HammerOfThor
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Thats awesome. Take it out on the employees who have no control over it and ruin their day.
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GoNintendo: "Getting the switch at gamestop might be a bit of a difficult endeavor"
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Thats awesome. Take it out on the employees who have no control over it and ruin their day.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Generally in stores. Some times the website has it's own allocation for online preorders. Mixed bag on whether in-store pick up is an option, or just ship to home.
casey_contra
Member
Or give 'em an awesome story
Considering corporate forces marketing on the stores, and empty system boxes are required on the sales floor most times (to show they "carry" the product at all), destroying displays is far from an "awesome" story. Shit like this is why people loathe retail.
Again, I cannot stress enough, regardless of Gamestop's allocation, they personally will hold units instead of shipping them out. Web-In-Store is not a consumer-focused entity, it exists purely to benefit the company via extra forced profits. This is not a practice worth supporting.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Maybe I'll go to The Nintendo World Store and see if they have any thing extra cool. Make it a thing.
schwabdizzle
Banned
I plan on buying two switches at launch to sell. I know I am one of those guys......Im sorry. I think Nintendo will bottleneck sales like always. I will get one from GS and 1 from Amazon if I am lucky
I guess this isn't surprising when Nintendo said that they were only planning on shipping 2 million units for launch.
I'd pre-order online, but I don't have all of the cash that I need, yet.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
A scalper?
Steve Youngblood
Member
The Wii U was so in demand that GameStop had to cancel their waitlist!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501624&page=1
Lakerchick4life
Member
Yeah I remember pre ordering the Wii U thinking it would be SO hard to get..the day it came out I picked it up and walked home with it, the bag broke, walked into the local Kmart to get a bag and I had to give them a receipt showing the Wii U was from gamestop since Kmart had PLENTY of the Wii U in stock..I have 193 dollars at gamestop to use, but if I cant get it there, I will get it at Target or Best Buy
TheNormalMan
Member
Which means...people are going to start camping out at that point
Damnit...I was going to just wake up early at 5AM and wait in line while watching Treehouse live on my Phone.casey_contra
Member
I know I get you and agree. But as someone who has worked in retail and the service industry, sometimes the worst/most outrageous customers give you the best stories. "OMG Today some lady got mad and started destroying out Wii display! WTF!"
Not condoning any behavior, just trying to look on the bright side.
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Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
This makes sense to me. Lack of availability is basically true of every launch, and given how massively overproduced Wii U was, I wouldn't expect Nintendo to risk that situation again.
If launch month is a mess, I'm sure it'll be available by the summer for casual purchasers. I'll be ready for that Amazon pre-order or email notification.
If launch month is a mess, I'm sure it'll be available by the summer for casual purchasers. I'll be ready for that Amazon pre-order or email notification.
I don't think Wii U was overproduced. Just not enough people wanted it or knew about it.
Superblatt
Member
Am I hearing I need to physically get in line way before the store opens?? Jesus
schwabdizzle
Banned
I might keep one. Debating
Steve Youngblood
Member
Well, if you absolutely want it on Day One and insist on going through GameStop, maybe? It's really hard to tell at this point what's actually going to happen. Right now, I personally just think people are working themselves into a paranoid frenzy.
I'd like to get 2, since my wife really wants one as well. I hope I don't have much problem since we live kinda out there in the country, and we're lucky to have one Gamestop kind of close. Hoping not to have too many problems securing one at Gamestop and hopefully another on Amazon.
schwabdizzle
Banned
I think it depends on the area
OrbitalBeard
Member
Precisely. I've been saying this throughout the thread.
Switch may very well be hard to get, but GameStop having limited pre-order allocations is not proof of that.
casey_contra
Member
I'm similar. I'll probably get two... just in case one preorder goes wrong, then to sell. Hopefully to a friend to break even.
I worked as a Gamestop manager for ~8 years. The bright side is when those sort of customers come back to apologize for their behavior. As rare as it was, no story was as awesome as a person taking time from their day to attempt to correct their mistakes, even if it was more of an internal/personal thing. Everything else just leads to crippling anxiety and depression.
Superblatt
Member
Makes sense. What time are gamestops opening for this on Friday?
10am is normal store hours.
Pancakes R Us
Member
If anyone really wants this and is unable to get it from GameStop, make sure you knock down a few magazine racks on the way out.
Not only does it send a clear message to the responsible party, but it'll make a great story for your kids and grandkids one day.
piratepwnsninja
Member
They opened early for I think Wii U and PS4 preorders.
Steve Youngblood
Member
Sounds like I need to bribe a GameStop employee now to make sure I get on the list. I advise everyone else here to do likewise.
CrAzY FiNgErS
Member
I don't know about non preorder Wii U's, because I preordered at GameStop Day 1 and never had any issue of securing my pre-order. I think the hype for the Switch is different. I think there is more interest there. So I want to have more control over the situation by preordering at a brick and mortar store.
I don't like the idea of preordering online. I never have preorderd hardware online before, as I am paranoid of a cancellation or of my internet being too slow. I think my best bet, as ridiculous as it sounds, is to take a day off work Friday so I can show up at my local GameStop before it opens to secure a Switch. Thank goodness for vacation days.
j0hnnix
Gold Member
gamestop stores are not going to have to many switch units to go around
Or many third party games..
I kid.. I kid..
With the Wii U launch I just walked in to walmart a day before launch and got it.. Will do the same.
Steve Youngblood
Member
I genuinely think it's too early to tell that right now. We are missing incredibly important pieces of information like price and actual launch lineup right now. This really is just pure fan anxiety right now fueling this.
My honest feeling is that the majority of people showing up on Friday morning will be able to pre-order a Switch without much hassle. There will base cases of folks covering their bases and pre-ordering in the store, and online, and Amazon.
Probably store credit or trade-in promotion incentives.
friskykillface
Banned
figures this would happen when I have like $400 in trade in credit
welp, I have the day off Friday so I guess I'll camp out in order to see what happens
smh Nintendo but most importantly, fuck you NoA, false shortages again
welp, I have the day off Friday so I guess I'll camp out in order to see what happens
smh Nintendo but most importantly, fuck you NoA, false shortages again
origamipirate
Member
Assuming we're looking at another Sunday release in North America, I'm going to try Gamestop this Friday for a preorder because I don't want to wait an extra day for a Monday delivery when the time comes, lol. Otherwise I'd just be going Amazon, buying things in person in 2017 feels weird.
US here too and I order most everything from Amazon, but I've never had this experience. Maybe it's regional?
Steve Youngblood
Member
Sure. I honestly have no idea. I'm just saying I don't think there's a lot of solid info out there right now to honestly gauge whether this thing is going to be a hit or not. It could be the next Wii. Or they might announce Thursday night that it's going to cost five hundred and ninety nine US dollars and have almost no surprises in terms of launch games and tell us that Zelda isn't coming until summer. We really don't know anything right now.
serenewarfare
Banned
I know at least in the US I've gotten Amazon packages on Sundays before.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Can't help but wonder if this is foreshadowing another amiibo / NES Classic scenario of Nintendo hilariously undershipping their next product. In which case that wouldn't be too shocking.
lol
lol
Steve Youngblood
Member
Wouldn't it be Friday? New 3DS was Friday. The Wii U was a Sunday release because they released everything on Sundays back then.
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