Am quite surprised at the amount of people that frequent online forums such as this that go to brick and mortar shops tbh.
some games just deserve to be preordered months in advance. Bayo 2 is one of these
Well how is this? I preordered a copy ages ago at Gamestop and they didn't get enough to cover the preorders they had taken... So I'm waiting for another shipment that may come in today or Monday. Not pleased. My Gamestop has been great to me though and I've been going there for over 10 years. They are giving me some store credit or gift card for the inconvenience.
I'm seeing it in stock at about 20 Gamestops within driving range, plus all of the Best Buys in the same area.
I'm hoping those comments about "undeserving" people who don't pre-order are sarcastic. Why shouldn't a newly released game (at least its regular edition) be available for anyone?
I'm hoping those comments about "undeserving" people who don't pre-order are sarcastic. Why shouldn't a newly released game (at least its regular edition) be available for anyone?
It should be available to anyone, but retailers aren't going to risk getting extra stock of a niche title on a poorly selling system to sit around and not get sold. Pre-orders give them an idea of how many they are going to sell, most people don't see it that way.
My biggest beef is having to contact Customer Service if my Wii U dies.
I had both my PS3 and 360 die and had sizable libraries. All I needed to do was enter my gamertag/psn id and redownload my games. You can't do that on Nintendo platforms without calling CS, which I find very restrictive.
I'm hoping those comments about "undeserving" people who don't pre-order are sarcastic. Why shouldn't a newly released game (at least its regular edition) be available for anyone?
In a messed up way, this is good right?
I was aware of low stock when i entered Gamestop, but managed to get the last copy. It was unsealed, but it's not like I wasn't going to play it.Man, I lucked out so much at Target, then, I guess. I got the last copy and the guy who got it for me was cute.
Win.
Er, yeah, that sucks about the low shipments. I was hoping that wouldn't happen, since they even advertised the game with a commercial and everything. Though they did the same with Awakening...
Seriously, I can't find this game anywhere.
I tried 3 Gamestops and 2 Best Buys. And it seems people in the main OT are having the same problem. Guess I should've pre-order as GS reminded me lol.
I'd buy it digitally if it wasn't for Nintendo's wacky account system.
Is anyone having trouble finding this game?
I don't get why people don't check online to see if something is in stock before going out and wasting gas.
It seems pretty obvious now but I hadn't quite thought about it that way before. I just remembered how hard it was for me to find W101 just a few months after release, and this will probably happen to Bayo 2...This. I wish more understand how businesses work. No one wants to get stuck with huge stacks of unsold games. I remember seeing DOZENS of Metroid: Other M... Kirby's Epic Yarn too :/ I think these scared Ninty.
It should be available to anyone, but retailers aren't going to risk getting extra stock of a niche title on a poorly selling system to sit around and not get sold. Pre-orders give them an idea of how many they are going to sell, most people don't see it that way.
Retailers probably aren't too keen to order WiiU games in huge quantities right now.
Pre-ordering is allowing for corporate entities to earn interest and other financial benefits from holding onto consumers money without having to provide those consumers with any kind of good or service for a designated period of time. Unless there is some incentive to pre-order, it is pointless IMO. Market research should indicate what levels a game needs to be ordered at.
I had to go to a second Best Buy to get my copy. Thought about waiting and getting the game a couple weeks from now, but decided to go ahead and get it.
Relax dude smhFor PC, 3DS and Vita I'm all digital. For whatever reason I still like buying physical Wii U games.
This is straight up bullshit and I hope you're just trolling.
It definitely happened with Wario Ware Smooth Moves and Pokemon Battle Revolution last fen, they only had 1 print run.This is a recent thing this generation. (Wanna pimp the eShop perhaps)
Nintendo has always shipped adequate copies of games before.
It seems pretty obvious now but I hadn't quite thought about it that way before. I just remembered how hard it was for me to find W101 just a few months after release, and this will probably happen to Bayo 2...
There were like 10 copies at my local Best Buy last night, heh. Pretty easy to pick up for me. I was actually kinda sad to see so many copies still sitting there.
I live in NYC. No car needed.Save gas and time. Call ahead, bro.
Have you tried Toys R Us? Target?
He's lying and he's not even being shameless about it. Nintendo doesn't decide that, the corporate offices at Gamestop decide that. Let's say a Gamestop has 2 people who preordered Bayonetta 2. Chances are they're going to send enough to meet the preorders and maybe a few more for those rare people who didn't preorder a niche game. (If it's niche, always preorder.) Preorders dictate how many copies each store should get, and the person in charge of distribution for the various regions at the corporate offices are the ones who decide what stores get how many and how much excess stock they should have. Low preorders means there aren't many extra copies for non-preorders if any at all.
In this thread, I'm very surprised at the number of GAFers who want to buy from GameStop or Best Buy.
Cmon... those stores are trash
Not really how it works, that means that retailers under estimated demand and didn't purchase enough stock from Nintendo. Nintendo as a seller would want stores to buy as many copies as possible, that's where their revenue comes from.
It's not like they determine to mail out Xxx of units to store and under ship, their sales teams job is to get their customers (Walmart, target, Etc) to buy from them in as large as quanitiy as they are willing to carry.
Some retailers though don't even take M rated wii u games in any more, or in limited amounts or so due to poor sales
I don't get why people don't check online to see if something is in stock before going out and wasting gas.
Surprised to see so much preordering elitism. Not everyone can buy a game day-1 you guys.
I didn't preorder because I won't be able to actually play the game until December when I'm off university. So I just couldn't justify the purchase right now, let alone a preorder.
If the game isn't available at retail anywhere in December I'm going to be sad.
Yep. The same is said at every similar thread, yet there's this thing about "I don't want to give my money early to Gamestop!! With interests, that's like a million dollars!!!".Preorders are one way retailers determine how many copies of something to order. People not preordering Bayonetta means stores don't order means Nintendo doesn't ship.