FXIII shortage for ps3?

[twesterm]

V-r0cK said:

twesterm said:

darthdevidem01 said:
GAME & Gamestation in my town had a total SELL OUT of the PS3 version

me n my friend went in (he wanted to get it)

& they were picking up the PS3 cases from the shelves to basically imply its not in stock

we asked them & they said, no shipments for a few days

Wow...what a screw up

If GAME and Gamestation are anything like Gamestop, it's their policy to order very few extras for a game, even a huge one.  They want customers to think they can't get the game unless they preorder it.

It's a shitty policy.

That just sounds like bad business for Gamestop eventhough they're big.  I just seems like they just lost themselves some sales and costumers just to maintain that shitty policy. 

My EBgames (same as and is owned by Gamestop) sells some of their games like $5-10 more than that of Bestbuy or Walmart, and that already turn costumers away, as well their used games are hardly cheaper then a new, and now to add in this shitty policy makes me wonder how does it stay in business?

It's actually reall good business for them since they make their money on used games.

Preordering a game means they get money early and you're forced to come back to their store.  The coming back is the important part because then you're encouraged to buy used games which make them a huge amount of profit.  They don't really make a lot of money off of new games so why bother keeping a bunch of them around?