I wanted complain on official forums but they are down so I complain here.

In France, the first day of release, I check 6 shops, including some from big chains, in Paris and surrounding, and ZERO collector copy available.

WTF??????

So now preordering is mandatory to get a copy? I never preorder and won't start now.

I HATE that sort of commercial organization of rarity. This sort of approach is for people that collect, or those that speculate on rarity (I have read there and there people that bought it just to re sell on ebay later), not for fans.

I had bought collector box of TW1, and also a special edition and the EE. And now I'm let on border of the road like a bag of cheat. FYG and I even add I HATE you.

I don't think it was on purpose. It seems as though they were literally surprised by the massive number of people who preordered that they simply didn't have enough.

Enough people were activating when it first came out that it brought down the activation servers, so... seems more like failing to take into consideration how popular the series actually is rather than a commercial ploy.

Since the dawn of time (or at least the late 90s) collectors editions have always required a preorder because they always sell out...

HA ha, so naive, you really believe it's a one day surprise at release. No they and many people new it since some time. And they let it down.

After that bad f...g crap I search a little on Internet and discovered, that at least the polland collector was in a limited number and sell out multiple weeks before release.

So NO SUPRISE here just f...g bastards and a poor mentality of commercial and mass people manipulation. Lol so you bought "a lot" of games!!! I have ton of collector versions of plenty games.

Also if it's a limited edition you indicate clearly on the site but here nothing was mentioned and anyway I repeat no surprise, it's on purpose. Just bastards.

oh yeah, it is their fault for not catering to your whim and desires.
typical arrogant french frog

You'll get nowhere with this attitude Senestoj.

the early bird gets the worm

I got the GOG premium version and hope to one day own the Artbook in physical form.

Aren't the words "limited" or "collectors" kind of a hint that they might not have massive print runs?

I am. I keep getting molested in vans that don't end up having candy. Sigh... someday I'll learn :)

I don't understand your complaint. You refuse to preorder something which is limited, then moan when there is none left at release?

YEAH! you really showed him who's boss with your racism and bad spelling!

EDIT: unless 'wimps and desires' is a new thing?

Someone poop on your baguette? Sheesh....

yes but referring to French people as "frogs" IS racist.

No, it is not. Again. French is not a race, it's a nationality. So if anything it is nationalist. A French person could be any sort of race.