Author Topic: What have you pre-ordered for 2009? (Read 17488 times)

Tanatoes · « **on:** January 11, 2009, 10:58:04 AM »

So what games have you guys got on your wishlists for 2009?

I just put in a $250 Amazon pre-order: Deadly Creatures, Mad World, Little King's Story, Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, The House Of The Dead: Overkill, and Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.

And come to think of it there are a few other games I want this year that I didn't order - such as the new Overlord game and Harvest Moon. So many games!

2009: Year of the third party. Confirmed.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:17:42 AM »

I don't have anything currently preordered, but I do have a list and the games I'm likely to buy in the 1st quarter of '09 are The Little King's Story, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, Pikmin, Rune Factory: Frontier, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, and Marble Saga Kororinpa for the Wii and Major League Baseball 2K9 for the 360. That's 6-1 in favor of Nintendo, with 5 of them being third-party.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:23:42 AM »

I haven't preordered anything yet but Mad World, The Conduit, and Little King's story are on the top of my list to get.I need to look up what else is coming out this year.You are right it is gonna be a great year for 3rd party developers!On the Nintendo side probably Pikmin.I would like to play EasyCure's copy before the Wii version comes out.Maybe Wii sports resort.Which I believe is coming on the 13th.Just to try out WM+.
How could I forget about Fatal Frame 4,Cursed Mountain, Sin & Punishment 2,Punch Out!!,Fragile,Muramesa:The Demon Blade,Monster Hunter 3,Arc Rise Fantasia.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2009, 12:33:55 PM »

I don't do preorders...No real point in the area I live (out in the boonies)...

I want One(e)chanbara and Little King's Story in February...MadWorld, Rune Factory Frontier, and Broken Sword in March...Arc Rise Fantasia in June...Murasasa in July...

Nothing else has a date yet, so I'm not going to bother adding them...

Stogi · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2009, 12:59:36 PM »

I'm waiting till reviews mostly (except for PES). I have more important things I have to purchase at the moment (phish tickets!) and I'll only buy a game day one if it really deserves it.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:16:42 PM »

The only preorder I have down is for Ys Book 1 and 2 on DS for 9.99 (I applied a 25 dollar gift card to it). There are games I really want but because of how the economy, I'm unemployed and have a huge backlog I will be waiting for games to get some price drops or I'll pick them up when I'm more financially stable. Right now I just made a wishlist on amazon of what I want and I'll pick them up when I can.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:46:01 PM »

Leaving aside that I don't preorder (why would I restrict myself to a store like GameStop?) I tend to forget what's coming out about 2 days after it's announced. I guess Fragile and ARF look interesting but they're not the kinds of games that get automatic releases in Europe. Oneechanbara is questionable, I'm not sure the games are very fun to play and for a novelty game I'm not paying full retail price. Conduit I'm not sure, depends on my mood when it arrives. I'm mostly negative on Mad World (even if it does get released here), I've already got No More Heroes to ignore.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2009, 04:06:24 PM »

Haven't pre-ordered anything yet. Like Flames, I am still unemployed so I can't reserve anything yet.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2009, 06:00:33 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on January 11, 2009, 02:46:01 PM

Leaving aside that I don't preorder (why would I restrict myself to a store like GameStop?) I tend to forget what's coming out about 2 days after it's announced. I guess Fragile and ARF look interesting but they're not the kinds of games that get automatic releases in Europe. Oneechanbara is questionable, I'm not sure the games are very fun to play and for a novelty game I'm not paying full retail price. Conduit I'm not sure, depends on my mood when it arrives. I'm mostly negative on Mad World (even if it does get released here), I've already got No More Heroes to ignore.

Well I don't know how it is in Germany but I just preorder at Amazon if it's worth the preorder (damn you atlus for having awesome preorders!), if you preorder an item at a online store they just charge your credit card/debit card/bank account when it's ready to ship. But Amazon in America tend to fluctuate on their pricing pretty frequently so I just try to score a better deal especially during these times.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2009, 06:44:33 PM »

I'm not too big on pre-orders any more. I now only pre-order if I absolutely must play the game day one. Pre-ordering Collector's Editions is especially pointless these days, since they virtually never sell out, and places like Amazon seem to drop the price on CE's mere weeks after they're released.

What I do nowadays is pre-order if I'm going to get something like a code mailed to me as a bonus, and then cancel the pre-order after I get the item. That's what I did with LittleBigPlanet; I got the code for the Kratos costume from GameStop in email, and then a few days later cancelled the pre-order. Then I got the game for Christmas. Voila, free Kratos code.

Wii games typically don't have CE's or bonus items, so pre-ordering is usually pointless (unless you're talking about a big Nintendo title like Mario Kart Wii or Wii Fit, both of which became scarce shortly after release). If you aren't going to play them right away, you might as well buy them after release and monitor a site like CheapAssGamer.com for a deal (which are plentiful).

Mop it up · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2009, 08:18:28 PM »

I don't pre-order unless there's a bonus for doing so. I don't want to commit to a game without reading reviews first.

There's nothing which is a definite buy for me, I'm just observing the release schedule and waiting for some solid information on the various games in production.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2009, 09:22:59 PM »

I pretty much do what Lindy does, hell today I ordered Ninja Gaiden 2 for 9.99 (13 and change after tax and shipping).

Nemo · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:13:23 PM »

I've pre-ordered nothing because pre-ordering is for chumps*.

*I don't really look down on anyone that does it. I just think I should be able to go to a store near the release date and get it... just like with any other product.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:29:34 PM »

I think the last game I preordered was Brawl. I really only do it for hard to get after release date or if I want a game to succeed.I don't have much money so I haven't preordered anything lately.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:53:16 PM »

Quote from: Nemo on January 11, 2009, 11:13:23 PM

I've pre-ordered nothing because pre-ordering is for chumps*.

*I don't really look down on anyone that does it. I just think I should be able to go to a store near the release date and get it... just like with any other product.

I totally agree. The simple fact of the matter is that most games are very easy to get at or shortly after release. The only real exceptions are the really obscure ones that have limited runs.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2009, 03:33:47 AM »

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on January 11, 2009, 06:00:33 PM

Well I don't know how it is in Germany but I just preorder at Amazon if it's worth the preorder (damn you atlus for having awesome preorders!), if you preorder an item at a online store they just charge your credit card/debit card/bank account when it's ready to ship. But Amazon in America tend to fluctuate on their pricing pretty frequently so I just try to score a better deal especially during these times.

While it's possible to preorder at Amazon I don't see a point to it. Never seen extra stuff for preorders (at least not advertised) beyond maybe a poster or so and I've already got spare posters that I still haven't put up on the wall. Besides, the games I'm actually willing to pay full price for tend to be the ones that get shipped in huge numbers that make me wonder if they'll ever sell through that many. Maybe I'd preorder if games were cheaper when you do that.

Tanatoes · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2009, 07:51:52 AM »

I pre-order most of my games with Amazon for the convenience. I get so many games that I often forget what the release dates are, so it's simpler whenever I see a game I know I'm going to buy to just pre-order it and forget about it. Then I get an e-mail from Amazon saying "the game you pre-ordered has been shipped" and it's like a little present to myself. I almost never go out to the store to buy games any more.. it's just too far to go and I hate waiting in lines and such. Sometimes I comb through the used games at Blockbuster when I'm there anyhow looking for older games that for some reason I never got the first time around.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2009, 08:38:17 AM »

That sounds insanely expensive.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #18 on:** January 12, 2009, 09:59:51 AM »

I'll preoreder in very rare circumstances. Most of the time, games price drop a month or two after release, so it never really pays to get it once it comes out. I think last year the only two games I preordered were Persona 4 and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, both of which I got through Amazon.

So as you might've guessed, this year, I have nothing reserved.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2009, 10:04:17 AM »

I'd make that 4-6 months after release or so, one month only happens with games that fail catastrophically (lol Fracture). Also console games drop much slower than PC games.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2009, 01:01:09 PM »

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on January 11, 2009, 06:00:33 PM

(damn you atlus for having awesome preorders!)

It's kind of ironic how Atlus games are the ones you'd want to preorder ANYWAY...

AV · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:02:36 PM »

I know for a FACT i will pre-order

Wii Sports Resort.

That game will be IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND for months. I expect it to be shatter records and sell 4 million the first week. It will be riots in the street I tells you.

The only problem is I want a release date so I know where to Reserve it at. If summer I'll reserve it near my mom's house, if during Spring I'll reserve it near college.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:34:59 PM »

Quote from: Bill Aurion on January 12, 2009, 01:01:09 PM

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on January 11, 2009, 06:00:33 PM
(damn you atlus for having awesome preorders!)

It's kind of ironic how Atlus games are the ones you'd want to preorder ANYWAY...

Not really anymore because Amazon drops the price of Atlus games pretty fast since they are niche, and Atlus games more readily available ever since they started publishing Wii games. The only way Atlus gets preorders from me is free soundtracks, and the the triple threat of Lumionous Arc 2, Eternal Poison and Persona 4 having Art Books in addition to soundtracks is just evil.

Tanatoes · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2009, 08:47:24 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on January 12, 2009, 08:38:17 AM

That sounds insanely expensive.

You have no idea. But at least I have more games at hand than any human could ever play. (The dilemma is that I could probably play most of them if I were not employed, but then I couldn't afford to buy them!)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #24 on:** January 13, 2009, 07:40:15 AM »

I have more games than I could play and I buy them mostly from the bargain bin.

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Author Topic: What have you pre-ordered for 2009? (Read 17488 times)