Slimebeast said:
spaceguy said:
Slimebeast said:
spaceguy said:
Slimebeast said:
XCOM because it's a deep gameplay experience in a genre uncommon on consoles.
Dishonored because it's a thinking man's shooter.
But why do you pre-order in the first place? What incentives do you have to pre-order? In my country it's meaningless to pre-order unless the publisher tied an in-game exclusive to a pre-order (get this suit and weapon if you pre-order), which is rare and pretty much useless anyway. |
I have a room that is entirely dedicated for gaming. I even got glass shelfing up for all my limited edition gaming stuff. So if I really like the game I do usually get the add on's. Like dead space 3, I will for sure be getting what ever they want to give. I have a sh-t load of stuff I have gathered over the years. Including things people buy me for christmas.
Also yes some store's like best buy give you a lot of points and I am a silver card member, which mean anyone of my family that goes to best buy uses my card and I get points LOL. I really don't spend the 2500 a year to keep it. Others always have something they want and it is my card they use. I do buy stuff but hardly what they think. I'm building my surround sound and all I need next is my center speaker. All polk audio and a Klipsch sub woofer that shakes my neighbors house. However I have been building this for almost a year. Everytime I pay off my credit card I use it again to buy a speaker. I'm trying to build better credit. It's not that bad but needs some work.
I know you did not ask for all this info but felt like going on, My bad.
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lol, it was an interesting read. I love surround systems too.
But back to incentives, that Best Buy silver card, you probably get points even if you decide to buy the game on release without a pre-order, correct?
So it boilds down to the pre-order incentives that some publishers put in, sometimes tied to a particular store, correct?
Now let's say you go to Best Buy and they tell you game X has no special exclusive items tied to it, why would you pre-order it?
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No actually last year if you pre-ordered 5 games and then bought them, you got $100 worth of points. So that was a good incentive. Not sure what there doing this year but I will check it out today.
EDIT: also to add to that if Best buy does not have any good deals. I can do it at gamestop, which just makes it like layaway. So when the time comes, I will have paid a majority of it off.
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$100 worth of points for 5 games is fantastic. That's like $20 off of a $60 game. But that's only because you have that Silver card? A random gamer cant just go into Best Buy and pre-order any 5 games of his liking and get $100 worth of Best Buy points?
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I don't think it had anything to do with the silver card. I think they just wanted to get you in there 5 times. However I don't think they are doing it this year. Maybe they where hoping that most would not get the 5 games and most did. I just read it, here it is.
Now apperently you can join the gamers club for $14.99. pre-order & purchase a game from there list of pre-orders and get $20 in reward certificates.
You have to print out the certificate and bring it into best buy.
| Free | $14.99 Gamers Club Unlocked |
| Get 2x points on new game software, digital content and game accessories |
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| Get 2x points when you trade in games¹ |
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| Get points on gaming consoles |
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| Redeem Rewards Certificates on nearly everything at Best Buy® |
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| Special money-saving exclusive offers |
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| 10% bonus trade-in credit on your game software trade-ins¹ |
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| 10% off pre-owned games |
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| Buy two, get the third free on pre-owned games via a special welcome coupon |
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| Save 50% on a new strategy guide via special welcome coupon |
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| One year subscription of @Gamer Magazine the Best Buy exclusive gaming magazine |
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| Get at least $100/issue in valuable coupons with your subscription of @Gamer magazine |
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¹Games you can pre-order
NCAA Football 13
Madden Football 13
Far Cry 3
FIFA Soccer 13
Borderlands 2
Resident Evil 6
NBA 2K13
Dishonored
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Assassin's Creed 3
Halo 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2Must be 18 or older to trade in.
Gamers Club Registration Terms & Conditions and Bonus Points Terms & Conditions
So there you go full details. I think last years was better but this doesn't seem to bad as you get your money back from the $20 and not sure about the magazine points rewards
