Point of preorder?

Oh ok. I was just really curious. I thought it was important in case a lot of people started buying it

I was just curious and went over to the store to look at the pre-order price and... HOW MUCH?!!! :o

Since when did they hike the price by £5? Last time I bought an EP it was £29.99, not £34.99. That definitely decides the situation for me, there is no way I am paying £35 for a Cat & Dog only EP. I will wait for a sale.

£35 sure seems steep. Will Amazon have it?

"elanorbreton;c-15976782" wrote:
I was just curious and went over to the store to look at the pre-order price and... HOW MUCH?!!! :o

Since when did they hike the price by £5? Last time I bought an EP it was £29.99, not £34.99. That definitely decides the situation for me, there is no way I am paying £35 for a Cat & Dog only EP. I will wait for a sale.

I underastand your POV - I was upset by the price rise too. Luckily I got a gift card for my birthday, 2p of which will be left after I buy the pack.

The price is the same for me as the last EP. Maybe wait for a better exchange rate.

In the pre-orders I have done - they do let you download early, but they won't activate the game until a set time. So you do avoid server issues and such. I have never gotten a server issue just by pre-ordering. Come game day they also generally seem to activate the game a few hours earlier too. My last pre-order - which was a while ago - I recall the game was activated around a little after 3 am of the release day. So I was able to play the game hours earlier than people who did not pre-order. I am on the northern East Coast ( Maine, USA).

But it was nice not to have any delays or to get into any server slow down issues. So yes - there is some advantages to pre-ordering if they still allow you to download 10 or so hours before release time. I have really fast internet so my downloads are always fast as long as EA's servers don't get bogged down by so many gamers downloading games. So with a pre-order I can avoid that issue - that is provided they still allow early down-loading. As I said it has been a long time though since I pre-ordered.


Also keep in mind several of EA's big games are also releasing that week too - with the new Need for Speed Payback also releasing on the 10th of November. Star Wars Battlefront releasing on the 14. So there may be server bog downs to contend with.

To the one saying the price increased - not so - all eps have been 39.99 here and the Dogs and Cats is also 39.99. So no increase here in the States anyway. Same price.

i have both niece and brothers birthday in october . so itsa expensive month but preordering means i control when the money is spentbecause if i do the 2 gifts and the expansion pack its alot of money the birthdays are only 2 weeks apart.

Definitely a price increase in my country. But knowing EA it will be on sale shortly after.

the point? to give them your money before you've had a chance to see any reviews.

"MidnightAura;c-15977379" wrote:
Definitely a price increase in my country. But knowing EA it will be on sale shortly after.

It must be something to do with your country then - as they will not increase a base price of some countries and not others. But you are right about one thing, it will probably eventually go on sale as most eps do in most all of the game companies. I know the Aussies have always had to pay more but it was their country making the price higher - not EA.

I feel for those guys though - for sure.