I could pre-order the game from Steam or Gamersgate. GG has blue coins whereas steam would give me the discount for owning EU3. Do I get all the bonuses if I pre-order that extreme edition or something from either of the two retailers?
Pros and cons of where to pre-order?
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Or if you preorder through the Paradox shop, PDS get maximum return.
Doesn't PDS only give you a link to get games off from retailers and not directly from them? I am not sure though but that is what I saw the last time I checked.
You get Steam keys from webshop, but Johan said once that they get more money if you buy from them.
Not sure about conversion rates but the problem with the webshop is that they charge me in pounds and not in dollars and we are already paying too much for games here in Australia and we are usually getting them late. My only main concern is the pre-order bonus but I am leaning towards steam since they give me a discount and I only use blue coins to get spritepacks or DLCs and I think EUIV and probably future games would require steam therefore my blue coins would be useless.
I'm sure GG will sell steam keys for spritepacks too
Well... as long as I get all the DLCs from Steam I guess I will lean towards steam because its cheaper for me. My wallet hasn't recovered yet from the steam sale and I had to borrow from my sister to purchase A House Divided and Heart of Darkness yesterday because it was on sale on GG.
Just go with whatever is the cheapest for you - everyone is selling you Steam codes anyway. Picking the Paradox Plaza is the one that gets Paradox the highest return.
So there is no problem pre-ordering with either GG or steam because I could get all the pre-order bonuses from either of the two? That is my main concern, the pre-order bonuses
You are guaranteed to get bonuses if you preorder from one of the sites listed here: http://www.europauniversalis4.com/buy
Both GG and steams are on the list.
I didnt even thought about this to be honost but i guess i will do it for the next games or dlcs i buy.
If i pay the same price anyway im happy to support paradox a bit more. (demo´s make me happier btw )
If i pay the same price anyway im happy to support paradox a bit more. (demo´s make me happier btw
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You get a free copy of CK2. Which is nice and im pretty sure all the preorders are the same from GG and Steam.
Checked GG and yup they do give out free CK2 copies but unfortunately I already owned 2 copies of CK2 (steam and non-steam) and it does sound tempting since I got a friend that I want to get in to this kind of game.
Edit: I want to know if Steam will be offering the same though. For 5 bucks I would instantly go with GG. I would not think twice of buying it from PDS but unfortunately they charge me with in GBP and it would cost me like an extra $27 and that is a huge amount of money.
I often buy paradox games from GG but despite all the blue coins I bought from Steam because it was cheaper for me since they charge me on my own currency not dollars.
Where does it say that? In my GG.co.uk website I only see this:
Already own another Europa Universalis title on GamersGate? Receive 10% off on Europa Universalis IV during pre-purchase!