Pre-orders (Official Thread)

Still don't understand why a digital copy costs as much as a physical copy.

I think 3rd party distribution is part of the equation as well.  I believe it is estimated that Steam and probably every other publisher takes a 20% cut to distribute digitally.  Now EA could sell their games for less since it is their service, but then I think it could get into problems when they sell their games for less and others for more, it could even be a legal problem for them as well since they are making their product on their service look better then other products.

As far as the prices being exactly the same I think it is because people have also accepted it, for if there wasn't a market for digital games they would have adjustments to attract people and lowering the cost is one option.

I wish I could find the article, but I once read that the cost for an optical disk to be created and shipped is not very high either because it is done in bulk, it is higher then digital, but not to the level people would think.  Where the high costs are deal with people and salaries for the development of the game and marketing of the game.

Wouldn't the amount you pay the service be considered a retailer cost? I know its a little more murky with EA and Origin since EA does own Origin, but as I mentioned above there could be reasons why EA doesn't just sell their games for 20% less compared to any other game on their store.

I did a little Google searching and there was a 1948 case with the United States v. Paramount Pictures in where the studios owned their own theaters and had exclusive distribution rights to that and it was found to be an Anti-Trust case.  Now EA has gotten around that by also using GOG for their older games, but I could see a problem if they started to give themselves a lower price compared to other games.

Not sure if this is the article you are referring to for it was a quick Google search.  Link

There could be some charges for that $4 does cover when dealing with digital distribution and I doubt it is exactly the same.

I've been looking for the same. I found it on Amazon, but other than that I can't find it anywhere at the moment. The GAME website is pretty vague, they seem to be only offering the one with the Nomad or a Die-Cast version exclusive to them or the normal game.

I imagine in store you can preorder the deluxe version like you can with most games. I'm just going to buy it from MS Store instead as I realized I have the 10% EA Access discount.

Hope this helps some.

I believe a dev tweeted that for PS4 there is no physical copy of the deluxe or above editions of the game for outside of the US. I assume that's the same for the Xbone too. Which makes me super sad because I have nothing to put in my steelcase now....

It's available to pre-order on Xbox live as a digital download but like thats it :/

Was intending on getting the Deluxe Edition as I like to have everything available but i'm one of those weird people that likes having discs. Would be totally disappointed if there is no disc option for the Deluxe in the UK.


Sorry to be a pain, but you wouldn't possibly know who that came from? 

Yeah, from what I've gathered there are no physical copies of the deluxe editions outside of North American so it's digital or nothing I'm afraid, it sucks!

Ok, I just broke my promise and pre-ordered the game on Origin (Deluxe edition, cuz I love the cover and I don't care about discs and clutter lol), I know that it will be worth my money, even if the game will be similar to DAI (which overall I liked) it will include hours of gameplay even if I will try to avoid all the fetch quests, unless some of them will be the main quests

So March here I come! Be ready for me, cuz I'm thirsty and hungry after 5 years!

i perodered the Deluxe Edition on the Xbox store last night with the 10% discount form ea access now its sitting in my games teaseing me

Deluxe edition ps4 preordered, countdown initiated. Ah man, stupid, slow countdown.