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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Nov 11, 2011

    The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

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    #1  Edited By matoya

    So...what is up with this? 
     
    Is there some reason I don't know about as to why my country/region or whatever can't pre purchase/see the price in advance? Not that I'd buy it for a fucking hat, but it'd be nice to know...

      
      
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    #2  Edited By emergency

    I'm from the UK and it's the same for me.

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    #3  Edited By matoya
    @emergency said:

    I'm from the UK and it's the same for me.

    I don't know if it's the UK, or Europe, but it's pretty messed up
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    #4  Edited By emergency

    Pretty sure it must be just something they'll fix in a few hours.

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    #5  Edited By ToxicFruit

    Im in Iceland, it is fine here

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    #6  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    @emergency said:

    Pretty sure it must be just something they'll fix in a few hours.

    The page has been there since Friday when they started these Bethesda deals.

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    #7  Edited By emergency

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency said:

    Pretty sure it must be just something they'll fix in a few hours.

    The page has been there since Friday when they started these Bethesda deals.

    and it's not been available to pre-purchase in the UK? :O

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    #8  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    I've got the game pre-ordered for £20 for a physical copy that will include the cloth map.. A Team Fortress hat doesn't really compare.

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    #10  Edited By Gav47

    GAME has the exclusive preorder period in the UK, you'll have to get someone from the US or Europe to gift it to you if you want that sweet hat.

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    #11  Edited By Vorbis

    GAME is usually the reason we can never pre-order anything on Steam. WH40k Space Marine still isn't on there for us.

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    #12  Edited By ajamafalous

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

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    #13  Edited By Enigma777
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    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

    They've been pretty terrible IMO. Took em 5 days to get back to me and their response to my problem was basically "Deal with it."
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    #14  Edited By babblinmule
    @ajamafalous said:

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

    It seems a very polarising topic. For example, a couple of my mates think that theyre amazing, whilst I think that my 14 year old, blind and half deaf dog could do a better job than some of their support staff.
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    #15  Edited By ajamafalous

    @Enigma777 said:

    @ajamafalous

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

    They've been pretty terrible IMO. Took em 5 days to get back to me and their response to my problem was basically "Deal with it."

    What was your situation, if you don't mind me asking?

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    #16  Edited By ajamafalous

    @babblinmule said:

    @ajamafalous said:

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

    It seems a very polarising topic. For example, a couple of my mates think that theyre amazing, whilst I think that my 14 year old, blind and half deaf dog could do a better job than some of their support staff.

    Seems to be the case with any customer support or product ever. Everybody hates AT&T but I've been a customer of theirs for over 10 years on my phone, and have had my internet/cable package through them for most of that time too. The only time I didn't have them was when the people I lived with at the time made the decision that it would be totally rad to switch to Comcast, but the service (both on-site and over the phone) was so atrocious that we demanded a full refund and went with AT&T again. Never had any of the problems people always cite.

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    #17  Edited By RsistncE

    I can see a price and purchase it...not that I'd want to, since Bethesda makes shit games.

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    #18  Edited By CrossTheAtlantic
    @RsistncE:  
    Was that last part really necessary? 
     
    @ajamafalous:  
    I've had nothing but great interaction with Steam support too. I think, as with anything, it just depends on the kind of person you get to help.
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    #19  Edited By Gargantuan

    I've already pre-purchased it on Steam and I'm from Sweden.

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    #20  Edited By RsistncE
    @CrossTheAtlantic: Completely.
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    #21  Edited By Pinworm45
    @babblinmule said:
    @ajamafalous said:

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    All of my dealings with Steam customer support have been fantastic; it's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable investing so much money in my account.

    It seems a very polarising topic. For example, a couple of my mates think that theyre amazing, whilst I think that my 14 year old, blind and half deaf dog could do a better job than some of their support staff.
    I have had nothing but good experiences. What problems have you had out of curiosity?
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    #22  Edited By emergency

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    I've got the game pre-ordered for £20 for a physical copy that will include the cloth map.. A Team Fortress hat doesn't really compare.

    Where did you get that pre-order deal then? :o

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    #23  Edited By SlashDance

    Why pre-order a game from steam so long before its release ? Are you afraid they're gonna run out of digital copies or something ?

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    #24  Edited By SexualBubblegumX

    I don't see why people are mad about the Pre-order bnous. You get the game day one no hassles with a pre-order, that's bonus enough honestly.

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    #25  Edited By babblinmule
    @Pinworm45:  Its a long story and I'm too tired to really go into it, but I think that I was just unlucky in that both times I've needed them, they've sent me back very standardised, automated looking messages. The messages also didn't solve my problems whatsoever haha.
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    #26  Edited By Enigma777
    @ajamafalous I had a problem with a certain game messing up stuff on my account and wanted it removed. They said they couldn't but I say that's bullshit because I found plenty of google results saying otherwise. My only choices were to either make a new account and lose all my games or deal with this everytime I have to sign in to Steam (which is quite often). Either way the tone of their email and the general slowness of their response was very off-putting.
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    #27  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    @emergency said:

    @WinterSnowblind said:

    @emergency: Can't say I pay too much attention to new releases on Steam, they aren't good for new games and have painfully bad customer support.

    I've got the game pre-ordered for £20 for a physical copy that will include the cloth map.. A Team Fortress hat doesn't really compare.

    Where did you get that pre-order deal then? :o

    Bee.com it was part of an E3 promotion where you could get 20% off all the big games shown there, so I managed to get Deus Ex, ME3 and Arkham City for really cheap too.

    Still just £26 for Skyrim though, that's still likely a lot cheaper than what it'll be for the Steam digital version.

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    #28  Edited By Matfei90
    @RsistncE said:
    I can see a price and purchase it...not that I'd want to, since Bethesda makes shit games.
    I'm automatically inclined to disregard that based on your picture.
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    #29  Edited By RsistncE
    @Matfei90 said:
    @RsistncE said:
    I can see a price and purchase it...not that I'd want to, since Bethesda makes shit games.
    I'm automatically inclined to disregard that based on your picture.
    And I'm automatically inclined to disregard what you said based on your ridiculous assumption that having a certain game's avatar automatically makes you a fan of said game.

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