt]

http://www.swtor.com/preorder Pre-orders have started, however with so little information being released I am going to wait.

Due to high demand and limited quantities of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™,
the pre-order process will be as follows:
1Complete the order form below.
2You will be sent an email confirming your pre-order request has been received.
3Pre-order requests will be processed in the order they are received, while quantities last.
4An email will be sent within 48 hours to let you know if your pre-order request was successful.

From the origin website, how the hell can you have limited amounts of DIGITAL items? Surely you can create never ending amounts?

 

[Tombstone]

From the origin website, how the hell can you have limited amounts of DIGITAL items? Surely you can create never ending amounts?

Maybe its to control server loads for the game servers. If your game is only able to handle say 3000 people per server and you are launching with 50 servers then at max you can only handle 150,000 people online at once, sell 1.5m copies for release day and you'll end up with several hundred thousand people who cant log in. Restrict the number of people and it might make for a smoother launch, after all people are generally more willing to accept "its out of stock" than "I've got it but when I go to log in I am number 968 in the queue and have a wait time of 94mins before I can log in"