It's unclear how many pre-orders will not be delivered to gamers

Sep 5, 2014 06:54 GMT  ·  By

The launch of Destiny, one of most expected launches of the year, is just a few days away, but it seems that major retail chains are still sending out cancellation notices for the Ghost and the Limited Editions of the game.

The special packages, which were unveiled during the summer, were heavily pre-ordered as soon as developer Bungie and publisher Activision first explained what they would contain, but the stores did not limit their number of accepted orders based on estimation of the number of actual boxes they will get.

This means that many players have been getting e-mails from their stores in which they are informed that the games would not ship as expected.

On Reddit, one gamer explained that GameStop canceled his PlayStation 4-linked Destiny Ghost Edition this week and many others are in the same situation and will be unable to play on launch date.

The good news is that the retail chain seems determined to make things right and is shipping the player a PlayStation 3 version of the Ghost package, which means that he can get access to all extra content, while also including a classic copy of Destiny for the PS4 so that he can get access to the current-gen experience.

At the moment, the special editions of the shooter are being sold for close to 1,000 dollars (760 Euro) on secondary sites, and the prices are expected to increase as the September 9 launch date is getting closer.

Destiny will be offered on the PlayStation 4, the PS3, the Xbox One and the 360, and gamers who get the title on Sony platforms will be able to access a range of content that will be exclusive for one year.

The first-person shooter aims to update the core mechanics of the genre in order to make it more appealing for modern gamers, and the development team at Bungie has also introduced ideas taken from the role-playing and the massive multiplayer online areas.

Bungie is already working on the first piece of downloadable content for the title, called The Dark Below, which will be launched before the end of the year on all platforms.

The development studio has said that it has a 10-year long plan for its shooter and that it wants the community to offer feedback on the game so that they can quickly deliver updates to tweak the core experience.