Witcher 3 Standard PC Retail Unavailable on Amazon US

[Riven-Twain]

Witcher 3 Standard PC Retail Unavailable on Amazon US

The Witcher III now available again on Amazon.com for pre-order. Case closed.

 

[Luxorek]

Any speculations?

I've stolen them... all of them.

 

[arkhenon]

Sold out? (Too optimistic? )

 

[Riven-Twain]

Well, it worries me a bit, because I can only order the physical edition, due to an unstable internet connexion. I hope other retailers don't start running out!

 

[guilhermecn]

Maybe they had a smaller batch of pc versions, as generally the consoles sells more physical versions than the pc. In that case, maybe they run short of it. For PS4 and XBOX One they still have it.

 

[Vixraine]

If you have access (even temporarily) to a good internet connection like a coffee shop or a library or something, you may be able bring a flashdrive or something to the shop and grab the GOG version and then transfer it to your own PC?

 

[Riven-Twain]

If you have access (even temporarily) to a good internet connection like a coffee shop or a library or something, you may be able bring a flashdrive or something to the shop and grab the GOG version and then transfer it to your own PC?

Thanks for the suggestion, but, unfortunately, even that is not a practical option for me.

 

[Kinley]

Your order should be secured if you pre-ordered.

 

[Riven-Twain]

Your order should be secured if you pre-ordered.

That's what worries me: I didn't pre-order yet. I was holding off, until I had my computer built. However, my main concern is for other people who may find themselves in a similar situation -- thus this thread.

I've contacted Amazon.com about availability, but there's no guarantee they'll respond with any useful information.

 

[Vixraine]

That's what worries me: I didn't pre-order yet. I was holding off, until I had my computer built. However, my main concern is for other people who may find themselves in a similar situation -- thus this thread.

I've contacted Amazon.com about availability, but there's no guarantee they'll respond with any useful information.

Call up and pre-order through gamestop. Chances are that people purchasing a retail PC copy haven't been purchasing through gamestop. It should only take 10-15% down to reserve the copy, and you should still have a couple of weeks before they finalize shipping arrangements for which stores are getting X amount of copies of the PC version.

(I'm assuming you are in the US because you are concerned about the US amazon availability.) It's also a good possibility of gamestop doing a midnight release depending on your local area.

 

[Persei8]

This is big and great news. I would assume that Amazon would get a lot of stock and if they sold out already. The thing about going DRM-free at retail for PC is that a lot of offline gamers can buy the game. I am really hoping that the retail sales for the PC version will be high.
Anyway, I won't go into it.

21 days left and you have not pre-ordered, come on man. Anyway. Do you have to buy from Amazon? What about local retailers or local online retailers?

 

[eisberg77]

I don't think I ever saw this game come up on Amazon US as being available for pre-order. I am beginning to think they are not even going to make a physical version for the US. Wouldn't be the first time a AAA game didn't get a physical version in the US.

 

[Persei8]

Oh, well that's a different story then. If you cut off the offline PC buyers with mandatory internet activation then it becomes pointless to sell PC games at retail and that is what we are going to see happen. Which is sad.

 

[eisberg77]

Oh, well that's a different story then. If you cut off the offline PC buyers with mandatory internet activation then it becomes pointless to sell PC games at retail and that is what we are going to see happen. Which is sad.

In the US, physical retail for PC games is dying, nearly dead most likely. I could see some publishers deciding not to do a physical version if they deemed it not profitable enough.

But this is only speculation on my part, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being true for this game in the US.

 

[Persei8]

The Witcher 3 for PC is not cutting off any gamers at retail. Offline buyers can simply buy The Witcher 3 and play it. So the Witcher 3 for PC will be sold in the USA at retail and it should sell well at retail.

But if publishers keeps on using internet requirements at retail, then yes you can see it dying and it will become pointless to sell PC games with internet required activation at retail. You have an online bubble and an offline bubble. Internet required activation falls under the online bubble and the online bubble mostly buys from digital distributions. So in that sense you can see why PC games at retail is dying. The offline bubble can not buy PC games. So there is a whole bubble not buying at retail and it shouldn't be like that.

The Witcher 3 for PC, the online bubble can buy it and the offline bubble can buy it. That's how it should be. So let's support The Witcher 3 for PC at retail. And let's demand other publishers do the same.

 

[eisberg77]

The Witcher 3 for PC is not cutting off any gamers at retail. Offline buyers can simply buy The Witcher 3 and play it. So the Witcher 3 for PC will be sold in the USA at retail and it should sell well at retail.

But if publishers keeps on using internet requirements at retail, then yes you can see it dying and it will become pointless to sell PC games with internet required activation at retail. You have an online bubble and an offline bubble. Internet required activation falls under the online bubble and the online bubble mostly buys from digital distributions. So in that sense you can see why PC games at retail is dying. The offline bubble can not buy PC games. So there is a whole bubble not buying at retail and it shouldn't be like that.

The Witcher 3 for PC, the online bubble can buy it and the offline bubble can buy it. That's how it should be. So let's support The Witcher 3 for PC at retail. And let's demand other publishers do the same.

In the US, Witcher 2 physical versions only sold about 10% of the total sales in the first year. The number of physical sales have been dropping every year for PC gaming in general for physical versions in the US. Unless people want to switch gears and start buying physical again instead of digital, there is nothing else that anybody else can do to get the publishers to want to distribute physically if they determined it was not worth it.

 

[Persei8]

How to say this. When The Witcher 2 launched it was not really well known around the world. The Witcher 2 awareness as not that high around the world. I only found out about the Witcher long after it was released. Today The Witcher is known all over the world and one of the most anticipated games around. It is going to sell well and it's going to sell well in retail, because of awareness.

There are reasons why PC games are not selling well in retail. It's not about people switching gears from digital back to retail. It's about allowing offline gamers to buy PC games at retail again. If publishers are only catering PC games to online buyers then yes online gamers will prefer buying through digital distributions and not favour retail. The issue is not to get those people to buy from retail. The issue is to get the offline gamers to buy from retail.

Retail is not dying. Console games are still selling really well at retail and I mean really well. But PC games are not selling well at retail. I wonder why... internet activation. When games like The Witcher 3 comes along with no internet activation, a message needs to be sent to other publishers. That is why it's so important to support The Witcher 3 for PC at retail. Yes the online gamers needs to help send a message but they don't care. They tend to think about themselves a lot. The online gamers seems to not care about the offline gamers. If you are seeing that PC games at retail is bad, it's because the offline buyers has been cut off. The Witcher 3 is not cutting them off. The Witcher 3 has gamers all around the world excited to play. The Witcher 3 is going to sell so much better now than when The Witcher 2 was launched because so many gamers are now aware of the game.

The time is now to show support. I will be buying The Witcher 3 for PC at retail.

 

[TheWitcherAR]

That's what worries me: I didn't pre-order yet. I was holding off, until I had my computer built. However, my main concern is for other people who may find themselves in a similar situation -- thus this thread.

I've contacted Amazon.com about availability, but there's no guarantee they'll respond with any useful information.

you can buy it at gamestop.same price and they are in all the us
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/the-witcher-iii-wild-hunt/114064
they give you a nice keychain

 

[eisberg77]

How to say this. When The Witcher 2 launched it was not really well known around the world. The Witcher 2 awareness as not that high around the world. I only found out about the Witcher long after it was released. Today The Witcher is known all over the world and one of the most anticipated games around. It is going to sell well and it's going to sell well in retail, because of awareness.

There are reasons why PC games are not selling well in retail. It's not about people switching gears from digital back to retail. It's about allowing offline gamers to buy PC games at retail again. If publishers are only catering PC games to online buyers then yes online gamers will prefer buying through digital distributions and not favour retail. The issue is not to get those people to buy from retail. The issue is to get the offline gamers to buy from retail.

Retail is not dying. Console games are still selling really well at retail and I mean really well. But PC games are not selling well at retail. I wonder why... internet activation. When games like The Witcher 3 comes along with no internet activation, a message needs to be sent to other publishers. That is why it's so important to support The Witcher 3 for PC at retail. Yes the online gamers needs to help send a message but they don't care. They tend to think about themselves a lot. The online gamers seems to not care about the offline gamers. If you are seeing that PC games at retail is bad, it's because the offline buyers has been cut off. The Witcher 3 is not cutting them off. The Witcher 3 has gamers all around the world excited to play. The Witcher 3 is going to sell so much better now than when The Witcher 2 was launched because so many gamers are now aware of the game.

The time is now to show support. I will be buying The Witcher 3 for PC at retail.

Retail physical versions in the US is not dying because of internet activation, it is dying because of convenience of the digital platform, not to mention the consistent discount sales from the various digital platforms. people who are willing to buy physical versions of PC games in the USA are a dying breed.

But like I said, it would not surprise me if they don't release Witcher 3 in normal physical form here in the US. Not saying they won't, but just saying it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Persei8]

Seems you not getting it. Offline buyers can not buy PC games at retail. That means they not buying PC games through digital distribution. That means they not buying Steam Sales.

PC games at retail needs internet activation. In other words PC games needs the internet before it can install. If you are a offline gamer, internet requirement means they can't buy and play the PC games.

So PC games at retail is for the online gamers not for the offline gamers. Your argument is pretty much one sided, online gamers. You not bring up the offline gamers in your argument. You are ignoring them. You are acting like they don't exist. Well concerning PC games, the offline gamers don't exist. And that is the problem.

Retail can not cater to the online gamers. And that is why PC games are not selling well in retail because the online buyers are preferring to buy at Steam. And retail is not dying. PC games at retail are dying. Console games at retail are still selling really well.

But I can't keep on saying the same thing. If PC games at retail catered to the offline buyers, like how The Witcher 3 is catering to the offline buyers at retail, then PC games will do ok at retail. But we got to get the offline gamers to buy PC games again. Retail can not cut off the offline gamers.

Online gamers have Steam and gog and Origin and Uplay and social club and battle.net and there will be others. And that's all fine.
Offline gamers have retail. They have taken PC games away from offline gamers at retail. And that is not fine. Retail can not cater to online gamers only because retail can't compete against Steam and it shows. But retail is still selling those console games though. So retail can sell those PC games if only PC games can cater to the offline gamers at retail.

I don't know how many times I have to say it.