Phasma Phasmatis.4305 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) I've bought all the past expansions via Amazon.com but Secrets of the Obscure isn't for sale on the website currently. Will it be available on amazon soon or will I have to order from another retailer? Edit: Its available now in standard and deluxe packages. Edited July 15, 2023 by Phasma Phasmatis.4305 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatz.8437 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 22 minutes ago, Phasma Phasmatis.4305 said: I've bought all the past expansions via Amazon.com but Secrets of the Obscure isn't for sale on the website currently. Will it be available on amazon soon or will I have to order from another retailer? Only Amazon.com can answer if they have any plans on making Secrets of the Obscure possible to buy in their shop. Contact their CS and ask! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INOY.6945 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I would appreciate it if you could share Amazon's response in this thread. I am waiting for the expansion myself. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Have expansions been available for prepurchase on Amazon in the past or only at official launch? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vares.8457 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Just buy it on the website. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 12:24 AM, Ashen.2907 said: Have expansions been available for prepurchase on Amazon in the past or only at official launch? The base game was available for pre-purchase on Amazon UK before it came out, and PoF and EoD were as well. I'm not sure about HoT because I didn't shop around as much, but I assume it was. They're currently selling PoF, EoD (with one listing still mentioning pre-purchase), and the Complete Collection so it does seem odd that they're not selling SotO. They're listed on Anet's site as an official retailer too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pifil.5193 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: The base game was available for pre-purchase on Amazon UK before it came out, and PoF and EoD were as well. I'm not sure about HoT because I didn't shop around as much, but I assume it was. They're currently selling PoF, EoD (with one listing still mentioning pre-purchase), and the Complete Collection so it does seem odd that they're not selling SotO. They're listed on Anet's site as an official retailer too. ArenaNet probably want all pre-orders to go through their site so they're not giving a huge chunk of every sale to Amazon. It might show up there after launch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatz.8437 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Pifil.5193 said: ArenaNet probably want all pre-orders to go through their site so they're not giving a huge chunk of every sale to Amazon. It might show up there after launch. You can buy SoTO on Steam. Arena Net wouldn't put it up for sale on Steam as pre-order, if they wanted to keep all pre-order on their own site (shop). Amazon on the other hand might want to have too much compensation to sell SoTO or haven't made any agreement yet with Arena Net on how to handle pre-sale (to get keys to sell). One can not assume just because a company have had their game in Amazon store before that they want to keep selling it if they can't make an agreement on how much each sale will get Amazon. There are also some difference in Amazon store depending on region, so it be that they need to coordinate internally in which Amazon store that will be selling GW2 as some countries might have less demand due to increased cost (inflation and exchange rate). As for earlier Expansion sold on Amazon store, at that time there wasn't any Steam store either, so Amazon have today more competition then when EoD came out (Steam did release GW2 around 23th August last year: source). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pifil.5193 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, ShadowCatz.8437 said: You can buy SoTO on Steam. Arena Net wouldn't put it up for sale on Steam as pre-order, if they wanted to keep all pre-order on their own site (shop). People who have bought GW2 on Steam cannot buy SoTo on ArenaNets shop. Edited July 12, 2023 by Pifil.5193 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phasma Phasmatis.4305 Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Update: The expansion is now available on Amazon.com in standard and Deluxe packages. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 US only, at this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Reaper.4572 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I can't find it in the amazon store, can you share the link? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Death Reaper.4572 said: I can't find it in the amazon store, can you share the link? https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Wars-Secrets-Obscure-Pre-Purchase/dp/B0C9SM6BBK/ref=sr_1_5?crid=18GZRCOXAVYYE&keywords=gw2&qid=1689499102&sprefix=gw2%2Caps%2C458&sr=8-5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Reaper.4572 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 14 hours ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said: https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Wars-Secrets-Obscure-Pre-Purchase/dp/B0C9SM6BBK/ref=sr_1_5?crid=18GZRCOXAVYYE&keywords=gw2&qid=1689499102&sprefix=gw2%2Caps%2C458&sr=8-5 I got some problems "This item is not available for purchase due to geographical restrictions." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 As posted above, it is for US only. Are you in the US? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Reaper.4572 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 34 minutes ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said: As posted above, it is for US only. Are you in the US? No, but i've tried to change my adress to US and still 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Amazon is probably a bit more sophisticated than that. You can peruse the Official Retailers here (use drop-down menu to access your area): https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers/#Spain-physical Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phasma Phasmatis.4305 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Why would the topic be against TOS Amazon.com is an official retailer of Guild Wars 2 products? The topic was asking when the expansion would be available to purchase on an Official Retailer website like all past expansions are. Edit: Post questioning if this topic was against TOS was deleted. Edited July 19, 2023 by Phasma Phasmatis.4305 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfileName.9281 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 I'm sure y'all have good reasons but Im entirely unaware why buying a digital good from Amazon instead of the official site would benefit you. Why buy from Amazon? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistwraithe.3106 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Agreed. I would rather Arena Net got to keep as much money as possible, not giving 30% (or whatever it is) to Amazon. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoNewb.5468 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, ProfileName.9281 said: I'm sure y'all have good reasons but Im entirely unaware why buying a digital good from Amazon instead of the official site would benefit you. Why buy from Amazon? I imagine the same reason as why people might want to buy on Steam. Payment options (including stored cash). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruakumfd.4817 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, ProfileName.9281 said: I'm sure y'all have good reasons but Im entirely unaware why buying a digital good from Amazon instead of the official site would benefit you. Why buy from Amazon? I can't speak for anybody else. Here's the thing: I had already bought two other games on Steam during their summer sale, and I had just enough in my gift card balance. Now if you're still concerned about ArenaNet being supported, I later bought two Name Change contracts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfileName.9281 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Just now, bruakumfd.4817 said: I can't speak for anybody else. Here's the thing: I had already bought two other games on Steam during their summer sale, and I had just enough in my gift card balance. Now if you're still concerned about ArenaNet being supported, I later bought two Name Change contracts. I'm not at all worried about the game being supported. Steam has benefits like not needing to remember another password, track playtime and works with Proton without any fiddling. I'm specifically asking about Amazon but yes the left over giftcard thing makes sense 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalni.3864 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 EU player here, waiting for an answer from CS right now, will post her eonce i get an answer. In the emantime i suggest you ALL write to Amazon Customer Support; if they are not making the release avaliable cause they think there's a lack of demand, lots of customer support requests about it may change their mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phasma Phasmatis.4305 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) On 7/25/2023 at 7:22 PM, ProfileName.9281 said: I'm sure y'all have good reasons but Im entirely unaware why buying a digital good from Amazon instead of the official site would benefit you. Why buy from Amazon? Simple enough, I had enough gift card money on amazon, that I got as a gift earlier in the year, that covered the full price of the expansion. Another valid reason is some people don't have credit cards. Someone like a teenager without a credit card can take their saved up cash down to their local general store or gas station, pick up a 3 pack of $10 amazon cards or load $28 dollars onto the $25-500 custom amount cards and then buy the expansion from amazon. A lot of people still deal in cash and being able to get a card at a local store for cash that you can use digitally is a godsend to those without credit cards and for parents that want to buy their kid the game but don't want their credit card or bank info on their child's account. Edited August 30, 2023 by Phasma Phasmatis.4305 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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