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naznatips on 13 February 2011
Acevil said:
naznatips said:
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 


Hopefully it is first come first serve, because I preordered mine the first day it was offered.  (Online)

They were the first organization to do it, so that is why I jumped on. 

It will be first in line with a preorder, first serve.



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Acevil on 13 February 2011
naznatips said:
Acevil said:
naznatips said:
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 


Hopefully it is first come first serve, because I preordered mine the first day it was offered.  (Online)

They were the first organization to do it, so that is why I jumped on. 

It will be first in line with a preorder, first serve.


Well mine is being shipped. (Ordered online). 



 

naznatips on 13 February 2011
Acevil said:
naznatips said:
Acevil said:
naznatips said:
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 


Hopefully it is first come first serve, because I preordered mine the first day it was offered.  (Online)

They were the first organization to do it, so that is why I jumped on. 

It will be first in line with a preorder, first serve.


Well mine is being shipped. (Ordered online). 

Then you should be fine.



Icyedge on 13 February 2011
Acevil said:
Icyedge said:
kitler53 said:
 

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.


The PS3 was very expensive on Ebay back in the days. Was going for 2K if guaranteed a same day release shipment and about 1K after release. It was mad. Ebay even had to put some new rules up where sellers had to show a pre-ordering proof for selling it before release.

The problem with the ps3 was it only lasted a week at most, before stablizing on ebay. Wii on the other hand was still going for huge margin for at least half a year, and arguably a  whole year. 


Yes I remember too, so I dont argue with that.



Icyedge on 13 February 2011
HappySqurriel said:
Icyedge said:
kitler53 said:
 

A) it's not really a gamble cause as long as you don't open the package you can alway return it to the store if you aren't getting the ebay prices you want.

B) do you have any source or research behind that 10-20% number?  obviously the wii sold amazing on ebay and the ps3 didn't but i've never seen any hard research on these types of things.  if so i'd like to read up on that.


The PS3 was very expensive on Ebay back in the days. Was going for 2K if guaranteed a same day release shipment and about 1K after release. It was mad. Ebay even had to put some new rules up where sellers had to show a pre-ordering proof for selling it before release.


With how short lived the PS3's sales spike on ebay was, and how few units ended up selling for significantly higher than retail, I'm not convinced that its prices were legitimate. Sony has been caught producing fake grassroots/viral campaigns before (see: PSP graffiti) and you can quite effectively create an ebay based viral campaign by listing a product under one account and "buying" that product using another account; and since you hold both accounts you can sell something with a very high price at (effectively) no cost. Even if you didn't want to be that dishonest, you could simply plan on buying 50 units at $2000 at launch week, which is a small amount to pay for an "advertising" campaign.

While it may sound paranoid, a large portion of "news" today is manufactured by marketing firms to attract attention to products they represent. Many of these firms have figured out ways to gain a lot of press at a very low cost, and repeatedly use these tactics until they are no longer effective.

Maybe they did that, I dont know. What I know is, I was personally able to sell my second unit 1000$ 3-4 days after release. I even thought of selling my main unit to purchase it later on.  I thank  Sony if they were the one purchasing it at that price.

On topic: luckily I have pre-ordered my 3DS at a local store about 6 months ago, just after it was announced.



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Shadowfest3 on 13 February 2011

This is HUGH!  Sales are going to be through the roof!



BoneArk on 13 February 2011

I'm still undecided on getting the 3DS. I know the 3DS is going to be huge,but, selling out at Wal-Mart with a month plus left. WOW!!



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

miz1q2w3e on 13 February 2011

I'm scared I won't be able to get one this summer! :(

The same thing happened when I wanted to get a Wii, I didn't preorder it (I've never tried it before), then I tried to get one later but it was always sold out everywhere. Luckily, one day my friend found me one at the WalMart near him so I went their and bought it ASAP XD



greenmedic88 on 13 February 2011
naznatips said:
JayWood2010 said:

Just pre-ordered mine on gamestop after reading this


Gamestop will take preorders long past the amount of stock they're getting. Enjoy fighting in a line for a device you already preordered only to find that they sold out an hour ago and you'll be waiting two weeks. 

This actually wouldn't surprise me. While I make no attempt to hide my general disapproval of the way GS runs its business (with profitability literally banking on the secondary market, discouraging customers from buying new, etc.) and consider myself biased against them, based upon my own personal experience, it does feel as though their pre-order system is not the best in business.

I don't know if that's because they order low inventory due to their dependence upon secondary market sales, or if it's because they get low preferential treatment from distributors, but it just strikes me as odd when a business chain that size keeps such low stock of new items at its local outlets.

That being said, I did get my pre-order for the MGS Peacewalker limited bundle from them (website, not local pick up), without problem and don't anticipate problems with my 3DS pre-order with them either.



SpartenOmega117 on 13 February 2011

dont know if i want to preorder or not. the main game i really want to buy is pokemon black/white and i was hoping i could play that on 3ds since i dont have my original dsi.