"Preorders for the PS3 and Wii open up on Tuesday, October 10th. You will need to put $50 down. There is no trade in offers or anything.
Also it is each store managers decision if they want to open preorders, or sell the systems on a first come, first serve basis. As I have said before, I have decided to sell the systems at my store on a first come, first serve basis. Not all stores will be doing preorders, since it is the managers choice. Hope this helps anyone who has been wondering."
He later stated: " I am the store manager for the store in Greensburg, PA."
"Nope. I just found out that the day for preorders is definitely the 9th or the 10th. That is a fact."
So if this is true, Gamestop will indeed be offering Wii and PS3 pre-orders. Maybe everyone jumped the gun and took Steve Morgan's comments out of context? The quote that caused all the commotion:
"We did learn a lesson last year," said Steve Morgan, president of GameStop.
"I think the lesson is caution and optimism at the same time."
Nowhere did he state that the Wii and PS3 wont be available for preorder, just that GameStop would be caution and optimistic about these console launches. Rightly so after last year and the Xbox 360 incident. Anyways, a contact of mine that also works at GameStop mentioned that specific date to me two day's ago without having any previous knowledge of this post on 1up.
So there you have it, it's all we know for now and take this information however you want, we'll just have to wait till the 10th to find out if this is just a rumor or not.
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