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[AgentLym]

Oh, Gamestop. Now I'm left to wonder...

I pre-ordered Skyward Sword back before it was even titled... I guess it was around Spring 2010... and I put $5 down on it, the normal pre-order price (about 10% of the release price). And, the other day, I changed my pre-order from the normal Skyward Sword to the Skyward Sword bundle, and they told me I didn't have to put any more money down on it (which I was surprised at-- I thought I'd have to put at least $5 more on it). Now I'm wondering if maybe my Gamestop is doing the same thing as linktopower's is-- taking the Wiimote+ out of the box and selling it for regular price. I'm going to pay my Gamestop a visit soon...

[Cukeman]

Oh, Gamestop. Now I'm left to wonder...

I pre-ordered Skyward Sword back before it was even titled... I guess it was around Spring 2010... and I put $5 down on it, the normal pre-order price (about 10% of the release price). And, the other day, I changed my pre-order from the normal Skyward Sword to the Skyward Sword bundle, and they told me I didn't have to put any more money down on it (which I was surprised at-- I thought I'd have to put at least $5 more on it). Now I'm wondering if maybe my Gamestop is doing the same thing as linktopower's is-- taking the Wiimote+ out of the box and selling it for regular price. I'm going to pay my Gamestop a visit soon...

I have a printed receipt that says I ordered the bundle. They can't argue with that.

[DashSim]

The moral of this particular story is to never go to GameStop for any reason at all, ever.

Note: this is secretly the moral of every story.

[AgentLym]

I figure that, soon enough, Gamestop will go out of business like Blockbuster because of online companies like Steam. Soon, there'll be just Nintendo stores, and then if Nintendo adopts the Steam idea, then no video-game stores besides ones that sell classics..

... Though, I still like owning hard copies.

Edited by AgentLym, 05 September 2011 - 09:24 AM.

[Moonbread]

The moral is that you can now pre-order from Amazon and Best Buy, and it would've been best to wait.

The whole Steam idea isn't bad, but then again, they're sort of already doing that with Virtual Console in a sense, although the Wii has such horrible memory space that you could hardly get any. Consoles would need to have much more space to compensate for the gamer who wants to basically get everything, and games aren't getting any smaller.

[DashSim]

Even Nintendo wants Amazon to be the place you pre-order Skyward Sword from! Who are we to disagree with that?

Amazon is generally where I buy games now. I can't remember the last time I bought one in a store, and, mercifully, I can't remember ever buying one from GameStop. I've also never traded any games in. As a result, my life is at least 120% happier.

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

Oh, Gamestop. Now I'm left to wonder...

I pre-ordered Skyward Sword back before it was even titled... I guess it was around Spring 2010... and I put $5 down on it, the normal pre-order price (about 10% of the release price). And, the other day, I changed my pre-order from the normal Skyward Sword to the Skyward Sword bundle, and they told me I didn't have to put any more money down on it (which I was surprised at-- I thought I'd have to put at least $5 more on it). Now I'm wondering if maybe my Gamestop is doing the same thing as linktopower's is-- taking the Wiimote+ out of the box and selling it for regular price. I'm going to pay my Gamestop a visit soon...

Pre order 'price' doesn't raise itself depending on the price of the product.

It's funny, because GameStop's policy is actually not to charge people to pre order at all... so I don't understand why they wanted 5 bucks to begin with.

The moral is that you can now pre-order from Amazon and Best Buy, and it would've been best to wait.

The whole Steam idea isn't bad, but then again, they're sort of already doing that with Virtual Console in a sense, although the Wii has such horrible memory space that you could hardly get any. Consoles would need to have much more space to compensate for the gamer who wants to basically get everything, and games aren't getting any smaller.

It's really only Nintendo who's failing in this regard. I have yet to fill up my Xbox or PS3

[Cukeman]

Meh, I got an 8GB SD card, and seem to have plenty of room for Wii downloads.

[Radien]

So... I haven't been following this thread since I posted in it, but I think I've found the answer to my dilemma.

I have a Best Buy gift card. There is a preorder available for the remote bundle. There is an option for "in-store pickup," but I can't select it. I called the customer service line, and they said that the option may appear closer to release.

Nintendo, regardless of what happens, I'm counting on you not to run out of those bundles in the first few days. You know this will be popular, so make sure you produce enough so that everybody has a Wii Motion Plus one month after the game's launch.

Also, thanks Prospekt, for finding the Best Buy page for preordering the Wii remote bundle.

[Moonbread]

It's really only Nintendo who's failing in this regard. I have yet to fill up my Xbox or PS3

Well, I mean if it were like a computer where the game wasn't stored on a CD or whatever, you know? Like, it would be a different story if all console games just stored the entire game on the console and you browsed it like your Steam library.

[Chakaa]

Guess who just preordered the bundle but has no money to pay for it when it comes out?!

THIS GUY!

[AgentLym]

Pre order 'price' doesn't raise itself depending on the price of the product.

It's funny, because GameStop's policy is actually not to charge people to pre order at all... so I don't understand why they wanted 5 bucks to begin with.

Really? Huh. Well, my Gamestop is just plain different, I guess. Say, if I want to pre-order a DS or Wii game, I have to pay $5 down. When I wanted to pre-order my Wii way back in the day, I had to put $25 down, otherwise I couldn't pre-order it. I do live in America, if that makes any difference.

Also, I talked to one of the main guys at my Gamestop and he said that the bundle comes with the Wii Remote. I plan on going back when the manager is in just to make sure, but I have quite a bit of trust in the respectable worker I already asked.

Edited by AgentLym, 07 September 2011 - 07:35 AM.

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

Really? Huh. Well, my Gamestop is just plain different, I guess. Say, if I want to pre-order a DS or Wii game, I have to pay $5 down. When I wanted to pre-order my Wii way back in the day, I had to put $25 down, otherwise I couldn't pre-order it. I do live in America, if that makes any difference.

Also, I talked to one of the main guys at my Gamestop and he said that the bundle comes with the Wii Remote. I plan on going back when the manager is in just to make sure, but I have quite a bit of trust in the respectable worker I already asked.

A console is different than a game

Anyway, it shouldn't really matter that you live in America, the stores over here follow the same policy, I mean, it's run by the same people anyway.

Edit: It's not impossible that the employees made that change by themselves, to earn a little extra. I don't know, but it doesn't really matter anyway, seeing as your money pays off a slight bit of the product anyway, right? Or is it a stand-alone price?

[SpacemanDan]

A console is different than a game

Say, if I want to pre-order a DS or Wii game, I have to pay $5 down.

Doesn't change that he still had to put 5$ down for a game. I think he just used the console as a later example.

The EBGames I go to (which is essentially the exact same as GameStop from my understanding, considering whenever I try to go on an EBGames site, they redirect me to GameStop's site.) also requires people to put down 5$ to get a game preordered. And this wasn't just recently: it's been like that for a good while. I've also read around that other people need to do the same. So I think it may be something unique you your area. :3

I also go my preorder switched without a problem. :3

[Nicholas Steel]

EBGames has it's own site, you get there via the Gamestop site however. Oh and I wouldn't say Gamestop is the same even though it's from the same company, it has different, better policies and deals like 7 day guarantee you'll like the game otherwise you can get 100% cash back even if the game is opened. (Excludes games that require micro transactions like MMORPGS and online activation, so mostly only console games benefit from this deal)

Edited by franpa, 07 September 2011 - 09:23 AM.