Several years ago, I used Amazon almost exclusively. I had terrible trouble with back-catalogue purchases in two ways; firstly, even with relatively-new releases, Amazon often falls back on Marketplace sellers "Fulfilled by Amazon" or won't bother re-stocking on popular items that have a strong showing on the Marketplace. These sellers are incredibly hit-and-miss. I've had "new" games that were old, scratched games re-sealed or sometimes even discs re-boxed in DVD cases; the amount of PS2 games that don't come with the Sony hologram is astounding, yet all sellers I've politely contacted to verify swear blind that it's official stuff.
Secondly, with regards the PS3 era in particular, both Amazon themselves and Marketplace sellers adore the fact that games on Blu-Ray were region-free. Several times they claimed to have stock, but it took a couple days extra to arrive and, when it did, it was an American copy. I appreciate that things may be different in America, as I'd imagine they have bigger stock numbers to fall back on, but the UK PAL market can be rather small at times and sometimes it's just easier to rely on region-free imports. "But it's the same game, it'll still work, what's the problem?" was a returns argument I had far, far too often.
Nowadays, I appreciate the situation may have changed slightly, but those somewhat-recent experiences have only served to make my OCD worse over the years. By relying on the standards of others, I run the risk of having an anxiety attack over a simple game purchase, but by getting the game myself at launch, physically in-hand from a shop, I'm bullet-proofing myself against the possibility of future disappointment or difficulty.
My apologies about that. Makes sense why you're worried about re-stocking issues in the UK etc.
I've always gotten what was listed though, never been scammed before.
@ToddlerNaruto Soz, I probs should have said at least months after release. But I can only go by personal experience, I've not purchased any game marked as new that old online, so can't comment on that.
What country are you from? I'm from the USA so never have to worry about stores running out of copies many years later.
@ToddlerNaruto UK. I'm not saying they do, just that I've never bought a game that had been out years from a website to say whether they have them as 'new' or not.
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I recently caved in and finally pre-ordered the PS4 Pro 1TB Limited Edition Amazing Red Marvel's Spider-Man Console Bundle from BestBuy.com.
Almost went with GameStop.com but their stock was depleted crazy fast. This will be my first pre-order in ages...last time I did that was with Kingdom Hearts II on PS2 back in 2005.
I couldn't resist getting the $60 Game and the Season Pass for free .
I recently pre-ordered Ride 3, I'm a huge fan of the previous two bike games, especially the last one. I like how they keep expanding and improving on this series. It's a real shame it's not more popular, but too many people keep expecting these smaller racing game studios to have the same big budgets as a Gran Turismo or Forza title, or anything made by Codemasters. Anyway, I'm super-excited for the new one, I'm hurrying up to finish up Ride 2 in the meantime.
I only ever pre-ordered from Shopto because they always used to get the game to you a day before release. I've not had that for a while, though, ever since most release days changed to a Tuesday rather that a Friday. That said, I have pre-ordered Red Dead Redemption 2 because I bloody need that game.
@ApostateMage Simply Games have a good track record of delivering games a couple of days before release. I've had a few games off them delivered on a Friday or Saturday when the game was released on a Tuesday.
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Did another wave of pre-orders yesterday. The only items I've got outstanding right now are Astro Bot (digital) and Kingdom Hearts 3, so I figured I'd get some more in to fill the gaps:
Red Dead Redemption 2 Darksiders 3 WWE2K19 PlayStation Classic Persona 3 & 5: Endless Night Collection
I've stopped buying the yearly sports games, but this years WWE is a must buy for me with the Daniel Bryan showcase mode. Could see myself beating that mode and immediately trading the game in though. I was also able to secure the PlayStation Classic from GAME (rewards), so I'll be cancelling my amazon preorder.
Think I'm sorted for the year.
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i did this post as some things have changed since my first post, some of the games i had pre-ordered then are now out AND some i have cancelled
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@JohnnyShoulder i pick one to spend most of my time on and stagger the rest for those times when i just want to play for a little while, such as before i go to bed
this does mean i get quite a few more games on my backlog pile though but i'll get round to them eventually
plus fighting games are easy to just drop in and drop out of
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I'm thinking about buying Hollow Knight as it's got a healthy 20% discount if you pre-order it but I'm just not sure on it. I prefer Dead Cells but I consider $25 to be too much. Has anyone played any of these? Any opinions?
@Kidfried I haven't played any of them but just by watching videos, I'd like to play dead cells more because it looks more fun and doesn't require as much time investment as hollow knight. Well, in the end I'll grab both. Hollow knight now and dead cells probably on black Friday or around new year when we get some decent sale. @JohnnyShoulder I've already read that thread but it's not informative for me as I already know I want to play dead cells, but not sure about hollow knight. Anyway, thanks for the tip. I'll go for hollow knight now and sometimes later for dead cells.
@Kidfried dead cells is twice the price of hollow knights and I just can't justify spending so much on it right now, that's why I've delegated it for future sales and bought hollow knight now I've read that you need to invest some time into hollow knight so I'll keep that in mind. Any other tips for beginners?
@NecuVise I've played Dead Cells and not Hollow Knight. The former is made interesting in the fact that it's a relatively short game but you will be replaying it over and over in order to level up enough and get good enough gear to make it all the way through. I've had 40+ runs and not yet defeated the final boss. The levels are randomly generated and there are multiple paths to take so each run is different.
Hollow Knight seems to be a tough game but with a set world and story so they seem to be quite different games but just with tricky combat.
@Kidfried yes I have. Thanks, I will! @Thrillho that's exactly what lures me to dead cells. Tight combat and that you can play it in short sessions if you don't have plenty of time.
Now I'm really pumped to play hollow knight, can't wait. Only 24 or so hours till it's playable.
Update: I have also pre-ordered Call of Cthulhu, after finding a great deal in a local online store.
I'm warming up towards Red Dead Redemption 2, so maybe that one as well. I know I will like it more than Spider-Man, Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed. So it could be my next non-racing AAA game. However, I'm also really into the new Dragon Quest.
Update 2: traded in my copy of God of War (2018), which I won't be finishing anyway, for a pre-order of 11-11: Memories Retold, a narrative-based game arriving in early November.
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