Physical CE price is completely insane

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I guess Diablo's statue was digital as well cause I can't see one

Did you see one for DF? Because it was also 180.

[ReVnX]

Did you see one for DF? Because it was also 180.

AFAIK it was 130

https://www.wowhead.com/news/wow-dra...e-order-327441

[Lorgar Aurelian]

AFAIK it was 130

https://www.wowhead.com/news/wow-dra...e-order-327441

Huh, when I looked it up a week or so ago it said 180, I wonder if the site I saw was using a regional price then.

[Pakheth]

Huh, when I looked it up a week or so ago it said 180, I wonder if the site I saw was using a regional price then.

Most likely. The UK store has a completely different price in € for the current CE than the EU store for example. Probably because of some currency conversion.

[Stonecloak]

Does anyone know when you pre-order the CE if they charge you right away? And do they deliver it day 1? It would be kind of weird to pay 200+ dollars and have to wait a few days after release to play it. Especially since it says it's the epic edition which has 3 days early access.

[kranur]

Does anyone know when you pre-order the CE if they charge you right away? And do they deliver it day 1? It would be kind of weird to pay 200+ dollars and have to wait a few days after release to play it. Especially since it says it's the epic edition which has 3 days early access.

Obviously you get charged right away, if they could, they would charge you even before pressing "buy".
As with any shipping, there's no guarantee that you'll receive it in time, they even have a disclaimer:
"** Early Access to World of Warcraft: The War Within may be impacted by shipping dates and subject to change"

[Accendor]

Does anyone know when you pre-order the CE if they charge you right away? And do they deliver it day 1? It would be kind of weird to pay 200+ dollars and have to wait a few days after release to play it. Especially since it says it's the epic edition which has 3 days early access.

Yeah that's the best part, you might pay 90 Euro or more for shipping and not even receive it on time.

[Spikeychris]

Crazy shipping costs aside (It's £8 for the UK so that wouldn't be an issue) and even though it's more expensive than the Dragonflight collectors edition I don't think it's really THAT bad considering the size of the statue (it's bigger than the Ragnaros one). Doesn't mean I'm actually going to buy it because I don't really have anywhere to put the statue but if I did I might consider it. The Dragonflight mouse mat, artbook and pins definitely weren't worth the price the gryphon statue might be.

[Just Passing through]

I'm more than a little bit disappointed about the physical CE. Since classic I have every single one of them but the price increase this year is just too much to justify buying it.
Don't get me wrong, inflation is a thing, raising the price is ok, but not like that. Usually it was ~90 euros, the last one was more expensive with I think 120-140 if I remember correctly, but this one goes for 200 euro + 37 Euro shipping. That's nearly 250 Euro.

Yes, it's a CE, yes, Blizzard can sell it at whatever price they want, but come on - that's just insane.

Yeah - you pretty much summed up my thought process, including the caveat about inflation and they can sell at whatever price they want.

...and it isn't even that I am "poor" - I could easily afford it. I am just drawing a line here...actually I drew that line already at the last x-pac. I justified the increased CE prices from Classic to BfA (69-99€) with inflation etc - and it was free shipping from Amazon or I bought it in a local store.

DF for 129 and shipping exclusively from Blizzard was one of the times where I went "I get the people on forums who call them greedy".

Oh..by the way: The Blizzard of 2015 send me a FREE statue as a thnk you for paying my sub 10 years uninterupted. Let's see what Blizzard 2025 does....

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Huh, when I looked it up a week or so ago it said 180, I wonder if the site I saw was using a regional price then.

Was 200€ for me in all three versions that it showed on the EU site (guess french, german, uk)

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Up to you obviously, if you feel it's worth €300.

I just find it sad that Blizzard know they can get away with shit like this.

Yeah..but hey....I find it sad that Apple gets away with their hardware prices, but just like with this CE - I don't buy it.

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The digital stuff is extremely overpriced already and I wouldn't accept it as a justification for the overall price of a physical collector.

Hm...maybe overpriced compared to the last CE I paid for...BfA, which was 99€, free shipping and had the usual goodies. The transmog and mount make the heroic already a good deal over the normal edition (if you care for these things) and then there is quite some stuff on the Epic edition to make it even more worth it. (again...if you care for these things) - Pretty sure I will get the digital version for 90€

[Nerph-]

Yeah..but hey....I find it sad that Apple gets away with their hardware prices, but just like with this CE - I don't buy it.

To be fair my M1 macbook is the best laptop I've ever owned. Build quality is much better than any windows laptops I've owned.

However I agree when it comes to Apple's upgrading RAM and storage prices.