I have to say this has been exciting. Decided to drive to a GameStop even after calling them and them not knowing, figured I would take a chance and go to the Store directly. As I walk in there are 4 people in line, 3 clerks behind the counter with 1 on the phone talking about the pre-order. I walked up and asked and they said it just started. 4 guys in front of me all pre-ordering. When I get to the register another 3 walk in and the guy in charge of answering the phone had about 6 calls all in a row asking about it. This particular store has 24, I was number 6 with another 3 that were behind me giving them 9 within it going live within 30 minutes.
I needed one for my Wife and they would not allow me to do another one, so drove to another GS. Apparently they have linked their systems and it blocked me, but the guy said they could just put my Wife in the system and since we are moving I had them use our new address. That Store only had 12 units and sold through 6 already with my wife having the 7th unit.
It was fun and exciting, talked with a few guys outside that were in front of me and it had that new console generation feel or excitement.