Come to think of it.. I pre-ordered SC2 from Best Buy and was easily able to pick it up on the day of release. I life a few blocks from the store so I will just do that again with the D3 Collector's edition.
But in my case I dont live a couple blocks from gamestop nor Best buy, unless in couple blocks you mean CONTINENTS.
I just had a chat with a guy from Amazon and he said that international shipping takes 3~6 days using priority ship, which I guess is the fastest way...
Unless they ship the game a week before its actual release date, I wont get it in time
What should I do? I really prefer having the actual CD and everything since it's the only game I've been craving for years.
I wanted to if in case I pre-order the game from Amazon - are they able to ship the game a week before its actual release day?
Because if it isnt the case then I'd have to wait at least a week to get my hands on it.
I dont think I'd buy it from Battle.net, Because it's freakin' Diablo 3 - what sense would it make to wait years for the game without having the actual CD and everything...
With WoW: Cataclysm you were allowed to download everything except the last couple megabytes. At midnight you downloaded about 2 or 3 megabytes and then installed.
Not sure how they did it with SC2, I didn't buy the game on release date, but Blizz would be a fool to do otherwise.
As for getting a hard copy, that is just personal preference.
Many game selling sites also e-mail the cd-key to the buyer so he can activate/download the game even before the package is there. Friends from my WoW guild did it. I also did it with Lord of the Rings Online when it was released.
I would think that too many people would buy the downloadable purchase from Blizzard, so when it opens for download... download speeds will be really low no matter what speed your internet is... I would not know how long before the midnight release the download would be available... But lets assume the download becomes available at midnight, just go purchase the game from gamestop... The download would take longer than driving to gamestop to pick it up... even if there is a line. But some countries get their copies before the states...As a result, I assume the download would be available during the earliest time horizon on the global grid. Midnight - Universal time clock? (UTC)Some research would need to be done, but I'm sure someone here already knows.
I thought blizz would let you download it a few days in advance, just not playable untill midnight release. So they dont stress the download server to much an give ppl time to download it?
That, I'm not actually 100% sure about... That would be the smart thing to do though... Anyone know if they have done this in the past?
Well so I guess in order to play the minute it's out I'll have to digital download it. I think I'll probably do it, although I would hate not having the BOX, and I dont think I'd pay another 50 bucks for it.
Another option is to download a hacked version and wait for my ORDER, but then I'd have to restart my progress all over...
What about you guys - are you going to download it from BNET?
What about you guys - are you going to download it from BNET?
You can definitely buy it digitally if you want the absolute fastest way but im going to pass up on this for several reasons, one of the being bandwidth issues, Ive got 150GB a month cap, and it seems Im going over it every month and I end up paying for it which sucks, especially since the amount of games I buy through Steam is growing, but other than that I want the Collectors Edition of Diablo 3, theres no other choice for me, I WANT THE COLLECTORS EDITION! I have already bought the gift card from gamestop so its a done deal.
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I just had a chat with a guy from Amazon and he said that international shipping takes 3~6 days using priority ship, which I guess is the fastest way...
Unless they ship the game a week before its actual release date, I wont get it in time
What should I do? I really prefer having the actual CD and everything since it's the only game I've been craving for years.
I wanted to if in case I pre-order the game from Amazon - are they able to ship the game a week before its actual release day?
Because if it isnt the case then I'd have to wait at least a week to get my hands on it.
I dont think I'd buy it from Battle.net, Because it's freakin' Diablo 3 - what sense would it make to wait years for the game without having the actual CD and everything...
Not sure how they did it with SC2, I didn't buy the game on release date, but Blizz would be a fool to do otherwise.
As for getting a hard copy, that is just personal preference.
That, I'm not actually 100% sure about... That would be the smart thing to do though... Anyone know if they have done this in the past?
Another option is to download a hacked version and wait for my ORDER, but then I'd have to restart my progress all over...
What about you guys - are you going to download it from BNET?
You can definitely buy it digitally if you want the absolute fastest way but im going to pass up on this for several reasons, one of the being bandwidth issues, Ive got 150GB a month cap, and it seems Im going over it every month and I end up paying for it which sucks, especially since the amount of games I buy through Steam is growing, but other than that I want the Collectors Edition of Diablo 3, theres no other choice for me, I WANT THE COLLECTORS EDITION! I have already bought the gift card from gamestop so its a done deal.
I've been waiting for so long for this game I want the first time playing it to be perfect