I'm hand sitting as well.. I ordered the update from geeks at play the other day. It's eviently being shipped by Eon anyway.

I've always purchased the downloadable upgrade in the past.

It just seems to me, that if you buy the more expensive boxed set. that a free download while you are wailting would be nice.

I think that they can't do that because the cd key is actually inside the boxed item, but there's no really good reason when they could have them made with a sticker of the cd key on the outside of the box, for eon to use in that respect.

After all, we need to provide the cd key when we upgrade anyway, so they could attach the upgrade key to our accounts, activate the download, and then ship the proper box to go along with it.

or the cd key could always be provided by email only, since we all have to order it online anyway, and then there would be no reason to have the key in the box at all.

Getting the manual AND an instant downloadable upgrade is the best way to serve consumers.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.