DarknessTear
Banned
A lot of developers are posting about not getting their copies on Twitter, too. I kind of wonder if this game will sell surprisingly well?! If it does, I'd be happy.
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Ni No Kuni Collector's Edition for EU/NA [failure level well beyond critical mass]
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Lucent
Member
Just watching this now. Not sure if it's good enough to show you. Cuz I'm watching it. lol
EDIT: Probably a better one. Other guy spent too much time opening stuff. lol.
Arc07
Member
This whole thing is hilarious. My first order that I placed on Jan 17th was refunded back to me. Cancelation email was sent a day after launch. Someone posted a link on here that added it directly to your cart and that order shipped yesterday. Not only did it ship (arrives on Monday), but the charge went from pending to nonexistent. Jesus this company is fucking awful.
Midnight Phoenix
Member
Yes, and you must get free 2 day shipping.
EekumBokum
Member
Thanks. It looks really nice, I'm just gonna order it while it's still available on Amazon. I wonder if it will still include the gold Hurley dlc. What is supposed to be different between the strategy guide and the companion book anyways? The companion book is just another guide, right?
Lucent
Member
I don't know how much of the Companion book is in the strategy guide but it at least has the bestiary and probably items and all the usual stuff in an RPG guide.
And the DLC isn't limited to pre-orders. Someone mentioned that Prima said it's in all the guides.
MidnightRain
Member
I also got my order cancelled and I think that this whole situation was just handled badly.
Lucent
Member
I also got my order cancelled and I think that this whole situation was just handled badly.
omg that gif. Did that little dog really poop in the other's mouth?
Little dog is GAF. Bigger dog is Digital River. Well, as far as we'd wish to do to them. It's the other way around for what really happened. =l
MidnightRain
Member
Lucent
Member
Red Dead Redemption all over again. Griffy DLC at $30+. lol
Same happened to me.
zeopower6
Member
That number was based on the FB likes on the game page at the time. No one really knows how many they made... Dunno about that tweet.
Also the game being sold out everywhere in retail stores AND online is a bit of a good sign. I find it a bit odd that people are even saying the game isn't "selling well" even though it is pretty much unavailable since the release date. I get that they did not ship many to stores but what about the Amazon stock depleting or the guide selling out completely there as well?
Companion book is meant to be the same as the in game book maybe? It's not really a guide, just info and history on the world.
Strategy guides will detail every item on the world and have spoilers and tell you what to do etc.
zeopower6
Member
My guess is that they were orders intended for people who preordered last summer but had their payment info messed up over the last few months which resulted in a bunch of extra copies that ended up being sold via that secret link.
Midnight Phoenix
Member
17 was used stock from thous, who completely cancel their preorder. There was a message from DR, that that all was sell in several second and they just forgot to update status after two hours.
That link was for thous, who get problem with payment or mail address.
Donny Hayabusa
Member
In Europe there are already some crazy prices on ebay for the wizard edition. Does this mean this will repeat over here? *crosses fingers his copy arrives*
Midnight Phoenix
Member
I don't thinks so. Amazon is good with pre-orders and other stuffs overall. You can change address at any moment and charge goes when package is shipped.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Yep. if anything it's European scalpers knowing the US situation and the fact that Americans are now looking at the European Wizard Edition for import.
zeopower6
Member
Both. The story about the LE aka Wizard's Edition is quite long and.... Agh. Lol.
intheinbetween
Member
afaik, even the standard version is sold out at Amazon.co.uk
for those interested in getting the Wizard Edition, Amazon.de is still accepting pre-orders
Johnny has a GAF account?! Identify yourself!
It's why I stuck with two day, the extra $5 wouldn't matter if I wasn't playing the next day anyway with their track record. Ironically may've made a weekend's difference here though.
R_thanatos
Member
Just picked up everything that happened for north america .
It's a disgrace for everyone concerned with managing the copies of the wizards edition.
i preordered on amazon.fr and i hope i won't have such problems.
It's a disgrace for everyone concerned with managing the copies of the wizards edition.
i preordered on amazon.fr and i hope i won't have such problems.
Incontinentia Buttocks
Banned
Still available for pre-order at Amazon UK.
Yeah, but that just means you can't get it day one. Since Brera's already thinking about waiting for the bomba price, I doubt that'll matter to him.There'll be a second printing.
My guess is that sales will be very frontloaded, so when that second print run happens some copies will hang around for a while. I'm not so familiar with the UK market but this happened with Radiant Historia and DQV over here.
I really doubt there'll be a second printing of the LE. I hope Amazon.de will be able to fill the orders being placed from the UShate to jinx things, but it's weird that their preorders are still open when everyone else's have closed.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Thanks, Hope you don't have any problems either. Let us know how amazon.fr goes!
intheinbetween
Member
It's possible, but not likely, and a lot of the problem came down to who managed selling and shipping the game (Digital River). At worst you'll get a few retailers over there bungling it badly, and they likely aren't the ones with good reputations like Amazon anyway.
I stopped following the thread a while ago, so this was a good summary. How many people received their Wizard's Edition in the end?
Not sure if it makes you feel better, but some are paying an extra $300 to get it a week later...
Sucks. Last night I slept on it and decided I'd just have to pay $350 for it. Now I wake up and the ones I was looking at are all gone and everything is up over $400.
JennyTablina
Member
Almost everywhere has started to sell out of Ni No Kuni in the UK, while GAME is advertising preorders still, it's notably doing so without the Wizard's Book offer less than a week after they announced the promo. The Prima guide is almost completely sold out everywhere too with still a week to go - which I've rarely seen happen...
Ni No Kuni is still likely to drop in price in a few weeks when demand drops, I suspect it won't sustain like it might do in NA for weeks. But the UK market can be a little weird sometimes, I really hope Ni No Kuni does well in both regions because I'ld LOVE to see a sequel or another Ghibli-designed title. It's a little sad to see the response of some people to this is to not buy the game at all : (
EU Fans absolutely need not panic at all, the NA situation is COMPLETELY different to ours. Stock for Wizards edition was sent to proper reputable retailers who run massive amount of purchases on a day-to-day basis. We didn't have to deal with Namco-Bandai US's own store or Digital Rivers incompetence. I was a little envious of the Ninostarter extras, but I think I will take having a secure copy over any of those really.
Reassuring, thank you
evil_ash_xero
Banned
Well, they finally cancelled mine, after three days.
It was due to my shipping address being a P.O. Box.
I would like to mention that almost EVERY shopping site will point out if a P.O. Box is not acceptable, and won't let you place the order.
Also, why didn't they send me an e-mail at some point, and say "hey man, your address isn't right, do you have another one", just like EVERY other shopping site.
And finally, I called yesterday, and talked about this with one of their people, and gave them an alternate physical address if they couldn't ship to that one.
She told me they would try to ship to the other one, but if that wouldn't do, they would ship to the physical address.
I just can't believe how eager they are to cancel orders. It's like if ANYTHING is wrong, you're cancelled. Any other place would at least contact you and try to work things out.
In the end: FUCK DIGITAL RIVER, IN IT'S ASS
It was due to my shipping address being a P.O. Box.
I would like to mention that almost EVERY shopping site will point out if a P.O. Box is not acceptable, and won't let you place the order.
Also, why didn't they send me an e-mail at some point, and say "hey man, your address isn't right, do you have another one", just like EVERY other shopping site.
And finally, I called yesterday, and talked about this with one of their people, and gave them an alternate physical address if they couldn't ship to that one.
She told me they would try to ship to the other one, but if that wouldn't do, they would ship to the physical address.
I just can't believe how eager they are to cancel orders. It's like if ANYTHING is wrong, you're cancelled. Any other place would at least contact you and try to work things out.
In the end: FUCK DIGITAL RIVER, IN IT'S ASS
Hush You! We don't know yet. I sure hope not. I ordered this thing a long time ago. Australia EB Games usually asks for pre-order deposit to guarantee that you'll get one. For WE, the money is pretty huge ($50) so they have a lot to answer for if they can't get it for those who already pay for deposit. But usually they are pretty strict with number so they'll close the page when there's no more copy. The page for WE in EB Games Australia has disappeared/closed a long time ago.
zeopower6
Member
Was it up at Amazon.de longer than for the last few days? I don't recall it ever being mentioned as having copies for sale until then anyway...
Midnight Phoenix
Member
I can't find WE on ebay. They are all was deleted?
#1 defender
Member
It has been up there for ages, but noone took notice because everyone was scrambling to get the UK version. Some people might have been deterred by the German text and ugly ratings logo on the box and game case, as well as not being sure if the game and book are in english (which they are, of course).
Funilly enough they have put their pre-order incentives back up, after taking them down yesterday.
Great summary. What's his GAF handle?
They've also increased the price. I only paid 75 Euro. It's now 89 euro. Sneaky Amazon.