Exclusive unit Preorder question

This question is related th the tread below. I would like to get the exclusive Imperial addition pre-order. The way it breaks down is

GAME.co.uk = HMS Elephant
Amazon.co.uk = Grand Battery of the Convention
Play.com = Towarczy
Steam = Scots Greys

Is there anyway to get'em all? Obviously I dont wont to pay for 4 copies. I plan to play mostly the French so obviously I would want the Grand Battery (6-Gun Heavy Artillery Unit), but one cannot play A Waterloo Scenario without the Scots Greys. Unfortunatly I do most of business with Game.co.uk and HMS Elephant means nothing to me.

Does anyone know if this is possible? The Heroes and Elite packages do not include these units.

You will have to wait a few months, no doubt CA will release them all then. That's what happened last time they did this with ETW.

It's a pain in the butt, because I would also like the Scot Greys, but I won't order a game from Steam.

Anyone know why Sega/CA do this, why do the big retailers each get a specific unit, why aren't all these units available free from any one of the retailers if you pre-order, wouldn't that actually increase sales, and make it easier on the customer?

seriously this is the most terrible marketing strategy ever, maybe 5 or 6 insanely rich people will get all four copies of the game but they could better give you all units as preorder or add some to a dlc which would undoubetely make more people buy the dlc and preorder the game plus they could make the dlc more expensive

Originally Posted by Ulan1990

seriously this is the most terrible marketing strategy ever, maybe 5 or 6 insanely rich people will get all four copies of the game but they could better give you all units as preorder or add some to a dlc which would undoubetely make more people buy the dlc and preorder the game plus they could make the dlc more expensive

Agreed this was stupid and demeaning with etw and its still a shameless grab for cash by a dying company.

Originally Posted by Abspara

If you have patience, CA will most likely make them all available via DLC.

They did for etw as well.

Originally Posted by ForlornHope.

Agreed this was stupid and demeaning with etw and its still a shameless grab for cash by a dying company.

But how does this help them grab the maximum cash, which is surely what Sega/CA want? I find it irritating(and Steam get the best unit), and I'd like to understand the rationality behind said move.
If all 4 unique units were available at once, for free, from any one of the on-line retailers(only if you pre-order), then surely they would be more likely to tempt more customers into buying on release through pre-order, instead of, Game, Amazon, Play and Steam each getting only one of the unique units.

They should just put everything into the same regular game, this is just stupid marketing.

Originally Posted by Greve Af Göteborg

They should just put everything into the same regular game, this is just stupid marketing.

of course the only thing those unitdlcs are for is making money but those pre order are just stupid

If you have patience, CA will most likely make them all available via DLC.

Originally Posted by Abspara

If you have patience, CA will most likely make them all available via DLC.

This is true they will make it DLC just wait.

They would need the extra cash and plus they will release more and more so its really just a waiting game.

what this elite and heroes bs?

Originally Posted by ForlornHope.

what this elite and heroes bs?

If you buy the standard NTW, you just get 5 extra units free(activated through Steam). Perphaps it's supposed to suggest your getting something for free.
If you buy the expensive Imperial edition, you get another 10 unique units on top of the other 5 extra unique units.
You keeping up with all this are you ForlornHope? Added to this are the 4 other unique units each one is available separetely from one of 4 online retailers, fun eh? I make it 10 different versions of NTW in total, that's if you include getting the standard and Imperial versions form the High street shops.

You can certainly trust our old pals@ Sega to complicate things nicely for us, eh mi old sausage
PS, the Steam Imperial edition at the moment seems to be messed up, because people are reporting that the free five 'Elite Regiments' pack is missing, don't know if this is true though.

Originally Posted by Frost, colonel

PS, the Steam Imperial edition at the moment seems to be messed up, because people are reporting that the free five 'Elite Regiments' pack is missing, don't know if this is true though.

The steam version of imperial edition makes no mention of the elite regiment pack and the units the elite regiment. Pretty funny considering the pre-order and special units for the other stores have to be activated by steam itself but steam wont offer the Elite Regiment from its store so you have to buy from somewhere else but you still have to use steam. Very odd of steam to do this.

Must be because of the free copy of M2TW they are throwing in.

The Exclusive unit sales diversity is designed to promote bragging rights ,competition amongst fans, Bring TW to the school yard, My exclusive is better than yours scenario,s and most likely people will buy several different versions to keep ahead of the game

Originally Posted by magpie

The Exclusive unit sales diversity is designed to promote bragging rights ,competition amongst fans, Bring TW to the school yard, My exclusive is better than yours scenario,s and most likely people will buy several different versions to keep ahead of the game

If this is true, then may I just say, I feel it is a tad sad. That would mean people paying at least £18 just for 1 unit! And I still think Sega/CA would secure more sales through pre-order, if all 4 unique retailer only units were all available at once, from any one of the 4 main retailers mentioned.

What idiot would by several versions I mean FFS.
"look I payed a extra £30 to get the Royal Scots Greys."
"look I paid a extra £0 to get a editing tool and make them myself!"

Originally Posted by DoomBunny666

What idiot would by several versions I mean FFS.
"look I payed a extra £30 to get the Royal Scots Greys."
"look I paid a extra £0 to get a editing tool and make them myself!"

I'm sorry but I just have to comment your grammar here...

You used "Payed" in the first sentence, which is wrong btw...
But then you used "Paid" in the second sentence which is correct.

Did you use them both to have a 50/50% chance to get it right?

Originally Posted by Greve Af Göteborg

I'm sorry but I just have to comment your grammar here...

You used "Payed" in the first sentence, which is wrong btw...
But then you used "Paid" in the second sentence which is correct.

Did you use them both to have a 50/50% chance to get it right?

Perhaps he was spelling on behalf of the 'idiot' who would pay £30 just to get the Scot Greys, and in the next sentence he was spelling for himself, a sensible type of chap who can spell to boot!
Anyway if I was him, I would agree with me, and so get off the learch.

Originally Posted by DoomBunny666

What idiot would by several versions I mean FFS.
"look I payed a extra £30 to get the Royal Scots Greys."
"look I paid a extra £0 to get a editing tool and make them myself!"

Don't hold your breath for editing tools.

I know CA wont release tools so they can try to make us buy DLC or the kittens get it...

Oh and I just realised I mispealt Paid...

I mispelt mispelt didnt I...

Originally Posted by DoomBunny666

I know CA wont release tools so they can try to make us buy DLC or the kittens get it...

And yet your friend and mine, good ol Uncle Keiren, CA's man on the spot, said in one of those vid interviews regarding mod support, that this wasn't CA's stance at all.
Seems very likely to me that this indeed the case. personally I can see CA's point of view, why can't CA just come out with it, and comment on their duty to the share holders, I mean buisness is buisness right?

Personally I think our buddy keiren would feel better within himself if he told less pork pies, he might not have a job, but his conscience would be lighter