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Play Haze for a week and get your money back?

March 11, 2008 in News comments 23

EBGames Canada seems to be offering quite a good deal. If you preorder Haze, you can return it a full week later to get a full refund (In store credit, of course). This may be a sign that EBGames thinks the game will be a flop, or it could just be a marketing ploy. Either way, it's worth checking out for anyone that's unsure about whether they'll like the game or not.

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    Xenctuary Mar 11, 08
    They're definitely showing faith in the title (although it'd be easy to misinterpret that, the way the poster is worded). I wonder if it applies to the PC version too.
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    jmac353 Mar 11, 08
    "This may be a sign that EBGames thinks the game will be a flop"

    How so in the slightest guticb?! If anything, like Xenc says, it's showing they think the game will be good.

    Why on earth would a company guarantee you your money back unless they really think you're going to keep it? Companies don't give a god damn about your woes if you buy a 60 dollar game and end up not liking it.
    • 0
      Guticb Mar 11, 08
      Because it's basically saying "We don't think it'll be good, so if it's not, you can get all your money back".
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        Xenctuary Mar 11, 08
        "We think the game will be so good that you won't even want to return it, despite being able to"?
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          jmac353 Mar 11, 08
          Exactly. I've gone back and forth on this game.

          On the one hand at first it looked pretty cool, all the talk of four player co-op and stuff. Then sometime around the middle of development I saw just the absolutely worst video they could have put out. It looked so run of the mill and average and I lost a great deal of interest.

          This whole little deal has me interested yet again though. I've never gotten into the TimeSplitters games but I know FreeRadical is considered a pretty adept developer so hopefully Haze ends up being pretty cool.
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    devil link Mar 11, 08
    This is good for people who can't decide on whether to buy Haze or something else lol.
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    Red 9 Mar 11, 08
    If they're offering full refunds if you hate it, I can't see that as good at all. And Xenc, there IS no PC version. Or 360 version.
    • 0
      Guticb Mar 11, 08
      Thank you, someone that realizes what I'm saying!
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        Xenctuary Mar 11, 08
        I think it's more that they're relying on you not hating the game. The fact that there is a week's "trial", as it were, will likely persuade buyers to "give it a go". It's then, EBGames and FreeRadical hope, that you realise it's actually a decent title and end up keeping it. It's clever marketing that relies on the supposed high quality of the product to work effectively.
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        jmac353 Mar 11, 08
        Guticb, it still makes no sense how you were able to see this as a bad thing for haze just by judging what GameStop is doing.

        You clearly don't see the logic still.

        Red 9 says:
        "If they're offering full refunds if you hate it, I can't see that as good at all"
        and that is JUST the point.

        The point is that GameStop is banking on the fact that people won't hate it, they'll be happy with their purchases and not return it. They're banking on more people like me who have 60 dollars but aren't sure what to spend it on, they see this deal and go, what the hell, what do I have to lose? Buy the game, end up liking it and not returning it.

        As I said, a company doesn't do this unless they think people are actually going to like the product and not return it.

        You act like GameStop is doing this out of the kindness of their heart because they think it's a bad game and that a lot of people aren't going to like it and want a refund. Well that is definitely not the case, no company would ever do that. This is what any company would think of your situation in that case, tough shit.

        The whole goal of this deal is to get more people to buy Haze that weren't planning on doing so before. Now those people have nothing to lose and if they end up liking it, GameStop has nothing to lose either because they weren't potential buyers to begin with. So they're thinking it's going to do pretty well obviously.
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          Red 9 Mar 12, 08
          Hmm, very good points, this is why I'll never work in game sales lol.
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      Xenctuary Mar 11, 08
      Ah, Neoseeker's PC profile confused me! Thanks for clearing that up.
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    Subzer0 Mar 11, 08
    If they are showing this much faith, then it must be at least a decent FPS game. I wish this was also in the U.S.
  • 1
    Ameer Mar 12, 08
    Heh, in Australia, EB will let you buy a game and let you return it for full price in cash. They openly endorse it.
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    Gamesta100 Mar 12, 08
    ^^^That's what I love about EB Games here.
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    Bale Fire* Mar 12, 08
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    Heh, in Australia, EB will let you buy a game and let you return it for full price in cash. They openly endorse it.
    Indeed don't they do it over in America?
    • 0
      Ameer Mar 12, 08
      GameSpot are EB in America aren't they?

      The article itself is about EB Canada though.
      • 0
        Xenctuary Mar 12, 08
        GameStop took over EBGames in 2005 in Northern America (that includes Canada). They just haven't rebranded all of the stores yet.

        Interestingly enough Electronics Boutique UK actually bought out GAME over here in 1999, yet decided to keep the GAME branding in order to sever ties with their then less successful American parent company. How times have changed!
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    iLLmatic Mar 12, 08
    Gutic, why would the store care to give your money back? Even if someone didn't like the game, they are just trying to make sales. I have to say, however, that anytime statements like these are made, its because the person making the statement is very confident in the product.
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    Jeterocks Mar 12, 08
    You have to remember that if someone returns the game, Gamestop has to sell the game for a cheaper price to the next person because it is used.

    If anything gamestop does not want you to return the game because for every game they get returned, they lose $5 on the initial sale of the game.
  • 0
    jmac353 Mar 13, 08
    Guticb and his goons had to thumb down all the comments that made him look like a fool. It's okay to be wrong Guticb, as long as you admit it.
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    Trend Mar 13, 08
    If they're doing this the game probably won't make it.
    So they have store credit to get most of the money back. I wouldn't buy this game anyway, doesn't seem interesting.
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      Red 9 Mar 13, 08
      As much as this strategy could work, Haze has gotten too much bad press. I can't see Haze redeeming itself.

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