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Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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Re: Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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potatolicious wrote: post #38
moondowner wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder whether this guy's pre-order will be approved :) http://obnoxiousgamer.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/duke-nukem...

It would be in GameStop's best interests to do so. After all, he's still on the hook for all but $10 of the purchase price. If I were GameStop I'd get a camera crew together and make this some good press for a $10 "loss". Marketing like this doesn't get cheaper than $10.

So let's get this strait, the fact they did not refund peoples money after 8 years is now somehow bad for them? I mean it's not like preordering meant they sent the money to the publisher. Unlike Amazon where it's free and you can cancel your preorder GS just pockets the cash in exchange for your place in line.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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Post by jsz0 »

tomdeal wrote: post #7

Is anyone expecting more than a mediocre game?

Does it really matter? If you're a fan of a particular game genre you kind of have to accept 80-90% of games are basically a theme/skin/sound pack. At minimum it should at least bring some humor back into the FPS genre which is very lacking. We have enough serious FPS war game theme packs out there.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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Post by EGF »

mortenjorck wrote: post #22
EGF wrote: post #14

I think it would have been great if they allowed pre-orders 5 years ago too. I could have sworn I heard of this happening but perhaps not.

Try GameStop, nine years ago. http://www.bravenewgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SZ9e...

Amazing - thank you!
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