Is preordering even important anymore?

[Drinky Milk]

Great thread. In all honesty, I really am not a big fan of pre-ordering anymore. It's just not that big of a deal, and I know that Reno, NV will never sell out of any game ever. I plan on walking in to EB on Nov. 9 and picking up a brand new copy of Halo 2 without any worries. It's just not that big of a deal anymore, really.

[kuro]

As far as Halo 2 goes, some places you'll be able to walk in and pick it up on 11-9. When I went to Cleveland, I asked a local GS how the Halo 2 reserves are going, they said shitty, cause they mostly get reserves for GTA and sports games. I should have known, because Cleveland is mostly composed of blacks.

At the GS I work at, we have a lot of Halo 2 and GTA reserves, since we're comprised of a lot of mexicans, and they love their GTA. And there's a lot of army guys and FPS fans in the area, so Halo 2 is more than covered. Over 200 reserves I think. I don't feel like counting them.

I know my store has gotten Star Ocean 3, Pokemon FR/LG, Fable, and a couple other games in early, I think it was because we had a lot of reserves for them. On Tuesday we had 60 Fable reserves, we got 60 Fables in. Hoped to get more the next day, but we didn't. We only got 3 copies of Advance Gaurdian Heroes today, and no reserves, and me and one other employee are definately picking it up.

And I have to reserve to get my free stuff, but the free stuff I want is always for games I'm gonna buy anyways.

[Roufuss]

Here we go, reviving an old thread.

Preordering sucks. Alot.

I preordered Alien Hominid at EB, it wasn't supposed to be until 11-22. I go today to get Shikigami 2 for the hell of it, and lo and behold, AH is on the shelf. I ask the guy "Alien Hominid already came out? How come I never got the call?" to which he said "oh, it looks like nobody saw your preorder".

It proceeds to tell me how he only got in 2 copies, and then tried to sell me the gutted one, when the sealed one was right behind him in the case. I said "Hey, I don't want your gutted shit, espically when I preordered in full, how about you give me the sealed one right behind you jackass" to which he replied "ok, sure". So EB only got in two copies, and they were planning on selling both of mine, and not calling me, so if I followed their website release date I probably wouldn't have gotten any copy at all.

So I go to Gamestop to pick up Viewtiful Joe 2. I got the call yesterday, so I go in, and ask for it. The employee gives me the most dumbfounded look on his face, and say "um... that hasn't come in". I ask him why did I get the call, and the game is not here, to which he replies "I guess no Gamestop's got it in, maybe Monday, I don't know." So I go home, call another Gamestop that's about 15-20 miles further down, to which they tell me "yea, we got the game in, we got lots of them, we can transfer your preorder if you come down!"

So bullshit. Preordering is WORTHLESS.

[Cowutopia]

Does EB transfer preorders?!?

[Roufuss]

Does EB transfer preorders?!?

You're going to have to call and ask.

I didn't even know Gamestop did until the guy I told my story to told me about it. He said it's a hassle, but that he'll do it because it's not right I have to wait until Monday.

[Joust Williams]

They always tell me they don't.

[Omni]

Who care's about preordering?

Most games aren't in high enough demand to make it an issue.

The only time preordering is worthwhile at all is if something cool is thrown in with it, like a poster, or a bottle of anal lube with Gordan Freeman on it.

Haha, cmon, think about how funny that would be...

[Clash!]

Well Prodering can be important, if you wanted to get a NintendoDS day one from GameStop you are out of luck now because they filled all of the preorders they could take because Nintendo can't make them fast enough to fill all the orders. So now you have to wait for the next shipment.

[Will]

It proceeds to tell me how he only got in 2 copies, and then tried to sell me the gutted one, when the sealed one was right behind him in the case. I said "Hey, I don't want your gutted shit, espically when I preordered in full, how about you give me the sealed one right behind you jackass" to which he replied "ok, sure".

Did you really say this? I would have punched you dead in the face.....and then sold you the game.

So bullshit. Preordering is WORTHLESS.

Who care's about preordering?

Most games aren't in high enough demand to make it an issue.

Indeed.

The only time preordering is worthwhile at all is if something cool is thrown in with it, like a poster, or a bottle of anal lube with Gordan Freeman on it.

[OmegaFlareX]

Waiting a week for a game to get to my house won't kill me

I've only pre-ordered a few games online, and the ones I got from GameStop were shipped FedEx to me, so I got them on the actual release date. I didn't even pay for FedEx shipping, just regular. Dunno if they still do that or if my games were just flukes, but it's worth checking out.