The wife dragged me up to the mall earlier for a fun filled afternoon of holding her purse and chasing the kid. As a reward, I got a few minutes in the local EB Games (Gamestop). I went ahead and cancelled a couple of pre-orders I had and put Sports Champions and the Navigation controller on pre-order.
While talking with the employees, the one that seemed to be the resident source of knowledge said that they’re not going to be flooding the market, so if there’s something I want that I should go ahead and pre-order it. I don’t know if this is standard fare when a highly anticipated item is going to be coming out or not. Could Sony try to keep supplies tight, ala the fabled Wii shortages of a few years ago, to keep demand up?
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#1 by Luke on September 2nd, 2010 [ 27347 Points ]
As long as they have mine I don’t really care. But you can never tell if they are just saying that as a marketing ploy or if SONY is really going to keep the supply tight.
#2 by Jay on September 2nd, 2010 [ 82493 Points ]
I think it’s both marketing and CYA. Anything new they cant really guarantee, but they also want to get as many pre-orders as possible
#3 by Oly on September 2nd, 2010 [ 129768 Points ]
My gamestop told me that if its not preordered the chances are slim I could get one.. hmmm.. ok ill preorder .. doesn’t mean I have to get it lol
#4 by lesthn12parsecs on September 3rd, 2010 [ 165 Points ]
All this cool stuff coming out at the same time! With money being tight, I think will wait until after the Christmas rush.
Trust me, I want it bad….even signed up with some “Have a party” website that was offering out PSMove parties. Didn’t get one. Now I get e-mails for Star Wars Clone Wars parties and all sorts of stuff I do not want to post pictures having fun with….
#5 by EdEN on September 3rd, 2010 [ 102599 Points ]
Well, usually all Gamestop’s tell you to pre-order but I’ll believe them in this case because we’re talking about new controllers releasing which are harder to make than the usual retail disc release.
#6 by mairondil on September 3rd, 2010 [ 310 Points ]
That sounds like houseparty.com. That’s where I got my Move pack from. Sorry you didn’t get it. I know Subway is running a promotion right now.
#7 by mairondil on September 3rd, 2010 [ 310 Points ]
Yeah, we’re talking about 2 new controllers and how many games? like 6 or so? I’m not sure.
#8 by Juan Morales on September 3rd, 2010 [ 385 Points ]
Why does everything nowadays just has to be limited supplies?