Author Topic: Am I screwed? Should I already have pre-ordered? (Read 13493 times)

jasonditz · « **Reply #25 on:** September 08, 2006, 12:04:15 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
That's how it should be. You shouldn't take pre-orders unless you can quarentee product. That was understood before but lost now till they got burned. The fact of the matter is I almost wish that we didn't go into this pre-order mode. It give games longer legs.

Here me out. For consoles it makes since to have Pre-orders because you want to get the most hardware out at a given time. Games it makes less sense. Why? You want to get a lot of product out initially be gaming buying is still a impulse type thing. I mean how many of you bought a game because it "looked good" even though you never heard of it before? With Pre-orders you greatly lessen that oppurtunity.

It takes 2 trips to the game store to preorder a game 1 to do the order and another to pick up. For the most part you go straight to the corner in both. Don't even eye the other games. Now if there were no game pre-orders then you have to search the shelf for the game that may or may not be there but in so doing you'll notice other games you like to try and expand your collection. It would also lend to a more longterm demand for a game. No more spike of everyone who wanted it the first day and then a few the next few months and the game goes out of existence it would seem. Interested people would be paced a little. Also there be the collectors side of this as well.

(Also I wanted to put this analogy in but couldn't find a spot. It be like using an electronic dictionary to using a bound one. Sure with the electronic dictionary you find the word faster but with the bound one you expand your vocabulary faster.)

I agree 100%, I hate the idea of pre-ordering games, and have never done so. It has come back to bite me in the ass a couple times though, one when Harvest Moon came out for the Cube (and the only retailer in town that carried it had only enough available to satisfy their pre-orders) and again earlier this year when I tried to get NFL Head Coach for the PS2 and it took me a week because several local retailers "didn't get any pre-orders so they didn't order any".

IceCold · « **Reply #26 on:** October 13, 2006, 12:51:43 PM »

With the news of those preorder lines, I'm getting more scared by the minute.. Like couch, I should be able to get one at launch, and I don't want to preorder. Still, if the lineups for preorders were that huge only a few days after GS announced when they would take them (and I doubt many others apart from the Internet community knew about them), then I may be in trouble.. Imagine when the real advertising starts..

JonLeung · « **Reply #27 on:** October 13, 2006, 01:12:11 PM »

Yeah, it's bugging me too. Maybe I should preorder. Never having required to before, I'm scared of the process of them taking down my name for some likely irrational reason. o_0

Crimm · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2006, 01:55:55 PM »

I thought it was silly of me to get up on my day off to get one. However, now that I've seen the excitement myself and pictures online, I'm glad I did. I don't wanna deal with that on a day we've known was coming for 2 months instead of 2 days

stevey · « **Reply #29 on:** October 13, 2006, 01:56:55 PM »

Damn I'm screwed, I show up at six to per-order and they were already sold out

atlease I got Trauma Center, way better than a stupid paper say wii on it that cost $50/sarcasm anyone know when game crazy are taking perorders or do I have to go to buffalo, NY to the last store that didn't perorder/sell out

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Smash_Brother · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2006, 02:46:19 PM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold Imagine when the real advertising starts..

This is what alarms me about it as well.

Like I said in another thread, if there's THIS much pre-hype before the hype machine has technically even started, I don't relish my chances of trying to land a Wii on the day the hype machine will be in absolute full swing.

Pale · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2006, 02:57:50 PM »

Except todays hype is artificially created by gamestop.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2006, 03:18:39 PM »

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Except todays hype is artificially created by gamestop.

This current hype is partially due to GS, but the grassroots progression of the Wii plays a huge factor as well.

Do you doubt the massive advertising campaign Nintendo is going to unquestionably roll out when the Wii launch nears?

Look at what people who shouldn't even like games ALREADY think about the Wii! These people haven't seen a single TV ad to date, and yet they are already anxiously anticipating it as though they've tried it.

In fact, there were people in line at GS who were clearly not the gaming type, and yet they were there getting in line at 8 AM with the rest of us hardcore early adopters.

There's no sense in throwing out the whole pitch, but preordering couldn't hurt just in case the Wii becomes the next Furby.

SixthAngel · « **Reply #33 on:** October 13, 2006, 04:05:28 PM »

I expect launch units to be hard to find. With companies like toys r' us telling people it will be one of the hot items it very well might not be available at the stores that might not sell out as quickly either. It looks like I will have to line up the night before because I didn't want to wake up early on my day off to preorder.

Crimm · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:03:13 PM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
In fact, there were people in line at GS who were clearly not the gaming type, and yet they were there getting in line at 8 AM with the rest of us hardcore early adopters.

I noticed that too. One woman in line with me said this was her first console since her brother had an SNES back when she was in high school.

wandering · « **Reply #35 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:13:15 PM »

When I saw stevey had posted, I predicted his post would involve a crying smiley. I'm a psychic.

Anyway. I have a date with wal-mart at midnight on launch day. I hope it goes well.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #36 on:** October 13, 2006, 05:20:00 PM »

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Originally posted by: wandering Anyway. I have a date with wal-mart at midnight on launch day. I hope it goes well.

I hope it does, too.

I have mixed feelings: on one hand, I want Wiis to fly off the shelves like crazy. On the other, it means that a lot of die-hard Nintendo fans will lose out on them to "non-gamers" who won't appreciate them in the same manner the fans would.

Hopefully, Nintendo's stock can even account for explosion of Wii popularity which I predict will happen.

IceCold · « **Reply #37 on:** October 13, 2006, 06:52:45 PM »

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now that I've seen the excitement myself and pictures online

Pictures online? Where would these happen to be?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #38 on:** October 13, 2006, 08:26:54 PM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
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Originally posted by: wandering Anyway. I have a date with wal-mart at midnight on launch day. I hope it goes well.

I hope it does, too.

I have mixed feelings: on one hand, I want Wiis to fly off the shelves like crazy. On the other, it means that a lot of die-hard Nintendo fans will lose out on them to "non-gamers" who won't appreciate them in the same manner the fans would.

Hopefully, Nintendo's stock can even account for explosion of Wii popularity which I predict will happen.

Yeah but if those people are truly die-hard Nintendo gamers they would be camping out

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Hostile Creation · « **Reply #39 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:39:53 PM »

Important question: When do you think pre-orders will be available online (amazon, or whatever), and do you think it arrive soon if I do preorder it online.

I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be outside of Walmart in Florida, around midnight. Oyvey.

BigJim · « **Reply #40 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:45:34 PM »

I would anticipate a number of stores breaking the date as early as the Friday before. Just be ready for anything that entire weekend.

Crimm · « **Reply #41 on:** October 13, 2006, 09:51:16 PM »

Some image boards had pictures posted this morning. I'll grab any I come across.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #42 on:** October 14, 2006, 11:37:01 PM »

I wish the GS I reserved at had a female manager.

It wouldn't matter if she was 40+, I'd have my Wii the moment it arrived in the store.

RiskyChris · « **Reply #43 on:** October 15, 2006, 10:21:15 AM »

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I would anticipate a number of stores breaking the date as early as the Friday before. Just be ready for anything that entire weekend.

I am going to be an emotional wreck that weekend. I've never anticpated a console this strongly before.

BigJim · « **Reply #44 on:** October 15, 2006, 01:18:57 PM »

A Friday date break can usually be a real helper. Call stores early that morning and see if they're breaking the date. You'll have a chance to get over there before most others find out.

And those in school might wanna come down with something on Thursday night just in case.

Berto2K · « **Reply #45 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:54:24 AM »

I know I'm going to be camping this year for my Nintendo console too. I did it for Cube as well. Places like Toys R Us, Walmart, Circtuit City, K-Mart, Target usually will not do preorders and you can line-up or walkin at opening and pick on up. Thankfully for my I have each of those stores right near my house.

JonLeung · « **Reply #46 on:** October 16, 2006, 04:49:10 AM »

At this very moment, I'm at work, while my mom is in line in front of EB Games waiting for the (Canadian) pre-orders to start so she can get me a Wii. Yay for Mom! I take back some things I said about her. >_> And this does remind me of when she waited five hours for Phantom Menace tickets a few years back. 0_0

I wish she had a cell phone in case something's up. I really hope she knows what she's doing and I don't end up with just a pre-ordered PS3 (the pre-orders for those at EB Games in Canada start today, too, I think). I did print off a list of things I wanted, in order of priority just in case they don't have it all, which she could just hand to the person taking the pre-orders, so it should be okay. Do they let you pre-order all accessories? In particular, I'm wondering if I'll get the component cable for the Wii pre-ordered today.

They open at 10:00 (it's about 7:48 now) but they said they may open as early as 8:30 to clear out the people. Hope she's doing okay.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #47 on:** October 16, 2006, 04:59:14 AM »

Oh sh- Jon.. What time did your mom leave?

I was all like "HA HA HA, Americans are my guinea pigs" on Friday. Mine and every other Canuck's.

I wish I had brought my camera. I got to EBGames at 7:10, and there were 15 people outside the store, and me and one other guy approaching. This is the same store that said they would have eight maximum a couple of weeks ago. So I didn't bother lining up, I figure there's no way I'd get one, and like I said last week, I'm not taking the day off work for this.

Thanks to BigJim on the date-breaking suggestion. Otherwise, I'll be checking Wal-Mart after my Saturday night poker game on the 18th. Edit: However, on the topic of breaking dates, with PS3 coming out on the Friday, I bet a lot of places will be too busy to bother breaking the Wii date. I guess I'll be in the stores either way, sweet!

JonLeung · « **Reply #48 on:** October 16, 2006, 05:30:23 AM »

The store she is lined up at said they'll have 15 Wiis. My mom should've arrived there right when the mall opened (7:00) but I told her there might be some people there by then too, and not to freak out if fifteen people are ahead of her because they may be ordering PS3s.

It's almost 8:30...sometime between now and shortly after 10 I expect a phone call from my mom about whether she got it or not and what accessories and etc.

I'd be more calm if I was there in line myself instead. >_<

couchmonkey · « **Reply #49 on:** October 16, 2006, 06:30:46 AM »

Didn't realize PS3 was in there too, so 15 in line isn't so bad after all. Now I wish I'd gone and asked what they were there for, but either way, I wasn't about to be three hours late for work.

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Author Topic: Am I screwed? Should I already have pre-ordered? (Read 13493 times)