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realill on 29 December 2008

Some guy on the Russian forums was trying to find copy of LBP at Novosivirsk. He sad it was for his girlfriend, but all shops was out of stock for this game. He was ready to pay about 120$ for the copy (Yeah games are expensive in Russia) :)



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SpartanFX on 29 December 2008

this exact same thing happened to me at boxing day for LBP,,,went to HMV 20 min after they opened and the guy said all of their 10 copies were sold out within the first 5 min of opening.



 

 

 

thanny on 29 December 2008
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Staude on 29 December 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
perpride said:

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of boxing day, I smoke a fat joint with my friends and head over to future shop. The store was already packed by the time we got there and most people were pushing and shoving just to get to what they wanted. Things go pretty smooth; One of my friends buys a 42" LCDTV along with a new 360. With the 360 he gets the two bundled games as well as Assassins Creed and Gears of War for 20 dollars a pop. Another friend finally grabs himself a dualshock 3 and wireless USB keyboard.

But me? I'm not getting anything yet. I have my eyes on Little Big Planet. Yes I have already played this game to death with my friends. I have finished the campaign, but there is no way I'm missing out on buying my own copy. Future shop has it for 59.99. I tell myself there is no way I am buying it at that price. Why? I find an HMV flyer saying they have LBP, Gears of War 2 and Prince of Persia for 29.99. By the time we reach HMV, the place has been open for 20 minutes already. Little Big Planet is already sold out. Guy says it took no more than 5 minutes to get rid of their 14 copies. I'm kindof cheesed at this point but it's all good cause I got PoP and UTIII for 40 dollars combined. Four hours and  7 HMV's later, I finally quit. This game is flying of the shelf like hotcakes. My friend couldn't understand because he got his copy of Gears 2 at like the third HMV.

Now I am sitting at home with this blank stare on my face.

I wouldn't call 14 copies of LBP flying off of a shelf selling like hotcakes.

 

The game being sold out at all 7 stores he tried after the first one isn't selling like hotcakes ?

 



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perpride on 29 December 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
perpride said:

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of boxing day, I smoke a fat joint with my friends and head over to future shop. The store was already packed by the time we got there and most people were pushing and shoving just to get to what they wanted. Things go pretty smooth; One of my friends buys a 42" LCDTV along with a new 360. With the 360 he gets the two bundled games as well as Assassins Creed and Gears of War for 20 dollars a pop. Another friend finally grabs himself a dualshock 3 and wireless USB keyboard.

But me? I'm not getting anything yet. I have my eyes on Little Big Planet. Yes I have already played this game to death with my friends. I have finished the campaign, but there is no way I'm missing out on buying my own copy. Future shop has it for 59.99. I tell myself there is no way I am buying it at that price. Why? I find an HMV flyer saying they have LBP, Gears of War 2 and Prince of Persia for 29.99. By the time we reach HMV, the place has been open for 20 minutes already. Little Big Planet is already sold out. Guy says it took no more than 5 minutes to get rid of their 14 copies. I'm kindof cheesed at this point but it's all good cause I got PoP and UTIII for 40 dollars combined. Four hours and  7 HMV's later, I finally quit. This game is flying of the shelf like hotcakes. My friend couldn't understand because he got his copy of Gears 2 at like the third HMV.

Now I am sitting at home with this blank stare on my face.

I wouldn't call 14 copies of LBP flying off of a shelf selling like hotcakes.

 

 

Did you read the part where I said my buddy managed to find a copy of Gears of War 2 for 29.99? And that I managed to get my hand on PoP for that same bargain? My personal experience with LBP being sold out means nothing in the big picture, but I would deffinitly call 7 stores being sold out flying of the self.

@Jo21 - You are lucky man. I was hoping to get lucky like that too. Now I don't even know what to do I am really tempted to just pay 59.99 and get it over with.



SpartanFX on 29 December 2008

@perpride

I have a solution for you man.

Go to toysRus(in Canada)

they have it for 44.95 till Jan4th but hurry.


hope this helps



 

 

 

freakgamer on 29 December 2008