SOTA Boxed Edition - Amazon

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  1. Arya Stoneheart

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    Now we're talking... some real advertising!
     
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    I wrote a basic review. Nothing much, but... I do like the game.
     
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    Hmm out of stock
     
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    Dont think its in stock yet... I just want to order a box - I already have enough accounts hehe.
     
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    Is this marketing? "We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." Is this another case of Ready-Fire-Aim? Shouldn't there be a definite idea of how these are going to be produced and when they will be available?
     
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    It's an Amazon page, so it uses their standard language when things are out if stock. You can't write an own review unless you order from Amazon. It's not a giant conspiracy.
     
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    No one said it is, and yes of course that is standard Amazon language.

    I am just wondering about the value of putting something up before any estimate of when it might be available. Consider current production issues with the physical rewards. If it's marketing - it's supposed to generate interest and expectations for the product. If there are going to be significant delays in getting it out.... you've shot too early and could harm your reputation.
     
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    On German page you can write an own review without order - if someone ordered the product from Amazon it says "confirmed order".
    Also I normally can respond to a thread and write a comment after I logged in.
    Said nothing about a (giant) conspiracy - just told the facts ;)
     
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    Don't think that you've ever needed to order from Amazon to write a review, but it will say on the review whether you did or not.
     
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    Amazon locked the reviews as too many of us are viewing it lol. You don't always have to own it through amazon to write a review but they have analytics that looks for odd patterns. If they see something that is getting unusual amounts of non owners reviewing something they will lock it so only owners can review it.
     
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    You can write a review, but it won't show you as an owner unless you buy it from Amazon. Not sure why that's hard to understand. No one can review the product being sold as an owner because no one has got it. The box version is not released yet. It shows as unavailable because they haven't entered a release date. Same thing happens whenever a new product shows up in their listings without a release date.
     
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    Amazon ALL THE TIME has out of stock items or future items on it's site. it's really not a big deal, nor it is a marketing disaster or anything, haha.

    Also, didn't Starr just say in the other thread that things are gonna be a month later to start shipping than expected ? I'm STILL waiting for Avatar comics to ship Providence to me and it took them almost a year to package it and get it ready to ship. So I can wait a little longer for Sota's box, although I do really want it at this point.
     
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    You're right in general, but there are reviews for this product.
    So may be the status changed after they were made.
     
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    Probably a good thing to have up on Amazon. People may come across it and Google it before it's available on Amazon and end up buying it through the main Sota site or steam.
     
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    Not sure who the reviewer Ikthael on Amazon is but they only have 3 reviews on Amazons site.
    All three are one star reviews and not helpful.

    From one of the reviews Ikthael left about a mirror they are suction cup challenged. LOL

    Their post about SOTA inaccurate so I reported it to Amazon as abuse.
    Hopefully Amazon will remove the post if they get enough complaints about this negative review.
     
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    Better report Victor's too, then.

    You are not rewarded land. But if you agree that technically you are awarded land, for actually being rewarded a house that you have to put on someone else's land, then technically the one star review is correct as well.

    Game is unfinished. Everyone says so by applauding the monthly updates. And Episode 2 is currently in an alpha state as progress has already been made on it and it has yet to arrive at beta state. Whichever release you want to mark as fully released, it is fully released. And it is their opinion to stay away from the game, like the 5 star review's opinion that it is a fun game.

    But yes, let's social engineer against the one star review and report brigade it away.

    And if we are going to report things that are vaguely incorrect we may as well report the game description itself.

    What, exactly, dramatic consequences are there?
     
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    Every online game is a live service... Every online game gets regular updates... By your definition WoW is unfinished... Eve is unfinished...
    You're technically correct, but disingenuous, as no online game will ever be finished... until they stop updating... and at that point it's dead.
     
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    How is it OK to report someones review, because it isn't favorable? This is immoral and unethical to even suggest it. Simply mark the review as unhelpful and move on.
     
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