Hello folks. I'm a 3+ decade gamer but this is the first time I'm actually contemplating a pre-order. Mostly because my son is now following in my footsteps and enjoyed the beta so much, he's begging to get the game on day one. Prior to this, I always just bought my games when they were old and on sale. (I also have a incredible pile of shame on steam)
Anyway, back to the original question, what do you folks reckon is the best value way of pre-ordering this game. I only know of US PSN that has it at $60 for the base game and $90 for the digital guardian edition. EB wants to sell it to me for $100 for the standard and $130 for the Limited. Are there any cheaper ways to get this on day one? What's the biggest advantage of the digital guardian edition? I'll admit that the collectibles in the limited edition from EB are cool but I'm afraid it will just add to the clutter in my house (I was never this practical 20 years ago)
As I've never bought a season pass before, I'm a little confused by it. Most of the games I've bought were already GOTY edition that already had everything included in it.
Also I'm totally non-plussed about not having a physical disc but if there are advantages to having one and if they're available for less moolah, I'm all ears.
Kindly help illuminate my possible choices.
Probably the best option for preorder (Locally) would be Dick Smith's deal posted below in the forum, where it is $69.98 for the game on PS4/XBone - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/154669.
As someone else who generally never preorders games, I have generally found that the cheapest place to find games would be on day one with some shopping around… sometimes the ozbargain gods are in your favour, but within the first week, we have had some really good deals on new release games, if you are willing to be at the selected store close to opening time! I have purchased new release titles at prices which are generally half RRP (depending on the game) at brick and mortar stores, including Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag (less than $50 on release date), Mario Kart 8 (~$53 on release), Watch Dogs ($58 within the release week) and many more bargains (Thanks to Ozbargain!).
From my view on games, the price is generally the cheapest within the first week of release, raises up for a month or two, then starts to drop in price, until it finally ends up in the bargain bin.