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It’s easy to sit back and scoff at “review bombing”, as we saw last week when Blizzard released a broken Diablo III. Flooding Amazon to give zero stars to something others have called 10/10, sure, that’s not a legitimate review. And people staging a sit-in aren’t there to legitimately patronize a public accommodation, either. But a sit-in is a legitimate form of protest. And I think a review bomb is, too.
With just five short days before Blizzard’s diabloical threequel hits store shelves, Amazon declares Diablo III the most preordered PC game in the online retailer’s history, surpassing StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Blizzard must hate itself right now.
Just because Double Fine doesn’t have enough of your money already, Amazon is offering a pretty swell deal — selling Psychonauts, Stacking and Costume Quest for $9.99 on PC.
I like money. I like using it to buy things like Pepsi Max and Irn Bru. Occasionally I will also spend money on games, but when I do, I like to spend a little as possible. Deals like Deus Ex: Human Revolution being $7.99 on Amazon’s digital distribution store. I like deals like that.
Though hundreds of thousands of gamers swear by Amazon.com when it comes to ordering new releases or old favourites, I’ve never once ordered a video game from the popular online marketplace. Despite the allure of free launch day delivery and bonus credit, I’ve limited my game spending to local retailers. I didn’t realise why until I finally caved and purchased SoulCalibur V online.
Amazon has just released a list of the most ordered goods on its site over the Christmas period, and while said list seems like an excuse to gloat about sale of the Kindle Fire, interestingly enough the biggest selling video game was Just Dance 3.
Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn’t you know Sony’s Play Days sale was coming?
Earlier this week we reported on Star Wars: The Old Republic and its issues with a ‘grace period’ that was initially promised and then revoked. That grace period was designed to help pre-ordering customers awaiting shipments of The Old Republic play on launch day. Now it seems as though Bioware has seen fit to reinstate that grace period.
