"Would you like to pre-order Rock Band 2? No? Then how about reserving Gears of War 2? It's going to be INTENSE! Well then, perhaps I can interest you in the Edge Card? It comes with a free subscription to Game Informer and ..."
I try to limit my visits to GameStop for obvious reasons these days, so this bit o' news about Amazon offering up "release-date delivery" for $5.98 is intriguing. Even better is the fact that Amazon Prime members can get this shipping upgrade for free.
Unfortunately, this relatively new shipping option isn't available for all upcoming releases, but games like Fable 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed are among the titles to get the special treatment.
As far as I know, this is the cheapest method of getting games on day one without leaving the house. In fact, I'm actually considering subscribing to Amazon Prime now.
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1:59 PM on 08.26.2008
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Over in the UK Play.com and shopto.net get our games to us on the release date, if not before release!
Certainly with a copy of football manager I ordered last year I got it a week early!
Amazon US crapps on us Canadians though :(
I've had Amazon Prime for over a year now, haven't been to a Gamestop in about that period of time, and figure this is even more reason to not go into Would You Like To Reserve Something-er, Gamestop..
It is convenient to have a GameStop across the street from my office.
Huzzah and amen!
Don't ya mean, "Eh?".
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I keep my Amazon business to an absolute bare minimum now.
Aside from GameStop leeching developer revenue on (overpriced) used game sales, what's so bad about the place? Is it really that bad to be asked about a preorder or two at the checkout? It sounds like some people here could use a little more human contact.
Hell, I've seen comments on here that read "Great, you guys got the game already? Well I ordered from Amazon and it's going to be at least a week because they said my pre-order couldn't be filled" on Dtoid. Now, I've ordered everything under the sun from Amazon and have not had any problems yet, but I son't fuck around with getting my games on release day. Can anyone confirm or deny any of this?
"wtf it already exists. It's called one-day shipping."
It also costs around $20.
""release-date delivery" for $5.98"
Better.
Wow. Americans will do anything to keep from having to get up off our arses. :D
It is convenient to have a GameStop across the street from my office."
Nah. It's called "saving-my-gas-instead-of-running-around-trying-to-find-a-game-on-release-day", plus Amazon doesn't charge sales tax in most areas. You should probably do a little research before condemn an entire nation. BTW, AMERICA!!! FUCK YEAH!!! ;)
Amazon Prime is well-worth the cost.
As an American, and being around Americans my whole life, I believe that I can say we will do anything to prevent from having to get up off our arses. Come on, it's what we are known for!