cancel pre order playtime?

[falco708]

Is it possible to ask for a refund for a pre order before the game is released if you have played the beta or something like that possibly for more than 2 hours?
considering Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III

[Kargor]

You can cancel a preorder any time before release; to my knowledge, these are not refunds.

Why don't you just try it?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You can cancel anytime before 2 weeks after official launch so long as you don't also have over 2 hours in the game AFTER it releases.

Beta play time does not count and neither does Early Access (play a week before release) play time.

Definitely play the beta though.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by falco708:

Is it possible to ask for a refund for a pre order before the game is released if you have played the beta or something like that possibly for more than 2 hours?
considering Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III

You can. Up to two weeks after release and less then two hours of game time.

You may have to submit a manual ticket though, as there are times the beta play time may be counted as actual game time.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Early Access (play a week before release) play time.

That one seems a more recent development to me, as I recall it didn't used to, but Starfield players were abusing the heck out of it.People were buying the higher tier pack to play early, then refunding to purchase the lower tier pack just before release.

Not sure if it was intended or an over site when trying to fix the beta pre-release game time. With the abuse going on, they may change it at some point.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

MWII campaign was EA. People beat it multiple times and refunded it with no issues too.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

MWII campaign was EA. People beat it multiple times and refunded it with no issues too.

:summercat2023:

I don't doubt there have been others. Recent as in the last few years.

The more abuse, the more likely it will be changed.

[Fukalen shipper]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

MWII campaign was EA. People beat it multiple times and refunded it with no issues too.

:summercat2023:

I don't doubt there have been others. Recent as in the last few years.

The more abuse, the more likely it will be changed.

likely it wont change, Valve has a near monopoly on PC gaming so companies like activision really hold no power over them, they tried pulling their games off steam and well that didn't do a thing and now they are back on steam, so this would only change if Valve wanted it to, not if activision got upset about it

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by FlamingScar:

likely it wont change, Valve has a near monopoly on PC gaming so companies like activision really hold no power over them, they tried pulling their games off steam and well that didn't do a thing and now they are back on steam, so this would only change if Valve wanted it to, not if activision got upset about it

Who said it was the developer that would change it? I was referring to Valve, not the developer.

Refunds cost Valve money. It cost money for Valve to make the initial transaction and to refund a transaction, then cost them to make another transaction (in the case of Starfield). Money they won't get back. It hurts Valve's pockets. So repeated abuse is very likely to see it changed, especially if done repeatedly with large games.

And the developers can just not use the feature if they feel they are losing money. Valve doesn't force them to use it. They can also add something to the pre-order that makes it non-refundable, such as including an older game or some DLC that makes it non-refundable as per Steam's Refund Policy.

None of that has anything to do with Valve's share of the gaming market either.

[Paratech2008]

Sega did that with pre orders of Sonic Mania on Steam, IIRC Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis was included.