[PJTX100]

Has there ever been a day like it?

Carefully laid plans, pre-orders 6 months or more, couriers being phoned and forced to do u-turns to get that precious payload into the eager recipients hands. Hardened gamers using the same strategy they'd eventually use in MW2 to try to guarantee that game is in their hands on release-day. The blessed few who got it early thanks to the like of The Hut breaking ranks.

Yet there are heart-breaking stories aplenty. Broken promises. Deliveries missed. All against a backdrop of casual buyers picking up the game from the likes of Sainsbury's, Tesco's or Makro with no problem at all, and for significantly less money to-boot.

Some people have bought multiple copies, juggling the ebay odds and 7 day distance selling regs. I've even seen adults comments suggesting trying to palm the more expensive copy onto their children.

So what's the point of this thread? It was largely prompted by one father saying "I'll never use Play again" when they let him down and he had to go out into a dark evening and risk Asda-rash to pick up this hallowed clam-shell. I feel his pain, the thoughts of a disappointed child who'd staked life and peer-pressure on this day for 6 months or more would be too much to take.

But it did strike me that we, the great unwashed customer base, simply want it all ways. We go into these bricks and mortar stores, fondle the goods, sneer at the prices knowing we can pick it up infinitely cheaper on t'internet, and pity the poor people queuing in some sort of superior gaze thinking "you are being ripped off m8".

Yet, on days like these, we're brought down to the same level. Getting anything from A to B is a risk. If you don't grab the goods in your sweaty hands, it's a risk. Don't take your bat home because Play, or any other etailer, didn't deliver. They simply aren't designed for days like these, no matter how hard they try.

Of course, The Hut, who broke ranks and simply went for it are unlikely to be sued by the game publishers. The broke the rules and get the plaudits. And probably more future customers. Especially when MW3 hits the streets. Or rather, the ether. Perhaps there is a lesson there for the etailers?

I've lost the plot myself on the aim of this thread. Can anyone elighten me?

[weetsie]

woah.

[Dony]

Don't worry about any child being disappointed......the game is rated over 18 so they can go get their own copy.

[ridgerama]

people were told supermarkets will be doing it dirt cheap but nobody wanted to listen to the gaming gods . used nectar points and got my copy for £16


good game btw

[pixelated]

Hehe good 'un. I live and die by HMV. I love music and film and being in there is great. But then I've always, always loved HMV. I don't feel that way about buying things in Tesco just because it's there. I just like music stores.

I bought my MW2 from HMV today. I know it's available in Sainsbury's. I know it's £26 in Sainsbury's. But I don't care. The HMV Pure points system is awesome too.

For something you really want, I'd go to a store all the time. I'd never have been brave enough to have pre-ordered something like the Wii when it launched from an internet store (that includes HMV's website as well), instead I pre-ordered it from the store and boom. No problem. Had no problem picking up my pre-order from HMV today either for MW2. In fact, they had quite a few to buy off the shelf.

Ahh... HMV.

[majnu]

i just feel sorry for the poor sods that paid £35-45 for a copy when the supermarkets were selling it as low as £26 on the day and Makro for £20.

But if your a die hard fan and got it a day early then it must have been worth it, however with the postal strikes and the recession I'd rather have waited.

[Miss Chief]

I got my PC copy last Thursday but could only install it last night!