msdoble Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Just wondering if you guys thought any UK shops will sell on release day without being preordered, i live in a local town with: Game Gamestation WH Smiths Woolworths PC World Dixons Currys but i havent preordered anywwhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinLieger Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 They genrally keep some for people without pre-orders but demand is very high and theres rumours of limited stock so they might not have many left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky18 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 hmmm i live near stafford town centre and i dont think the shops have any available tbh, there all sellin out like hot cakes mate, try pre order now while u still (maybe) can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey. Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Geez the topics are gettin dumb now. Of course they are what sort of f*ckin question ios that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman2000 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I can tell you a story for antoher game form GAME Mario Kart. I had not pre-ordered so i trotted into town into game out of stock, they had 60 for non preorders and went on release. Id say GTA is a bigger than maio so proberly not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoverhere Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 there is no way in hell every shop is going to be sold out if you go early enough on release day. its hype, they don't only sell to people who pre-order. pre-orders are designed for those who want it delivered or who can't get in early enough to beat a rush. if you get up early enough and walk into a shop on release day (that didn't open at midnight) they'll have a shiny copies all over the place and its a case of picking one up and handing over the monies. they may sell out in alot of places if you go later in the day but there simply isn't enough GTA fans in any given area to sell out every single shop on the first day. somewhere will have copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doa kappatango Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I checked Gamestation and Game today - both would not take pre-orders. I asked if they had general release stock, they both said no - demand was too high. I have a pre-order for midnight already, I was just curious. So I called 2 more of each store in the next towns, both said the same thing..... If you havent pre-ordered in th UK, you will most likely be GTA-less on the 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinor Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Maybe Argos will sell a little ahead of 29th? I don't care, but I think it would be kind of funny when you think of Halo 3 release, which was a little ahead the real date, at least for Argos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA_Junkie Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 no matter how small your town is it must have a supermarket if it's got the shops mentioned. Tesco, Asda, Morrisons etc are not taking pre-orders so i would say that is your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molineux Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 BlockBusters where i work in the north east of England is getting 1350 copies of the game, and when i last checked there was 986 pre orders. Everyone who's pre-order was 100, 200, 300 etc gets a free strategy guide, i was number 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoverhere Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) I checked Gamestation and Game today - both would not take pre-orders. I asked if they had general release stock, they both said no - demand was too high. I have a pre-order for midnight already, I was just curious. So I called 2 more of each store in the next towns, both said the same thing..... If you havent pre-ordered in th UK, you will most likely be GTA-less on the 29th. well, maybe Gamestation and Game are going to sell all their copies via pre-orders but their specialist videogame stores. i'm still convinced places like some of those listed by the above poster will DEFINITELY have copies to sell on release day. WHSmith's, Woolworth's, Blockbusters, Zavvi's... etc... i'm sure they will have copies for those who get up early enough on the 29th. and not ALL places take pre-orders... i'm pretty sure supermarkets like Asda, Tesco, etc either don't take pre-orders or will have copies just to flog. if you struggle to get it at Game or Gamestation thats not a big surprise but like i said before, somewhere will have copies to sell on release day. i'd say make sure you don't try first places who are either specialist games stores or have been aggressively advertising pre-orders, or if you do make sure your very, very early. but still, every single shop is not going to be sold out by tuesday morning. demand is high but not that high, jesus. Edited April 21, 2008 by getoverhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudi Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I have a Zavvi, game, gamestation, tesco, morrisons, asda & a whsmiths in my town, I KNOW for a fact i'll get one on release morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenUnderdog Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 over here in france, Game (scorgame has it's named in France) will only sell the game to those who have preordered, i called them after noticing they closed their pre order online and they told me that it was one of these very rare case when pre ordering matches and almost exceed the amount of game they will receieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shattered-minds Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 no matter how small your town is it must have a supermarket if it's got the shops mentioned. Tesco, Asda, Morrisons etc are not taking pre-orders so i would say that is your best bet. My uncle who works at my nearest Asda says that they don't take pre-orders, but they only get like 30 copies (becaue they're not a dedicated game store or something like that) and being open 24 hours by 10 the que is full (once theres a que of 30 they tell the others not to bother) so places like that are still iffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsy66 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I called GAME and they said, without a reserve you won't be getting a copy first day. If my copy from Amazon isn't delivered on the 29th, I'm gunna pop into town and see if I can find it anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoverhere Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) I have a Zavvi, game, gamestation, tesco, morrisons, asda & a whsmiths in my town, I KNOW for a fact i'll get one on release morning. i have the same attitude. i can visit two WHSmiths, two Woolworths, Tesco, Zavvi, HMV, Blockbuster, Game and Gamestation and all, if need be, before 11am on tuesday morning so i'm convinced i'll pick one up. I'm thinking Game, Gamestation and Blockbuster may have sold out via preorder but everywhere else, well, theres a bloody good chance i'll pick one straight of the shelf and be playing it before breakfast. wondering what all the fuss was about. and one WHSmith has an out of the way, round the corner and up the stairs game area that is abandoned every time i go there but still has chart games on the shelf. that'll be my second stop after blockbuster, before woolworths and i can't imagine they'll have sold all their copies up there. trying to reassure myself here, obviously. Edited April 21, 2008 by getoverhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudi Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Exactly getoverhere. Part of the fun for me is finding big games on release day. I have never pre-ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toff Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I preordered from Asda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescouser Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 all my mates are doin the mad scramble trying to preorder one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team17 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Wouldn't make much difference if you live in a big city/town like me. We have 2 GAME stores and everywhere mentioned above on the same street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getoverhere Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 i've never pre-ordered either. i picked up GTA:SA from woolworths on the morning of release, i asked about how it was selling and she had no clue what all the fuss was about. i went early after opening and the shop was practically empty. that was in the centre of a medium-large town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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