Is preordering even important anymore?

[Chux]

I preordered Fable 2 hours before it got in the store. So I got it that night, instead of today.

[Dyne]

i always loved getting in a game to have a couple motherfuckers not show up for weeks to get their copies. and since the inventory was based on selling out......and by god we could NEVER sell off a preordered copy we would be OOS longer than we should have.

[Roufuss]

I preordered Fable 2 hours before it got in the store. So I got it that night, instead of today.

I don't get why stores would just on extra copies because people didn't preorder.

I'm lucky that all the EB's and Gamestop's around here actually went to sell their profit the day it comes in, and don't make people wait a day just because they didn't feel like putting up 5 bucks they could have used.

[Yoshi]

Anymore? It was never important.

[Rocca]

AFAIK, pre-ordering is only important if:

1) you know they're going to sell out and you want it ASAP and

2) there's some preorder bonus you really want.

It's not like there's much extra effort or extra money involved here.

Yup, those are the only reasons for why I'll preorder. Sometimes, thats what determines which game out of several I'll be picking up that month.

[Thief Silver]

Well at the EB near me, you get the 5 dollars for the pre-order off the marked price of the game. So there is no harm not to, and if you really want posters there is sometimes one that comes with a pre-order if you check in. Of course then there is Zelda Master Quest, the best reason to have pre-ordered a game ever.

[Dyne]

Well at the EB near me, you get the 5 dollars for the pre-order off the marked price of the game.

ummm thats what every store in their and GS's chain does.

[Razor Ramon]

Pre-orders are starting to suck ass hard now a days. My EB didn't give me shit when I pre-ordered SF:AE and Silent Hill 4. I'm going to start pre-ordering online where I can get the extra little stuff. It's not much, but it means a lot to me when they give me little gifts. It's like they care.

[Anal Kaboom]

its not so bad...yes it is.

[Thief Silver]

ummm thats what every store in their and GS's chain does.

Ah I wasn't sure, thanks for the clarification.

I mean if you're ever at a game store and their offering pre-orders on something there is no reason not to take them up on the offer (Unless of course you can't afford it at the time).

But I guess driving 20 minutes out of your way or something to pre-order these games.. wouldn't be worth it. So... no pre-ordering isn't that important.