I've played MMORPGs since 2002 (EQ) and have tried most if not all the AAA releases.  However since the debacle that was Final Fantasy XIV I've stayed out of betas and waited for at least the initial wave of information after release before deciding to purchase a game.

Having decided this evening to purchase a copy of Guild Wars 2 I've found that all the usual stockists in the UK (Game, Play.com, Amazon) are out of stock; apart from a  few Collectors Editions which I'm not prepared to purchase.  This didn't totally surprise me as I know it's been very popular.  What did surprise me was to see that even on the Guild Wars 2 website I can't purchase it.  I was left asking myself 'How can a Digital Download be Sold Out?' as it current states on https://buy.guildwars2.com/en-gb/

It now has me wondering if there is another reason sale of the game has been perhaps suspended?  Is it possibly like the original World of Warcraft launch where it was far more popular than expected leading to overloaded servers?  This leads on to the question of whether (a) do they open more servers to alleviate this problem (b) if they do will they later have an issue with too many servers with low populations?

Any thoughts on this?  Would it be better to wait a bit longer and see how things settle down?

Digital download can be sold out when they run out of product keys to email out. Can't imagine all the retail boxes are all sold out though so that may be your only option.

As for the rest.. well that's the new game dilemma these days it seems!

Op i see you are from UK

using your same link -- is a sublink https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers

for the UK, these are listed for digital download retaiers

• DLgamer
• Game Shadow
• GAME
• Gamesload
• Gamesplanet UK
• Gamesrocket
• Gamestation
• Green Man Gaming

GAME near me still have stock but they've bumped the price up to £49.99 since ANET suspended their own sales. Places like CJS CDKeys etc have stock too but have also bumped up the price, they're now £52.99

Followed each of those retailer links:

• Amazon - Temporarily out of stock - Link
• Game- Out of stock - Link
• GameStation (actually the same company as Game) - Out of stock - Link
• GameStop - No statement of stock level - Link
• Green Man Gaming - Both boxed and digital download out of stock - Link
• HMV - Out of stock - Link
• Play - Out of stock - Link
• ShopToNet - Back Order - Link
• Tesco - No statement of stock level, but saying they will despatch within 7 working days doesn't sound promising  - Link

So now I'm kind of curious.  Is anyone in another country able to purchase the game at the moment?

i agree with you regarding the lack of availability for the EU region GW2

plus they have been opening new servers already. they just dont want to give poor service if they cant handle the load all at once only reason they stopped selling theirs on their site for now.

Originally posted by Nadia

• DLgamer
• Game Shadow
• GAME
• Gamesload
• Gamesplanet UK
• Gamesrocket
• Gamestation
• Green Man Gaming

edit:

some of these sites are only selling the NA region version

but this UK site is still shipping the box version

http://www.gamestation.co.uk/gs/guild-wars-2-71919?pageSize=21&searchTerm=guild%20wars%202

DLgamer - Out of stock - Link

Game Shadow - Both Standard and Deluxe Digital 'Coming Soon' - Link

Gamesload - Only lists the original Guild Wars

Gamesplanet UK (website looks very similar to Game Shadow) - Both Standard and Deluxe Digital 'Coming Soon' - Link

Gamesrocket - Sold Out - Link

the deluxe digital download is still being sold by this place

http://www.gamesrocket.com/download/Guild-Wars-2-Digital-Deluxe-Edition.html

wait until the launch fever dies down - or pay extra for the deluxe version