My Gamestop confirmed midnight launch

[hankmallon]

At least for the one of the two. Of course, the one I pre-ordered at one mile away wasn't so I had to check if the other still had openings so I canceled and pre-ordered again. Hell yeah, gonna be jamming all night long.

[85_SWB]

i know my gamestop wont have midnight release in a town of 18,000 so ill be there tuesday at 10 when they open to get it
but i dont have school or work tue-fri so along with deer hunting ill be jamin all week

[IOIHUMMERIOI]

That's cool. I wonder if my Best Buy is doing one like they did for Halo 3 and Guitar Hero III?

I just need to go pre-order the thing. I hate GameStop, and I bet they wind up taking more pre-orders than they can fulfill. I've been down that road too many times.

Time to ask around today!

[HPLabonte]

I hope mine has it
i'll pick it up after work (I usually get out at Midnight on Mondays)

[tantric132]

I just called my local gamestop...the one I preordered at, and he was completely clueless...saying he "didn't think so"....wow. But I don't see how they could not, considering they did a GHIII midnight launch that I attended, and also, two very high profile games are being released the same day...Mass Effect and of course Rock Band.

[MartyMcFly]

Tantric, the Gamestop I pre-ordered from is probably the busiest place to get games in my area. They aren't doing a midnight release because of lack of pre-orders.

It's not so much that they'll have tons of bundles and not enough people to buy them, but it's more that there's not a lot of stock, in which there will only be about 20 people buying them. Thus, not enough for a midnight release, sadly :(

[tantric132]

wow that blows! Thanks for the information...I figured that the lack of preorders(yes, shockingly there probably is a lack due to the $170 price tag) would probably effect a midnight opening...but I also assumed that since Mass Effect was also being released, they would.."overlook" that.

[the_spike]

Yeah the guy at my store said he hopes there isn't because he doesn't want to stay up all night, lol.

[jaydajedi]

the manager at mine told me they'd never stay open for such a niche game. and that i was a loser for asking everyother day. lol i guess im not cool cuase i dont play RPG's. I cant even call in sick cuase my boss is in my rock band band. so ill a have to wait.

[Paakaa10]

No midnight sale at my local Gamestop. The only thing I care about is having a bundle reserved for me to pick up, and with only two people pre-ordering PS3 bundles at my store (one of whom is me), I have no worries about that.

A week from now, I'll probably still be rocking through a day-long play session. Hopefully my brother will hurry home from school to join me, as I'll be able to get home a day before him thanks to my schedule.

[bl4ckfl4g]

I would think with Mass Effect coming out the same day these places would be opening at midnight anyway.

[jaydajedi]

i asked her that and she said that was *** too. lol shes probably one of those that buaght a Wii to work out and get in shape lol

[Patch_]

Yeah my store said since they're only getting 12 in that it would be a waste of time but there is still a chance since they didn't even know that GHIII was having a midnight release/that Rock band wasn't coming out on black friday.

They better not sell my pre-order, I can't be there until 3 hours after it opens, if they do sell it then I'll end up on the news :p

[jaydajedi]

well she was able to tell me that she already had them and she had exactly the same amount as pre orders so i am garenteed to get mine. then she kinda made it sound like if bugged her again about she'd call security lol

[Struct09]

Mine is doing a midnight launch for Rock Band and Mass Effect next Monday night :D

[Pdj7969]

They better not sell my pre-order, I can't be there until 3 hours after it opens, if they do sell it then I'll end up on the news :p

Contractually, they have to hold your pre-order for 48 hours before they can sell it. Check your pre-order receipt. After all the payment information it should say:

"New Release products will be held for 48 hours after release"

If they sell your copy, they're f*cked.