Silent Hill f followers who missed out on Steelbook pre-orders regardless of ordering early are slamming U.S. retailer GameStop and talking out towards opportunist scalpers.
Gamers have been tempted to pre-order the bodily version of Silent Hill f forward of time by the “free” addition of a placing Steelbook case for orders positioned with Amazon within the UK, and GameStop within the U.S.
Nevertheless, as orders started arriving throughout the States this week and followers stopped by shops to select up their freebie, it turned clear that GameStop didn’t have practically sufficient Steelbook circumstances to fulfill demand.
“Is anybody else having bother attempting to amass their Silent Hill f steelbook?” requested one buyer. “Preordered from GameStop months in the past and went immediately simply an hour after opening and so they’ve run out of all 4 metal bins they’d in inventory. All 4. Referred to as each GameStop in a 50 mile radius and NONE different retailer obtained ANY cargo of metal bins in any respect.”
“Everyone seems to be getting the shaft,” somebody responded. “Shops that even obtained allocation have been at like 10% or much less in comparison with their pre-order quantity.”
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“I went to a GameStop earlier immediately as they opened, and so they solely obtained one,” commented another person. “And I used to be the second man in line. Supposedly, they need to get one other cargo. However it’s actually silly that there’s a scarcity of Steelbooks, and on prime of that, on-line preorders require you to go in retailer to select up the Steelbook. I want Amazon US or Finest Purchase had the Steelbook, ‘trigger no less than they’d ship it with the sport. I suppose I will verify in and see in the event that they ever get extra within the upcoming weeks.”
Different gamers claimed GameStop staff confirmed to them that every retailer obtained solely a handful of Steelbook circumstances regardless of what number of pre-orders the shops logged, with some saying their native retailer “did not even get a single Steelbook…”
“I work at GameStop. We obtained a complete of 9 Steelbooks… for 30+ preorders,” defined one other commenter.
If this all sounds very acquainted, that is as a result of it’s. When Silent Hill 2 Remake pre-orders started delivery within the UK in October 2024, GAME prospects equally obtained their sport with out the steelbook sweetener they’d hoped to get when inserting their orders, and it took a number of weeks for GAME to fulfil delayed shipments. This time round, nonetheless, Konami partnered with Amazon UK to distribute the Steelbook pre-order bonus, which appears to have been extra profitable this time round.
What’s notably galling for some followers, nonetheless, is the variety of Steelbook circumstances which have made it onto on-line public sale websites like eBay. Regardless of being given away totally free, the collectible case is being auctioned for anyplace from $30 to $205, each with and with out the sport bundled alongside it.
In a thread entitled “individuals damage the whole lot” with a whole lot of upvotes, one fan wrote: “What [is] actually disillusioned me much more was occurring eBay simply to see what resellers have been up charging for the circumstances, ruining it for different individuals by being grasping. I do know [the] Silent Hill franchise ha[s] all the time been costly, I’ve gotten my justifiable share of video games through the years, however for individuals to promote a case for greater than market worth is sickening.”
With most retailers promoting the freebie as obtainable “whereas shares final”, nonetheless, there’s little or no prospects can do, as demonstrated by this e-mail response from GameStop buyer care, who informed one participant that “even with on-line pre-orders, the Steelbook should be claimed in-store” and “this stuff are extraordinarily restricted and obtainable solely whereas provides final.”
We’ll attain out to GameStop and replace as/after we hear again from the retailer.
While sluggish to get going and slightly cumbersome early on, I had fun with it in Eurogamer’s Silent Hill f overview, calling it “a return to kind value sticking with” and awarding it 4 out of 5 stars.
