Mithos Yggdrasill
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Well, if I found some new adverts in stores, I'll post them here.
AniHawk said:I was supposed to put these up yesterday. Too much work involved in the alotted time.
We got the PS3 stuff in too, IIRC.
Guy already called dibs on the Zelda half.
Mithos Yggdrasill said:Do you work at Gamestop ? Interesting. Can I ask you one question ? What is in your store the hype for the Wii in comparison to the Gamecube Pre-Launch ?
AniHawk said:Uh... I don't know?
I was a customer when the GC came out, and they were busy pushing Xbox on people. Still, the store I had reserved the system at had about 30-40 systems reserved- which is about how many 360s we got in.
Wii hype is pretty low comparatively. Probably my best indication would be to check how many Wii Zeldas there are reserved.
neojubei said:Here is a silly question, but do you know when RB/Gamestop will be taking Wii pre-orders?
thanks in advance.
I heard if you buy five Wiis and trade them in, that guarantees you a place in line to wait for a possible chance to pre-order a PS3 (third shipment)!AniHawk said:October 1st or 2nd. Probably the 2nd since that's a Monday.
is that for ps3 too?AniHawk said:October 1st or 2nd. Probably the 2nd since that's a Monday.
Rhindle said:I heard if you buy five Wiis and trade them in, that guarantees you a place in line to wait for a possible chance to pre-order a PS3 (third shipment)!
Nvidia said:is that for ps3 too?
Cool, my ps3 funds is at $790.00 can't wait to perorderAniHawk said:I would assume so. Not only is it PezRadar's date that he gave out (he works on the corporate side), but it's the week after the manager's conference, which is this week.
Best to call in the morning, ask if they're doing it, and head over first-thing. If you get a store with a responsible staff, you should be able to get through with a call about half an hour before the place opens, so you're able to nab a spot.Nvidia said:Cool, my ps3 funds is at $790.00 can't wait to perorder
AniHawk said:October 1st or 2nd. Probably the 2nd since that's a Monday.
AniHawk said:Best to call in the morning, ask if they're doing it, and head over first-thing. If you get a store with a responsible staff, you should be able to get through with a call about half an hour before the place opens, so you're able to nab a spot.
Martoo said:Here in Australia one of our major game stores is called Games Wizards. I had a chat to some of the guys today. Some things that I found interesting:
1. They have more pre-orders for the Wii than they do for the PS3.
2. Many of the people who had a pre-order for the PS3 changed theirs to a Wii when they heard the news that the launch had been delayed to March.
3. They have a deal where if you trade in 25 games and a PS2 or Gamecube, you get the Wii free. I remarked that I don't know anyone with 25 games for a single system. To my surprise he said that the deal is actually quite popular. And he's even seen people bring in 45 games. I'm guessing hardly any of those could be actual game collections. Sounds like either people are trading stolen games, or grabbing cheap titles for the specific purpose of trading in.
4. I asked if I could pre-order some games. They said as long as they have them in their system I can. I asked about Zelda and Monkey Ball. They said yep, they are set for release with the system and I can pre-order them.
TheTrin said:Wait, you don't know anyone with 25 games for a given system? Do you actually know any gamers at all? Most people I know have like, at least 40 games for any system they own. Granted, they would rather cut their fingers off than trade them all in, but I'm just saying.
Thank you very much sir! I've been needing and wanting to preorder a ps3 for a LONG time, I hope october 1st/2nd is the day, and I'll be sure to call first thing in the morning to get my name first on the list.AniHawk said:Best to call in the morning, ask if they're doing it, and head over first-thing. If you get a store with a responsible staff, you should be able to get through with a call about half an hour before the place opens, so you're able to nab a spot.
gofreak said:Not sure if this is old news, but GAME in Ireland started taking Wii preorders yesterday. Not sure if it's the same across the board in the UK. I'm just about to go to put mine down, I'll apparently be number 4 on the list unless someone gets in ahead of me this morning
Thraktor said:Did they give any info on price/forced bundles? I'm tempted to put down a pre-order, but given Game's reputation of pricing systems 10 above the EU norm (although I'll admit the DSLite is being priced at the EU-standard 149) and bundling like crazy, I think I'll wait this one out and order online at launch, depending on shipping costs.
Also, if it happens to be the GAME on Dawson St in Dublin, did they give any word of how many consoles they expect to get in?
gofreak said:(By the way, that manager actually mentioned the Dawson St. branch in particular, saying he was expecting a bunch of 'weirdos' to be preordering there (?!) :lol He said they'd be all coming in from Trinners, that they preorder everything and anything there)
gofreak said:Not sure if this is old news, but GAME in Ireland started taking Wii preorders yesterday. Not sure if it's the same across the board in the UK. I'm just about to go to put mine down, I'll apparently be number 4 on the list unless someone gets in ahead of me this morning
AniHawk said:I would assume so. Not only is it PezRadar's date that he gave out (he works on the corporate side), but it's the week after the manager's conference, which is this week.
Bad_Boy said:I thought the managers conference was this week?
ah ok, next week for pre-orders it is then?Zepking said:It is.. Starts tomorrow =]
Conference ends 1st. They fly back on the 2nd.
Firestorm said:Bigger picture:
Source: http://gonintendo.com/?p=6156
"Wii. It's Coming"
Wow, "Touching is Good" now this
Zepking said:There is also a PS3 one in stores.
TheTrin said:Wait, you don't know anyone with 25 games for a given system?
Lindsay said:"Plays Gamecube Games"
:lol
That's the best they could come up with?
25 is abit high! I only got one system with < 25 games so far. ;_;
Now before you guys go crazy on me. I can't post my source here beacuse it's a regional manager for Gamestop and it was a phone call, but Ill pass along what I know and you should be ready to put down $50.00 on October 9th.. ONE DAY ONLY
EB and Gamestop will be taking initial pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii for ONE DAY ONLY starting October 9th, 2006. ONE DAY ONLY initially. They may take additional orders after this date but for now it's one day only. Gamestop is comfortable with getting enough units that they want to make sure YOU pre-order with them and not some other store this October.
Nintendo has locked in at least 1 Million units will be availalbe for launch, but they are hinting that there may well be MANY more than 1 million units and up to 4 Million by years end.
So Nintendo is positioning themselves for the Holiday Season... It should be a fun race..
Also if anyone doubts the authenticity of this, please see my Offical Press Release for the 360 Yesterday before it was broken elsewhere as my proof
Also call you local EB/Gamestops some stores know about this already some don't. It depends when there managers talk to them.
Argh, so much conflicting information. I have previously heard:Bad_Boy said:Is there any truth to this?
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=30866