EB Games facing 360 shortages

silhouette · Nov 2, 2005

http://ve3d.ign.com/#663438

Really funny.

Just before I see this news, I was called by the Gamestop shop which I gave my pre-order. The guy told me that although I am 13th on the list, there is a chance that I am not getting on the first date. Less than 13 box per store.. This is ridiculous.

I guess the shortage problem is very real.

jvd · Nov 2, 2005

err yea what did u think. The companys are greedy . So greedy in fact taht eb games opened up preorders again and aren't guarnteeing any of them till after the holidays

jpr27 · Nov 2, 2005

jvd said:
err yea what did u think. The companys are greedy . So greedy in fact taht eb games opened up preorders again and aren't guarnteeing any of them till after the holidays

Bah dont get me started on this one. It boarders on misleading and false advertising IMO. Something that has become too normal in many industries these days

jvd · Nov 2, 2005

I told people from e3 look we are taking preorders for the xbox 360 , if u want it go to the store asap . I'm number 1 in my store .

This is the way it was with all launches.

_phil_ · Nov 2, 2005

silhouette said:
http://ve3d.ign.com/#663438

Really funny. Just before I see this news, I was called by the Gamestop shop which I gave my pre-order. The guy told me that although I am 13th on the list, there is a chance that I am not getting on the first date. Less than 13 box per store.. This is ridiculous.

I guess the shortage problem is very real.

don't worry ,tell them you know about their tactics ,threat to blackmail them ,you'll have one.

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25148&page=4

valioso · Nov 2, 2005

I got a called yesterday saying I will get mine.

Powderkeg · Nov 2, 2005

Meh, I'm number 11 on my stores preorder list, and it's already paid in full. Shortages don't bother me.

I just wish I had preordered 2. This looks like prime Ebay material to me.

silhouette · Nov 2, 2005

I gave my pre-order back in mid June. Way before they start taking pre-orders on net. That's just not fair. However, the guy told me that he is trying to get some extra boxes. Though I do not know if it is even possible.

I think they just try to maximize their profits by giving priority to bundled pre-order. However, I also already pre-ordered two games. I just want to pick whatever I want, not what they decided for me. By these tactics, they just lost a customer.

jpr27 · Nov 3, 2005

Powderkeg said:
Meh, I'm number 11 on my stores preorder list, and it's already paid in full. Shortages don't bother me.

I just wish I had preordered 2. This looks like prime Ebay material to me.

I think most places are limiting 1 per customer for launch period at most stores here. Not to say you cant take a friend or two around with you on midnight or early morning launch day and grab a couple "extra's" for ebay sales might be interesting. Bet you could even get a good price on a core package for Xmas day on ebay

Xbox 360 the Tickle Me Elmo of this holiday season

***If no one remembers the Tickle Me Elmo fiasco a few years back where people bought (I think about $50 per) and sold the popular Elmo for around $600 (and more?) on ebay during the holiday season. (Their kids just had to have it

) Nothing better then watching proper soccer moms cat fighting (yes really) over a toy when a shipment came in.

jvd · Nov 3, 2005

Well guys this is my understanding

Low volume stores get 10-20 units . High volume stores get 20 + units

There will be another shipment of about half the initial amount the first week or second week of december .

This is what i was hearing

DeathKnight · Nov 3, 2005

Well, I'm 14th in line at my EB....

I'd be surprised if they don't get at least 15 in. That would suck if they got less. I preordered all the way back at the end of May/beginning of June and I still wouldn't get one.

Powderkeg · Nov 3, 2005

jvd said:
Well guys this is my understanding

Low volume stores get 10-20 units . High volume stores get 20 + units

Then my local GS should get a ton of them. They had over 300 peorders for Halo 2, and as of last week had 123 preorders for the 360. Of course gaming here is a little more popular than most of the US, which is why places like Best Buy do midnight launches here. (Even PC games like Doom 3 got a midnight launch at Best Buy here, complete with id Software employees showing up to sign autographs and such.)

jvd · Nov 3, 2005

Powderkeg said:
Then my local GS should get a ton of them. They had over 300 peorders for Halo 2, and as of last week had 123 preorders for the 360. Of course gaming here is a little more popular than most of the US, which is why places like Best Buy do midnight launches here. (Even PC games like Doom 3 got a midnight launch at Best Buy here, complete with id Software employees showing up to sign autographs and such.)

I dunno my store is normaly 3-5th in teh region (east coast) in terms of reserves and we are getting 31 i believe .

We should have final numbers on monday

Synergy34 · Nov 3, 2005

what kind of split are you seeing for the two different packages?

Are people even buying the non HDD version?

jvd · Nov 3, 2005

Synergy34 said:
what kind of split are you seeing for the two different packages?

Are people even buying the non HDD version?

i'd have to check reserves again but i'm pretty sure we have 2 requested core units both from parents getting it for thier kid

silhouette · Nov 3, 2005

Powderkeg said:
Then my local GS should get a ton of them. They had over 300 peorders for Halo 2, and as of last week had 123 preorders for the 360. Of course gaming here is a little more popular than most of the US, which is why places like Best Buy do midnight launches here. (Even PC games like Doom 3 got a midnight launch at Best Buy here, complete with id Software employees showing up to sign autographs and such.)

My local GS has 60 pre-orders. Most of them is for the premuim package. Btw, the guy at the store mentioned that they also have some sort of launch party at midnight. Btw, where are you?

silhouette · Nov 3, 2005

Jvd, have you heard anything about how many boxes GS allocates for shops and for internet pre-orders. I am just curious. I heard they allocate 35000 boxes for shops, but I did not hear anything about how many boxes they allocate for internet pre-orders.

Alpha_Spartan · Nov 3, 2005

Mine is paid in full and is guaranteed...I hope. For the next couple of weeks, I'll be annoying the hell out of EB.

Powderkeg · Nov 3, 2005

silhouette said:
Btw, where are you?

Less than 10 minutes from here:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/32895

Dr. Meaty · Nov 3, 2005

I reserved mine at Gamestop on May 29, at which time I was told they already had about 30 preorders. I had mine paid in full by the end of July. Now it looks like there's a pretty decent chance I won't be getting one on the 22nd. May 29! Totally unbeleivable.

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