Day One Edition With Free Forza 5 Download Code Page 2

  • Dombat 4 Sep 2013 21:12:43 1,918 posts
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    Interestingly my current bundle which I chose when they first introduced them is no longer available. I wonder if there will be new bundles from ShopTo before launch.
  • Britesparc 4 Sep 2013 21:50:52 2,342 posts
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    If they do one with Lego Marvel I'm preordering.
  • Deleted user 4 September 2013 21:56:50
    Would people actually be tempted to pre-order based on a free game?

    It's been fairly standard practice to give out 2 or 3 latest release titles then you buy a new GPU for a while now, I had no idea it would be such a circus around it on a £480 console release!
  • Deleted user 4 September 2013 22:01:07
    @graysonavich better than fucking fifa shite arse bollox football game.  Not by much mind you.
  • Britesparc 4 Sep 2013 22:32:02 2,342 posts
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    @graysonavich my view is: by March I'll have bought one and probably paid £430. If they're offering me a game I'd like to buy anyway, for free, then by preordering I'd have saved £40.

    Now I don't really think I'll buy Forza, although I would like it. So the Forza bundle is tempting me in a way the Fifa bundle never could.

    But like I say: I'd rather have Lego Marvel.
  • Deleted user 4 September 2013 22:40:41
    MrTomFTW wrote:
    And I just ordered one from Amazon and it has a delivery date of the 25th. If I'm ordering in advance I want it the day of release - not the Monday after!
    Yeah same here. Cancelled it. Think I'm just going to wander into town instead.
  • Latin 4 Sep 2013 22:42:39 4,075 posts
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    I am tempted... Forza is always great and can soak up hours upon hours! The more I see of dead rising, the more it look like ridiculous fun so would definitely be interested in that as a bundle... To be honest, I'll probably just wait until Titanfall!
  • jonharrispro 5 Sep 2013 10:03:45 563 posts
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    Looks like it's sold out on Amazon already. Glad I grabbed one.
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 10:07:32
    I'm hoping that the Forza bundle isn't just a preorder incentive. I would love to save £40 but I'm loathe to preorder a console that is really still an unknown quantity.
  • Britesparc 5 Sep 2013 10:43:52 2,342 posts
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    In a way I'm glad it's sold out, I was really tempted!
  • Toothball Moderator 5 Sep 2013 11:19:52 380 posts
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    MrTomFTW wrote:
    And I just ordered one from Amazon and it has a delivery date of the 25th. If I'm ordering in advance I want it the day of release - not the Monday after!
    It was a similar case with my PS4 order. The delivery estimate was one day after launch, but then they updated the order saying it was eligible for release date delivery. Far as I'm aware that works as long as you have first class postage or better, so they'll probably be updating the XB1 orders before long now that the date is definite.

    I stuck in an order for this Forza bundle while they were still taking them. Will have to remember to cancel the one I have lined up from the Microsoft store, although I want to make sure the bundle does include the Day One edition after all.
  • MrTomFTW Moderator 5 Sep 2013 11:38:24 47,501 posts
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    I'm just going to get Forza separately and hope I can sell the FIFA code. I couldn't be arsed messing around with pre-orders any more in the end.

    And now I know why I've never bought a console at launch before!
  • Derblington 5 Sep 2013 12:14:15 35,161 posts
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    To be fair, they've never been this convoluted before. MS haven't made this particularly easy.
  • yegon 5 Sep 2013 12:33:57 6,511 posts
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    @JiveHound

    Is it really an unknown quantity? It's inevitable that both PS4 and xb1 will get an absolute stack of good games *eventually*. It's whether you're wise enough to maybe wait 6 months or more when, at the very least, you'll be able to pick up the launch titles cheaper and there may be a clearer picture on future exclusives.

    I'm not wise.

    I'm stupid.

    I'm buying both.

    Have had the foresight to order a quality hdmi splitter though. In conjunction with my 3xhdmi amp, I'll be keeping all my old stuff hooked up too. Thanks to a rather splendid cabinet I bought last year, it'll all be discretely tucked away avoiding the place looking, nor smelling, like a GameStation.

    Edited by yegon at 12:35:42 05-09-2013
  • MrTomFTW Moderator 5 Sep 2013 17:44:06 47,501 posts
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    Dear Valued Customer,
    We are pleased to announce that due to unprecedented demand for the Xbox One 'Day One Edition' Console with Forza 5 we have worked closely with Microsoft and have managed to secure additional stock of this item. We will be releasing this stock for pre-order as a stand alone item and it will not be bundled with any additional products. We understand that not everyone has 24/7 access to the Internet so to be fair to all our loyal customers we will be opening pre-orders for the additional stock in three separate batches as follows: 1. This afternoon (5/9/13) - 4:30pm GMT 2. This evening (5/9/13) - 10:00pm GMT 3. Tomorrow morning (6/9/13) - 10:00am GMT Once a batch has sold out we will stop taking pre-orders until the next scheduled time. If you would like to switch to this item please do so using the SWAP feature in your account. Please note there is very limited stock available so pre-orders are limited to one per customer and will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
    Kind Regards,
    ShopTo Customer Service
    I managed to swap my bundle for a stand alone Forza 5, but it took AGES as the site is taking a hammering.

    Still, another two chances for people later on.
  • Dombat 5 Sep 2013 18:37:26 1,918 posts
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    Trying to do the same but the website has ground to a halt.

    All I want is the Forza 5 Day One edition. With a physical copy of NBA 2K14 I'll then be sorted for launch, I have no intention of spending 600 quid.
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 19:22:56
    Ive emailed game to see if I can swap my fifa bundle for the forza one but im not too bothered if I cant as im happy to have fifa but given the option would take forza as the free download.
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 19:34:44
    It's a shame they are only offering yearly update games like fifa and forza and not something that will never be touched again in a year.
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 20:15:24
    @yegon

    Until the console is in the hands of the consumer then I think it is an unknown quantity. Same goes for the PS4.

    The best you can hope for when buying at launch is hardware reviews from reputed sources. However no one can tell you what a console is like to live with long term. Hence Red Ring, YLOD.
  • yegon 5 Sep 2013 20:55:27 6,511 posts
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    @JiveHound

    That's true. I was thinking purely along the lines of is this a dead duck, will it get zero decent software, which obviously won't be the case for either.

    Yellow/red ring of death equivalent though, eep, you never know. The late increase in CPU and gpu clockspeed of the xb1 is potentially troubling.

    Edited by yegon at 20:55:46 05-09-2013
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 21:47:59
    It's not an overclock. Both ps4 and Xbox one are underclocking the CPU from 2ghz. I doubt this speed increase will cause much of a temp rise.

    Edited by Maturin at 21:48:50 05-09-2013
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 21:50:37
    mowgli wrote:
    It's a shame they are only offering yearly update games like fifa and forza and not something that will never be touched again in a year.
    Forza is every two years, Horizon is a separate and very different series  . I'm still playing FM4. Quite different from yearly sports games.
  • NOSAVIOUR 5 Sep 2013 22:31:58 2,845 posts
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    Well that was stressful. I hate football thank feck I managed to swap it for Forza. Now don't feel like the One is too expensive.
  • WhoIsJohnGalt 5 Sep 2013 23:40:32 203 posts
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    Well yey. I got myself swapped to the Forza day one edition. Saves me £50 as i was going to buy it anyway and have no interest in fifa.
    Question is do i get watch dogs or BF4?
  • Deleted user 5 September 2013 23:42:18
    WhoIsJohnGalt wrote:
    Well yey. I got myself swapped to the Forza day one edition. Saves me £50 as i was going to buy it anyway and have no interest in fifa.
    Question is do i get watch dogs or BF4?
    Tough one. Im not interested in either so Dead Rising 3 lol
  • GD71 6 Sep 2013 12:43:43 43 posts
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    I never managed to swap my Shopto order - I have the Fifa download + Forza disc + Live bundle. All the Forza bundles wanted me to buy an extra pad - which I just don't need (even less than I need Kinect). So I stayed with my original order rather than switch to Amazon. On the plus side, I can boot up Forza immediately rather than waiting for it to download over Live which surely will be hammered on Launch day. I'd have loved the on the HDD convenience though as I can see it being played more than Fifa by a very large margin.

    Edited by GD71 at 12:44:32 06-09-2013
  • GD71 6 Sep 2013 12:45:46 43 posts
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    WhoIsJohnGalt wrote:
    Well yey. I got myself swapped to the Forza day one edition. Saves me £50 as i was going to buy it anyway and have no interest in fifa.
    Question is do i get watch dogs or BF4?
    I took both and DR3 is slowly looking essential.
  • GD71 6 Sep 2013 12:45:48 43 posts
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    WhoIsJohnGalt wrote:
    Well yey. I got myself swapped to the Forza day one edition. Saves me £50 as i was going to buy it anyway and have no interest in fifa.
    Question is do i get watch dogs or BF4?
    I took both and DR3 is slowly looking essential.
  • altitude2k 6 Sep 2013 18:56:54 5,238 posts
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    Based on the top sellers lists on various sites I find it very hard to believe that the PS4 is ahead on preorders by the huge margins quoted in the media.
  • scoobysi 6 Sep 2013 19:02:05 1,496 posts
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    Depends what time period the preorder lists are over and how many they have to sell to top a list. FIFA and Forza have definitely had an effect recently but most PS4 preorders were probably done some time back.
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