In your collective experience, where should I be camped out the night before the launch to secure a unit? (Unless there are some places that still have pre-orders available in the Pacific NW) All the Big Box stores (Best Buy, Circuit City, TRU, etc) are options, and there's a Fry's about 40 minutes away. What about non-traditional sources (Fredy Meyer's on the West Coast, etc.)?
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Regarding the 360 launch: Best non-pre-order solution?
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Huh. For some reason I've just heard mention that people preordering as of late have been given a bunch of brouhaha about being placed in a queue for a second or third shipment. Is it safe to assume that EB or Gamestop are just managing expectations since we have no clue about shipping volume at this point?
PanopticBlue
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Just go to a Walmart super center (open 24 hrs), try to go to one in a small town if you can. You'll prolly only need to get there a couple hours early.
Silent_Echo
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Why do people think there will be a shortage of X-360's? They won't be hard to find at all.
Keep in mind, EB and GameStop are a poor representation of the market. Of course they will be sold out, they get a smaller shipment than regular department stores. Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, etc will have them in plentiful supply.
Keep in mind, EB and GameStop are a poor representation of the market. Of course they will be sold out, they get a smaller shipment than regular department stores. Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, etc will have them in plentiful supply.
ImNotLikeThem
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My store is only scheduled for 30 on launch, so we've been telling people they'd be on the second "wave". However many that one is gonna be...
I refuse to preorder any more consoles after being forced to buy a bundle with crap I don't want. I'm not going to preorder Xbox 2 when it is releasing a year early. I'll have too many good PS2 and GCgames to play this year. I'll get it in the spring when I'm not forced to buy crap.
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miyuru said:
I know. Get it out of the way, why chase around for something.
StoOgE said:
Oh ok. So you're saying that it's better to just try your chances at getting a system at launch rather than committing to a pre-order that might not be guaranteed for launch?
Hm yeah that makes sense *thumbs up*. Haha honestly I'm not being sarcastic, I understand that point of view.
So why can't you preorder and get a system at launch, how do you guys know?
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miyuru said:
I have a preorder, got it right after E3. However, most of the specialty shops are now saying that you are on a second or third "wave" of shipments with a preorder, which they say could be as soon as two weeks away or as far off as two months away. Now its possible they are just being safe and underbooking preorders, but their could be production issues that cause you to get your preordered system late... so at this point it seems your best bet for getting a system at launch is to camp out at a B&M store.
Plus, there is the chance some of the pre-order places will pull the bundle stunt. Hell, they did it with the first Xbox and that shit wasnt in short supply at all.
Still, its probably not a bad idea to put 50 bucks down on a preorder, that way if you dont pick one up at a B&M on launch day you can get it a few weeks later.
Edit: or you could move to Japan, wake up around noon, walk in and be the 3rd or so person to buy one that day.
sp0rsk said:
No. Best Buy doesn't do pre-orders on any gaming hardware, only software. My only option of being able to afford an Xbox 360 at launch is to use my $400 in BB gift cards.... so I get to line up early in the morning
I did the same thing for the PS2 launch. I got there around 7am and was number 55 in line. They came out and handed each person in line a ticket to swap for a system. They only had 80 tickets and the line swelled to about 200 people by the time the store opened at 10am. The stragglers had no clue about needing a ticket to get a system and numbers 81-200 in line damn near started a riot at the store. It was a huge fucking event. They had news crews and shit all out there filming it. I had to hide behind the fat lady in front of me because I had called in sick for work that day and with my luck, the boss would have been watching the news that night and caught my ass red-handed.