Author Topic: Pre-Order Lines... (Read 12925 times)

JonLeung · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2006, 01:24:15 PM »

Don't time zones mean that the people in the east (Maritime provinces for those of us in Canada) will definitely win such a contest, since they'll be in Nov. 19 before the west? That's not a fair contest.

Caliban · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2006, 01:26:07 PM »

Defeated? Oh wait there's that kid that got a Wii from "Ellen", NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Then I will be the first to get it the proper way, by paying it and not as a gift. heck I even I want to get it frst than anyone that will get it from the midnight launch at the Nintendo World Store in NYC.

Zach · « **Reply #27 on:** October 13, 2006, 02:36:27 PM »

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I got there at about 8:15 and was second in line. The only reason being is because our mall has a GS and an EB, where the EB is closer to the main entrance. People went to the EB line and didnt bother to check GS. Anyway, the EB gave out all of their pre-orders, while The GS I went to still had some after I left.

What's the name of your mall?

If you must know, its The Valley Mall. (good nondescript name that doesnt give away its location). It wasnt that big of a difference, but I would have probably been 5 or 6 in the EB line, when I was 2 in the GS line. Also, I left as soon as I got my preorder, so Im sure they probably ran out shortly after that.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2006, 02:50:51 PM »

I ask because you described my local mall, the Fox Run mall, with having the same EB/GS setup.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #29 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:29:31 PM »

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I ask because you described my local mall, the Fox Run mall, with having the same EB/GS setup.

o_0

Where do you live? Because Fox Run is MY local mall as well.

Zach · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:45:02 PM »

Oh, well in that case, just to show what I am talking about, I found the mall directory.

Valley Mall

The Main entrance is the one towards the bottom center of the map. The EB is right near that entrance, but the GS is around the corner (The GS is not labelled for some reason, but it is in between Pacific sunwear and Trade secret, and is labelled as "leasing opportunity")

Edit: fixed the link

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:48:58 PM »

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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo Where do you live? Because Fox Run is MY local mall as well.

In Dover, NH. You?

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2006, 06:19:27 PM »

I live in Kingston, but I'm in Portsmouth a lot. =D I didn't know any PGC members live so close.

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #33 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:25:57 PM »

that's why the PGC Frappr is handy

IceCold · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:24:36 PM »

The IGN Pre-Order Line Video was pretty funny - the last guy was obviously a plant, though..

WPack911 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 13, 2006, 10:02:04 PM »

Ok, I drove to the Mall and got there at 8:50 AM EST, they open the mall door's at 8:55 AM and I walk in. I was extremely confident that I was gonna get a pre-order because I live in Miami, FL and there are like 25-30 Gamestop/EB's just within like 10 Mile's of my house, plus the mall I went too has a both a Gamestop and a EB in it. I also knew how many consoles both stores were getting, 14 for the Gamestop and an amazing 33 for the EB. I like the gamestop better though so I went there when the door's opened there was another guy waiting by the door I was trying to get a Wii Pre-Order, but he went to the EB. I was first in like at the Gamestop there and waited till 10 AM and got the first pre-order out of the 14. I called both the Gamestop and EB later at like 11 AM and they were both sold out BTW, pretty amazing, I'm happy I got mine anyway.

Caterkiller · « **Reply #36 on:** October 13, 2006, 10:17:28 PM »

I usualy shop at the EB games on City Walk at Universal Studios. I know this EB doesn't open up until 11 AM, and that was right when my first break started today, so there was no big rush. I mosey on over there about 11:15, I was sure there would be no more than 5 people asking about the Wii.

I see about 10 people waiting outside of the store while its open and instantly I think "shoot they told wii guys to wait outside in a line." I walk in and ask whats going on and if I would be able to pre-order a Wii. I was told they were "out" infront of a customer but come back during my next break.

I return and there are 2 left(one was saved just for me cause I am friends with these EB folks) and they tell me that the people were lining up as early as 1 AM, and they would have 30 Wii's available for launch.

I was amazed, couldn't believe it, true story.

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2006, 12:44:31 AM »

I think the last guy was one of their editors, but yeah pretty funny. Would have liked to know what time it was when he went there.

Hocotate · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2006, 02:25:21 AM »

It's crazy how that woman said she was buying the Wii for the graphics.... She was probably getting it for her kids and just said that lol.

Anyway, I'm a bit worried now. I was able to get my GCN from my local wal-mart at about 6:30-7am, but I'm not so sure I'll be able to do that now ; ; I'll try though.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2006, 02:54:23 AM »

Yeah it a little worrisome. I figured that each Gamestop/EB had an avg of 25 SKUs. No I took a microcasm, the stores in my area, they sold out in 30 minutes and one sold more than they were suppose to because the manager at the Gamestop I work at works as a sort of "patch" manager were he gets information and he spreads it to them to the others he wasn't very happy about what happened but back on topic. I proposed a hypothesis that there are around 1000 stores in the US.

That would make it 25,000 units and they sold out in 30 minutes that works out to be about 833 units sold a minute. Since ther was press release that stated that Nintendo intended 1million units to go to North America, spilt between the US and Canada that would be about 600,000 units for the US. At the rate they were going it would only take 721 mintues to sell out or 12.01 hours

There is no real reason for this I just need to do some semi-normal math, Distcreate Mathematics messes with your head. (Its a specialized math dealing with sets and is related to Calculus.)

SgtShiversBen · « **Reply #40 on:** October 14, 2006, 05:08:14 AM »

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that's why the PGC Frappr is handy

I didn't know PartyBear lived so close to me O,o

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #41 on:** October 14, 2006, 07:41:54 AM »

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Go party with that bear!

IGN needs to learn how to clean a camera lens.

Caliban · « **Reply #42 on:** October 14, 2006, 12:23:17 PM »

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The IGN Pre-Order Line Video was pretty funny - the last guy was obviously a plant, though..

The last guy was Mark Bozon, he's a Wii editor just like Matt Cassamassina.
Now that I think about it, there are only 2 Wii editors lol, how are they going to review so many games? LMAO!!!

Zach · « **Reply #43 on:** October 14, 2006, 02:58:04 PM »

hey Thanks Athrun, I never noticed that Frappr thing before. I added myself, it seems that Nitsu is the closest PGCer to me.

Mario · « **Reply #44 on:** October 14, 2006, 04:32:36 PM »

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The IGN Pre-Order Line Video was pretty funny - the last guy was obviously a plant, though..

The last guy was Mark Bozon, he's a Wii editor just like Matt Cassamassina.
Now that I think about it, there are only 2 Wii editors lol, how are they going to review so many games? LMAO!!!

With IGNs reviewing system they wont have to play them so it'll be OK.

Deguello · « **Reply #45 on:** October 14, 2006, 05:43:20 PM »

LOL Ice Burn

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #46 on:** October 14, 2006, 08:07:06 PM »

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With IGNs reviewing system they wont have to play them so it'll be OK.

FYI, to anyone who's wondering: this is not a joke.

wandering · « **Reply #47 on:** October 14, 2006, 08:12:55 PM »

What is their reviewing system, then? Reading the back of the box?

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #48 on:** October 14, 2006, 08:35:32 PM »

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What is their reviewing system, then? Reading the back of the box?

It might as well be: they've written GC reviews in which they complained about things being absent from the game which were ACTUALLY in the game if you play it for a few hours.

Caliban · « **Reply #49 on:** October 15, 2006, 01:53:12 PM »

I never read their reviews anyway, I just check the scores, I mostly go there for the media that PGC cannot offer.

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