Anticipated Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Collector’s Edition

[ExMajik]

I don't think you did. It hasn't worked for anyone all day. I have yet to see anyone confirm a order. The website has had constant issues all day.

[Namzor]

Special Editions back on sale on Thursday morning June 30th. 1 per account

[Twisted]

i will try tomorrow for the first time, but are they going to allow the people who did get through check out in the first round to keep up to 2?..because most of those people will most likely keep one and scalp one i would suspect.

[ExMajik]

Well, after 3 weeks you would have thought Nintendo would have had some sort of plan or maintenance on the web servers to handle the traffic they knew to expect.

I was there the minute pre-orders went live and it still took me 2 hours to get my order through.

[Venger]

It was pretty much another routine Nintendo mess but I did get mine successfully ordered and got the confirmation email finally. I was in the queue for like an hour to get it in my cart and then another 20 minutes or so to get sent to checkout. Once on the checkout page it was fine, but jeez.

Thankfully I was working anyway and just had the queue window open since it took so long to let me through.

[Lee Akira]

It took me a few hours, while using 4 different devices but finally got my copy. It was such a pain in the butt, but is done. I can continue to have all the special editions of Xenoblade chronicles.

[Raven]

https://twitter.com/nintendouk/statu...gqX4Ai5XB8Hmtg

Due to unforeseen logistical challenges, we are unable to open pre-orders for the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Collector’s Edition before the game launches on July 29th. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

To give customers the flexibility to purchase and enjoy the game at launch, we will now be offering the contents of the Collector’s Edition (soft cover concept art book, steel case and outer box packaging) as a separate purchase at a price that does not include the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 software.

This means you can buy the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 game when it launches on July 29th, and have a chance to pre-order the Collector’s Edition contents on My Nintendo Store later in September.

For those in the Europe

[Vlad]

Outstanding. E-mail confirms it's live for pre-order, I get to the very end stage and the Nintendo website just all 404's.

I don't want to be all dramatic but I think this (relatively little) £30 straw was the one that's broken the camel's back and I'm done with collector's editions; these days they're usually really pricey and a complete mess and a joke to deal with as scalpers have totally destroyed the market while companies do only the bare minimum to combat it. There's just no fun to the collecting for me anymore when it feels like every single thing is a big race competing for the privilege of buying something because you're a fan.

[Dymblos]

Originally Posted by Vlad

Outstanding. E-mail confirms it's live for pre-order, I get to the very end stage and the Nintendo website just all 404's.

I don't want to be all dramatic but I think this (relatively little) £30 straw was the one that's broken the camel's back and I'm done with collector's editions; these days they're usually really pricey and a complete mess and a joke to deal with as scalpers have totally destroyed the market while companies do only the bare minimum to combat it. There's just no fun to the collecting for me anymore when it feels like every single thing is a big race competing for the privilege of buying something because you're a fan.

Since when the nintendo store is down?

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by Dymblos

Since when the nintendo store is down?

Around about 7 minutes after the collector's edition went live until now when it's still down.

I got the e-mail at 1132 and by 1139 it was down.