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[EA's Origin store]: SW TOR Pre-orders cost 5 pounds more, come with some bonus items

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This is how EA plans to win the hearts of PC customers.

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That's $80 and $105 USD respectively.

Maybe the only reason why they're not charging for Battlefield pre-orders is because of this quote "If you pre-order Battlefield 3, you will be able to play Back to Karkand at no extra charge as soon as it is released, but it is not day one DLC and it is not on the base game disc. "

Found at RockPaperShotgun.com

edit. Update, the £5 charge is quietly deducted from the supposed full cost of the game. It's not especially clear. The price is still quite ridiculous.

edit 2.
ghst contacted support for info and it seem that the game will be cheaper after release. By the same amount as this pre-order charge.

EA customer support said:
ghst: if i buy after release, will i save £5 by not pre-ordering?
Jeremy: Yes
ghst: can you perhaps clarify that some more?
ghst: *could you
Jeremy: Sure
Jeremy: If you purchase the game after release you will lack the preorder items which you receive while preordering the game.

...

ghst: just to clarify, the £5 charge is purely for pre-orders, and the standard origin price will be £40 after release - but i won't receive the pre-order bonus items?

Jeremy: Yes
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Must be a mistake


or do they send beta keys to all people who preordered it?

THEN IT'S A SMART BUSINESS DECISION MWAHAHAHA
 
So is that £45 + £5 preorder, meaning £50, or £45 including the £5 fee?

Either way, a joke of a price. I don't think even Black Ops was above £40 on PC, it may have been as 'low' as £35 at release IIRC.
 
I saw that earlier when I checked the page. I was more dying at the price though. £45 for the normal version and £59.99 for a couple of extra digital items? No thanks.
 
demosthenes said:
What do PC games or MMOs usually cost in England?
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£29.99 max. In my experience. Usually closer to £20 unless you're a World of Warcraft.

To make it clearer, it is NOT a pre-order minimum deposit, it is additional to the cost of the game. You are paying to buy the game before release.

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The 5Pound will get subtracted from the total amount when the game releases, it is like a pre-order "fee" but the amount is already paid. Of course you will have lost the money when you cancel, but you DON'T pay more I guess. It's pretty commom here in germany and even Gamestop does it when you preorder.
 
I think you guys are reading this wrong. That's just the minimum you can put down on a pre-order, not an additional charge. No different from pre-ordering in a B&M store the old fashioned way.
 
demosthenes said:
What do PC games or MMOs usually cost in England?
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Well usually around £29.99 for a full price retail PC game though sometimes higher like £34.99. Don't think I've seen a £39.99 PC game for a long while.
Mind you, I do most of my game shopping online or DD. And £44.99 for a DD game is a fucking rip off.
 
That makes no sense at all, isn't pre ordering a way to get money in the bank (home free money, + interest) before you finish development?
Or at least to secure a sale in advance.
Do you even get charged for your preorder right away? I wouldn't know I never preordered anything, I refuse to partake in that bullshit when there is no such thing as empty stock shelves in DD ( and in my experience there is no such thing as empty stock shelves in retail either for software, never ever seen it in 20 years at a game's launch - )

Why charge for that? Even EA wouldn't be that stupid, that would be shooting themselves in the foot.
 
I thought money down on preorders was a brick & mortar retail thing because the shops need to order physical copies of the game from distributors.

But money down on your own digital download store? wtf.
 
The Pre Order price there isn't an extra cost. If you scroll to the bottom it breaks it out with the game being 5 less and adding 5 for pre order.
 
demosthenes said:
What do PC games or MMOs usually cost in England?
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starcraft 2 is the pc only game i've paid more than £30 for at retail in a decade.

but competition is good for the consumer! viva origin!
 
Neuromancer said:
It's not saying pay 5 pounds for the preorder and then the rest when you buy it?
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It could be a way to discourage last-minute cancelling when better deals show up around the web.

If it charges you 5 extra bucks just for preording, well...
 
Samus4145 said:
The Pre Order price there isn't an extra cost. If you scroll to the bottom it breaks it out with the game being 5 less and adding 5 for pre order.
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Yeah, thats what I thought. But that still is kinda crappy. Thats not how DD should work, thats how they run things at places like GameStop.
 
That cannot be right; first off 45 quid is way too much for a PC MMO and then to add an extra fiver for a pre-order...unbelievable
 
Just wait for the F2P version in 2012. But seriously, WTF. I kind of like Origin because it's like legal No-DVD patches for EA games but I will never buy anything for more than retail price on DD (MSRP isn't retail price BTW EA).
 
Samus4145 said:
The Pre Order price there isn't an extra cost. If you scroll to the bottom it breaks it out with the game being 5 less and adding 5 for pre order.
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Gaming journalism at its finest.
 
Visualante said:
£29.99 max. In my experience. Usually closer to £20 unless you're a World of Warcraft.

To make it clearer, it is NOT a pre-order minimum deposit, it is additional to the cost of the game. You are paying to buy the game before release.

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Holy shit that sucks

Bravo EA
 
PaulLFC said:
So is that £45 + £5 preorder, meaning £50, or £45 including the £5 fee?

Either way, a joke of a price. I don't think even Black Ops was above £40 on PC, it may have been as 'low' as £35 at release IIRC.
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It's £45 including the fee.

My idea on reasoning for this and limiting quantity outside of more money, is so that there is a set number of people who can get on the game early, allowing them to control the damage of having the servers crash due to overload or having too many servers and not enough players.
 
Oh, well what's the point then, to stop you from cancelling?
Eh people who are stupid enough to pre order months in advance (and then ofc cancel for a deal) deserve it anyhow.
 
GJS said:
It's £45 including the fee.

My idea on reasoning for this and limiting quantity outside of more money, is so that there is a set number of people who can get on the game early, allowing them to control the damage of having the servers crash due to overload or having too many servers and not enough players.
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EA: sometimes it's more expensive to sell copies of our games.
 
Visualante said:
£29.99 max. In my experience. Usually closer to £20 unless you're a World of Warcraft.

To make it clearer, it is NOT a pre-order minimum deposit, it is additional to the cost of the game. You are paying to buy the game before release.

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MikeE21286 said:
Are we sure they won't be reimbursing this $5? Since $5 is the universal amount to secure pre-orders via most retailers.
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Digital Download retailers?
 
If this was really a discount on the RRP, don't you think they'd be highlighting that fact?

£59.99, pre-order now for £5 and get the game for £54.99 later! Even if that is the case, it's actively confusing and still overpriced by a colossal margin. Nintendo gets shit from Greenpeace for not being green enough, these clowns should be getting shit for encouraging people to buy hunks of plastic that have been shipped half a quarter way around the planet.
 
EA: you're doing it wrong. Double pricing fail.

Not that I plan to get this, but looking elsewhere I can buy a physical copy far cheaper, not have to pay a pre-order tax (seriously EA? You're out of your fucking minds), and not have to deal with the other bullshit of digital distribution.

I guess those extra "DD costs" are really severe, huh?
 
Visualante said:
£29.99 max. In my experience. Usually closer to £20 unless you're a World of Warcraft.

To make it clearer, it is NOT a pre-order minimum deposit, it is additional to the cost of the game. You are paying to buy the game before release.

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Welcome to the next generation.
 
I'm still scratching my head at the idea of needing/wanting to pre-order a digital release.

Are they going to run low on tubes?
 
SneakyStephan said:
That makes no sense at all, isn't pre ordering a way to get money in the bank (home free money, + interest) before you finish development?
Or at least to secure a sale in advance.
Do you even get charged for your preorder right away? I wouldn't know I never preordered anything, I refuse to partake in that bullshit when there is no such thing as empty stock shelves in DD ( and in my experience there is no such thing as empty stock shelves in retail either for software, never ever seen it in 20 years at a game's launch - )

Why charge for that? Even EA wouldn't be that stupid, that would be shooting themselves in the foot.
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BTW, this isn't an EA thing. Steam and most every other e-tailer charges you the full price right away when you pre-order through them. So, lets not go nuts.

My pre-order total was exactly what was advertised. I was told $79.99 for the digital CE and it came out to $79.99 no matter how they broke it down on the receipt. Should I go apeshit on Steam for charging me full price on pre-orders too?

Kyaw said:
That on top of monthly sub? WTF EA?
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Welcome to 2001, if not earlier. Yes, you still pay for the game AND a monthly sub. My god the horror.
 
At the rate they're going, It's only a matter of time before we see a digital version of Gamestop-esque sale tactics surface.

Customer - *Click Game X "Buy now" button on release date*

Origin website - *Prompt appears - "Did you pre-order Game X?"*

Customer - *"Ummmm, no". Clicks 'I am a shortsighted fool, so no' button*

Origin website - *Another Prompt appears* "Sorry, no copies are available for purchase at this time"*

Customer - *"But that doesn't make any se.."*

Origin website - *Final prompt appears - "Would you like to pre-order Game Y?"*
 
lucky u dont have € ^^

Deluxe Edt. = 75€ = 65,90 Pounds :(

For Rift CE i payed 34€...

Thanks to EA i will wait until Diablo 3 came out. Don´t need this expansiv shit and u can only buy it with a credit card in germany...
 
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