Sells $45 game at accidental 90% discount. Oops.
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Don’t Forget To Pre-Order Your Doritos
[2019] The Year Of Pre-Ordering Energy Drinks
Technically we’re still in 2018, but this product doesn’t come out until 2019 so I’m going to use that tag anyway. 2019, the year I can use whatever tag I want.
In case you thought it was bad enough that Ubisoft was partnering with Totinos to promote their games, well they’ve gone further down the rabbit hole. Ubisoft has teamed up with Mountain Dew and Walmart, because of course they have, and they have put out a deal that no reasonable consumer could think to refuse. All you have to do is be one of the first thousand people to pre-order a 12 count case of Mountain Dew Game Fuel from Walmart and you’ll receive not just the energy drink (all twelve of them) but you also get beta access to The Division 2 as well as a bonus prize pack.
Codes for PRIVATE BETA access and instructions on how to register will be sent out by Ubisoft via email to the e-mail address provided when you preordered the MTN DEW® AMP® GAME FUEL® 12 pack. Timing of distribution of code and instructions is at Ubisofts sole discretion. PRIVATE BETA access is limited to one per customer email address. Ubisoft will communicate game launch information at a later date. Receiving a PRIVATE BETA access code upon purchasing MTN DEW® AMP® GAME FUEL® is only open to legal residents of the United States, its territories or possessions where offer is available and who are the age of majority in their state of resident at time of entry. PRIVATE BETA access offer subject to additional terms and conditions available at http://www.thedivisiongame.com/gamefuel. Void where prohibited.
The bonus prize pack contains a dog tag, whistle, light, compass keychain, baseball hat, and an eight in one aluminum tool kit. Photograph below. Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel cans are equipped with resealable tech, are scientifically loaded with sugar and caffeine for accuracy and alertness, and tactile grip. They also come in cherry, berry, tropical, and original. Beta access is only open to US residents, but anyone can enjoy the crisp taste of a fresh Mountain Dew no matter where they live.
LVL UP THE GAME.
Final Fantasy XIV Back On Shelves in WalMart
Back in November, I reported that Target and WalMart had pulled Final Fantasy XIV from store shelves, opting instead to only sell the game on their respective websites. I didn’t want to get into too much speculation at the time, as regular gaming stores (Best Buy, Gamestop, etc) were still stocking the title. Over the following month, I received a few reports from players who spotted the title on their store shelves, but couldn’t make a concrete statement without confirmation from either store’s corporate overlords (if the website reports that the item is not sold in stores, then the item is not sold in stores.).
Luckily, WalMart is reporting that Final Fantasy XIV is back on store shelves. Still no word from Target, who placed the item on sale back in November and subsequently removed the game from shelves, currently only selling the game online.
I have had a few unconfirmed reports that Game over in the UK is pulling Final Fantasy XIV off of shelves, possibly for a planned reboot in 2011 including the magical life-saving patches Square Enix has planned for the game in the coming months. More on Final Fantasy XIV as it appears.
Target/Walmart Pulled Final Fantasy XIV From Shelves
As per my own rules, I try to keep the product sales relegated to digital distribution, mainly because considering retail giants would require me to either include stores from a number of countries, increasing the sources I have to regularly check, or just not include any at all. So, in the effort of fairness, I only include worldwide digital distributors (Direct2Drive, Steam, Impulse, etc). For those of you living in the US, which I know for sure includes some of you, you could find Final Fantasy XIV at Target on a price cut for $39.99. I almost purchased it at the store I work at, but the item has been out of stock for weeks.
While browsing Target.com, I went to see if the website had the same price cut, and found the above image. Although Final Fantasy XIV is available on the Target website, the chain is no longer stocking the item in stores. Now, I’m sure half of you will tell me it was due to poor sales, but (at least at my store) when they reduced the price by $10 the store ran out of stock in the matter of a couple of days.
After checking Target’s website, I went on to check Walmart.com, which also listed both Final Fantasy and its collector’s edition as “not sold in stores.” Other websites I checked including Gamestop and Best Buy all seemed to have the title in stores, so as far as large chains go this appears to be isolated to Target and WalMart, but no doubt two of the largest retail giants in America.
Either way, advertising and promotion is key in MMOs, the lack of which almost killed titles like Dungeons and Dragons Online (and sent Turbine launching a lawsuit against their publisher), and Square Enix just lost a big line of publicity with Final Fantasy XIV no longer on the shelves of two retail giants in a time where what they could really use is some players picking up the game.
More on Final Fantasy XIV as it appears.
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