Hi everyone,
I'm looking for feedback on Guild Wars availability in UK stores today (28th). I'd really appreciate if people could post here if they've been into a store and successfully bought GW ... and we're definitely interested in hearing if you couldn't get it, and the reason you were given.
UK Feedback - Buying GW in stores
Alex Weekes
Sowi
Well I couldn't find more appropriate thread, and this goes as a bumb also, so I'm telling you about Finland.
I went to a store today, not specialised for games, but one that sells everything and is usually up to date with games. I asked if they have Guild Wars in stock, but it seems they have never even heard about the game. I asked are they going to get the game, and they muttered that they dout it. So, I'm quite dissappointed, I went to the store late at evening, and the shops specialised in games were not open, so I don't know if they have it, but there were no advetisements anywhere.
So, now I had to order trough internet (at least some stores sell it in internet here in Finland) and I'm not quite happy about it, because if I would have knew about it, I would have pre-ordered it trough internet, and would have been playing for about 2 days now, but now it won't happen until luckily tomorrow, mayde on monday.
But well, I can wait for a good game.
I went to a store today, not specialised for games, but one that sells everything and is usually up to date with games. I asked if they have Guild Wars in stock, but it seems they have never even heard about the game. I asked are they going to get the game, and they muttered that they dout it. So, I'm quite dissappointed, I went to the store late at evening, and the shops specialised in games were not open, so I don't know if they have it, but there were no advetisements anywhere.
So, now I had to order trough internet (at least some stores sell it in internet here in Finland) and I'm not quite happy about it, because if I would have knew about it, I would have pre-ordered it trough internet, and would have been playing for about 2 days now, but now it won't happen until luckily tomorrow, mayde on monday.
But well, I can wait for a good game.
corax5
I Pre-Ordered a copy of the CE from SimplyGames in the UK just before the last beta and I played that fine and so far the game has been going great, however I haven't actuall recieved my copy of the game yet so hopefully i'll get it tomorow so I can enter the key. (This is the 28th)
Jia Xu
i saw it in three different shops today, however Amazon.co.uk is turning up with my copy tomorrow, so didn't buy it / try to.
Grim_Grom
I preordered of gameplay, but they sold out, so they say can't despatch until the 1st of May. Well, sorry, no chance, I have school all next week so the bank holiday is the perfect chance to play guild wars to death. So I sulked, then cancelled my preorder. I'm buying it tomorrow at Game UK.
Kodou
I enquired yesterday after seeing the american release date and I saw GAME had like six copies in. So It was 30pounds. Then on the Thursday (day of release) I ended up going to GameStation as they had it in. Which was weird considering I went there TOO the day before and they told me they hadn't really heard about it. I think the problem in the UK is that there was f**k all press, so If you were going to get it you would just have to see it in the shops and take a chance if you didn't know about it already. Shame. But no, all good, working copy, comes with a product key and a nice foldy box, 2 discs, the controls seem a tad different from some versions I have looked into, ex- j instead of h to bring up your attributes, but hey, who cares?
Jade Alexander
I got it from GAME UK today, too... The guy behind the counter knew nothing about it and now awaits my enlightened opinion. I think I'll just pop in tomorrow at lunch time with my tribal blade's persuasive powers and show him the path...!
Fengol
I got it yesterday at Game (Oxford street) - only 6 copies or so though. I hate game (overpriced mainly) but Virgin megastores said they couldn't release it until today (Friday) so I went back to Game (stupid virgin).
JYX
yeah I bought my copy at GAME...the guy at virgin said the game wasn't released until the 29th...obviously this just isn't the case...so I shook my head quietly in disgust and went down to GAME to buy it
same price at both stores though...29.99
same price at both stores though...29.99
kalin
i got my copy (pre order) from game UK (www.game.net) i think. i ask someone about it instore before i preorder'd.... they said they would be getting copys but not untill the 29th and very few, hence me owning it off the net + game was GREAT and sent me my beta key by email before the last BWE event. so i got to play that and got the early access.
i love "game" now.. it also only cost meh £26.99 and i got double rewards points on my reward card for preorder.
i love "game" now.. it also only cost meh £26.99 and i got double rewards points on my reward card for preorder.
supersnake5
i pre-ordered mine from simply games. They emailed my 1 key and i got the game perfect condition 29th
Echo
I preordered 4 copies from www.sendit.com .
They sent some of my friends pre orders. And my order is being processed. Hope it arrives soon...
PS. Sendit is selling the game with a quite lower price then everybody else, I don't know how they do it but, thats fine for me
They sent some of my friends pre orders. And my order is being processed. Hope it arrives soon...
PS. Sendit is selling the game with a quite lower price then everybody else, I don't know how they do it but, thats fine for me
Meantime
It was available all over in Glasgow, both in chains and independent shops.
Ashleigh McMahon
I ordered CE from simplygames, 1st class mail.
Was dispatched wednesday, now saturday.
Really disapointed with the service, missed over 1day gameplay, and counting.
Still have not yet recieved my copy.
They said its now in the hands of the royal mail.
It better hurry up
Service= Poor from simplygames.com
Was dispatched wednesday, now saturday.
Really disapointed with the service, missed over 1day gameplay, and counting.
Still have not yet recieved my copy.
They said its now in the hands of the royal mail.
It better hurry up
Service= Poor from simplygames.com
NoirQ
i had no problems with simply games
ordered, sent weds, arrived thurs.
ordered, sent weds, arrived thurs.
Ashleigh McMahon
Why is mine taking so long then?
Marcus
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I preordered of gameplay, but they sold out, so they say can't despatch until the 1st of May. Well, sorry, no chance, I have school all next week so the bank holiday is the perfect chance to play guild wars to death. So I sulked, then cancelled my preorder. I'm buying it tomorrow at Game UK.
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and I even cancelled my subscription for other games I play, as I was hoping to get it for the weekend... No chance ! Now I have nothing to do but read posts about people enjoying and playing the game ="-(Maybe I should get a new game, send there game back telling them that they let me down with delivery time and I want a refund.. Oh I don't know but I am extremely pissed off with this.
Ashleigh McMahon
Marcus, My situation is similar to yours.
I ordered on april 14th, It was dispatched wednesday, now saturday 30th, bank holiday weekend, + bank holiday monday.
Pretty annoyed with simplygames.com services.
Marcus, let me know when/ if you get your game
Regards, Ashleigh.
I ordered on april 14th, It was dispatched wednesday, now saturday 30th, bank holiday weekend, + bank holiday monday.
Pretty annoyed with simplygames.com services.
Marcus, let me know when/ if you get your game
Regards, Ashleigh.
Marcus
Will do ash 
maybe see you in game sometime... We will both probably get it on Tuesday. Its nice to know that there is other people in the same boat
maybe see you in game sometime... We will both probably get it on Tuesday. Its nice to know that there is other people in the same boat
St0rM
yeah i got the game today in gamestation for £29.99 they obviously knew about the game coming out but when i went to dixons and woolworths they didnt even have it in store and i was like wat the hell lol but hey i got it so who cares but sendit and amazon are selling it at the lowest price.i was going to get it from amazon but i couldnt be bothered waiting for it to come lol so i just got it for £30 at gamestations.
Principa Discordia
I ordered Guild Wars yesterday from www.play.com, I was hoping that it would arrive on Monday, but I think it's a bank holiday. Looks like I won't be playing until Tuesday. =(
Marcus
Join the club principa lol, looks like theres going to be a surge in n00bs on tuesday!
Or is there post on a bank holiday... ooh..
I got mine from www.gameplay.com for only £25 =)
+ £3.00 p&p though that doesn't count
Or is there post on a bank holiday... ooh..
I got mine from www.gameplay.com for only £25 =)
+ £3.00 p&p though that doesn't count
Principa Discordia
I forgot to mention that Guild Wars on www.play.com is a very nice £17.99 w/ free delivery, get it while you can because it keeps going out of stock.
Marcus
Damn!
...And I thought I had a bargain...
...And I thought I had a bargain...
Principa Discordia
Yeah play.com are really good, should check them out.
Marcus
Well too late now
Principa Discordia
I meant for other things, but let's not go off-topic.
*Hides.*
*Hides.*
Snowman
I had great difficulty buying a copy for my brother from PCWorld.
I rang up the PCworld sales line first to check that they had it in stock.
At first the person dealing with my call had never heard of it and couldnt bring it up on her 'screen'.
After a bit she spoke to someone else and said "oh yes here it is and you can buy a copy from your local store"
It takes 1 hour to get to my local store and much to my dismay when I got there I got..
"sorry, what game?"
I explained that I had called first.. so they went to check.
"sorry mate, it IS out today but we havnt bought any in because we didnt think it would sell as its an online game, buy it off the internet mate"
This exact same thing happened with Halflife 2, I swore I would never go there again.. but its the closest place to me
I did manage to go into a nearby city and pick one up from the ever reliable GAME in the end
The Snowman.
I rang up the PCworld sales line first to check that they had it in stock.
At first the person dealing with my call had never heard of it and couldnt bring it up on her 'screen'.
After a bit she spoke to someone else and said "oh yes here it is and you can buy a copy from your local store"
It takes 1 hour to get to my local store and much to my dismay when I got there I got..
"sorry, what game?"
I explained that I had called first.. so they went to check.
"sorry mate, it IS out today but we havnt bought any in because we didnt think it would sell as its an online game, buy it off the internet mate"
This exact same thing happened with Halflife 2, I swore I would never go there again.. but its the closest place to me
I did manage to go into a nearby city and pick one up from the ever reliable GAME in the end
The Snowman.
jubilee64
All the UK members of my guild have ordered online.
Stock of mmorpgs seems very low where I live (Edinburgh).
But I wonder if this is because since I started playing MMOs I have bought 90% less games! The prolonged lifespan must be a killer for retail chains. Sell one copy of guild wars and never see the customer again for months!!!!
Anyhow I bought the collectors edition online and I haven't seen a single box of that type in stores.
Stock of mmorpgs seems very low where I live (Edinburgh).
But I wonder if this is because since I started playing MMOs I have bought 90% less games! The prolonged lifespan must be a killer for retail chains. Sell one copy of guild wars and never see the customer again for months!!!!
Anyhow I bought the collectors edition online and I haven't seen a single box of that type in stores.
Ashleigh McMahon
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Will do ash
maybe see you in game sometime... We will both probably get it on Tuesday. Its nice to know that there is other people in the same boat |
I surely hope it arrives tuesday, if not, im gona ask for a full refund and just go to my local game store and buy it.
Regards, Ashleigh.
St0rM
if i had bought GuildWars of amazon it would have took at least 1-2 weeks to get here and i wasnt planning on waiting that long for the game so i just bought it for £30 instead lol much easier even tho it is dearer
the_buffoon
The University town of Bangor has an excess of copies in "Game", due to the simple reason that it's a town mostly populated by students. The vast majority of these students don't have a personal internet connection as well, so copies of Guild Wars are no use to them. I'm not sure about Gamestation, but I'm drinking buddies with most of the staff there, so I could always find out. I don't see them not stocking it, though, especially as one of them is a mad-keen GW fan from beta.
Spike
I live in England and got my copy of GW from game yesterday for £29.99.
Waltonia
Myself and a friend of mine had quite some trouble locating copies of the game on Thursday, when it was released.
Firstly, we phoned the HMV stores in our area (Birmingham) to find that the 3 biggest branches had only taken in 4 copies each of the game, which were all sold out within minutes of the stores opening.
Comet retailers in the area had never heard of the game and didn't expect to get it in at all.
PC World said they would "Probably" have it in store on Friday 29th, but to this day still haven't got it.
In the end I managed to get both copies from a GAME store, but not from the City Centre. The game was NOT on display and had to ask for it as they have them all locked away in a cabinet due to the Disclaimer notice on the back of the box regarding the sealing of them.
Firstly, we phoned the HMV stores in our area (Birmingham) to find that the 3 biggest branches had only taken in 4 copies each of the game, which were all sold out within minutes of the stores opening.
Comet retailers in the area had never heard of the game and didn't expect to get it in at all.
PC World said they would "Probably" have it in store on Friday 29th, but to this day still haven't got it.
In the end I managed to get both copies from a GAME store, but not from the City Centre. The game was NOT on display and had to ask for it as they have them all locked away in a cabinet due to the Disclaimer notice on the back of the box regarding the sealing of them.
Doul
I had mine on pre-order for weeks from Play.com (£17.99), but then at the last minute I cancelled it, as I wanted to play it over the weekend and my local post office are really bad at delivering stuff on time! I went to Chips (little franchised game shop), they had two copies in at £29.99, which wasn't such a big deal as they let you do trade-ins at Chips so I got rid of some old games and only paid £9.99 for it.
The guy behind the counter said he was surprised that they'd only got a few copies in, and it wasn't exactly flying off the shelves. Like the guy above said, no press, no reviews etc probably contributed to this, the only reason I heard about it was through people in my WoW guild talking about it (usually in the context of 'This game's getting boring, can't wait 'til Guild Wars comes out'!)
The guy behind the counter said he was surprised that they'd only got a few copies in, and it wasn't exactly flying off the shelves. Like the guy above said, no press, no reviews etc probably contributed to this, the only reason I heard about it was through people in my WoW guild talking about it (usually in the context of 'This game's getting boring, can't wait 'til Guild Wars comes out'!)
BellyFlop
Order mine on the 20 of April got it on the 28th.
and got the game for £12.99
£17.99 - £5.00 Voucher
and got the game for £12.99
£17.99 - £5.00 Voucher
Zexion
Well, I didn't buy in a shop per se, but I ordered online from Gameplay.co.uk back in the first day of easter (back then it was the only euro preorder place), and still haven't got it.
They claim they sent it Tuesday before release, but I haven't seen a confirmation email yet.
At least I hope I can get it before the weekend (and might not even get it thursday or friday, since that's holiday)
Anyways, just ranting/whining.
But still think it's bad service, since I preordered mainly to get it on release. And the only thing I need is a ******* 25 letter alphanumerical code.
:@
_Zexion
They claim they sent it Tuesday before release, but I haven't seen a confirmation email yet.
At least I hope I can get it before the weekend (and might not even get it thursday or friday, since that's holiday
)Anyways, just ranting/whining.
But still think it's bad service, since I preordered mainly to get it on release. And the only thing I need is a ******* 25 letter alphanumerical code.
:@
_Zexion
Marcus
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Originally Posted by Zexion
Well, I didn't buy in a shop per se, but I ordered online from Gameplay.co.uk back in the first day of easter (back then it was the only euro preorder place), and still haven't got it.
They claim they sent it Tuesday before release, but I haven't seen a confirmation email yet. At least I hope I can get it before the weekend (and might not even get it thursday or friday, since that's holiday )Anyways, just ranting/whining. But still think it's bad service, since I preordered mainly to get it on release. And the only thing I need is a ******* 25 letter alphanumerical code. :@ _Zexion |
Damn, I ordered mine on the 27th of April, still not here yet... Though they said they sent it on the 28th and that it would get here within 2 working days.. -.-
I think I will just cancel it, get a refund and go to pc world or something
bullett
Myself and several friends tried to get this game on release day. Game had sold out in about 5/6 stores in the Reading/Bracknell area. One guy said it had been more popular than expected as they only had 4 copies in. Gamestation had 1 copy, PCworld "never heard of it mate" virgin none on display, hmv none on display.
Eventually ordered from play to be told out of stock. Got it Tuesday gone, had my 1st session on Friday (real life getting in the way). Good game enjoying it so far.
Eventually ordered from play to be told out of stock. Got it Tuesday gone, had my 1st session on Friday (real life getting in the way). Good game enjoying it so far.
Omega_2005
I managed to get it on the initial release day in GAME, so a few stores had it in and I was quite lucky to have been playing it over a fortnight
And my sympathies to the people who are STILL waiting for their copy of GW. If it takes far too long, write to the company (Amazon, Play...) to cancel the delivery and search around many towns to find the game. Trust me, you'll never have to play another game again (OK maybe the GW expansions but STILL!)
And my sympathies to the people who are STILL waiting for their copy of GW.
If it takes far too long, write to the company (Amazon, Play...) to cancel the delivery and search around many towns to find the game. Trust me, you'll never have to play another game again (OK maybe the GW expansions but STILL!)