EB Games in Canada was offering their customers a way out if they had purchased Haze for PS3 and wanted to return the game. A full refund was to be offered by the store IF the game was preordered and return with receipt within 7 days of purchase. This policy was more or less a free week rental and seen as a testament of the game not worthy of an outright purchase. Ubisoft was perturbed to say the least and called for the promotion to be cancelled. EB Canada obliged, or so we thought.
It turns out that the promotion is still active albeit with a new caveat. They are so confident that you will love the game, and NOT return it, they will give you the same considerations as before. It seems that EB Canada may be placating Ubisoft here. Why would this promotion even be necessary. Having to hedge your bets to sell an already anticipated product seems unnecessary. Is this a savvy marketing move or is EB Games motorboatin’ sons of bitches for defying a huge studios wishes?
Thanks to James Riley for sending this in!
Ubisoft made sure their pimp hand was way strong before heading over to EB Canada and bitch slapping the hell out of them. Stephen Totilo over at Multiplayer got in touch with Ubisoft for more details on the Haze return policy deal, and had this to say:
What I was told by a member of the Ubisoft’s PR team in the U.S. yesterday was that there had been a miscommunication between the publisher’s Canadian arm and the EB Games retail chain in Canada. Furthermore, the issue has been rectified some time in the last week and the promotion has been cancelled. I was unable to get further details on how this miscommunication happened.
So it’s pretty safe to say this program won’t be happening anywhere anytime soon. I can’t say I blame Ubisoft on this one. I wonder how EB is going to respond.
Many people are stoked about Haze for PS3 coming out soon. Apparently, EB Games in Canada feel that the game is not all that. If you preorder Haze, and return it with in 1 week with your receipt, you get a total refund. Its store credit but still. Ubisoft must be shitting their pants with rage right now. They are basically giving the game away for a free rental, and if you don’t like it, you can return it no questions asked. Furthermore, they are openly promoting this. There seems to be a good chance that Haze is going to suck big time and EB Canada is hedging their bets.
January 29, 2008 – 2:40 pm
Damn Microsoft. What the hell are you thinking? Jesus. For gods sake EB, what was running through your head? Wow.
Hey, it might be difficult to find XBOX 360s pretty soon at your local Gamestop/ EB/ Whatever. Know why? Because Microsoft just refused to accept the return of $10,000,000 worth of broken/ malfunctioning 360s from EB Australia! Read More »
