Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Hmm, wonder if Circuit City will still be around when StarCraft 2 is finally released
Originally posted by: FuryofFive
Originally posted by: Baked
You never pre-order games because there will always be enough. Hardware on the other hand is a whole different story.
ehhh there is some truth to that.. ive seen games that sold just enough...and ive seen games where they shortchanged people...
zelda for gamecube is one of them. the one that is on the wii. i dont know the name. they sent less than enough for the pre-orders alone..
so in most instances yes pre-order is stupid
god of war 2 which sold like crazy isone of those games that peopleneeded to pre-order. i worked at an ebgames during that time, and we ran out, the store down the street ran out as well.
yes, stores like ebgames will sell out, but then there will always be stores like Target where people don't really think of them for going to get a video game and they'll always have such games in stock (note, not necessarily just Target, but any such store)
even stores in my area such as Best Buy and Circuit City will have a great track record of carrying more than enough games to meet the demand, I've basically discovered trends in my area that people will associate certain stores such as ebgames/gamestop and ToysRUs as the place to go to pick up games/game hardware on its first release, often neglecting the 5 or 6 other stores within a square mile that will carry the same items
I guess if you're in a podunk area you might want to do it, but even then online is always an option (might not get it right at midnight on launch, but you'll at least get it launch week) ... I was able to order Zelda for the Wii online from Walmart right at the Wii's release, getting the Wii took a few more months to acquire...and from what I saw I didn't even need to order the game online as I noticed many of the stores I have been talking about carried plenty of stock of the Zelda software, they just didn't have the Wii hardware...