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@ahgunsillyo said:

Someone with GIF skills needs to make Funko Drew blink.

Whatever it is, it's pretty funny that it's coming to iOS and Android but apparently not Windows Phone.

I don't have an answer to your question. I suspect it is probably a coincidence, but hell if I know. But thank you for introducing me to the world of PC Accelerator. This magazine is something else. It's hilarious.

Here it is directly on Giphy. Definitely Brad.

It was always a pleasure working with Sparky as a moderator, and he has continued to be a fantastic contributor to the site since stepping down from his mod role.

Wishing you and your loved all the best!!!

While certainly not terrible, a lot of Jeff's earlier GameSpot stuff was far more robotic than he is today.

@maxszy: As I said above, it only happened about a week before God of War came out. You could preorder before that point, but then all Sony games disappeared from preorder. God of War only reappeared when it came out. All other titles still seem to be unavailable for preorder.

@nutter said:

Is there going to be anyone left at Bungie capable of delivering a good Halo game by the time they get done with Destiny? The way this is going seems like lots of people will start to jump ship as they continue to mess up Destiny going forward.

@ev77: Yeah, the Amazon Prime preorder discount (and the Best Buy GCU discount) somes out of the retailer cut. But Sony runs their own storefront on PSN where retailers don't get a cut at all. If substantial numbers of people are buying via Amazon or Best Buy in order to get the discount rather than purchasing it via PSN, Sony are losing money. Anecdotally, I have seen plenty of people saying they buy physical games for these discounts even though they prefer the convenience of digital games. Sony run lots of market research and they will have numbers to back that up if it is the case.

That's not to say Amazon are blameless too, it's very possible they pulled the preorders in order to put pressure on Sony to back down. Like a "You don't want us to offer discounts on your preorders? Fine, we'll not let people preorder your games. Enjoy your drop in sales".

Of course this is all based on rumours and speculation, but the timing of all of this seems too convenient for it not to be related. Amazon pulled preorders of Sony games leading to widespread rumours of Sony being unhappy with the Prime discount. Then GCU is discontinued, ending similar discounts in Best Buy. Neither of these events have been adequately explained by the companies involved.

@please_love_me: It started around a week before God of War came out, I believe. God of War disappeared from preorder, along with all other Sony first party titles. GoW reappeared on launch day. If you look currently, Detroit is not available for preorder, Spiderman is not available for preorder. Days gone, no preorder. Presumably they'll appear again once they actually come out like God of War, but there doesn't currently seem to be any Sony first party title currently available for preorder on Amazon.com.

No one has officially gone on record saying what has happened, but rumours are it is related to the Prime preorder discount.