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Metal Gear Solid V

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    #902
    jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,040 ✭✭✭jones


    EoinMcLovin wrote: »
    First time using them but they seem to be cheaper than Amazon for most games, you can pay via Paypal and my copy was dispatched yesterday at around 1pm. This was probably due to sending them early as a result of the bank holiday so don't know how they would be dispatched normally .

    Just cancelled my amazon order and reordered with thegamecollection lets see how they do ha.
    According to xe.com it will come to around €54.25 order total was £39.75 - Amazon came to £42 after the vat charge


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    #903
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    jones wrote: »
    Just cancelled my amazon order and reordered with thegamecollection lets see how they do ha.
    According to xe.com it will come to around €54.25 order total was £39.75 - Amazon came to £42 after the vat charge

    Yeah I'm thinking I might use them for preorders instead of Amazon for no one as they are much cheaper. Also people in the UK who ordered from SimplyGames got their copies this morning. Did you use Parcel Motel as mine came to £37.75. You must have it sent to an Irish address as they charge £2 for delivery to Europe. UK delivery is first class via Royal Mail


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    #904
    jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,040 ✭✭✭jones


    EoinMcLovin wrote: »
    Yeah I'm thinking I might use them for preorders instead of Amazon for no one as they are much cheaper. Also people in the UK who ordered from SimplyGames got their copies this morning. Did you use Parcel Motel as mine came to £37.75. You must have it sent to an Irish address as they charge £2 for delivery to Europe. UK delivery is first class via Royal Mail

    Ah i was wondering what i did differently. Yeah i just used my normal irish address...still should work out cheaper than amazon but good to know for next time


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    #905
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    jones wrote: »
    Ah i was wondering what i did differently. Yeah i just used my normal irish address...still should work out cheaper than amazon but good to know for next time

    Yeah Parcel motel is handy for sites that do free UK delivery


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    #906
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Went on a trowling today :pac: to see if anyone would hand out a copy with the UK bank holiday excuse. No one went with it. Checked with Gamestop, HMV and Smyths.

    Tuesday morning it is.

    EDIT; Saw this on twitter.



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    #907
    kilfeather94
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭kilfeather94


    Hey guys, just wanted to get your opinions on this: I pre-ordered the Collector's edition with the Bionic Arm for 140 at Gamestop a while back. I noticed recently that they have a deal where you can trade in your old PS4 and get the Limited edition Phantom Pain Red PS4 bundle for 150. I'm torn now on whether I should get that or the collector's edition. Just wanted to know which one do you's think would be the better one to go for?


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    #908
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    kilfeather94 wrote: »
    Hey guys, just wanted to get your opinions on this: I pre-ordered the Collector's edition with the Bionic Arm for 140 at Gamestop a while back. I noticed recently that they have a deal where you can trade in your old PS4 and get the Limited edition Phantom Pain Red PS4 bundle for 150. I'm torn now on whether I should get that or the collector's edition. Just wanted to know which one do you's think would be the better one to go for?

    I saw the arm today. It's tiny. A joke that that edition is over twice what you'll pay in most stores for the standard edition. I was hoping it would be almost 1:1. It's about half, if that.


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    #909
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,739 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Wright wrote: »
    I saw the arm today. It's tiny. A joke that that edition is over twice what you'll pay in most stores for the standard edition. I was hoping it would be almost 1:1. It's about half, if that.

    The arm was always advertised as being half-scale.


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    #910
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Penn wrote: »
    The arm was always advertised as being half-scale.

    Not that I saw. Frequently pictured on Kojima's Twitter looking pretty much 1:1. Zoom, meh.
    Definitely not worth 140 bones but I guess that's subjective.


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    #911
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,739 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Wright wrote: »
    Not that I saw. Frequently pictured on Kojima's Twitter looking pretty much 1:1. Zoom, meh.
    Definitely not worth 140 bones but I guess that's subjective.

    The Japanese version of the Collector's edition came with a full-size replica arm, maybe that's what he was tweeting. That being said, had the CE here came with a full-size replica too, it probably would have cost more than €140.


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    #912
    kilfeather94
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭kilfeather94


    I'm aware of the size of the Bionic Arm. Honestly it's not as small as I thought it would be, even though it's half-scale. There's a video of an unboxing of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep8lMiu0k2o The only thing that has me on the fence really is just the overall amount of contents. Not sure now if it's worth the 140 and whether I should cancel it and get the Day One edition or trade in my old PS4 and get the Limited Edition PS4 bundle for 150 which includes Day One Edition.


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    #913
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Penn wrote: »
    The Japanese version of the Collector's edition came with a full-size replica arm

    Well that's some grade A bull****, surprised I haven't seen anyone kick up about that. It's definitely only around what, €20 of plastic and processing as it is?


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    #914
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Amazon just shipped my copy now. Don't think I will be used them in future for day 1 deliveries as they say can fulfill. They are always the very last to ship. Even UK customers are not happy with them anymore.

    Hopefully it gets out of the UK before the Bank Hol shutdown.


    Update: Well f;'? Amazon anyway. Order updated from dispatched at 17:30 to delayed due to a processing error and now they can't give an ETA.

    This is the last time they mess up one of my orders. It's happening far to often over the past 6 months.


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    #915
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,739 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Wright wrote: »
    Well that's some grade A bull****, surprised I haven't seen anyone kick up about that. It's definitely only around what, €20 of plastic and processing as it is?

    Caveat Emptor. There's no kicking up about it because it was always advertised here as being half-scale and for that price. It's peoples responsibility to check what they're buying and for what price. While the arm itself might only cost a few euro each to make, the same could be said for most things. The price isn't directly related to the cost of manufacture, but also exclusivity. That's what makes it a Collectors Edition.


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    #916
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    Amazon dispatched my game today. God damn bank holiday on monday and all... One day delivery my hole.


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    #917
    EDDIE WATERS
    Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭EDDIE WATERS


    Has anyone's guide been dispatched by Amazon yet.


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    #918
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Game wasn't dispatched by Amazon today. Load of ****.


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    #919
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Penn wrote: »
    Caveat Emptor. There's no kicking up about it because it was always advertised here as being half-scale and for that price. It's peoples responsibility to check what they're buying and for what price. While the arm itself might only cost a few euro each to make, the same could be said for most things. The price isn't directly related to the cost of manufacture, but also exclusivity. That's what makes it a Collectors Edition.

    And Japan gets a significantly better Collectors Edition for the same money. Latin or not latin. Despite Metal Gear being much like Final Fantasy; i.e. much bigger in the West than it is at home.

    If anything it should be the other way around.

    It's not like Bethesda is releasing a special Japanese Fallout 4 collectors edition with a half size pipboy :pac: just more bad form on Konami's part regarding this title.


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    #920
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    **** sake. I got a processing error on my game now aswell. But I think that's Royal Mail's fault, not amazon, because Royal Mail have received my game.


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    #921
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,739 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Wright wrote: »
    And Japan gets a significantly better Collectors Edition for the same money.

    The full size replica arm only comes in the Premium Edition in Japan, which is sold for 29800yen, which equates to about €220. It's a different package to the collectors edition.


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    #922
    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Penn wrote: »
    The full size replica arm only comes in the Premium Edition in Japan, which is sold for 29800yen, which equates to about €220. It's a different package to the collectors edition.

    Insanity. Looking forward to picking it up for ¥6,500 in a years time down the local bookoff.


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    #923
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    My copy was waiting for me today after work from VGP ( 2 day delivery and they usually ship early) , gave it to a mate as I want to start the game on Tuesday with the custom console with game, plus will not get a chance to play it till then anyway.


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    #924
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    My boss was late with my wages this month. I owe rent and domestic bills. I need to tax my car and my best friend is getting married later today. But the first thing that popped into my head when the wages came through yesterday was "thank fcuk, I can pick up MGSV on Tuesday".


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    #925
    Right Turn Clyde
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Right Turn Clyde


    What's the advantage to buying a game online if you have access to a bricks & mortar retailer? Are you saving a lot of money or something?

    It seems like the build-up to every release day is taken up by people complaining that they won't have a copy on the day.

    I've never bought online and I have never, ever, missed out on a title upon release. I usually just walk in and buy it. GTA: Vice City and Halo 2 were the last games I pre-ordered.


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    #926
    Mondzz
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Mondzz


    Great service from Simply Games getting the game delivered on Thursday.

    Not spent as much as i'd like to on it so far but it's getting hammered this weekend. Very impressed with it so far though.


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    #927
    Mondzz
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Mondzz


    Right Turn Clyde wrote: »
    What's the advantage to buying a game online if you have access to a bricks & mortar retailer? Are you saving a lot of money or something?

    It seems like the build-up to every release day is taken up by people complaining that they won't have a copy on the day.

    I've never bought online and I have never, ever, missed out on a title upon release. I usually just walk in and buy it. GTA: Vice City and Halo 2 were the last games I pre-ordered.

    Can usually find much better prices online than on the street. Plus the added bonus that it 'may' land early.


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    #928
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Copy arrived today. Finished the prologue.
    WTF is going on?


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    #929
    Pedro Monscooch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 445 ✭✭Pedro Monscooch


    I'm trying to save money so will wait for the price to drop. Meanwhile, I'm going to play every MGS again starting with Twin Snakes and work my way through each consoles and handheld games. Will come back to this thread in 2017.


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    #930
    Xyo
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭Xyo


    Anyone that ordered from the game collection? have ye received your copies yet?. Is it an post who will deliver it?


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    #931
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Pedro Monscooch wrote: »
    I'm trying to save money so will wait for the price to drop. Meanwhile, I'm going to play every MGS again starting with Twin Snakes and work my way through each consoles and handheld games. Will come back to this thread in 2017.

    Seriously, skip Twin Snakes. It adds nothing to the franchise and only takes from MGS1.


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