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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 8:41PM MystileArmor said

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Power sause will keep you rockin' all day and night.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 8:59PM (Unverified) said

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Don't you mean "Rocket" sauce?
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 8:42PM (Unverified) said

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So if you're a silver member, that's getting the demo 2 weeks early!

It's too bad, I'd like to preorder this, but I already have Uncharted 2, Ratchet, Assassin's Creed 2, and Modern Warfare 2 preordered and potentially Borderlands if things go as I planned. So yeah...I'm broke now.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 8:44PM Enigma777 said

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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:07PM (Unverified) said

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It's not the greatest guitar in the world.

Just a tribute.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:17PM TheDarkWayne said

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dammit now that is a preorder bonus.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:32PM PR0F3TA said

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for a minute i thought it was 2 dudes naked and everyone all exited about that being a bonus.

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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 12:55AM chromekreeper said

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@MechaGamerX

you made my day, just in time
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 8:57PM LaughingTarget said

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Wow, yet another "buy the game, get the demo" things. Demo, short for demonstration, a presentation to help guide the purchasing process. What's so hard to understand about that?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 1:28AM darkinchworm said

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You're missing the point, taco man. What's being conveyed here is that the "bonus" contradicts itself in a way, and is thus a shitty bonus.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 8:15AM LaughingTarget said

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Precisely. When you offer a pre-order for the people who pre-order, the best you can hope is that people keep the pre-order. That's the best case scenario. Every other scenario involves the pre-order being canceled. I'd pre-order it just to get the demo and bonus codes then immediately cancel the pre-order and buy the game from a different store. That's all this sort of thing accomplishes.

Demos are double edged swords. If you offer one up to someone who is willing to buy the game without trying it, they try it, don't like it, you lost a sale.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 9:46AM TRTX said

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"Reading" - The act of scanning text for the purposes of obtaining information or entertainment.

As in: "Anybody actually reading the article would see that the pre-order demo comes out a week before the normal demo."

You're still getting the demo.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:06PM (Unverified) said

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Pre-ordered yesterday.

Can't wait.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:09PM Giroro said

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I'll decide if I want to pre-order after I've tried the demo.

Oh, wait.

Bastards.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 7:02AM Vordus said

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Well, you can wait slightly longer for the demo, then preorder it from somewhere that isn't crappy goddamned overpriced gamestop, thus losing very little, and saving a few dollars, whilst simultaneously showing that an exclusive demo preorder is a pretty rubbish bonus. Win-win.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 8:25AM (Unverified) said

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Last time I checked, gamestop sells new games at the same price everybody else does. Except walmart, they are usually 2 cents cheaper. Hmm, maybe I need to start shopping there...
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:12PM R5 said

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Whomever came up with the "Pre-order the game, get the demo" bonus needs to get thrown in a lake of fire.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 1:45AM a dark day said

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or promoted to the next level of hell... if he already is swimming in that lake of fire... and money?
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:13PM DevilSei said

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You know, I've known about this for at least a month or so already...

getting on-topic though, I wish the pre-order bonus was a little better, I will bet you $5 that the Tenacious D guitar is unlockable, or will at least become DLC later on. Hell, Schafer could offer a CD of his top picks from the music from the game and that would be better.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:13PM Sly C said

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you guys reported the pre-order guitar a LONG time ago. the article even had a picture of it.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:20PM (Unverified) said

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fuck in-game preorder bonuses

people say shit like "oh it's just a BONUS, so who cares?"

this stuff would likely make it into the game were it not for preorder "bonuses"
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:24PM (Unverified) said

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And if you preorder, you still get it. It's not like it's costing you extra money to preorder, so I don't see what some of you get so angry about.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:26PM Sly C said

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yeah, seriously, why are you bitching about it? it doesn't cost you anything but a minute of your time, and then you're guaranteed a copy in case they run out (which is unlikely, but possible nonetheless).
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:28PM (Unverified) said

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because not everyone wants to buy everything at launch? and what about people who don't even hear about this stuff until after the game launches?
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:33PM (Unverified) said

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Well, I always tell people you gotta do your research about things you're spending money on but if casuals don't want to listen hey that's on them.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 10:03PM Sly C said

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you know what they say, those who buy at launch get special privileges. like BC in PS3s.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 8:06AM LaughingTarget said

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Pre-ordering lets GameStop use all that money to invest in other activities, they're making money off your pre-order. Money YOU could be making. A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.

Besides, this is why I shop at Best Buy. When they have pre-order bonuses, you can still get it without pre-ordering, so long as there are still enough of those pre-order boxes lying around on the shelf. That and they give me $10 for every three games I buy.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:21PM Fausk said

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Says on Gamestop's website that the codes will be available for in store customers starting September 11th.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:27PM (Unverified) said

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MAN I SURE LOVE PAYING FOR DEMOS TO KNOW IF I REALLY WANNA BUY THE GAME.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:35PM (Unverified) said

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...mind taking off the Caps Lock next time?
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 9:35PM (Unverified) said

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He's just trying it out before he buys that keyboard.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 10:00PM Special Agent Steve said

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MAKE SURE THE COMMA KEY WORKS BEFORE YOU BUY IT! Unless, you didn't even attempt to use it.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 10:06PM sicsided said

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Or just wait for the demo's release?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 11:41AM Commando 2k said

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Man This game looks like it sucks worse than Jack Black's School of Rock, why would anyone want this game? every time i goto the local theater i have to sit through the horrible ad for this game, horrible idea, and Black only makes it worse
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 10:30PM LuTon James said

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Meh...they can keep it.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:05PM JoshMilewski said

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That right arm... No, both arms... They don't look right.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:28PM (Unverified) said

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I would appreciate the gesture, but digital preorder bonuses don't excite me at all. Whatever happened to the complimentary keychain or small art book?

"PREORDER THE WHOLE GAME AT GAMESTOP AND GET THE DEMO NOW!!!"
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:46PM golobulus said

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see atlus if you want stuff like that.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:53PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, I know. Every time I get Atlus' news letter they are announcing some new collector's pack for a new release.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:43PM golobulus said

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developers! developers! developers! and their pre-orders! pre-orders! pre-orders!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2009 11:52PM (Unverified) said

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Well ideally if they released the demo properly before the game came out, I'd be able to play it decide if I want it, and get the pre-order bonus if I decide its a cool game.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 1:19AM Ranben said

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Since I have a preorder in I guess I'm going to go by Gamestop on Saturday and pick up my code.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 1:32AM (Unverified) said

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Oh great, here we go again. Could someone over in the US start bombing Gamestops for a change? I'm not saying go hurt people but I'd really love to see some of these cesspits of evil go up in the cleansing flames of redemption.

This whole "early demo access" is a farce and the worst case of marketing gone bad. People said it about a gazillion times already ... demos are meant to give you an impression of what you are about to buy not of what you already bought blindsighted.

Then again, maybe this is just jealousy speaking since I live in one of the many many countries that aren't infested with Gamestops, where I can't pay 5 bucks for a game that I actually did pre-order as soon as it was listed and probably will have to shell out extra cash for a guitar texture anyway.

Brütal Legend will be awesome, EA marketing ... industry standard fail.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 4:09AM (Unverified) said

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I've never pre-ordered a game, never needed to, and never really plan to.... but for those that have:
(a) WHY???
(b) can you cancel it later if you play the demo and don't like it?

Either way... Brutal Legend will rock... but why isn't it on the PC tim?!?!?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 5:05AM (Unverified) said

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Curious. If I pre-order the game (and only put $5.00 down) just to get the code and early access to the demo, can't I cancel my pre-order later on?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 8:13AM LaughingTarget said

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It's being designed with a console in mind. Not many PC gamers have a game pad (I'm a PC gamer first and foremost and I don't have a game pad) and the way the game is set up would stink with mouse and keyboard. Certain games just don't belong on the PC.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 6:54AM (Unverified) said

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Why are people complaining about having to pre-order to play the demo? You can still get the demo a week later if you don't pre-order. Complaining about not getting the guitar, I can understand.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 9:57AM TRTX said

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The people complaining about the demo "bonus" are knee-jerk reactionaries that read the headline and then raced to the Reply button. They plauge internet forums, blogs, and news sites with their inability to read beyond the headline.

I would love to see a blog in which the headline was something like "Harmonix and Activision team up for Rock Hero" with the article being a big joke about people who only read headlines...

And of course we could all then laugh at the people who replied with their boundless kneejerk fury.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 9:54AM Pipp said

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Did they ever get Iron Maiden in this game, since a lot of it was based around them? All the blog sites said they were going to follow up on this when the news broke that they weren't on the band list, but they never did!

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