Reserving game incentives?

Twigglish · 04-20-09, 12:23 PM

Are there any incentives for reserving games anymore? I can't seem to find any special stuff for reserving anything. I'm looking into Ghostbusters, Batman, UFC, Wolverine, hell anything.
Has anyone seen any free hats, a sticker, anything?

CGR · 04-20-09, 01:29 PM

I only reserve big games that I want to play like WOW and the Xpacks, EQ2 etc etc, when they came out, just so I would have them as soon as was possible.

Never reserved games to get free stuff, just to get them sooner.

Krogen · 04-20-09, 01:40 PM

Sometimes you can get a few bucks off, but that's quite rare too.

Like CGR, I reserve games that I really want the first day they come out.

FudgeNuggets · 04-20-09, 01:41 PM

Unless it's a Wii game or you live in a one horse town, there is no need to reserve anything. I can walk into any of the 10 Meijers, 10 K-Mart, 20 Target or 50 Wal Marts in town and get whatever I want on release day, Wii excluded.

Speaking of reserved, I went and bought a game and saw they had boxes stating reserve God of War III release date 3/10/10... WTF???? Like I'm going to reserve something a year out. Who even knows if it'll make its' street date? It may be the next Gran Turism0 5 and be delayed YEARS.

Leviathan41 · 04-20-09, 02:19 PM

A lot of times you get a 10% discount or so when pre-ordering games on Steam or other DD services, but if you are talking about pre-ordering retail, Target has just started a pre-order incentive program where you get a $5 target gift card when you pre-order, more info here: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58184

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Originally Posted by Shacknews

Retailer Target today announced a new pre-order initiative, in which customers can reserve "key titles" for $1.

Upon a game's release, pre-order customers will then receive a $5 Target gift card, assuming they pick it up within a week of its debut.

Still not enough to convince me to buy retail instead of buying on Steam or Impulse though.

Twigglish · 04-20-09, 07:04 PM

This is upsetting. I want some cool gamer swag. Especially Batman.
I remember the days you could get a free t shirt with your pre order. Maybe a guide or two, at least a bonus disc with extras....

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04-20-09, 01:41 PM	#4
FudgeNuggets Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gone Racing	Unless it's a Wii game or you live in a one horse town, there is no need to reserve anything. I can walk into any of the 10 Meijers, 10 K-Mart, 20 Target or 50 Wal Marts in town and get whatever I want on release day, Wii excluded. Speaking of reserved, I went and bought a game and saw they had boxes stating reserve God of War III release date 3/10/10... WTF???? Like I'm going to reserve something a year out. Who even knows if it'll make its' street date? It may be the next Gran Turism0 5 and be delayed YEARS.
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04-20-09, 07:04 PM	Thread Starter #6
Twigglish Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clarksville, TN	This is upsetting. I want some cool gamer swag. Especially Batman. I remember the days you could get a free t shirt with your pre order. Maybe a guide or two, at least a bonus disc with extras.... __________________ STEELERS BABY IX X GOT 6? XIII XIV WE DO XL XLIII I.M.O.G.: I'm sorry to inform you that your sig violates forum rules. Due to obscene, and frankly ugly, choices of colors you must change this. I suggest brown and orange perhaps. lol JK... Congratulations on your season. Greetings from Cleveland, the home of "There's always next year". cw823: I think you need to edit your sig, this could finally be a year for a Cleveland team. Go Cavs!
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