I guess they've done it to stop people pre-ordering for nothing, getting any free beta access etc, then cancelling? It doesn't seem to be triggering for retroactive pre-orders (Which is good as I've got about £200 worth), and I'm not 100% sure if it just applies to games at the moment, but it's worth knowing in case you're going on a post-E3 Pre-order spree
Pay me on dispatch if old
This seems to now be happening Europe-wide according to posters in here:
This is happening also in Amazon Spain. No more pre-orders on amazon for me.
Amazon.it is doing the same too, but not on every videogame yet.
I've heard Amazon fr was starting to do it for certain methods of payment.
Thanks to Lucifonz who did some digging:
I've been doing some digging and spoke to Amazon who've confirmed this is now the case in the UK but couldn't comment on other regions. Charged 2-5 days after ordering. Apparently the rationale behind the change was due to folks cancelling Limited Editions close to release - not sure I buy that being the sole reason but very well may have been a factor.
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