it was $40 retail, and i assumed it was $40 on the eshop
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LEGO City Undercover |OT| This city has no ports
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it was $40 retail, and i assumed it was $40 on the eshop
frankie_baby
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Smiles and Cries
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I explained to the dude any other store would have price matched even after checkout
told him my download is at 50% if Nintendo screws me on this after downloading 20 plus games on eShop I really should think twice about them in the future
I can't believe he said those are suggested retail prices that all those stores chose 49 but eShop is $59 and I agreed to it at checkout
can't believe they want to fight me on it... so someone higher up is to email me in a day or two
yeah I got screwed failed to see it coming
so anyway my plan to get NFS is screwed because this game was suppose to be $10 cheaper so can't play that tomorrow got to wait and see
this should have been $59 I would have planned for it better did the eShop download Press Release for this have a Price?
ShockingAlberto
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While having the price above retail is absolutely not okay, you should never make a purchase at an incorrect price and assume whoever you bought it from will correct the price for you later. Yes, it can happen, but assuming it will isn't a good idea.
Aquamarine
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It's split up into 17 "regions." And these regions are quite small (comparatively to games like Just Cause 2 or GTA: San Andreas). But there's free roam if you don't want to go on missions, and it takes a while to get around all of them.
right. you need to get them to admit that they made an error pricing the game and then change the price on the eshop. otherwise, the chance for a credit is nonexistent.
it's a pretty wacky situation, the way it is. you don't see retailers moving lock-step to do this for $60 msrp games often
you also need certain disguises to gain access to some things around the city
Looking at Amazon's page, it says "Ships within 2 to 3 weeks". I can't understand why Nintendo decided to launch this on a Monday, since we know there are problems in having stock on Monday for them. The 3DS title comes out on a Sunday, why can't be the same for this?
wait wat?
so if i choose free roam i cant just run around the entire map in one sitting without a loading screen?
17 different regions? is there loading between them like GTA 3 as you cross to certain areas? or is it like Monster Hunter where you run to linear areas that transition to the next?
either way complete fail
i was looking for this to be my GTA fix on the wiiu
Smiles and Cries
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if it was discounted amazon would have shown $59.99 but show that you are saving $10
List Price: $49.99
Price: $49.96
You Save: $0.03
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0K3PM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
that is what I saw for weeks so I added $100 to my eShop to get this and use the DDP codes I have to get NFS on the 19th
ShockingAlberto is right I should have paid attention to this
Nintendo guy tried to tell me the price is higher because my digital stuff is protected for theft unlike retail I said dude I've been up 9 hours and the download just now hit 50% you want to charge extra for that shit?
List Price: $49.99
Price: $49.96
You Save: $0.03
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0K3PM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
that is what I saw for weeks so I added $100 to my eShop to get this and use the DDP codes I have to get NFS on the 19th
ShockingAlberto is right I should have paid attention to this
Nintendo guy tried to tell me the price is higher because my digital stuff is protected for theft unlike retail I said dude I've been up 9 hours and the download just now hit 50% you want to charge extra for that shit?
Smiles and Cries
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anyone have the PR that went out for eShop? does it list prices? if the PR from last week says $59 I'll just admit I fucked up
I don't think it had a price in the PR.
Thanks for the info even if it is a massive bummer.
No price in the PR (check March Downloads thread) and I can't find any sort of eShop price on the LEGO City site.
Smiles and Cries
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well shiiiiieeeeet that means the only way for me to know the retail price is to check a store and that is what I did and got owned
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Maybe I'm too quick to judge, but it seems like that not only is Nintendo doing the *nudge nudge buy digital verison please" by having a scarce retail presence for Undercover, they also are trying to pull an extra $10 out of consumers. It's like Nintendo saw how well Awakening did because of their little stunt, and instead of fixing the shipments problems, they decided to take advantage of the situation even more, consumers be damned.
That is some EA-level of fucked up there.
I really wished I never read your post.
Smiles and Cries
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EA level Backlash would be needed
I doubt this is what happened here but it is fishy that they can't get retail supply ready for dates they have set themselves
right now I feel as good about Nintendo as I do about EA this is the first time Nintendo personally burned me because if I saw the price before I clicked the button I would have put LCU on hold and get NFS now the game I wanted more is the one delayed due to missing funds
Quick to accusations, are we?
Considering nor Luigi neither Pokémon have the label on Amazon about possible problems of shipment (releasing on Sunday), while Lego had that since weeks ago, I'd say I fear you're jumping to conclusions here.
Nintendo can't afford to play that kind of game, not with the Wii U on life support. If they botch this launch then they are literally doomed. They can't worry about profits just yet, they need do to increase their sales numbers or the little support they have will vanish over night.
Waylon Drums
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I'm such a derp. Set it to download and went to bed but FORGOT to tell it to power down after completing the download. Woke up at 3 AM and checked...Wii U was off. Turned it on again and ONCE MORE neglected to tell it to turn off after completing the download because I was 75% still asleep. It's hopefully downloading now while I'm at work.
P.S. I'm NOT looking forward to waiting for it to install. Nope.
P.S. I'm NOT looking forward to waiting for it to install. Nope.
evilromero
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That's a little disappointing considering the poor load times. I'll wait for a few more impressions.
Saint Gregory
Member
This is what I'm thinking too. It saves them not just on manufacturing and shipping but also with so few copies at retail there's no chance for bomba price dropping or massive trade-ins.
It's a win-win for Nintendo but I really didn't have an issue with it until this new development of raising the eShop price. Weren't they doing this in Japan also with 3DS downloads?
Smiles and Cries
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sounds like from my call the price was no mistake they meant it to be $59.99
My Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate order from Amazon.com is in the shipping soon phase as well.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I can't tell if you agreeing or disagreeing with me....
Nintendo usually has good customer service so I assume they will eventually give you at least eShop credit for the difference, but if not then yes that is fucked up. If the price is going to be different compared to the retail price then a heads up should have been given in the PR statement.
Well yes, I even alluded to that possibility with the first sentence of my post "maybe I am too quick to judge", but usually where there is smoke, there is fire.
Guys, up until now Nintendo always priced digital versions of titles according to the retail price. What you've heard of "price superior to retail" is that online sites like Amazon let you preorder games at a lower price compared to retail (example: 3DS titles are 29.99 Pounds on Amazon, but in many retail places they're 39.99, and that's the price on the eShop). This would be actually the first time Nintendo prices a digital version of a game 10$ higher than retail price, and that seems VERY strange. I think it's an error that needs to be addressed on the Miiverse community explaining that LCU's retail price (like ALL other Lego titles) is 50$, not 60$, as they can see on all stores, online or retail.
Smiles and Cries
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saved my deposit cleared I now can put more money on eShop to buy NFS on time so only MonHun will have to sit out this week
That doesn't sound right at all. It's not like the other retailers were discounting the game. The list price changed for everyone from $59.99 to $49.99 about two months ago I think. Then Amazon discounted it a few cents to $49.96 like they do all their games.
So my internet decided to be crappy last night and I wake up to find an error message in the download managament section.
So I closed out of download management, went back to the page, and it has started downloading again. It was only at 2%
What is this? If the internet has a hiccup, the WiiU will display an error message and stop downloading altogether? Its going to take me 30 days to download this thing.
So I closed out of download management, went back to the page, and it has started downloading again. It was only at 2%
What is this? If the internet has a hiccup, the WiiU will display an error message and stop downloading altogether? Its going to take me 30 days to download this thing.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Before jumping to conclusions about Nintendo rigging shipments to increase e-shop sales* I would actually worry that these shipment problems are more a sign that Nintendo is legitimately scared about how things are going. And they're now pulling back, trying to cut every possible corner - like not printing as many copies as they normally would, using slower, cheaper shipment methods.
It's true they've got the eshop to fall back on, but even if it's not a conspiracy it makes things look bad for them in entirely different ways.
*funny enough, such theories echo the 1988 when reporters in the US covering the great NES cartridge shortage helped circulate theories that Nintendo was holding games back to create frenzy. Later claimed to be in fact due to a shortage in production of rom chips, which is actually believable. We understand now how expensive memory was for too long, and the wild popularity of the NES would be a sure thing to strain supply.
It's true they've got the eshop to fall back on, but even if it's not a conspiracy it makes things look bad for them in entirely different ways.
*funny enough, such theories echo the 1988 when reporters in the US covering the great NES cartridge shortage helped circulate theories that Nintendo was holding games back to create frenzy. Later claimed to be in fact due to a shortage in production of rom chips, which is actually believable. We understand now how expensive memory was for too long, and the wild popularity of the NES would be a sure thing to strain supply.
edwardslane
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ok i bought the game.. where the hell if download management so i can see how far along this is? Don't see it system settings..