Pre-order DLC Now Available for Purchase

(Nexolate) #101

K. I’ll tell you to quit b****ing.

Quit b****ing.

Here’s a sad fact of life: things get cheaper. That includes your precious pre-order DLC.

If you paid more for it, then you paid to have that extra content. You got what you wanted, when you wanted it.
Now it’s time to try and pull in the people who didn’t want it early with a lower price. It’s basic business that anyone can understand.

Besides, people have been complaining about the Greeneye forever and back. So it’s not like SD/Bethesda are the only ones who wanted this to happen.

Regards,
Nexo

(RGS) #102

Was it normal at launch to find Doom + Spec Ops together (this is what I have) and Fallout + Psycho?

If that was the case then I do find the re-arranging of the packs a bit cheeky to be honest.

I’m really pleased that SD have opened up this content for sale (even us SE + pre-order guys couldn’t have it all without spending silly amounts on extra copies for codes or going the eBay route). Now everyone can own a fully 100% complete game for a small price.

It is a bit ****ty that people who already own some of this content are not rewarded at all though, having be re-buy items which they already have is not good.

(FireWorks) #103

[QUOTE=Nexolate;374005]K. I’ll tell you to quit b****ing.

Quit b****ing.

Here’s a sad fact of life: things get cheaper. That includes your precious pre-order DLC.

If you payed more for it, then you paid to have that extra content. You got what you wanted, when you wanted it.
Now it’s time to try and pull in the people who didn’t want it early with a lower price. It’s basic business that anyone can understand.

Besides, people have been complaining about the Greeneye forever and back. So it’s not like SD/Bethesda are the only ones who wanted this to happen.

Regards,
Nexo[/QUOTE]

True that things get cheaper etc. but these bonus items are bonus items bound to a promise and I totally feel with the people that get mad about it.

It another great example how much psychology is in the selling business. You lure people with special things that are really special and also implying that they stay special.

You definitly cant blame the costumers when they feel cheated and lied to when their special item they bought with this implied promise gets broken. Of course they are pissed, they bought the item by contract and it got broken. Sure you can argue that theres nowhere written that it stays exclusive, but the term pre-order item implies it to most people and i bet my money that a EU court would agree. Its another great example where a company is cheating on its costumers.

Besides we asked for items LIKE the greeneye. Not the greeneye itself. And that is a big difference when it comes to the effect on peoples minds.

AND we still have to buy it!!! There is still no free equivalent to it, that levels the difference!

(Nexolate) #104

Personally I see it more as an early access to items sort of thing.

Besides, it was apparent as soon as the Greeneye got tested that it was going to be released in some shape later on. Then if that got released, it’d only make sense to release everything.

Regards,
Nexo

Don’t see what the big deal is.

EDIT: I mean speaking logically, if I did care about the pre-order exclusivity to the extent you describe and they theoretically released a “Redeye Scope” later on; I’d feel the same as if it were just released as a pack like it is now. It’s not as if it’s a different item, it’s just the same one repackaged.

(.Chris.) #105

There’s one thing I don’t get here. People paid extra to pre-order? I paid less to pre-order (£24) and got a limited edition stainless steel case. I always thought pre-orders were just that, ordering before a game is released to ensure you get a copy. I don’t think any shops in the UK require you to pay extra for this service.

If you paid more to get cosmetic add-ons that don’t affect the gameplay as part of that service then you have only yourself to blame and why do you need to pay twice? No one is forcing you to buy these DLC packs, again they make no difference to the actual game.

(Apples) #106

Oh man, I should be called nostradamus…

(zenstar) #107

As a side note (not that I care too much about the DLC being released, although I still think preorder customers should have gotten them all free):
Preorders do not always cost just $5. For example: preordering on steam costs full price. They normally give you a small discount of 10% but it’s far from a 5 buck deposit.
And even if it is just a deposit. it’s still a (almost) confirmed sale on release day (sure, some people will not bother to pick it up in spite of the preorder but most will).
Yes, pre-order DLC is often released later for sale but usually the people who preordered get some sort of advantage (in terms of the content, not ingame per se). The packaging of these bonuses is extremely sneaky since most people got 1 bonus so have to buy both packs to get all outfits or got 2 bonuses in such a way that they have to buy both packs to get all the outfits.
IMO that is a real (rhymes with sock) move. There’s some PR guy sitting in his office (I’m betting at Bethesda HQ) all smug with himself at how smart he is at arranging the bonuses in such a way to maximise his profit. He’s also wondering how to force SD to include horses in the game because he has some paid for armour to recylce.
While a lot of people are happy that they can now get (the seriously overrated) green eye along with some new clothing options there are also a lot of preorder people who are pissed at this arrangement, some of whom lost money on this deal.
Now you can say “blame the store you preordered from for screwing you” but the contracts that Bethesda made with those stores allowed them to screw those people and if you wanted certain preorders you had to go to these big screw-you stores (make sure to take your own lube next time - they’re not gentle about taking your money through your sensitive orifices).

Releasing them in sets of 1 would have prevented this. Releasing them all free to people who preordered would have definitely prevented this. There are many options they could have taken but didn’t. I’m also pretty sure that SD doesn’t have much say in this and it does smack of Beth’s horrid bloated tentacle customer service. It would not surprise me if Beth have decided to drop Brink and are making a last ditch effort to squeeze us for the last drips of cash they can get before burning SD and salting their offices.

tl;dr: I guess the release of the DLC is fine, but did you have to screw over all the preorder people to do it? Also: I used the term “bloated tentacle customer service” (why don’t you read my posts in their entirety and just skip to the tl;dr?)

(thesuzukimethod) #108

In all honestly, i was surprised they bundled the packs. they didnt ask me, but if they had, I would have guessed 1.99 for each pack, not for a pair. AND i wouldnt have bundled the Spec-Ops (Greeneye) and Fallout (dual carb9s)…

sometimes the reason is there isnt really a reason.

signed,
someone who picked up the SpecOps and Fallout packs on the ebay gougers market :frowning:

(Jimmy James) #109

Now available at the Steam store.

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-JJ

(H0RSE) #110

It sucks, because I need Fallout/Psycho, and that is not an option. What happened to these being pre-order “bonuses?” If everyone can have access to them, it’s not exactly a bonus for pre-ordering.

(Jimmy James) #111

I completely agree.

And to add insult to injury they bundled the SpecOps pack with the Fallout pack. I already have the Fallout pre-order, so if I wanted to try out the Greeneye scope I would essentially be paying the same price as everyone else and getting half the content. Bad marketing decision. Naughty marketing department!

-JJ

(Ojama666) #112

Maybe packaging them the way they did had more of a benefit to more people ? Have you all ever thought of that instead of just calling them to pieces ?

(DarkangelUK) #113

Quite glad I went with the steelcase edition now, can’t buy that off the market place :smiley:

(iezza) #114

they did it in a way that special edition buyers would have to purchase twice again, no ifs, no buts.

(Ojama666) #115

Not every country however had the special edition, I am only aware of Britain having this promotion.

(Mustang) #116

Can you gift your spare packs?

(Teufel_Eldritch) #117

I’m glad they released them. I already had the Fallout pack but I really, really wanted that pop(Ark H2O) can suppressor. At only $1.99 each it’s not a big deal that I have to re-buy the Fallout pack to get ahold of the SpecOps pack either. I bought both/all the packs off of STEAM.

(Hot-Wire) #118

When you download the pack bundles they come as separate bundles (Separate downloads), hmm.

(Ojama666) #119

Yeah same thing on the ps3, does that mean you can gift them on steam ?

(Shinigami) #120

Wait, let me see if i get this straight…you bought the special edition for extra money, and your special edition came with TWO pre-order bonuses. But now, those 2 pre order bonuses have been separated into two different ‘bundles’ in XBL marketplace? So for you to get all four POB (pre-order bonus) you need to buy buy both bundles, in which case you are re-buying 2 POB that you already own and the other 2 you don’t own?

If i got this right, then you, sir, have every damn right to be upset about it. and not only that, but i can say with confidence that they did that on purpose to force players to spend more money. And i for one find that extremely abusive to players, as they are trying to get every last penny they can from players like you. I feel for you…

EDIT:
on a side note, I’m glad that they are selling these POB, just not with the way they are doing it. I think when it comes to MP games, everyone should be accessible to all the items equally. And I feel that it is extremely childish of anyone to have that mentality that “i want to be the only one with POB. no one else deserves it only me!!”