I recently got a 75 dollar gift card to use to pre-order a game, and I made the pre-order, and it says that I own the game, but the store says I still have 75 in my account. Will it use it once the game comes out?
Pre orders will take money/Credit a few days prior to release (I can't remember how long) make sure you have the money/credit in or you won't get the game
Just because I don’t play Xbox doesn’t mean I’m not a functioning adult with thoughts and understanding on how the same type of things work with other marketplaces. Imagine having such a singular mindset. God bless.
You are still correct. Games don’t pull money till the a few days or a few weeks before the launch. I’ve now pre-ordered resident evil, and something else. Hasn’t taken my money yet. DL the beast only took my money 3 days before launch. And Xbox is the one that handles purchases, pre-orders, and stuff. A game can’t get any pre-order money until a few weeks before MAX. Designed to protect users because for all we know we don’t get a game at all when it’s supposed to launch, and taking people’s money for a game that suddenly doesn’t exist a few months later complicates things. Easier to do it when the game is pretty much guaranteed to launch and ready. Other dude is talking out his ass until he can show a completely completed transaction showing that his money was actually pulled. More than likely it looked like it was pulled because pending transactions lower your account balance on some platforms or banks, and the dude just never noticed that after the pending it was returned to his account. They won’t do a full pull
You immediately unlock a class (Paladin) for preordering the new Diablo 4 DLC so I'm guessing it's that. Surprised he didn't deduce this himself honestly it seems obvious
Even GameStop would put a temporary hold for physical purchases in the early 2000s, then charge when you picked it up. I know because MVP Baseball 2005 was my first experience with this practice.
Nah, my reading comprehension is fine. Sucks your mind is to slow to put commonaloties together and arrive at basic conclusion.
Doesn't matter if the media is physical or digital. You have never needed to pay full price for a pre-order ever, nor will you ever have to.
A small deposit was typically taken strictly to know how many copies they needed to bring in for release. Taking large or full money pre-orders is only bad for a company so almost all companies don't.
Was the preorder under $75? Everyone is saying they don’t take the money out until 2 weeks before release, and that is true, unless the preorder was made entirely with account balance. In those cases, the money is taken immediately.
If you have a debit or credit card linked to your account it prioritises that instead of the gift card every time I wanted to buy a game with a gift card I had to delete my debit card off my Xbox
Yes, usually the purchase goes through two weeks before the game releases.
When you use gift cards, they charge you immediately.
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Pre orders will take money/Credit a few days prior to release (I can't remember how long) make sure you have the money/credit in or you won't get the game
Weird. I preordered the Lord of the Fallen Diablo DLC. And it took my money instantly. It doesn’t launch til April.
Was an authorization or an actual pull?
Pull.
Oh no idea then. I don’t buy through Xbox now I get games on steam so I’m not sure how they work. But I could see them doing an authorization
Then why comment if you don’t play Xbox?
Just because I don’t play Xbox doesn’t mean I’m not a functioning adult with thoughts and understanding on how the same type of things work with other marketplaces. Imagine having such a singular mindset. God bless.
You are still correct. Games don’t pull money till the a few days or a few weeks before the launch. I’ve now pre-ordered resident evil, and something else. Hasn’t taken my money yet. DL the beast only took my money 3 days before launch. And Xbox is the one that handles purchases, pre-orders, and stuff. A game can’t get any pre-order money until a few weeks before MAX. Designed to protect users because for all we know we don’t get a game at all when it’s supposed to launch, and taking people’s money for a game that suddenly doesn’t exist a few months later complicates things. Easier to do it when the game is pretty much guaranteed to launch and ready. Other dude is talking out his ass until he can show a completely completed transaction showing that his money was actually pulled. More than likely it looked like it was pulled because pending transactions lower your account balance on some platforms or banks, and the dude just never noticed that after the pending it was returned to his account. They won’t do a full pull
No one questioned your intelligence. They questioned the relevance of your input. Big difference.
Same comment I made in my reply. It works the same everywhere. Do you think Sony charges you immediately if you preorder GTA 6 now? Same concept.
That's odd.
Money is normally pulled approximately 10 days before release. This was the case when I pre-ordered Digimon and Outer Worlds 2.
Do you get anything in-game for pre-ordering? If so, that may a clause with DLC.
You immediately unlock a class (Paladin) for preordering the new Diablo 4 DLC so I'm guessing it's that. Surprised he didn't deduce this himself honestly it seems obvious
It didn’t take my other friends money. But it took mine.
This might be because you get content immediately, don't you?
The Paladin class becomes unlocked if you preorder the LotF DLC for Diablo 4.
Lord of hated is Pre-Purchase not pre-order. Hence why they take money straight away.
Not when paying with a gift card, they take that money right away.
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This is standard and has been for decades. They briefly take your balance to make sure it's there, then return it.
The actual payment occurs much closer to release, usually just days prior.
If you spend it, the purchase will be declined when it actually goes through.
Decades is a bit exaggerated. MAYBE a SINGLE decade. But digital pre orders were not commonplace in 2005. Or even really a thing.
Even GameStop would put a temporary hold for physical purchases in the early 2000s, then charge when you picked it up. I know because MVP Baseball 2005 was my first experience with this practice.
Right, you just had to put $5 down. But you could also choose to pay off the whole game right away.
Yeah lol. They didn’t keep your credit info and if you didn’t pick it up your got your money back.
Lmfao exactly. You're proving the point yourself.
We were talking about DIGITAL purchases that DONT charge until release. I brought up FULLY PAYING for PHYSICAL preorders before they came out.
Stay in school and work on reading comprehension
Nah, my reading comprehension is fine. Sucks your mind is to slow to put commonaloties together and arrive at basic conclusion.
Doesn't matter if the media is physical or digital. You have never needed to pay full price for a pre-order ever, nor will you ever have to.
A small deposit was typically taken strictly to know how many copies they needed to bring in for release. Taking large or full money pre-orders is only bad for a company so almost all companies don't.
The standard has been store credit is taken immediately, only other forms of payment are taken as a temporary hold then returned until release.
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Looks like you’ve got your answer. Sooo….. What game you ordered?
Make sure if you are using promo credit that it doesn't expire before the release date of the game.
Yep this is important, for some dumb reason credit earned through rewards expires after 90 days
Was the preorder under $75? Everyone is saying they don’t take the money out until 2 weeks before release, and that is true, unless the preorder was made entirely with account balance. In those cases, the money is taken immediately.
This is the answer. Check your receipt and make sure you actually paid with your balance and not a credit card.
Yeah sure that was what I remembered too. OP must not have, since a AAA game nowadays is $80 before tax.
If you have a debit or credit card linked to your account it prioritises that instead of the gift card every time I wanted to buy a game with a gift card I had to delete my debit card off my Xbox
10 days prior to release and it'll be taken.
it takes 2 weeks on pre orders but a game thats not on pre order comes out immediately
How
It will take two weeks for the game to be released. Don't spend your credit or top it up before the game is released.
If you preordered, you won’t get charged until 2 weeks prior to its release. Same happens for Amazon and most other retailers.
20k points!?!?! holy shitt