Beider Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I heard some countries like UK are going to face a shortage of GTA IV, they even said that pre-orders made after a certain date are not going to be honored. Anyone know if this affect other countries as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danepporambo Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Logan Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Well I know HMV are getting "Thousands" in as the man behind the counter told me. They will probably be selling it for £60 though, I mean Gears of War is still £50 in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atermis Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 North Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtha Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 pre orders will still be honoured, just not delivered on time. pre order on amazon, play or HMV or give dates after release date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
self Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I just went to my local GAME and they said that they are not doing pre-orders anymore so I'm going to the midnight release just to ensure my copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA-US Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 In this day and age I can't believe there is actually ever a "shortage". C'mon they have factories that can pump out these pieces of plastic(DVD) in no time. It's all marketing I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JREBEL7 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 its all marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beider Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 Well you don't want to over produce the game, and it's hard to guess exactly how high the demand will be. Take WoW for example, it sold out and there was a lack of it in most of Europe. I heard in GB in some places people traveled with train for hours just to grab 10 copies from the only known store that had the game for them and their friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_gg Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 no this is infact true i work in granger games (uk) and us along with game and gamestation have had our stock cut by 45% due to demand apparently not enough have been made this is not a marketing ploy at least not from the shops themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunyboi 85 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 went into gamestation earlier n the girl behind the counter said after the midnight release(which is pre-orders only btw)there wont be any general sale copies available until the nxt deliverys cum in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
self Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 went into gamestation earlier n the girl behind the counter said after the midnight release(which is pre-orders only btw)there wont be any general sale copies available until the nxt deliverys cum in I was told in GAME that apart from the pre-orders it would be first come first served. That's why I'm going to the midnight release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuddenSight Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 its only the online stores that are running out in the uk, in-store there are tons, well in my area there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunyboi 85 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 went into gamestation earlier n the girl behind the counter said after the midnight release(which is pre-orders only btw)there wont be any general sale copies available until the nxt deliverys cum in I was told in GAME that apart from the pre-orders it would be first come first served. That's why I'm going to the midnight release. hope ur rite m8 i av pre-orderd wiv hmv but got a funny feelin that sumet will go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSam-D Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 no this is infact truei work in granger games (uk) and us along with game and gamestation have had our stock cut by 45% due to demand apparently not enough have been made this is not a marketing ploy at least not from the shops themselves Great thats where i pre-orderd my game from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
self Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 went into gamestation earlier n the girl behind the counter said after the midnight release(which is pre-orders only btw)there wont be any general sale copies available until the nxt deliverys cum in I was told in GAME that apart from the pre-orders it would be first come first served. That's why I'm going to the midnight release. hope ur rite m8 i av pre-orderd wiv hmv but got a funny feelin that sumet will go wrong Did you pre-order online or instore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I heard some countries like UK are going to face a shortage of GTA IV, they even said that pre-orders made after a certain date are not going to be honored. Anyone know if this affect other countries as well? on www.gameware.at it says that germany could face a shortage as well. im glad that i preordered my copy from gameware.at (austria). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MultiForce Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I heard some countries like UK are going to face a shortage of GTA IV, they even said that pre-orders made after a certain date are not going to be honored. Anyone know if this affect other countries as well? Same here. I don't care as I ordered 2 months ago or something and got it confirmed last week that I get it on release day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_gg Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 no this is infact truei work in granger games (uk) and us along with game and gamestation have had our stock cut by 45% due to demand apparently not enough have been made this is not a marketing ploy at least not from the shops themselves Great thats where i pre-orderd my game from! no worrys if u preordered it u r guarenteed it its just if u havent you will be f*cked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObsessedWithGTA4 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 R* shipped out 6 Million copies. 150 of witch go to my local best buy, and 50 special editions on top of that just for PS3, the same goes for the 360. So thats 400 copies for just one small BestBuy. I doubt there will be a shortage here in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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