Pre-ordering games do you get it a day early?

[Luke Tideswell]

i Pre-orderd of Game (Uk gamer retailer) do i get the gamer a day early for pre-ordering it or not some people say i do some say i dont. for people who want to know its the knew splatterhouse game heres the games website if you want to look.http://splatterhouse.uk.namcobandaigames.eu

 

[Citrus]

No, that's not how pre-ordering works. Maybe there's some special deal wherever you got it from, but I doubt it.

 

[Luke Tideswell]

should i get it for realese day then?

 

[Citrus]

Yes.

 

[Hateren47]

Sometimes if you pre order online, and the postal service works fast, you can get your game a day early as the sender tries to make sure you have it for release day.

 

[Luke Tideswell]

i did order online.

 

[hmar9333]

*Facepalm*

Pre-ordering just means that you get a copy reserved for you so that you can pick it up on day one without worrying about the retailer running out. You don't get it early, unless the retailer is an asshole and breaks the street date (which will make the publisher very cross with them).

I got New Vegas a day before release in Australia from GAME. Not sure if they broke the embargo or if they had some deal or something. I just called them and asked if they were available for pick up yet and I was told yes so... whatevs.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Play.com has never let me down, always deliver the game a day early when i've pre-ordered

 

[Mr. Self Destruct]

Yeah, game tends to deliver the day before release, in england anyway, every game me and my mates have ordered from them online has turned up a day early

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Assuming you ordered it online, they will send the game out to you a few days before it is released. This means that it SHOULD arrive on release day but it may arrive the day before if you're lucky. I have had games come early from GAME before but not always.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

*Facepalm*

Pre-ordering just means that you get a copy reserved for you so that you can pick it up on day one without worrying about the retailer running out. You don't get it early, unless the retailer is an asshole and breaks the street date (which will make the publisher very cross with them).

That's if you preorder at a store. If you order it online then it's different.
I facepalm your facepalm.

 

[Stalk3rchief]

Game vendors who sell a game a day early can be severely punished, but they DO give it out at midnight, so you can start playing a game at the possible earliest time. The only exception to this I guess is in relation to time zone differences, meaning a friend on the west coast will play a game a long time before his friend on the east coast gets to.

 

[KEM10]

Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Assuming you ordered it online, they will send the game out to you a few days before it is released. This means that it SHOULD arrive on release day but it may arrive the day before if you're lucky. I have had games come early from GAME before but not always.

That's only because if they deliver a day early they are heroes, while if it is a day late they are worse than Hitler. They send it in the post as early as they can just in case something happens and it gets laid over for a day (so then it is still on time). That's why the public works guys always add an hour onto their expected completion time.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Assuming you ordered it online, they will send the game out to you a few days before it is released. This means that it SHOULD arrive on release day but it may arrive the day before if you're lucky. I have had games come early from GAME before but not always.

That's only because if they deliver a day early they are heroes, while if it is a day late they are worse than Hitler. They send it in the post as early as they can just in case something happens and it gets laid over for a day (so then it is still on time). That's why the public works guys always add an hour onto their expected completion time.

I didn't say it wasn't but you are quite right nonetheless.