Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Ordered DQ7 back on 1/5 on Amazon. Up until yesterday it was to be delivered today. Then last night I checks and it said it would now arrive on 2/16. WTF? If you look now it says 2/26.
In any case, my local Target said they had two available. So I ordered for pickup today. Those often get cancelled since in the morning when the pull the orders, the counts are either wrong or they don't realize it is a new item and cannot find them.
So, I'm putting my conspiracy hat on. It seems that a lot of publishers delay physical copies for weeks if not months (or not at all) and I feel that they are banking on the fans who want said game, to buy digitally and then get it later physically. Double-dipping.
I can see Nintendo delaying the copies to Amazon in order to have those die hard fans double-dipping.
And they wonder why they push the narrative that physical is dying. It's because physical games are rarely available. Stores don't carry Xbox physical games and most games for Switch 2 are key-cards and many don't want those. They are pushing everyone towards digital so they can cut out the stores and suppliers. They get bigger portion of the profit.
In any case, my local Target said they had two available. So I ordered for pickup today. Those often get cancelled since in the morning when the pull the orders, the counts are either wrong or they don't realize it is a new item and cannot find them.
So, I'm putting my conspiracy hat on. It seems that a lot of publishers delay physical copies for weeks if not months (or not at all) and I feel that they are banking on the fans who want said game, to buy digitally and then get it later physically. Double-dipping.
I can see Nintendo delaying the copies to Amazon in order to have those die hard fans double-dipping.
And they wonder why they push the narrative that physical is dying. It's because physical games are rarely available. Stores don't carry Xbox physical games and most games for Switch 2 are key-cards and many don't want those. They are pushing everyone towards digital so they can cut out the stores and suppliers. They get bigger portion of the profit.
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