The Witcher 3 Collector's Edition - availability information

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Can someone tell me how reliable is game.co.uk?
I wanted to get the CE from Amazon but by the time I got to preordering they didn't have it any more ( I am talking about the PC version).
So I preordered from game.co.uk, but I am worried a little since one time they canceled my preorder without notice on the day of shipping.
 
Hm. since the artbook was mentioned, now Im interested aswell if everything in the CE will be in german here. I pre-ordered the CE and it would be interesting to know if the artbook and so on will be translated. Doing this for a 200 page book can be quite the amount of work. Some of my games have all their stuff (package, booklet) either in german only, or multiple languages at once on it. Dont know if CDPR will make the effort to have the packaging and everything in it, in the specific language of each country the CE is being sold. Would be nice if someone from the team could clarify how it will be (I dont think that the stores selling the CE know this as of now)

I ordered from Amazon.de as well, because I was a bit afraid the Dutch stores would not get it and it would be sold out. I can't cancel it though, since I ordered it with gift cards. I sent their support a e-mail about the localisation a few days ago, this was the response so far:

As for a possible localisation I have reached out to CD Project Red (developer) as well as Bandai Namco (publisher) for comment on the possibility of localized versions of the artbook and further content of the collector's edition.
I expect to receive an answer within 5 business days and will inform you about the outcome promptly.

The game itself will support full voiceover and subtitles for the following languages: English, Polish, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese

Additionally, the following languages will be supported as subtitles: Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Latin America Spanish and Korean.

I will get back to you as soon as possible, when I have received a comment from either CD Project Red or Bandai Namco.

Note: In case the content does come in a localized version, there is no way for us to provide you with an english version of the game.

And for me, even if it is German, it would not bother me too much because I can read it quite well, but I prefer English.

After some previous comments in this thread however I checked some German unboxing videos of TW2 CE, and they do have a localised items in them. So I expect the amazon support guy to tell me that it will be localised soon.
 
I ordered from Amazon.de as well, because I was a bit afraid the Dutch stores would not get it and it would be sold out. I can't cancel it though, since I ordered it with gift cards. I sent their support a e-mail about the localisation a few days ago, this was the response so far:



And for me, even if it is German, it would not bother me too much because I can read it quite well, but I prefer English.

After some previous comments in this thread however I checked some German unboxing videos of TW2 CE, and they do have a localised items in them. So I expect the amazon support guy to tell me that it will be localised soon.

Yipee, this may mean that those of us whose countries don't have the ability to preorder may be able to soon!
I'm probably being overly optimistic though.
 
Interesting. For Dutch people it wouldnt be too bad because our languages are so similar. I can understand others though, that will be dissapointed if everything in it will be in german. For me, it would be really nice if everything in it is , not because I have problems with english or other languages, its just nice to have it all in your native tongue. The only thing I dont want in german is the in-game language, that, I only play in english but you already posted that the guy said that it will have multiple languages to choose from
 
Can someone tell me how reliable is game.co.uk?
I wanted to get the CE from Amazon but by the time I got to preordering they didn't have it any more ( I am talking about the PC version).
So I preordered from game.co.uk, but I am worried a little since one time they canceled my preorder without notice on the day of shipping.

Hey Zero,

I've had a few pre-orders from GAME without any problems. Tend to get it day of release, sometime a few days earlier :) I'd say you are fine. Must have just been an error on their end with your previous order???
 
Hey Cd Projekt Red are oyu planning to release the CE in other countries as well? Because I saw a tweet where you said that would be availiable in South Africa, but what about South America, buying in USA is out of question due to high taxes here in Brazil. So I'm screwed, that's it? :sad:
 
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Can someone tell me how reliable is game.co.uk?
I wanted to get the CE from Amazon but by the time I got to preordering they didn't have it any more ( I am talking about the PC version).
So I preordered from game.co.uk, but I am worried a little since one time they canceled my preorder without notice on the day of shipping.

I preordered the Rome II Collector's Edition from Game UK and was informed that my preorder was cancelled a week before the release date. The reason was that they can't afford to ship the item to Canada due to the size of the CE. I think they're more reliable if you're shopping as a UK resident.
 
I preordered the Rome II Collector's Edition from Game UK and was informed that my preorder was cancelled a week before the release date. The reason was that they can't afford to ship the item to Canada due to the size of the CE. I think they're more reliable if you're shopping as a UK resident.

Thats shitty, and confusing; they usually ship by weight, not size.
 
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I asked an old friend of mine in the US to pre-order the CE from gamestop. it's going to cost me more than 230$ with shipping; but the temptation was too damn much !
I must say that TW3 is the only CE in the world that I'd love to have. so its final price doesn't really matter.
thank you CDPR

:cheers:
 

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I asked an old friend of mine in the US to pre-order the CE from gamestop. it's going to cost me more than 230$ with shipping; but the temptation was too damn much !
I must say that TW3 is the only CE in the world that I'd love to have. so its final price doesn't really matter.
thank you CDPR

:cheers:
$230? damn man, mine'll cost me 175Ish! I ordered it from Gamestop as well.
 
I have a couple of questions for anyone who has ordered games from Amazon UK - does anyone know if there is any problem paying for games using Amazon gift cards, and roughly when do they take the payment?
I've just realised that there's a high chance that when they're ready to ship, my card will be rejected, my bank has a ridiculously low daily limit for Internet transactions, and I don't trust them to honour any request I make for the limit to be increased.
I'm thinking of buying myself gift cards when it gets closer to the time, so that I can avoid any last-minute problems.
 
I have a couple of questions for anyone who has ordered games from Amazon UK - does anyone know if there is any problem paying for games using Amazon gift cards, and roughly when do they take the payment?
I've just realised that there's a high chance that when they're ready to ship, my card will be rejected, my bank has a ridiculously low daily limit for Internet transactions, and I don't trust them to honour any request I make for the limit to be increased.
I'm thinking of buying myself gift cards when it gets closer to the time, so that I can avoid any last-minute problems.

I didn't order from Amazon.co.uk, but from Amazon.de, and I also used gift cards (Most people in The Netherlands don't use credit cards, including me). It worked fine, but you cannot get a refund.

Edit: well technically you can, but it will be in your gift card balance, which you cannot transfer back to your bank account, you'll have to spend it on amazon...
 
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I didn't order from Amazon.co.uk, but from Amazon.de, and I also used gift cards (Most people in The Netherlands don't use credit cards, including me). It worked fine, but you cannot get a refund.

Edit: well technically you can, but it will be in your gift card balance, which you cannot transfer back to your bank account, you'll have to spend it on amazon...

OK. So if I change my payment method in the final month from CC to Gift Card, I should be safe? I'm prepared to take the risk of them cancelling the pre-order and leaving me stuck with the credit balance, as long as it's fairly late in the process. I don't need to have the game from them on day one.
 
I have a couple of questions for anyone who has ordered games from Amazon UK - does anyone know if there is any problem paying for games using Amazon gift cards, and roughly when do they take the payment?
I've just realised that there's a high chance that when they're ready to ship, my card will be rejected, my bank has a ridiculously low daily limit for Internet transactions, and I don't trust them to honour any request I make for the limit to be increased.
I'm thinking of buying myself gift cards when it gets closer to the time, so that I can avoid any last-minute problems.

UK resident here, but unfortunately all I can inform you about is that payment is taken just before it is shipped. I haven't used a gift card before on amazon.
 
I may have to do the same with Gamestop; I've had the same issue with my card being used online, but hilariously only with EBgames, which makes me suspect the same may happen with Gamestop. IDK, Gamestop hasn't gotten back to me yet.
 
It's extremely rare for this to happen; but I'm starting to get really ticked off that no one will give a straight answer.

I did some quick math; we'd also have to pay about $30 worth of custom charges and such + the tax to bring it here; which brings this up to $230/250

Money's not the issue ( I make a decent salary ) it's the fact that this would be FAR easier if EB/FS/BB would just pull their heads out of their ass and try to HELP their customers for once.

I'm getting royally pissed that i Have to chase them around like little children because they can't help out their own damn customer base.

Alright rant over; I've got messages from FS, BB, and EB saying they don't know if ( or when ) they're getting this anymore.
So I'll take a guess and assume for some bloody reason Canada got shafted.
 
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