Please share cheap pre-orders here....

[juz1]

I noticed Amazon in the uk the other day were taking preorders at UK29.99...I hesitated and lo and behold a few days later up to 39.99 it went.:(

I thought it might be an idea if people could share good pre-order offers they find in stores or online...Please state country and state/county.

If this is a crap idea just say so and I'll delete this post...
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[trk29]

I pre-ordered it at Gamestop for 49.99 instead of the regular 59.99

[dandymountfarto]

yep - play.com did the same -bumped it up from £29.99 to £39.99. knew i should gone for it sooner! at least play, hmv, amazon and game are all showing the same release date now - Sep 4th.

[Hineni]

So far, the cheapest pre-order price I've found in the USA for the PS3 version of Il-2 Sturmovik BOP is from Newegg at $46.99 with free shipping.

[Siege777]

I'm kind of waiting to see if there'll be any bonuses or anything from a certain store before I preorder, or a special edition. Have they announced whether there'll be anything like that yet?

Also, unfortunately, I don't think it would have mattered if you'd ordered the game when it was cheaper: Usually for preorders there's some kind of fineprint where they can change the price and make you pay the difference, because for preorders they don't always know what the final price of the game will be yet.

[dandymountfarto]

:shock: is that right? guess its a deliberate ploy to get ppl to buy early and then slap em with the price hike!

if that had happened to me i woulda cancelled my order and gone elsewhere so as to show i wasnt happy about it!

[Desode]

Anton stated in a thread a while back that preorders do help them and that it can affect what kind of money their marketing decides they can spend. He said it helps them when they have good preorder numbers.
DESODE

[Anton Yudintsev]

Anton stated in a thread a while back that preorders do help them and that it can affect what kind of money their marketing decides they can spend. He said it helps them when they have good preorder numbers.
DESODE

Yes, it is indicative.
More for a publisher, of course, but the more pre-order numbers the game have, the better it (usually) will be presented in stores.
Also, there are more marketing things that relies upon pre-order numbers, but I won't go into details - first of all, I am not allowed to, and then - it is not developer's business.
Of course, not everything depends on pre-orders.
But, typically, if there is a lot of preorders, the game is marketed better and more different ways, and sells better, and than there will be DLCs/sequel, etc.

[sasquatch]

I just pre-ordered from GameStop and noticed that the game had a nice little pre-order bonus...a free IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey T-shirt. :grin: Not bad.

[Desode]

I just pre-ordered from GameStop and noticed that the game had a nice little pre-order bonus...a free IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey T-shirt. :grin: Not bad.

FREAKIN SWEET !! I preordered at gamestop so long ago that I didn't know that !
Thanks for the info Sasquatch !
DESODE

[Mage_016]

Yes, it is indicative.
More for a publisher, of course, but the more pre-order numbers the game have, the better it (usually) will be presented in stores.
Also, there are more marketing things that relies upon pre-order numbers, but I won't go into details - first of all, I am not allowed to, and then - it is not developer's business.
Of course, not everything depends on pre-orders.
But, typically, if there is a lot of preorders, the game is marketed better and more different ways, and sells better, and than there will be DLCs/sequel, etc.

Question: Is this game going to be released at the same time everywhere? Or does the cold northern scandinavia get this game later like most of the games? There is still no pre-order possibility here, that's why Im asking this.

[Anton Yudintsev]

Question: Is this game going to be released at the same time everywhere? Or does the cold northern scandinavia get this game later like most of the games? There is still no pre-order possibility here, that's why Im asking this.

Actually, I don't know.
It is scheduled to be simulatenous release in Europe, US, and Russia but Europe is big...

[trk29]

FREAKIN SWEET !! I preordered at gamestop so long ago that I didn't know that !
Thanks for the info Sasquatch !
DESODE

Ditto.

[Douglas Bader]

Actually, I don't know.
It is scheduled to be simulatenous release in Europe, US, and Russia but Europe is big...

Holland is small....:grin:

[Mage_016]

Actually, I don't know.
It is scheduled to be simulatenous release in Europe, US, and Russia but Europe is big...

Okay, I'll have to just cool down and wait. Thanks for quick reply. By the way how does it feel that your game is almost like a religion here? Gives some pressure to you too or does it. Long days before you will have feedback from gamers.

[trk29]

Gamestop pre-order bonus T-shirt.

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bonus/IL2_bonusLG.jpg

[Skii]

I'll be buying this off the shelf at the local GAME store on the release day, (and I'll be trading a good few old titles in at the same time!)

[haitch40]

Gamestop pre-order bonus T-shirt.

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bonus/IL2_bonusLG.jpg

if i ruled a country it would be law every government and council worker would where this

[trk29]

that's funny :-P

I just hope that they don't package mine as a size small with my game. I wonder if we can get different sizes.

[Rittmeister86]

Thats a freakin sweet T-shirt. I also preordered a long time ago, so I didn't know about it. Thanks for the intel everyone.

[trk29]

I went by Gamestop yesterday and the guy told me that almost every time game companies send XXL shirts, but not to worry it would shrink some. So you can't pick a size.

[juz1]

I went by Gamestop yesterday and the guy told me that almost every time game companies send XXL shirts

let's be honest XXL will barely fit 50% of the lard buckets of US,UK and AUS...
or if you are currently not obese at least after 3 weeks of non-stop play and convenience food you'll certainly start to need Xsizes;)

I want one but I doubt they'll be down under:( (xxl fits me great!)
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[juz1]

http://www.cdwow.com.au/search?query=il+2&category=games

has anyone used cdwow ?

listed as 60.95$ AU

and in UK 29.99-

BUT- listed release date as 25th...

any feedback, please, on cdwow ? seems fairly international...
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