Curse

xxSilhouette · Mar 17, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33

I am in Kentucky, and I went about two weeks after the release date beacuse there was no store in my local town that carried it, so i had to go to a larger city for it, I first went to EB games and they were sold out, said they wouldn't get more, then they called there other store which was another 30-45 minutes away and they had 2 left, no other stores in that city had it either.

But I'm happy cause I got it

Diablo™ · Mar 17, 2006, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Went to EB Games this time, and pre-ordered my Collectors Edition. Looks like they were better than Best Buy this time around.

BTW, the DVD is beautiful, awesome music, wonderful trailers... ^^

TalonTheCat · Mar 17, 2006, 05:45 PM // 17:45

I have mine, but had to order it from Amazon.com - local places had no clue

Retribution X · Mar 17, 2006, 05:57 PM // 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconDance

Retribution X: our local store is a Hastings. They didn't know anything about Factions until we walked in and started asking about it (as in had never heard of it!). We started bugging them and finally they received word through their distributor that the game would be available at some point (i.e. "we don't know when, but it'll be here") and they have absolutely no idea if they will get the Pre Order or not.

They already have the full version ordered, But, the hasting in my area has had almost every NCsoft game Preorder, 'cept GW:F.

They even had Friggen GW preorder.

They had actually known when the full version would arrive. but then, the hastings in my area is very knowledgable.

Titan Chrae · Mar 17, 2006, 06:00 PM // 18:00

On Feb 28th, I pre-ordered two copies of Factions from EB games. They called me to let me know when the boxes came in on Mar 12th and I picked them on Mar 15th.

EB games claims they will price match competitor printed adds and entered a sale price of $39.99 for when the game finally does arrive based on Best Buy online adds but that remains to be seen.

EB games will credit my pre-order toward either a standard or collectors edition of Factions.

I currently have 5 copies of Prophecies in my home (5 players) and will probably end up with 5 copies of Factions as soon as my kids finish Prophecies.

ElinoraNeSangre · Mar 17, 2006, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Gamestop seemed a little slow; they called me Monday or Tuesday to let me know my preorder package was in. However, I had a couple "would you like fries with that?" replies from them when I called over the weekend. Some employees know more than others, so if you get an "uhhhh" reaction, try asking someone else.

They're usually not on shelves, so do ask.

When I stopped in on Wednesday night to pick up my preorder, they also were taking orders for CE.

This was at a Gamestop in Bellevue, WA; the location likely helps. Down the street from the bulk of Microsoft, lots of geeks, home of ArenaNet, ect.

-Eli

yangster · Mar 17, 2006, 09:07 PM // 21:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asrial

I STRONGLY recommend you be @ Best Buy the moment it opens on the day Factions releases, to get the CE. I'll post more information in this thread to keep it updated with regards to Best Buy status.

Thanks for trying to find any info about it.

I'm starting to think if I should skip school that day or not.

jet_striker · Mar 17, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13

EB Games in Ottawa Ontario had the pre-order on time
Tks

pedro11 · Mar 17, 2006, 09:34 PM // 21:34

EB games in Mission, BC had pre-orders but were lacking information about release date, cost and/or availablity of the Collectors Edition...

Mister Overhill · Mar 17, 2006, 09:45 PM // 21:45

Tampa, Florida Got my pre-order of Prophecies from CompUSA in Oct, 2004, nearly six months before the game went gold. Was in there today, and they didn't even know what Factions was, let alone have the pre-order.

Jack Skellington · Mar 17, 2006, 09:51 PM // 21:51

I've tried my local CompUSA (Jantzen Beach in OR) and they are pretty much clueless. I've been stopping by on my way home from work almost every day since it was announced and they have told me an array of different stories. Still don't have it though and have no clue on when they are going to get it. I'll pay my money elsewhere.

Andy_M · Mar 17, 2006, 09:52 PM // 21:52

The employees in my local Game store(Worthing, Uk) are convinced that Oblivion is coming out on the 31st so I wasn't holding out much hope about GW:Factions.

And I was right, they tried so sell me the SE of Prophecies....

antialias02 · Mar 17, 2006, 09:56 PM // 21:56

Gamestop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa had both the regular pre-order and CE pre-order when I picked mine up last night.

Fred Kiwi · Mar 17, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12

Uk here, and I want to pre order from play.com. They typically are far andaway the cheapest for pc games, but they took it off their site, any news about that?

Haven't been to a local store recently

Hysteria · Mar 17, 2006, 11:13 PM // 23:13

I picked up 2 copies at GameStop here in Maryland. Manager didn't really know what to put into the computer to pull it up but finally figured it out. The cases were towards the back of the store where most of the dated titles are at and not in the main display case behind the counter where the new titles are at. Manager insisted retail copy will be in on April 29th but I wasn't in the mood to argue about the date.

blood4blood · Mar 17, 2006, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Just to follow-up re: Best Buy online orders, I called their customer service line & was told I would be receiving the pre-order package, that my order was already being processed & should be shipped soon. *crosses fingers*

Asrial · Mar 18, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

To add more to the Best Buy online pre-order...

I've been helping a guy researching his order and he PM'ed me with this message he got from Best Buy customer service:

"This is Debbie with Customer Care, I regret to inform you that we have
not as of yet received the special order key, we expect to receive it
soon feel free to contact us at 1-888-BESTBUY."

Adaria · Mar 18, 2006, 12:15 AM // 00:15

Pre-Ordered from Gamestop last night, I'll see what the deal is from them on the Pre-Orders soon, there aren't any stores in my area that have it, the closest place would be St. Augustine FL I think, or Daytona Beach, but as I can't get over to either place, online is the only way to go for me. I'm kind of suprised Wal-Mart isn't doing anything to get Ch 2, but then agian here I never saw Guild Wars Ch 1 until three months or more after the release last year...

Edit: On the Best Buy Pre-Orders, Just a warning that I noticed last year, I think might be the case this year. They aren't counting the Pre-Order kits as well, Pre-Orders as in "We'll hold a copy of the game for you" This happened last year to me and my BF, thankfully we got what we wanted but it was pretty much just show up on release day, scramble to get what you wanted and hope they had it. I wasn't impressed with that, they could at least ask if you plan to buy the game if you get the pre-order kit, input it into the computer, then ask what version you want, but instead, nothing.

fiery · Mar 18, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07

To change my addition I just called EbGames and they said they have the pre-order in the plenty, didn't ask for a date they arrived caus they are very snippy.

Konrow · Mar 18, 2006, 02:11 AM // 02:11

all the gamestops around me (NY) and in NJ seem to have at least some of the preorder packages and while i was shopping around these past weeks i checked three best buys and none of them had it. I guess its just based on how the store works or sumthing :/ well i got it and i'm happy so yay.