WAR (Warhammer Online)
General Discussion » Just got my beta key from my gamestop seems the link to get the client isnt up?
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hbktimf24 3/20/08 5:39:57 PM
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Anyone know when the link
www.warhammeronline.com/ce_preorder is going to start so i can play the damn game. |
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DuraheLL 3/20/08 5:43:49 PM
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***WAR IS EVERYWHERE! Except on my PC. Rofl ;)*** |
Haha. I also wanna know when I can pre-order. But most of all I just want a release date! Like I say... WAR is coming! But nobody knows when.... hahaha |
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motoarch 3/20/08 5:44:04 PM
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Joined: 10/30/06 |
Youll have to wait for open bate to start and none knows for sure when that will be. Probable a couple months off. |
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vmoped 3/20/08 5:47:51 PM
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Joined: 3/07/04
Gamer fanboi. All games are good and/or great, in their own way! Stop da hate and go forth and play! |
Originally posted by hbktimf24 Probably some time in the future. |
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Distaste 3/20/08 10:29:13 PM
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Originally posted by hbktimf24 Well since you got the "Preorder" when preorders aren't even authorized at this point I would be glad you got it early. The code will probably (speculation at this point) be activated next week when they announce the Pre-orders and possibly the release date. You will then get access to "Open" beta when they decide to open it which was "leaked" as something like April 15th. Bottom line. March 26th you will find out. |
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Raztor 3/21/08 8:09:13 AM
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Originally posted by Distaste This is actually quite funny. Shows how clueless the gaming industry is when it comes to releasing products in a professional manner. Customers getting "secret" codes that aren't suppose to be released yet without even trying. |
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klapdoor 3/21/08 10:25:25 AM
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Originally posted by Raztor It has nothing to do with the gaming industry, it is the retail side that is not keeping their side of the bargain. When you plan to announce a pre-order which will have something additional (like in this case game codes), you need to ship that material to the distributors/retailers beforehand. In practically all cases this comes with an agreement not hand out the material before the agreed upon date. I know that in Europe, retailers can be (and have been) sued for having broken that agreement in case of product releases. But as a pre-order is technically not a product release I'm not sure how that is handled. How this is handled in the US, I have no clue either. But it seems that large US retailers like Gamestop, simply do not care about their agreements, as long as they can get their money as quickly as possible...
The one mistake you could argue that EA/Mythic made, is to plan ahead. What they should have done is to officially announce the CE/pre-orders/etc with extra game codes next week, and then tell the people that it will be made available at their local store a month later. This is the only way that no half-assed retailer will try to get ahead at the cost of everyone else. And if these kind of practices continue, it may well go that way for future releases. At the cost of us gamers of course... |
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Vortigon 3/21/08 11:06:02 AM
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There is alot of propoganda associated with release dates.
From a business stand point these guys have to have an internal date when they plan release, and no matter what they tell us, they know at least 4-6 months before exactly WHEN they will release. Don't believe the 'its ready when its ready' statements. An international company cannot operate with deadlines and release dates up in the air 4 months before release. Its naive to think otherwise. In short, they have a deadline and they will release on that deadline no matter what. And remember within a few weeks before release manufacturers will have to swicth on their production lines and begin churning out the CDs and boxes. This is not something that can be done within a matter of days, they have to order materials and artwork and get the presses going. |
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Cabe2323 3/21/08 11:18:50 AM
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The nine most terrifying words are: I''m from the government and I''m here to help. -Reagan |
Originally posted by VortigonNot true at all. Blizzard especially has shown this. They have pushed back release dates for games numerous times because they have a "it's ready when it's ready" attitude. A Release date is nothing more then a goal. Any company with good backing and the necessary funding to go further along will make sure the game is ready before releasing it. Games release for two reasons either the company feels that it is done or they run out of money to keep producing it. (2nd instance is why we get buggy games like Vanguard) |
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Cabe2323 3/21/08 11:22:23 AM
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The nine most terrifying words are: I''m from the government and I''m here to help. -Reagan |
Originally posted by klapdoorYou are right that it is the retailers fault but it is also the game industry fault. If some of the large publishers actually put their foot down and took away the retailers ability to carry their products for breaking street dates I guarentee it wouldn't happen anymore. I used to be a manager at Best Buy and you would never see movies and music out before the release date. Especially not Disney products (we couldn't even buy Disney products before the release date) because Disney would pull all of their products from that retailer. |
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