Sometimes you lovely readers send me Lunchtime Discussion topics, but only a few are dedicated enough to send the whole discussion. Amphlett is one of the dedicated ones, so sit back and get ready to discuss the wait for a game.
Every couple of months or so I’ll get a little excited about a new game due for release. I might not even have noticed it in the line-up, at least not until THAT trailer grabs my attention. You know the sort, the trailer which shows off the new gadgets, the new game-play and the potential for mayhem. So, off I go to scour the web for the best prices (I’ll only buy from a physical shop when I have a good wedge of cash built up through trade-ins).
A full month before the game is released and my pre-order’s placed. I check a few times on the site to make sure the pre-order’s correct. I’ll start checking around for more clips and trailers of my pre-ordered game, hoping to glean a little more information about the new piece of digital excitement I’m going to receive.
Two weeks before release and I’ve checked the calendar to see exactly which day my order might be despatched. Without fail I’ll say to myself “Ah, release date is Friday so with a good tail wind I might see a despatch on the Wednesday before so that I receive it by Friday morning.”.
The week of the game’s release is too tense, way too tense. It’s more tense than being at Molineux with Wolves 1-0 up with only 15 minutes to go! I start getting a really excited now, waiting for that email to come through from the online shop to let me know that my order is being processed. As soon as that email comes through I’ll hit up the online shop and try to glean a little further information on the status of my order (it’s no longer a pre-order in my mind). Bham! “Despatched”! It’s only Wednesday morning so I might get the game through on Thursday morning.
I work from home so regularly hear the drop of two and a half pounds of junk mail through the letter box but somehow the drop of a pre-order on the mat sounds different. I can recognize it straight off.
It’s Thursday morning and I’m on another conference call, participating, taking notes, making changes, etc. but all the time I have my spidey-sense turned up to high ready to recognize that sound of a game hitting the the door mat. 9:35am and there it is! That’s the sound of a game! Shoot, another 15 minutes before this conference call wraps up…
I can understand that not everyone’s as fortunate (or not, dependant upon your viewpoint) as me to work from home, but I can only imagine how much it would mess with my head all day if I was in the office on a Thursday morning knowing full well that my shiny new game was waiting for me at home.
Is it just me? How do you feel about your pre-orders? Should I go and sit in the corner for being a little weird?
Jumping Monks
Oh god the wait, I find it unbearable. I remember pre-ordering LBP well. I was so so so excited about it. When I returned from school to find it a day early I was over the moon. I think I may have ran around the house a little while unwrapping it. I’m anticipating GT5 like you wouldn’t believe. October really is just in the way I feel. I would be devastated if it wont fit through the letterbox and I get that horrible red letter. Pain in the arse.
Origami Killer
demons souls is was, i saw i video of it ages before release and it looked grat, got my preorder in 2 months before release, it came out on the friday, not dispatched wednesday but on friday morn it was out for delivery as i tracked it and it was in the Cardiff van, the van was out for 3 hours and i didnt get mine, but fortunately it came the next mroning. this has happened with uncharted 2, avp and demons souls. i dont really care now but its the principle that matter as it says get it delivered for release day on the website