NCAA Football 12 - Pre-Order Nike Pro Combat Bonuses and Enhanced Tackling Engine

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

I agree with this, but in a way it is extra money for people who don't have a EB Games a reasonable distance away.

Pre-order online?

[Wilson16NCSU]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

Pre-order online?

It is still extra money for shipping, also I do not have a credit card.

EA should've struck this deal with respectable retailers everywhere.

Either way I will find a way I'm sure to get it from Gamestop, though if it ships on July 12 like the site says then I won't get it for another week or so.

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

It is still extra money for shipping, also I do not have a credit card.

Ahh.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

EA should've struck this deal with respectable retailers everywhere.

Exclusive content offered to multiple retailers wouldn't be much of an exclusive.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

Either way I will find a way I'm sure to get it from Gamestop, though if it ships on July 12 like the site says then I won't get it for another week or so.

Unfortunate.

[DLev45]

I know people don't think the street date matters, but it does. Breaking the street date can be detrimental for a video game's sales numbers. Take this for example:

Th NCAA devs find a last minute bug that is detrimental. The new tackling system freezes the game when you press two buttons at the same time (just imagine something along those lines). However, they have to ship their discs out to their retailers by June 31st. If they don't meet this deadline, then the retailers will boycott them and they will have nowhere to sell their game, so they ship the discs to the retailers while working on a patch to fix the bug. Their deadline for solving the issue is July 15th, so that on release day, people download the game and the link works fine.

However, one of you buys the game from MomAndPop games a week early, before the street date. You play it, you press two buttons at the same time, and the game freezes. Then you come onto OpSports, and tell everyone how the game is broken, do not buy it, it's garbage, it freezes, etc. Half of the people read this and cancel their pre-orders or don't go buy it. NCAA loses half of its sales and the game is a big loser profit-wise due to poor reputation a week before release, even though the bug was actually fixed on July 15th, the street date, and people who bought it that day were actually getting the game in fully working as intended.

[volstopfan14]

I've never pre-ordered before or used gamestop. Usually just gone to walmart on release day and bought the game. If I preorder do they deliver it on release day? Do I get the bonus uniforms if I just go to gamestop and buy the game or do I have to preorder?

[PSRusse83]

Awesome yellow grass

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by DLev45

Lol at all these people saying: "This sucks that EA is making me buy the game from Gamestop to be able to get these jerseys. I don't want to buy it from Gamestop because I get it a week early from (insert Mom and Pop Shop here)," Did it ever occur to you that this is the very reason they are making you pre-order from Gamestop to get the jerseys? To incentivize all you to not illegally break the street date every year? EA: "Hey guys, as a reward for not illegally breaking our street date, pre-order from Gamestop, a company that has agreed with us that they will not do that, and you'll get free cool stuff." They aren't charging you extra for anything. It's still $60 bucks.

exactly, this is what its come to. In order to help regulate that their product isn't sold prior to the street date companies often offer these exclusive preorders to get people to buy from a company that has honored their street date and is the largest chain of video games.

And that last sentence is right on, people act like they are charging for uniforms, they are free with the purchase from a store they agreed to a exclusive with.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

I agree with this, but in a way it is extra money for people who don't have a EB Games a reasonable distance away.

thats why we have this wonderful thing called the internet

Quote: Originally Posted by Wilson16NCSU

It is still extra money for shipping, also I do not have a credit card. EA should've struck this deal with respectable retailers everywhere. Either way I will find a way I'm sure to get it from Gamestop, though if it ships on July 12 like the site says then I won't get it for another week or so.

i'm assuming you have a parent with a credit card or know someone with a credit card. Ask to use their card and give them the money for the game+shipping. Gamestop is the largest chain of video games so they have the most stores which allows them to offer this exclusive to a wider range of customers.

If its shipping you're complaining about well thats life.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by volstopfan14

I've never pre-ordered before or used gamestop. Usually just gone to walmart on release day and bought the game. If I preorder do they deliver it on release day? Do I get the bonus uniforms if I just go to gamestop and buy the game or do I have to preorder?

to be honest, a lot of times i havent preordered and gone there the day of and got the game on release day and it had the codes. But i'll prob just preorder it anyway since theres a gamestop right around the corner from where i live.