Anticipated Dark Souls 3 CE and Prestige Edition

[ericb546]

i used alfasent and never used amazon uk or alfasent before
maybe i should cancel that 2nd order

credit card have your name?
address have your name?
those might have something to do with it

[_Sephiroth_]

yes, both have my name

I had to re-enter my address too because they deleted it with my preorder.

[Dust Collector]

Hi everybody. I'd like to give an update regarding Prestige Editions in Italy.
I hope it'll be helpful, even though there are many hoops to jump through in order to be able to get one.

It turns out on FB that Amazon lost exclusivity for the PE in Italy (or never had in the first place?), and GameStop has it now.
They still have copies of the game, but they are opening and closing preorders for some reason.

First, on the 15th they opened a preorder window for 10 (ten) copies, made available only to level 4 registered users. (I don't know whether GS works the same way all over the world, but here users collect points by buying and selling and their account "levels up" from level 1 to 4; higher level users have early access to preordering items that are GS exclusives, so they made this sharade to make it look like they care for it)
This first wave lasted, like, 30 secs. Unsurprisingly.

Then, a few days ago, they suddely opened a second preorder window available to everybody, without any warning. I snagged a copy, and I'm totally amazed I managed to do it in time. This time it was over in a couple of minutes.

So far every preorder window appears to have new available copies for each platform: it's not like the PS4 copies sold out and now there are only the ones for PC and XBOX.

Since many users went apeshit on GS's FB, shouting about this shitty practice and giving for granted that they sold out for good, GS stated that they still have copies, that they will continue to open and close preorders in the following days and revealed the first date - 1/26. They also said that "Two more windows will be opened in the next two weeks".
They are not disclosing the exact time for the 26th "so that won't be problems with having to cancel preorders" (this isn't me being unable to translate: it doesn't mean anything in Italian either).


Now, here are the hoops:

Gamestop.whatever forces you to access your regional website. To access any GS site that's not your own you need a proxy. For the same reason they only ship nationally - that means that you need a mail forwarding service or for someone to actually receive it and ship it back to you.
To fight scalpers (yeah, sure: they care, no bs) nobody can order more than one copy. "Checks will be made to prevent multiple orders to the same address, too". This mean that since I ordered my copy, now my address is off limits for further copies.

The alternative that does not mess with this address checks is to choose "in store pick-up". However, it's only available to accounts that are bound to a GS card, and you can get one only in stores of course.

Further details: if you choose "in store pick-up" during check-out, you're asked for a 100€ deposit. If you choose direct shipping instead, you're asked the whole amount (but your money will be actually taken at shipping -you know, the amount will be frozen in your card or, if you're using Paypal, the payment will be kept on hold).

I don't know any mail forwarding service based in Italy, of course, but they do exist.
The very first google results for "mail forward italy" are http://www.smart-forwarding.com/en/ and http://www.travel-to-tuscany.org/par...ice-italy.html so some services are out there.

As you read above, they're not disclosing the opening time for preorders. If you're interested I suggest you use some tools to automatically check for updates in a specific part of the page. I used the free android app "Web Alert" setting it to check every minute the div of the page that had the words "sold out". I was warned by it about 10 seconds before GS tweeted about it and had a head start. It can also be used for Amazon and the like.

I realize that ordering from a foreign GS is hell on earth, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

[ericb546]

are these still limited to 2,000?
is it 2,000 per platform?
or did they see the demand and forget that

[Dust Collector]

AFAIK they said they're producing 2000 copies worldwide, counting all platforms.

I have not read any further rumor about more copies being produced.
However, if they will actually produce more, I would not be surprised if they didn't tell anybody and leave this "OMG they're so rare!" thing as it is.

[ericb546]

i think i remember reading they would be numbered to 2,000

but i cant find that info anywhere

if they are not numbered....................

[Letrico]

Originally Posted by ericb546

i think i remember reading they would be numbered to 2,000

but i cant find that info anywhere

if they are not numbered....................

Never heard any mention of it being numbered, just 2000 unit production.

[Dreamcazman]

Originally Posted by ericb546

i think i remember reading they would be numbered to 2,000

but i cant find that info anywhere

if they are not numbered....................

Yeah, I haven't heard anything that they would be numbered.

Would be a nice bonus if they are.

[Codreanu]

Originally Posted by ericb546

i think i remember reading they would be numbered to 2,000

but i cant find that info anywhere

if they are not numbered....................

It says "nummeriert" (= numbered) on amazon.de.

[exoticpumilio]

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/12/10/w...ready-too-late


Seemingly discontent with the 25cm Red Knight statue offered in the Collector’s Edition, the Prestige Edition includes both that model and a numbered 40cm figurine of a Lord of Cinder – a familiar title to those who faced Gwyn at the end of the first Dark Souls.

That is what it says on kotaku at least.