EA says the Hype is real Rock Bank will be sold out this Holiday.

[raregamer]

Official Story Over at Ign (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/832/832180p1.html).
Get your pre-orders in now. I say do it at Amazon.com being free shipping and no tax.

Rock Band to be Scarce this Holiday
EA says if you don't line up on day one, you won't be rocking on Christmas.
by Daemon Hatfield

November 1, 2007 - During Electronic Arts' Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call today, CEO John Riccitiello warned that supply for Rock Band would not meet demand this holiday season and even into next year.

"If I were you, on the 19th of November I would get in line outside of your favorite retailer," Riccitiello told investors. "We've got a lot of inventory coming, and my expectation is it will sell through.

Riccitiello said unless you pre-order Rock Band or get in line on launch day, "unless you have a buddy that works at one of our retailers you're not gonna have it at Christmas."

Electronic Arts anticipates struggling to meet demand well into the new year, as well.

"This is definitely not a sprint. We're not going to be able to put enough inventory to meet demand in North America and Europe this calendar year or this fiscal [year]."

EA's current fiscal year ends March 2008.

[Guitarplayer777]

Good thing i already ordered it. It also seems nobody in my area is on the rock band forums, so i might have a good chance

[CableCarrier]

I don't even have a 360 yet and I've pre-ordered this thing. Scarcity will not be an issue.

[Guitarplayer777]

I don't even have a 360 yet and I've pre-ordered this thing. Scarcity will not be an issue.

same for me too. As soon as i get it, i'm going to my friend's house and playing it for a week. (He has the 360, i'm getting mine for christmas.) I love you dad.

[BathTub]

I wouldn't be surprised at all, it's probably related why no hard info on getting the peripherals seperate, they just can't make them fast enough.

[wwaballafoshosho]

so if you pre order the game are you guaranteed to have it the day it comes out if you go at anytime that day to pick it up?

[Eman311]

Good thing I preordered a few weeks ago.

[jq71586]

so if you pre order the game are you guaranteed to have it the day it comes out if you go at anytime that day to pick it up?

In an ideal world, yes. I remember I went to go pick up a copy of NCAA Football 08 for PS3 and this guy in front of me wanted a copy of All Pro Football 2k8 for the 360 that came out the same day the guy at the counter gave away one of the pre-orders to that guy.

I'm pretty sure thats not standard practice, but it does happen every now and again.

I'm sure alot of video game places might be doing midnight releases on that Monday night because of 3 huge games coming out that day Mass Effect (360), Uncharted (PS3) and Rock Band (both), so as long as they get in as many shipments to cover the pre-orders you should be all set. Especially if you go at midnight if they are doing release like I mentioned.

[wwaballafoshosho]

alright thanks
well my mom said she pre ordered it for me for christmas
so i guess we are gonna have to go to wherever she pre ordered from at midnight and pick it up so i dont get jipped of my copy

[MeleeMan]

If GameStop gives my pre-order away, I'll go Tom Cruise on them and complain until they give me a copy and lick my feet!

[Tendoza]

Har har, I work in retail!

[crunchyoverseas]

I went to my local gamestop to pay off the rest of my bundle and I asked if they were going to have a midnight release. Of course this is all hearsay, so take it with a grain of salt, but dude said that they did one for GHIII and only had 10 people showed up. They already have 42 orders for RB...I'm not suggesting it will be like that for every store...but apparently at this one it will be big...

And when I went to best buy to check out the demo, and there were a lot of copies of GHIII available...

[R0ck3r]

I already got mine pre-ordered and getting shipped to my house on release day (hoping before but probably not gonna happen). Did cost a little bit more though... it cost $41 extra than the normal $170 price.

[85_SWB]

i doubt my game stop will have midnight release but i will be there as soon as the open on the 20th to get mine
its paid for so i better get it

[angry_jonny]

Official Story Over at Ign (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/832/832180p1.html).
Get your pre-orders in now. I say do it at Amazon.com being free shipping and no tax.
Does Amazon guarantee they'll have it in stock if you pre-order? Or is it more of a "you're first in line when we get it from our supplier; sorry that won't be until January" kind of thing? I couldn't tell from their site...anyone with knowledge/experience with Amazon pre-orders?

[toefer]

Does Amazon guarantee they'll have it in stock if you pre-order? Or is it more of a "you're first in line when we get it from our supplier; sorry that won't be until January" kind of thing? I couldn't tell from their site...anyone with knowledge/experience with Amazon pre-orders?

I have a huge finance test Tuesday, which is good and bad. I'm hoping for no midnight release, only because it will likely lead to failure on the test. And at grad school here, if you fail, you can get kicked out of school. So that'd be no fun.

[Atsumi]

I preordered mine from an independantly owned game store. I'm hoping they'll have one for me launch day.

[skyehill]

If GameStop gives my pre-order away, I'll go Tom Cruise on them and complain until they give me a copy and lick my feet!

You need to upgrade your level of Tom Cruise-i-ness to this level of pissed:

Evil Tom (http://mirror.randomfoo.net/memes/2005/06/Tom_Cruise_Kills_Oprah.mov)

[Pandacon]

I still need to preorder my second bundle, I guess I should do that soon if the game has that much hype behind it.

[Sophrosyne]

I'm preordering mine tomorrow at EBGames. I really hope all goes well!!!

Then after that I'm headed over to Best Buy to get my fix lol

[Kylekillgannon]

So, have you guys ever seen Blood Diamond? good movie

[toefer]

So, have you guys ever seen Blood Diamond? good movie

I think Djimon Hounsou is a good actor. And I base that on only seeing him in 3 movies (I think).

[Kylekillgannon]

I think Djimon Hounsou is a good actor. And I base that on only seeing him in 3 movies (I think).

Yeah, saddly, I was put off by Leo for awhile.....

[admanimal]

I still need to preorder my second bundle, I guess I should do that soon if the game has that much hype behind it.

I have 2 preorders (Amazon and EBgames.com). I'm not taking any chances with one screwing up or not being able to fulfill the preorders at launch. If I end up with two, I might take the guitar and/or drums from one of them and sell the remaining gear at a discount for someone who can't afford the whole shebang.

[hardyfoster]

looks like an opportunity to resell on ebay for triple or more of the retail price.

[Coldplayer]

Oh... wow... guess I will preorder today. :eek:

[raregamer]

Does Amazon guarantee they'll have it in stock if you pre-order? Or is it more of a "you're first in line when we get it from our supplier; sorry that won't be until January" kind of thing? I couldn't tell from their site...anyone with knowledge/experience with Amazon pre-orders?I've never really had an issue when pre-ordering from Amazon they usually have a set amount in their computer of what they know they're going to get and they seem to realize how many of these things are being order being the quote they put up which states:
"Purchase limit policy

As you may know, Rock Band is in great demand, and the initial industry supply will be limited across the U.S. In an effort to provide as many customers as possible with the opportunity to purchase Rock Band, we are limiting the number of Rock Band customers can purchase. As a result, each household may only purchase up to 1 copy of Rock Band. Once inventory is
available, we will evaluate the purchase limit policy and implement changes as needed."

So I don't think they will have a problem obviously you wont have it on release date unless you use overnight shipping though. I pre-order 2 Nintendo Wiis from them when they came out and I got both of them right on time. So I doubt they will have an issue with this if they didn't with that.

[nicko68]

looks like an opportunity to resell on ebay for triple or more of the retail price.

I think it's disgusting that people do that. You can find GHIII for the Wii on eBay thanks to people taking advantage like that.

I am planning on getting RB for the PS2, no instruments. I don't think I'm going to have a problem, based on what I'm seeing with GHIII.

[dragulaAC]

There again shows the benefits of pre-ordering. Easiest way to avoid that.

[The_Wurm]

good thing I work at gamecrazy ;)

[MrMet2087]

hopefully this wont effect those who preordered a month ago such as myself, hopefully they'll be able to meet preorder demands atleast

[jgardz]

i just pre-booked mine at eb games (canada)....also, best buy here has it slated for release on the 19th....just an fyi

[Sophrosyne]

I just pre-ordered my bundle today yay!!!

I also picked up Tomb Raider Anniversary and Lost Planet for the 360. Anyone wanna play online with me? :D