Yeah I was going to bring this up, a lot of stores have gone out of business since then or all but disappeared in that time Including some high profile retailers like Game Crazy.sweatm said:
Gearbox Trying to Honor 12 Years of Duke Nukem Pre-Orders
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Their website should have something like "send in your Duke Nukem preorder and we'll sell you the game for $40" in the event that Gamestop or wherever the original preorder was made refuses to honor the deal.
It's nice to see that some devs actually give a shit about their consumers. Gearbox was in no way responsible for those orders going unfulfilled, and I can't imagine anyone would think poorly of them for not doing something about it. I mean, the developers have nothing to do with pre-orders. They didn't have to do this, but they did. Good for them.
you mean that's NOT his name?MurderousToaster said:
OT: I didn't pre-order so oh well but sounds like they're doing a good job. Looking forward to buying this.
Something should be done? Fuck yes something should be done. You should honor every single pre-order
I'm not old enough to have cared about the whole Duke Nukem Forever fiasco, but that trailer from 2001 actually looked really epic. I only hope this modern iteration can be as good as that (possibly faked) trailer would've been in its time.
It's funny because my older brother and I almost pre-order DNF back in 1997... Or rather our dear Dad almost pre-ordered it for us. 
I can't remember what the reason was but we didn't end up doing it.
And no, my father was not ignorant for getting kids Duke Nukem. He knew all about the child protection locks etc so he knew we could handle it.
I can't remember what the reason was but we didn't end up doing it.And no, my father was not ignorant for getting kids Duke Nukem. He knew all about the child protection locks etc so he knew we could handle it.
Macho Man Randy Pitchford here for us again. He may be kind of crazy, but he is a pretty cool dude when it comes to this kind of stuff.
Do receipts even last that long? Because I have trouble reading them after a couple of months. I'd hate to see what a twelve year old one looks like.
Oh, wait a minute. *runs off*
Found it!
Okay, I take it back. I found the reciept for my SNES...that my mother bought my brother in 1990. So I guess if you keep them safe and out of the sun and away from moisture, they should be good.
Anyway, good for Gearbox.
Oh, wait a minute. *runs off*
Found it!
Okay, I take it back. I found the reciept for my SNES...that my mother bought my brother in 1990. So I guess if you keep them safe and out of the sun and away from moisture, they should be good.
Anyway, good for Gearbox.
go gearbox, making gamer studios look good and not giant machines who see their audience as walking wallets
Im looking at you Activision
Im looking at you Activision
As I understand it, a pre-order is something of a down payment with limited value. It basically secures you a copy, typically within a given time frame, from release of the game to some point there-after. Even then, you need to pay off the balance of the game; as an example, if it's a game worth 40$, and you paid 5$ to pre-order, you'd need your receipt and 35$ to make good on the pre-order. Technically speaking, it's a safety for the retailer; by obtaining a down payment, they can at least offset the inevitable outcome of gamers pre-ordering and never picking the game up.RvLeshrac said:
Now, I would agree; the cancelation of a game means there IS nothing to put money down on, and from a moral and (possibly) legal standpoint, the money ought to be refunded. The issue here is, until VERY recently and not even then for real, the game was never canceled. Now, assume you pre-ordered it in 1999. Would you even remember where your receipt was in order to bring it to task? And by the time you DID find it, if you still had it, Gearbox might have announced it was releasing the game... thus returning the pre-order to its original status.
OT, if Gearbox pulls this off, I would say they're amongst the good guys in the industry, bar none. Class move.
A large percentage of people put down the entire cost of the game as a pre-order deposit.poiuppx said:
It would be tough for Gamestop to prove in court that they "couldn't" return the deposit without a receipt, since they logically have to have a record of who owes what, along with their contact information, in order to fill the orders.
