Current Events > Pre-ordered Death Stranding on Amazon, estimated delivery Tuesday, Nov. 12th??

(+) Yeah! (+)

Was this game not eligible for release day delivery or did I have to pre-order within a certain timeframe to get it on release day Nov. 8th?

I rarely pre-order games but when I have they've always been delivered on release day.

Sidenote, used $20 worth of gift cards off the Bing rewards program, so only paid $43 for it :).
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So Amazon finally charged me but the date hasn't changed. Guess I'm waiting until next week to play DS, oh well..
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When does it come out? Often Amazon and other people won't get it to you on release day of you order a day or so before release.
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I pre-ordered it a week ago and it shipped last night. I'm a prime member, not sure if that matters.
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Master_Bass posted...

When does it come out? Often Amazon and other people won't get it to you on release day of you order a day or so before release.

Comes out tomorrow and that's what I figured. They probably had more pre-orders than supply so you're basically just waiting in line
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Amazon doesn't do released day delivery anymore
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just download it bro

why even bother with physical media anymore?
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V-E-G-Y- posted...

Amazon doesn't do released day delivery anymore

Mine is arriving Friday.
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spudger posted...

just download it bro

why even bother with physical media anymore?

I'm old-school, don't do digital unless I have to
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spudger posted...

just download it bro

why even bother with physical media anymore?

What you mean. You get an actual copy of it. If they ever wanted to they can remove the game and youll lose it forever. Collectors space, trade, and resale option?
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darkprince45 posted...

spudger posted...

just download it bro

why even bother with physical media anymore?

What you mean. You get an actual copy of it. If they ever wanted to they can remove the game and youll lose it forever. Collectors space, trade, and resale option?

completely valid reasoning, some prefer the physical media could easily sell it on ebay, amazon or in the worse case gamestop and recoup some money or store credit.
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Also, found this on Reddit......

TL;DR: retailers don't know exact inventory when preorder links go live. A lot of us are going to be disappointed.

Now I want to clear up some things about preorders, especially as it pertains to video games like this, because after reading some of the comments in other threads it looks like some people may be in the dark as to how this works. Please also note that this should not be read as dogma; some of this I'm 100% sure about, other stuff are conclusions I've drawn given logic and evidence/past experience.

When preorders go live, retailers like Best Buy, Gamestop, Target, Walmart, most likely also Amazon etc., do not know how much actual physical stock of an item they will receive by release date. Often times they oversell. For every hyped up release where preorders are available, people get screwed. They oversell preorders and no one is able to figure it out until it comes time for the order to be fulfilled and the fulfillment centers do not receive the amount of the product that the retailer expected. My conclusion (again I am not 100% but it makes sense to me): people that placed their orders earlier are more likely to receive their orders. At some point, the stock doesn't exist anymore, and the next person on the descending list of "order time" (and every person after them) is either not charged or refunded and then notified "we're sorry for the inconvenience, but please go fuck yourself... etc."

I fall into the category of risky orders. I did not have the money when preorders went live in May, and I set up alerts on nowinstock.net to tell me when the CE was in stock. In-stock alerts, in my mind, could be triggered by at least 2 things: a glitch or anomaly in the online inventory system when it resets/conducts regular maintenance, or someone actually cancelled an order and there will actually be stock available. Even then, it may just go to the next person on the list mentioned above, who knows? (Maybe someone more knowledgeable in e-commerce than I am can clear some of my assumptions up.) Long story not-so-short, I cancelled a Walmart order because I figured an Amazon preorder would be more reliable, given that Amazon is strictly e-commerce. Now I'm questioning that decision, although it probably would not have mattered. My order was placed on Saturday, my card has been charged, it still has not shipped, however there is an Amazon warehouse locally so maybe it just ships tomorrow. Guess we will see.

Edit: u/kevsmith6262 confirmed that Amazon does function with a "who ordered when" list, and also noted that the Amazon rep advised not to change anything about your order (payment, probably shipping address even, basically anything), because that will drop you to the bottom of the queue.
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V-E-G-Y- posted...

Amazon doesn't do released day delivery anymore

Since when? The last few games I got on release day: YGO Legacy of the Duelist, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Dragon Quest XI S.
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LightHawKnight posted...

V-E-G-Y- posted...

Amazon doesn't do released day delivery anymore

Since when? The last few games I got on release day: YGO Legacy of the Duelist, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Dragon Quest XI S.

Exactly, last couple I got were delivered on release day, most recent was Days Gone(amazing game BTW)
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UPDATE: Amazon switched my delivery time for tomorrow! Yeah buddy!!
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