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Canada E3 Deals Thread 2016 |OT| 25x times better than last year!
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mullet2000
Member
It sucks, but you can almost certainly buy a cdkey somewhere for even less than the discount would be.
Do I just contact customer service via chat or phone to let them know or is there some other method to let them know about price drops.
yeah but not win 10 play anywhere title like forza, dead rising etc.
Sealtest
Member
Only thing you can do is go onto the Pokemon Sun page on amazon and look for the "found price lower somewhere else" and just link walmart
mullet2000
Member
That doesn't apply to physical copies, only digital.
I must be blind. I'm on the mobile page but I don't see it.
EDIT: switched to the desktop site instead.
Does the final price on the order have a discount applied? If so, that's what they're charging you
TheCowboyPoet
Member
So is it best to order all your games on Amazon together or separate?
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I don't see much point in buying physical PC games nowadays since it's just a box and a disc with zero resell value. I only make an exception if it's heavily discounted (cheaper than digital) or it actually has physical items (Witcher 3).
I would make one order for the $30 off games, and one order for the 20% off games. If it automatically splits any order due to it being too big don't worry about it, but don't make multiple orders for the 20% off games yourself, as only one per account is allowed.
chrominance
Member
Sure, but the point isn't to have a physical box, the point is to get it for cheap from a 100% legit source. I think even cdkeys is a grey area (obviously not everyone feels that way though). Green Man Gaming is still questionable in some cases but seems mostly legit, and they have 25% off vouchers all the time, but the exchange rate comes into play. Steam doesn't do any discounting beyond the occasional 10% off pre-order discount straight from the publisher.
People keep saying one one order is allowed but I just don't believe it. You'd have to have closely read the terms and conditions AND interpreted the vague language in a specific way to know this, and in the meantime placing multiple orders gets you the discount anyways. Plus, this is exactly how it worked last year. And think of all the people who have been pre-ordering games as they've been announced, as opposed to waiting until the very last day to place one big order. If Amazon were to retroactively remove the discounts on all the orders being placed beyond the first one, it would practically be a scorched earth policy for zero apparent gain (since you could've just grouped ALL those games into one order and had no problem anyways).
xCaptainCanadax
Member
I talked to amazon about the FF XII discrepancy on discount and he was willing to adjust it for me but it looks like he may not have done it properly. He adjusted the price of the game down to accommodate the difference but I think that lessened the discount calculation that was already wrong on the 69.99 price so its still off by a couple dollars.
I'm not sure I care enough anymore to go back through about this...
Another year another E3 down I guess...
I'm not sure I care enough anymore to go back through about this...
Another year another E3 down I guess...
LifeBrandRobot
Member
So disappointed in Amazon, they're missing a bunch of confirmed games. They don't even have Gravity Rush 2 ffs.
Do like I did and contact chat support, and link them to the Amazon.com gravity rush 2 page, they forward them to marketing and if enough people ask for it they put up the page.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Ooo I hope that works. I'll link them to the BestBuy page lol.
The system allowing you to place multiple orders right now doesn't mean anything right now. Amazon has retroactively cancelled some of my orders after the fact before once they detected something was off (I made 2 order for psvr, one for myself and my address, and one for my brother and his address, they cancelled one a couple of weeks later because of a limit of 1 per customer), so if Customer service tells me to make one order (which I will), I'll make one order. Not gonna risk losing discount on games in this current landscape.
Dang, not even Amazon.com has Story of seasons: trio of towns listed, or Tales of berseria.
This year sucks! Triple AAA games are too expensive and niche games just aren't listed
Emperor Bohe
Member
you only get charged when the game gets shipped right? and we can cancel at any point before then?
BigJonsson
Member
They deleted the rule that said only one order shipping to one place
I was gonna say, why are people saying this?
1 of each game per customer I can understand, but one order? There's no logic.
doctorcdcs
Member
I've spoken to 3 CSR's regarding the rule. All of them have said that I need to have everything in one single order. its so annoying that its getting to the point where I might just not make a pre-order for any games on sale.
Pestilence11
Member
Slightly off topic but I ordered DOOM on PS4 for $49.99 from Amazon and it's out of stock. Is that price guaranteed since the order was made during the sale?
doctorcdcs
Member
If you placed an order for that price, that's the price you'll get when it ships
no matter what I do my order gets split in half. that ain't my problem. I'll escalate if they cancel it
xCaptainCanadax
Member
Yeah I made an order of 12 iteams and 1 got split off into its own order the rest on the same one. The one that got split was Injustice 2. I was talking to a chat CSR about another problem and asked him about this and he told me not to worry about it. So I have that in a chat transcript worst case.
I don't know why people are still stressing out over the one order thing. It's unenforceable, and as long as you don't order multiple of each game you'll most likely be fine.
Only gaf and rfd are going to scrutinize the rules to this level. They aren't going to cancel the orders of random everyday people who order 1 thing one day, then see something else cool the next day and make a separate order then not reading the rules.
Only gaf and rfd are going to scrutinize the rules to this level. They aren't going to cancel the orders of random everyday people who order 1 thing one day, then see something else cool the next day and make a separate order then not reading the rules.
Yeah, mine was split too. And after cancelling a few games, they're all in the same, except for ZTD that is alone. If that ends up being a problem, I guess I'll get ZTD digital and it's not that big a deal, but still.. ugh..
rule is still there, but it just works anyway for multiple orders.
edit: maybe not? I thought I saw it last night.
shadow2810
Member
Ended up preordering only 2 games that I want to play day 1: Pokemon and Persona 5. Probably will cancel Persona 5 if the digital version is $59.99. E3 this year is great for my wallet.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Gravity Rush 2 up on Amazon. 79.99$, though... Let's link em to BB price now.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01GW9HGGS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1466023970&sr=8-2&pi=CB192566110_AA75_QL70&keywords=gravity+rush+2
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01GW9HGGS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1466023970&sr=8-2&pi=CB192566110_AA75_QL70&keywords=gravity+rush+2
on the 16th, 11:59 PM PST
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Did Nintendo not announce much or did Amazon just didn't care?
Pre-ordered:
-Pokemon Sun & Moon (I'll cancel one once we learn about any of the exclusive mons, currently leaning more towards Sun...though given how likely it is Game Freak will only allow one save file per game I might hold onto both should I like the exclusive mons for both)
-Dragon Quest VIII
-The Last Guardian
-Dishonored 2
-Prey
-Persona 5 (Take Your Heart Edition)
-Resident Evil 7
-Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
-#FE (I have no real interest in playing this but for collection's sake I would rather get it now than pay $100+ for when it inevitably bombs)
-Watch_Dogs 2
-Final Fantasy XV
-God of War 4
-Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
I would have added Gravity Rush 2 to the mix but it's not up yet.
EDIT:
Thanks, didn't see it earlier!
-Pokemon Sun & Moon (I'll cancel one once we learn about any of the exclusive mons, currently leaning more towards Sun...though given how likely it is Game Freak will only allow one save file per game I might hold onto both should I like the exclusive mons for both)
-Dragon Quest VIII
-The Last Guardian
-Dishonored 2
-Prey
2
-Resident Evil 7
-Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
-#FE (I have no real interest in playing this but for collection's sake I would rather get it now than pay $100+ for when it inevitably bombs)
-Watch_Dogs 2
-Final Fantasy XV
-God of War 4
-Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
I would have added Gravity Rush 2 to the mix but it's not up yet.
EDIT:
Thanks, didn't see it earlier!
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Deleted member 126221
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Still more expensive than buying it at BB unfortunately.
WaterAstro
Member
Anyone know where I could get Yakuza 0 from these deals?
Lostconfused
Member
They didn't even have a full direct, it was just 2 games on stream.
I'm sure I'm not the only one but I linked Amazon CS to Gravity Rush 2 Bestbuy.ca link. Seems they finally green lit it. I also sent them a list of Yakuza 6 and 0, Ni-oh, Crash Remaster, and Vampyr.
I told them Pokemon Sun and Moon are $49.99 on walmart.ca. A friend pre-ordered his pokemon games in store at EB Games. They've adjusted their prices to $49.99 too. Amazon is dragging it's heels here.
I told them Pokemon Sun and Moon are $49.99 on walmart.ca. A friend pre-ordered his pokemon games in store at EB Games. They've adjusted their prices to $49.99 too. Amazon is dragging it's heels here.
VIII, not VII, mixed up roman numerals. Sorry to get your hopes up.
Doubt you'll see Yakuza 6 on there. It's not even out in Japan. Kiwami is the one that came out most recently. Doubt we'll get that one.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Made two pre-orders: one with the $50 games, and one with Pokemon S&M.
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