Minor pre-order swag

Per

Per

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Game Crazy offers Vault Boy keychains with pre-orders while supplies last.<blockquote>Pre-order Fallout 3 and receive a free Vault Boy Keychain. Offer good while supplies last.</blockquote>This is however not what "free" means. Also no pic so it didn't happen?

British Gamestation offers the keyring as well as the partial soundtrack CD with pre-orders. It's free as long as you give them money.

Australian Game wants to outdo everyone at swag:<blockquote>Pre-order to receive bonus 5’’ Brotherhood of Steel figurine, Mini Strategy Guide, Pip Boy Key ring & Fallout 3 Trading cards.</blockquote>But "Conditions Apply" and those conditions probably involve giving up your pancreas.

Thanks to Ausir and KarlG and also Ausir.
 
I went to Game Mania today and they offer the Vault Boy keychain as well when you pre-order FO3.

Keychains, puppets, lifesize paladins, PipBoy clocks, wobbly-heads, lunchboxes, ... I'm pretty sure one could save a small African country with the budget Bethesda already wasted on promotional material.
 
alec said:
Keychains, puppets, lifesize paladins, PipBoy clocks, wobbly-heads, lunchboxes, ... I'm pretty sure one could save a small African country with the budget Bethesda already wasted on promotional material.
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Wasted? They're effectively selling them. And people are buying. Are you some kind of anti-capitalist?
 
alec said:
I went to Game Mania today and they offer the Vault Boy keychain as well when you pre-order FO3.

Keychains, puppets, lifesize paladins, PipBoy clocks, wobbly-heads, lunchboxes, ... I'm pretty sure one could save a small African country with the budget Bethesda already wasted on promotional material.
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I've seen worse, tbh.
 
Per said:
alec said:
Keychains, puppets, lifesize paladins, PipBoy clocks, wobbly-heads, lunchboxes, ... I'm pretty sure one could save a small African country with the budget Bethesda already wasted on promotional material.
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Wasted? They're effectively selling them. And people are buying. Are you some kind of anti-capitalist?
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communist?

PINKO! never quite got Pinko.
 
Why yes, Per, I am an anti-capitalist. And a proud one at that. I sleep with a copy of Walden tucked under my pillow.

But yeah, they're selling most of that stuff, so they'll be getting their money back + a huge profit. But what I hate about these commercial tactics is that we are dealing with plastic crap here that'll make the games sell better because people love extra goodies they don't really need. Yet: these plastic gadgets won't make the game any better. Instead they will pollute the environment, waste extra fossil fuels (making them, transporting them, ...) and turn teenage boys into nagging little consumer whores: "Please dad, I really need the Super-Nukular Edition of Fallout 3! All my friends are getting that one and I can't be the only sucker at school who doesn't have a wobbly-head and a gay looking lunchbox! Please... *sob* ... dad ... *sob* ... can't you see I'm hurting here ... *sob*"

The world is doomed. And it's all Bethesda's fault. (Not really, but just let me say it so some will believe it is.) :twisted:
 
damn, they're taking it a bit too far if you ask me. this is the kind of merch blizzard have for WoW. and there's no way Fallout 3 is gonna be as big as WoW.
 
Per said:
Thanks to Ausir and KarlG and also Ausir.
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And don't forget about Ausir! :lol:


And yes, it is funny to see, how much Fallout 3 merch will be out there.
 
BowserJesus said:
Ha ha, you pre-ordering everywhere and then canceling just to get the shwag?
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Well, my original preorder is for 360 CE at Gamestop. That, I'm getting.

The second one was at Best Buy for a pc version. Paid 5 bucks, got a bottle opener and a $5 off coupon for a guide. So if I'll buy a guide, the opener would be free.

This time, however, It doesn't look like I'm getting any coupons, so likely, I'll just spend $5 bucks on a keychain
 
Incognito said:
BowserJesus said:
Ha ha, you pre-ordering everywhere and then canceling just to get the shwag?
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Well, my original preorder is for 360 CE at Gamestop. That, I'm getting.

The second one was at Best Buy for a pc version. Paid 5 bucks, got a bottle opener and a $5 off coupon for a guide. So if I'll buy a guide, the opener would be free.

This time, however, It doesn't look like I'm getting any coupons, so likely, I'll just spend $5 bucks on a keychain
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As far as i'm aware, you get the keychain when you pick the game up. So if you want the keychain you have to buy the game too.
 
I remember back in the days companies would actually give some of this crap for FREE. Ultima series immediately comes to mind.

I even recall when I ordered Fallout 2, and there was a delay, Black Isle sent me a free T-shirt.

Game companies today.
 
Pope Viper said:
Game companies today.
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My impression is that it's not really the game companies pushing this stuff, it's the publishers and retailers.

EB Games lives on preorders and used games. It's obvious from walking into most of their stores. They lean on the publisher for some kind of exclusive swag (posters, t-shirts that would fit a mammoth, etc.). Best Buy wants some of the action so they call up the publisher and get some bottle openers, Amazon calls them up and gets some clocks. They're all looking for the biggest piece of the preorder pie that they can get, because the majority of the sales are going to be in the first couple of weeks.

Sometimes it works out (It is a cool looking bottle opener), sometimes it doesn't (Seriously? The clock?).
 
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