Quote:The situation is quite plain and simple. Send us your money, and we might, may, possibly could, send you something, eventually. A great business plan if you can get people to buy into it.
This post makes no sense to me. There is no uncertainty associated with this offer.
For what it is worth, the Target package is $1 to buy the "pre-order bonus content", according to the box. It's not actually a preorder, and this is made clear on the packaging. This gives you access to everything doing a pre-order does, except for actually reserving a copy of the game (even preorders at stores don't necessarily guarantee a reserved copy for you, I found this out with WoW).
The bonus content includes:
1. Open beta access (for me this is a $1 trial to see if I like the game, I didn't know about the preview)
2. Early start (pre orders get a code to let you start a day or two ahead--presumably this would need to be combined with some kind of real start code... without a preorder not sure how to get this though:))
3. Bonus item in game
I _could_ decide to spend $50, install Windows ($99), etc., only to find the game isn't my cup of tea. Or I could try it for a few days for $1 and see if it's worth it. Or, I could do nothing and wonder every day if I would be having more fun playing WAR.
The Target package is great. It is not, however, a pre-order.
FYI: If anyone else out there tries this, there is a comical error on the Target printed access codes. I think they (wisely) decided not to use 0 or O in the code. However, their Q looks just like an O. So if your code doesn't work but has O's in it... replace them with Q's. Worked for me;)