Can someone give me a definition of "exclusive"?

Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:44 pm

Like "exclusive pre-order bonus"? I always thought that means... umm... "exclusive pre-order bonus", "only available when you pre-order", "now or never" or "your only chance to get it".

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11277
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11276

So much for my trouble to gather all pre-order DLCs 2 weeks ago for 20€. Great.
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Alexandra walker
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:47 pm

i knew sooner or later that they were going to be DLC, looks like I made the smart decision hehehehe.
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Chloe Mayo
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:42 am

Welcome to the world of Video Games 2011...where almost every single video game that has exclusive pre-order bonuses eventually releases them to the mass public. Stupid not to from a developer stand point...they can make money..why not? What the pre-order purchase does though is give you early access and you didn't have to pay extra for it.
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Jessie Butterfield
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:55 pm

Well, since tons of people EVERYWHERE have wanted those packs. I'm not to surprised. They want to make us happy after all. :D
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Quick draw II
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:50 pm

yeah, good
of them to do this. sorry if ya don't feel so special now.......
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mimi_lys
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:35 pm

Lucky PC users...

I sure hope it releases for the 360 and PS3 soon. I'm going to be short on money if these and Lonesome Road for New Vegas release near each other.
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:07 am

I also wanna add that when they say "exclusive pre-order bonus", it's just clever marketing. People fall for it.

Read that statement as: "bonus (a.k.a additional/free content) that only comes with a new purchase if you pre-order it. if you buy it on day one without pre-ordering you will not get the bonus."

it does not mean "exclusive content our company spent payroll hours working on that we just wanna hand out for free to the few people who pre-order and never try to make money on the content at a later date"
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Beulah Bell
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:48 am

Lucky PC users...

I sure hope it releases for the 360 and PS3 soon. I'm going to be short on money if these and Lonesome Road for New Vegas release near each other.

They won't. :P

Sadly buying game bran new is foolish nowadays. Wait maybe a month or two until the price drops 10 bucks and you can go to a store and find the Pre-Order pack for almost all games released.
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Ezekiel Macallister
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:31 pm

I also wanna add that when they say "exclusive pre-order bonus", it's just clever marketing. People fall for it.

Read that statement as: "bonus (a.k.a additional/free content) that only comes with a new purchase if you pre-order it. if you buy it on day one without pre-ordering you will not get the bonus."

it does not mean "exclusive content our company spent payroll hours working on that we just wanna hand out for free to the few people who pre-order and never try to make money on the content at a later date"

You're just being a cynic... = /

Realistically they mean exclusive early access now. Just a year or two ago exclusive DLC was just that... But it's hard to offer that now, especially with community games - most of the time people demand that it all be released again (usually for a small price).

So we exclusively get it early and exclusively get it free... Why people who didn't get that particular pack have to pay for it later.
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:25 pm

Lucky PC users...

I sure hope it releases for the 360 and PS3 soon. I'm going to be short on money if these and Lonesome Road for New Vegas release near each other.

Its out on 360. :D Its Fallout and SpecOps bundled, and Doom and Psycho bundled.
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Elisabete Gaspar
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:59 pm

You're just being a cynic... = /

Realistically they mean exclusive early access now.....So we exclusively get it early and exclusively get it free...


haha, dude you just said the same thing I said and you even quoted me.
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:22 pm

Lucky PC users...

I sure hope it releases for the 360 and PS3 soon. I'm going to be short on money if these and Lonesome Road for New Vegas release near each other.


There on the 360 Marketplace AS I TYPE THIS!

Fallout/Spec-Ops in one, and Doom/Psycho in another!!!

I'm SO GETTING THAT GREENEYE!
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Eliza Potter
 
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Post » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:18 pm

haha, dude you just said the same thing I said and you even quoted me.

Yeah when you mis-quote me like that it appears I said the same thing... But I didn't. I offered a valid argument to your "we can make money off this later" theory.
It's more or less to appease the fans who want certain things from the pre-order goodness.

Soooo...
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