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Gillian Seed said:
Yikes, I was just thinking to myself that "if I was a member of the gaming press, I would not post these links for fear of Microsoft's PR department!" I'm surprised IGN posted this up.
Wow, even the Justin.TV stream I'm watching has people yammering about this. The OP is playing ME2 on PC and just stopped playing so he can download the '360 content. :lol
Net_Wrecker
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Got em all 
Yippie for mistakes
Yippie for mistakes
SPACECADET
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Everyone keep me posted on when MS locks them down. 30min till I'm home and I can download, I'm nervous they're gonna cut it off before I get there.
MrTroubleMaker
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Killthee said:
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Pirating DLC you normally would have to pay for is wrong, as is pirating the 'free' DLC offered by the Cerberus Network should you own a used copy. In my opinion you pay for what you want access to.
But the bullshit pre-order bonuses make no sense, so take them whenever you can get them. The Collectors Armor/Weapon makes a little sense, being part of the CE version and thus part of the overall CE package, but the Terminus and Inferno armor is bullshit. The idea of making content literally impossible to get unless you buy multiple copies of the same game, and in some cases outright impossible to get depending on where you live in the world, is a low business move.
If you want to offer pre-order bonuses, fine. But dont have one place offer one, and then another place offer another. Its a middle finger to people who want the whole package, as there's no reasonable way to obtain them.
TL;DR - Get them while they're hot.
But the bullshit pre-order bonuses make no sense, so take them whenever you can get them. The Collectors Armor/Weapon makes a little sense, being part of the CE version and thus part of the overall CE package, but the Terminus and Inferno armor is bullshit. The idea of making content literally impossible to get unless you buy multiple copies of the same game, and in some cases outright impossible to get depending on where you live in the world, is a low business move.
If you want to offer pre-order bonuses, fine. But dont have one place offer one, and then another place offer another. Its a middle finger to people who want the whole package, as there's no reasonable way to obtain them.
TL;DR - Get them while they're hot.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I've pre-ordered the game but man, that cover is one of the ugliest I've seen in a long time.
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pahamrick said:
I don't know if someone has already commented on this, but I got a Golder Hammerburst from that error, and they didn't delete it. All they did was up the price to something absurd like 9,999,999 Microsoft Points, and called it a day.
I put them on my DL queue. I'll still be able to DL these for free when my 360 is fixed, ya? Because it says on my account that they are purchased.Efrendal said:Sweet! got all of them on my HD now. Thanks a lot for the link!
i've always hated preorder-bonuses so this was a great way to "stick it to the man"
supermackem
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Gotta catch em all, hehehe ohhh friday why so long long away.:lol
Castor Krieg
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How strange (and nice): the DLC is translated into Polish (Poland doesn't even have official XBL, but this happens a lot lol).
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Weenerz said:
I refuse to buy "CE"-versions, but yeah, the regular one looks like a joke and the CE is much better. If they were gonna go with this type of cover for the regular version I'm sure they could have done a lot better. The first Mass Effect game, although far from great, had a much better looking cover.
Son of Godzilla
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I cannot believe this is up on IGN. That's going to be a hilarious disaster.
MegaKungFuRadio
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ItsInMyVeins said:
I paid what essentially amounts to a $30 premium just because of that cover. $13 extra for CE on Amazon, no $10 Amazon credit for CE pre-order, $6 from having to cancel my original pre-order for a standard copy from last summer when ECA Amazon codes were still around.
No regrets!
Gamer @ Heart
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MegaKungFuRadio said:
Really? As soon as i take the game out, all i ever see is the spine on my shelf.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
KHarvey16 said:
You seem a little weird!
Back in the day when every game didn't have a collectors edition I occasionally bought them if it was a game I really liked (or the series, rather). But this last generation every damn game's got a collectors edition and comes with either a stupid extra suit in-game, a crappy doll or a short book with artwork. I'm not gonna pay more than 20 bucks extra for that.
Yeah, no they haven't. I did this for the Gears of War 2 content and that's still on my hard drive. I downloaded this as I don't plan on pre-ordering or buying a Collector's Edition. Not sure why since I never use the free DLC weapons/armour anyway. However, that last DLC seems to be story related so definitely need to get in on that.DodgerSan said:
itsinmyveins
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KHarvey16 said:
Maybe where you live, but certainly not here! I'm getting the X360-version though, simply because I played the last one on console too.
The regular version costs almost USD80 and the collectors edition runs at USD100-110 (granted that you can find the various version slightly cheaper at some places, but I'd say that's the "regular" in-store price).
I dunno, I just feel like the game companies are taking advantage of video gamers fondness of collectibles by throwing some subpar product in with the game and calling it a collectors edition. Granted, not every CE does this, but to me it seems most of them do and that's why I don't want to buy them.
WickedLaharl
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i don't feel bad about downloading that stuff at all because retailer specific preorder bonuses suck ass.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
WickedLaharl said:
What, you don't like getting a piece of paper with a code that unlocks some shitty extra skin for an in-game guitar or a weapon?
KHarvey16 said:
Yes, but the ugliness of the regular cover almost makes me want to change my pre-order. Maybe that's what they want? >:/
EDIT: FUUUUUCK, suddenly I want to change my order to the CE :lol
supermackem
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hahaha just clicked Yvonne Strahovski is in this, dear lord could i want this game anymore.:lol
MegaKungFuRadio
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Gamer @ Heart said:
I'll fully admit to how idiotic my justification is. I wouldn't say it's the only reason, but it was definitely the deciding factor, as it was also the deciding factor in me NOT getting the CE of the first game, which had "acceptable" cover art and weak collectible bonuses. The only CE I bought for the bonuses was Fallout 3. Every other time was for box art or because they were on sale/clearance. It also deserves mention, I've never regretted buying a CE (except maybe Halo Legendary since I have nowhere to put that ridiculous helmet), but I have regretted NOT buying CEs that would turn out to be somewhat valuable (Tales of Vesperia and Mass Effect come to mind).
The decision was also made before I had a printer to print custom covers with. Now that I can do that, I probably won't pay $10 more just for better box art. Though the amount of ink it takes to print is nothing to sneeze at. At "High" quality on glossy photo paper, about 15 covers killed my colored ink cartridge. Considering I got the printer for $40 on Amazon after Thanksgiving and XL capacity cartridges are $26, I'll probably hold off on repackaging my PSOne and GBA collections in DVD and DS cases, respectively.
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