Amazon Prime - do they not ship on release day for free?

[Ridah]

I haven't bought a console game in nearly a year, I want to pre-order Halo 4 on Amazon (I have a Prime account) but the only option for release day delivery includes a $3.99 charge. Do Prime members no longer receive free shipping on release day?

[EngineNo9]

I don't think it was an every game deal, but was generally all the big ones.  I wonder if maybe it is because of the late date of order since the game ships in a couple days?  Maybe they only give you that free if you've ordered within enough time for their early prep or something.

For what it's worth, I did get free release day shipping on recent purchases of Forza Horizon and two copies of NFS: Most Wanted.  But I also preordered them quite a while ago.

[CeeKay]

yeah, the free release day shipping usually disappears the Friday before release.  I think it is because at that point they would have no choice but to send it next day air; I've had release day items ship out on a Saturday or even Sunday in order to get it to me on the following Tuesday with two day delivery.

[Nonnahob]

I haven't seen the release day shipping for as many games as I did this time last year.

[leo8877]

yeah, the free release day shipping usually disappears the Friday before release.  I think it is because at that point they would have no choice but to send it next day air; I've had release day items ship out on a Saturday or even Sunday in order to get it to me on the following Tuesday with two day delivery.

This is what I've observed as well.

[pr0ner]

I don't think it was an every game deal, but was generally all the big ones.  I wonder if maybe it is because of the late date of order since the game ships in a couple days?  Maybe they only give you that free if you've ordered within enough time for their early prep or something.

For what it's worth, I did get free release day shipping on recent purchases of Forza Horizon and two copies of NFS: Most Wanted.  But I also preordered them quite a while ago.

It has to be the delay in ordering.  I'm getting free release day shipping of Halo 4.

[USMC Kato]

I don't think it was an every game deal, but was generally all the big ones.  I wonder if maybe it is because of the late date of order since the game ships in a couple days?  Maybe they only give you that free if you've ordered within enough time for their early prep or something.

For what it's worth, I did get free release day shipping on recent purchases of Forza Horizon and two copies of NFS: Most Wanted.  But I also preordered them quite a while ago.

It has to be the delay in ordering.  I'm getting free release day shipping of Halo 4.

Free release day shipping from Amazon here as well, I pre-ordered in September though.

[gellar]

yeah, the free release day shipping usually disappears the Friday before release.  I think it is because at that point they would have no choice but to send it next day air; I've had release day items ship out on a Saturday or even Sunday in order to get it to me on the following Tuesday with two day delivery.

This is what I've observed as well.

Ditto.

[Ridah]

Ah, good to know. I was ready to condemn Amazon altogether (in terms of buying physical copies of games).