Comments on: Guild Wars 2 for Preorder – Not Prepurchase!

By: GWOnline.Net » Guild Wars 2 Weekly

GWOnline.Net » Guild Wars 2 Weekly — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:35:37 +0000

[...] Under the Pale Tree: Guild Wars 2 for preorder not prepurchase. Verene explains the difference between preorder and prepurchase. [...]

By: This week in Guild Wars 2 | GuildMag - Guild Wars 2 Fansite: Magazine, Podcast, Editorials and more

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:26:05 +0000

[...] Under the Pale Tree — Guild Wars 2 for Preorder – Not Prepurchase! “The date where it is possible to prepurchase your copy of Guild Wars 2 is creeping closer and closer – less than a week left! For quite a while, there’s been retailers in Europe taking preorders on the CE, but not in the US. A recent list has confirmed that in the US, Gamestop will be the only ones doing prepurchase of the GW2 Collector’s Edition.” [...]

By: Verene

Verene — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:51:56 +0000

Well, kinda. It’s like I said – there’s been absolutely nothing communicated to the stores about it and the only way any employee knows anything about it right now is if they’re already a fan and following it. it’s not that they’re mistaken, it’s that they simply do not know.

In other words, at the stores we know exactly the same things that everyone else following the game does. Assuming that the employees have been following GW2, which obviously not all have been.

By: BarGamer

BarGamer — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:17:35 +0000

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/game-faq/#forty-nine

So, on the 10th, we get a code on our receipt, that we have to register, which gets us the 3-day head start. Gamestop are mistaken.

By: Verene

Verene — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:53:30 +0000

They’ve given us absolutely zero info in the stores about how any related to prepurchase works – most people don’t even know it exists unless they’re fans and following it at all. So yeah, hopefully over the weekend we’ll be filled in on that.

By: BarGamer

BarGamer — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:16:59 +0000

I asked 2 different Gamestops, and both of them are telling me that the CE will only give us a 1-day headstart. I’m asking them again on the 10th.

By: Verene

Verene — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:28:09 +0000

It’s possible, but it’s highly unlikely. I love GW2, as is obvious, but it’s not as big of a title as most that we see. The chances of it selling out in a week are extremely slim.

By: InstaBayne

InstaBayne — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:33:47 +0000

What I’m wondering is if your local Gamestop has a ton of preorders for the CE, could it be possible that there won’t be enough copies for the people waiting to prepurchase?