SH4 pre-order confusion

[hyperion2206]

Originally Posted by Sonarman

Also note that to date this offer has only appeared on the US SH4 website there has not yet been any offical statement about which extras if any, UK/Europe/the rest of the world will get.

That's not completly right; on the German SH4 site you can read this:


There they want to know which extra content we want to get. The choices are:
A making off...
printed extra material
special goodies like pins or sew-on badges
exclusive game content
or soundtracks

[Sonarman]

Thanks for that, I just noticed that on the SHIII forum and was about to update the thread! Hopefully we in the UK will get something special too!

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by Sonarman

Thanks for that, I just noticed that on the SHIII forum and was about to update the thread! Hopefully we in the UK will get something special too!

At the Ubisoft forum there's an Ubi "community manager" (AudibleKnight) who's copping howls of protest and outrage over those not in America being done over by Ubisoft yet again. It's gathering real momentum although it's hard to say what effect it will have. I fully expect Australia to get shafted by Ubisoft yet again.

[SeniorSpan]

Thx much for the clearification. Now it all makes sense and I pre-ordered.


Iron Budokan, this is the link to start the pre-order process

http://store.ubi.com/category.jsp?category=PC

[Iron Budokan]

Thank you!

[_Seth_]

I will definitively order through Subsim. Even if i dont get the in-box extras & it takes longer to get. I think its much better to support this great website.
Ahh...Just my 2 cents..

[GSpector]

Good question,

Will we be able to pre-order through SubSim?:hmm:

If so, when and will we have the chance to get the extras?

[Jeffg]

I have pre-ordered through EB yesterday.
JeffG

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by jeffg

I have pre-ordered through EB yesterday.
JeffG

EB where and did it include the goodies?

[Onkel Neal]

Here's the deal; in the olde days (1999-2005) Subsim made its operating revenue by selling the games. Since 2005 we have been running on two load-balanced servers most of the time and that runs me a little over $480 a month. Each month and every month. And that doesn't count the overage costs, like when I put GW and NYGM mods in main downloads and three weeks later EV1 charged my credit card $1800 for over bandwidth charges

In Jan 2006 our affiliate partner Chips and Bits went belly up. So we had to switch to Amazon and they only pay 1/2 the rate we got before. I expect most people order SH4 directly from Ubisoft, they really don't care to spend a minute thinking where they get the game from, they just want it. I can understand that. I can also understand why Ubisoft would prefer that, they probably get a bigger cut when they sell direct. And they hype all these "extras" and collector's editions to make people think they better get the game right away through them, or miss some goodies.

I'm not going to ask anyone to wait or risk missing the "extras" by buying through Subsim/Amazon. Subsim may miss a lot of sales of the biggest game in 3 years, but not much I can do about that. In fact, Amazon still does not have affilate links for the game, probably because Ubisoft told them to wait. They do have a placeholder, here: SILENT HUNTER 4

So that tells me they may be getting ready to set up for the same preorders as Ubi. When it goes live I will shout out. If you want to order SH4 through Subsim, it is appreciated.

So, I would prefer you to make the purchase decision you are most comfortable with. Many people tell me they would rather buy the game at EB or CompUSA, or order through Ubi, and make a $5 donation to Subsim. That's cool, I just don't want someone to miss out on anything by trying to help the website.

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

So that tells me they may be getting ready to set up for the same preorders as Ubi. When it goes live I will shout out. If you want to order SH4 through Subsim, it is appreciated.

If SubSim were to be able to offer the pre-order package currently available on Ubisoft's US online shop would you be prepared to ship outside the US/Canada? That's what's really getting up people's noses in the Ubisoft forum. It's not just that it's only available on the US site, it's also that it will not sell to people in other countries even if they were prepared to pay extra for shipping.