Author Topic: EBGames: Play Haze for a week and we'll give you your money back! (Read 5101 times)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:49:26 PM »

wow, this is a new low in industry-destroying tactics

Eric P · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:50:08 PM »

that's kind of incredible

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2008, 07:51:56 PM »

I'd imagine the publisher has to be involved in this
they'll get more up-front sales, maybe
but the market will be FLOODED with used product
I don't see the strategy at play here

GilloD · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:04:10 PM »

Maybe the game is SO GOOD that you can't beat it in a week. Or the back half is loaded with endless backtracking, so that the game requires a 240 hour investment to complete.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:12:26 PM »

Holy shit.

MCD · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:16:22 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:16:45 PM »

Also, they will have a re-wrapping machine ready in all stores to sell these as new again.

GilloD · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:24:38 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 08:17:36 PM

I honestly don't know what the rub is here. I'll figure it out...

The rub is obvious: You take 60 American bucks that you can spend anywhere and turn them into a 60$ EB Gift Card.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:00:24 PM »

pre-purchase, that $60 sits drawing interest until release date = $$$

guaranteeed trade = $$$

re-sale of used game at a blowout price (I'm guessing $49.99), pure profit = $$$

customer uses credit on another game, which he/she will then turn around and trade back in = $$$

they're pretty much making money 3 different ways off this one game

Mupepe · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:04:09 PM »

yeah but due to the fact that I don't think this game is going to be huge, I bet most of those used sales won't go anywhere and will stay on EB's shelves for a long time. JO'ing on my face and all

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:05:30 PM »

oh my god

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #13 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:05:58 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on March 10, 2008, 09:04:09 PM

JO'ing on my face and all

whut

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:20:55 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 09:13:47 PM

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on March 10, 2008, 09:00:24 PM
pre-purchase, that $60 sits drawing interest until release date = $$$

guaranteeed trade = $$$

re-sale of used game at a blowout price (I'm guessing $49.99), pure profit = $$$

customer uses credit on another game, which he/she will then turn around and trade back in = $$$

they're pretty much making money 3 different ways off this one game
I realize this, I just wonder what the deal is for the publisher, or if they are simply stupid.

The deal is, they get hosed by PawnStop when everyone rushes in to buy their $55 used copies a week later.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:24:51 PM »

thats awesome

TVC15 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:46:58 PM »

Maybe Ubi knows the game is terrible and is looking for any sales at all.

y2kev · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:47:46 PM »

can i cross post this

demi · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:48:23 PM »

sure, it will elicit some lulz

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:57:32 PM »

it just got posted, but not by Kev

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:05:01 PM »

Quote from: ParticleReality on March 10, 2008, 10:01:41 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 09:53:06 PM
Quote from: ParticleReality on March 10, 2008, 09:50:06 PM
Splinter Cell 5 gamestop exclusive. Until Splinter Cell 5 is out you'll never see a used copy of haze.
How does that make a lick of sense? Are you thinking at all?

Yeah. Gamestop resells trade-ins of Haze as new so it looks like the game is getting a shitload of sales. Doing this gets Gamestop sometype of deal with Ubisoft like SC5 exclusivity.

Why would people buy it after the first week? It doesn't add up to shitload of sales unless it was already going to sell a shitload anyway, which it won't. It might add up to a shitload of preorders as everyone tries it out, then gets rid of it for something else.

TVC15 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:05:55 PM »

Quote from: ParticleReality on March 10, 2008, 10:01:41 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 09:53:06 PM
Quote from: ParticleReality on March 10, 2008, 09:50:06 PM
Splinter Cell 5 gamestop exclusive. Until Splinter Cell 5 is out you'll never see a used copy of haze.
How does that make a lick of sense? Are you thinking at all?

Yeah. Gamestop resells trade-ins of Haze as new so it looks like the game is getting a shitload of sales. Doing this gets Gamestop sometype of deal with Ubisoft like SC5 exclusivity.

Wow, that is absolutely deplorable.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:15:32 PM »

looks like it's canada only, there goes any chance of me playing haze

y2kev · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:16:50 PM »

he beat me

i didnt get to rile AA

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #24 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:18:45 PM »

i was looking forward to a free week of resistance-level meh

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #25 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:22:16 PM »

wait, i forgot free radical makes the timesplitters games

i may have to reconsider, although all signs point to mediocre for haze

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #26 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:24:56 PM »

Quote from: ParticleReality on March 10, 2008, 10:23:24 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 10:06:16 PM
PR, publishers don't give a fuck about npd sales, they care about sell in. Reselling the games as new doesn't benefit anyone but Gamestop and idiot forumites. Exclusivity for a game also only helps Gamestop. So basically in your conception of a business model for this transaction Ubi is helping out Gamestop for excel data.

Well whatever, I'm not too smart when it comes to business(I skipped most of those classes, thinking I'd be a rapper).

more rappers could stand to take business classes, honestly

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:35:00 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on March 10, 2008, 10:22:16 PM

wait, i forgot free radical makes the timesplitters games

i may have to reconsider, although all signs point to mediocre for haze

Buy Haze and help Free Radical celebrate 10 years of living off of "Bububu...we made Goldeneye!"

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #28 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:35:52 PM »

timesplitters 3 shanks smash bros and leaves it inna ditch

Eric P · « **Reply #29 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:37:33 PM »

timesplitters 3 is pretty awesome

edit: second sight too is pretty awesome too

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #30 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:38:12 PM »

The only good part about Timesplitters was playing as a monkey and giving everyone AIDS in Virus mode.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never even played TS 3.

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Eric P · « **Reply #31 on:** March 10, 2008, 10:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 10, 2008, 10:42:07 PM

Second Sight was an amazing display of over design. Way better than Smash.

i really liked how they handled sniping. with the reticule to the lower right but still showing the over all situations incase you ran in to enemies or the like

drohne · « **Reply #32 on:** March 10, 2008, 11:29:54 PM »

uh...ok. i'm down. it's probably better than yaris. probably

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #33 on:** March 10, 2008, 11:37:40 PM »

I bet this is a trap, because in actuality Haze is the best game ever made and it takes TWO weeks to play to completion!

drohne · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2008, 01:01:37 AM »

the fine print on that flier says 'ebgames canada'

maybe i should have kept that to myself and watched all of you buy haze

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2008, 01:07:05 AM »

I'll bite. I liked Free Radical's earlier efforts (even though they were extremely derivative), and if it ends up being shitty I'll just return it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #36 on:** March 11, 2008, 01:24:56 AM »

oh its by Free Radical? Never played Second Sight but logged sooooooo many hours into Timesplitters 2 & 3 it was ridiculous... I'll wait for some reviews and impressions and will rent or buy accordingly

demi · « **Reply #37 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:37:59 PM »

BUMP LOL PLAY THE DEMO

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #38 on:** May 07, 2008, 10:11:43 PM »

pilonv1 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 07, 2008, 10:16:11 PM »

maybe if EB games paid me for a week to play it I might try it.

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Author Topic: EBGames: Play Haze for a week and we'll give you your money back! (Read 5101 times)