Rockstar Splits L.A. Noire Pre-Order Bonuses Six Ways

[antigodoflife]

Soooo... I pre-ordered it from EB Games a few months ago, what does I get?

Nothing, 'course.

Rockstar and Bondi are bunch of mean words!

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Want all the preorder bonuses? BUY THE GAME SIX TIMES

*mumbles*

Damn right! Then you can brag to your friends about how stupid they are for only getting ONE pre-order bonus! HAH!

Oh wait... You mean I spent $360 and all my friends only paid $60?

Damnit...

 

[RowdyRodimus]

So I can buy six copies of the game to get the full game (five discounting the t-shirt one) or I can not buy the game. I think I'll go with "not buy the game". I originally hated when War For Cybertron came out with pre-order bonuses of MP characters, but once they made them DLC (which is fair giving a person a free one for pre ordering and then charging for the rest) and the fact that they were MP skins and not single player portions of the game made it easier to swallow.

This is just greed on R* part, hoping people will love their brand so much to buy five or six copies of their game to get it all.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I want the T-shirt...if it's cool.

 

[Yossarian1507]

And... What about people like me, who live in Poland and don't have Best Buy, Gamestop, Wal-Mart or Target and we're not using Amazon thanks to our local substitutes? F you, no DLC at all?

 

[brunothepig]

I don't like this kind of shit. If there's other ways of unlocking these bonuses, even if you have to buy tham as DLC, then fine, whatever. But I don't like the thought that if I don't pre-order, I lose some gameplay forever. Especially since I don't pre-order often, thanks to my financial situation, and that it seems like gambling on whether I'll like a game.
I think it's fair for them to release pre-order bonuses as DLC, it still encourages pre-orders, without punishing those who buy it later. But if they don't do this, I'll be very disappointed...
Captcha: A sideways carrot... Not joking.

 

[Iwana Humpalot]

This is stupid as hell, and discrimination against people who live in other countrys ans dont have a gamestop or wallmart anywhere near them. Why rockstar? WHY?!

 

[awesomeClaw]

I have nothing against pre-order incentives, but this is jsut ridicolous!

I mean...why? It doesn´t even make sense. NOONE is going to buy the damn game six times, so why even try? This just boggles the mind.

 

[Merkavar]

is la noire coming out on pc? i prefer pc games and this looks interesting.

 

[Antari]

Just don't buy it.

I question how small these additional missions must really be if they're willing to cut them from the game for most people. I wouldn't be surprised if they were created for the sole purpose of cutting them out.

Of course, they carry on with it because people do like to pre-order, so they obviously see it as a viable tactic, even if it's not really working.

I'm with you on this one. If they can't include it all into everyone's copy. I'm not buying it. Its that simple. Its a nice idea in theory, not so practical though.

 

[templargunman]

They'll release most of that stuff as dlc in a few months, it's no big deal.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

I have no problem with pre-order bonuses or even day-one DLC.

But this makes it impossible for ANYONE to get everything. Which is rubbish.

 

[mjc0961]

Man, I am so sick of all these retailer exclusive bonuses. First, it means you can't get everything. Second, it means you have people on forums spamming existing threads and making new ones to beg people for codes for stuff they didn't get. Third, what the hell is the point? One preorder bonus for preordering the game at all is good enough, but these retailers think they need to get exclusive stuff to drive sales, but all they do is end up screwing customers. Publishers need to start saying no to these stores.

 

[Sabazios]

What the fuck is this? Zeitgeist by The Smashing Pumpkins? They just lost a sale.

 

[Tom Goldman]

Dam it all Rockstar! Making me chose between missions and character clothing.

Target it is.

What? $5 gift card and a t-shirt is better than some little DLC.

But I want to collect badges. I need the stinking badges.

You don't need no stinking badges!

If I had a prize to give, you'd get it. Unfortunately, all I have is this bag of rocks and an empty tube of toothpaste.

 

[blippity]

I remember when RDR did this with the horse/guns/suit thing. I wanted the suit, but in the end I ended up with 1500 MS points and the guns (which I never used) from a local store. As for this game, I don't care which one I get (since Australian retailers will probably differ): I just want to play the game.

 

[Jumplion]

Unless all of this content can be unlocked through regular play, what the hell Rockstar? Give me as many cases as you can throw at me, don't hold back content just because I didn't preorder from Walmart or Gamestop or whatever. We're smart enough to handle them!

Rockstar, I am disappoint.

 

[squid5580]

Pre order bonuses should be real stuff. Figurines, T-shirts comic books (hell I even got a flash drive with MP tips on it for Singularity). There should be nothing that everyone doesn't get in the game. This is nonsense. The only people this is helping is those who will sell their codes for real money. And that is money they will not be seeing.

Anyone who is buying new paying the usually 59 or 69 ought to be asking for a partial refund since they are being denied all of the content. And why are they wasting resources to deny it too us in the first place? This means they gotta manufacture 6 different versions of the game (as well as the box art and pieces of paper with the codes). It is stupid.