I'm glad I preordered mine a few hours after the price/date was announced. No waiting in lines or waiting for "second shipments." *smug*
Zulithe said:
I walked my happy butt down to gamestop and pre-ordered immediately after the pre-orders opened. Sorry to everyone who didn't, but that's how you gotta roll!
I ordered mine day 1 too (about an hour after the Nintendo conference ended) but I certainly don't have the confidence you two have about it. What if they're a couple units shy? What if they accidentally sell one to someone who shouldn't have it, or let someone with a basic upgrade to premium out of negligence? Mistakes happen in retail. So how would they go about it? First come first serve? Lottery? Who paid it off first or reserved the most stuff? Most loyal customer history? The actual time placed is only one of the options, after all.
SRTtoZ said:
More gamestop scare tactics? There's not a single company out there that makes you feel more guilty about NOT preordering something than Gamestop.
Scare tactics for not preordering I can get, but scare tactics when you've actually pre-ordered is BS.
I'm thinking this is Canada only, and if you've read the stories about deluxe preorders in America being sold out the next day, it shouldn't be a shock that EB Games might not have been doing things properly if you could preorder for weeks.
I stopped into my local GS yesterday and asked if they had enough to cover their preorders. First clerk had no clue so he asked someone else. Other guy said they had just enough, but I couldn't tell if he actually knew or if he just realized saying that was the easy answer.