Sometimes preordering games work.

So I went into my favourite store yesterday to buy Heavy Rain for the PS3, I want in there and when the clerk looked at me and said ''Its sold out'' I just stood there and asked him ''what do you mean?'' (in shock) he then told me that the game sold like hot-cakes and that they wont get another shipment until another 4 days. 
 
 
I have been hyped for this game since it was annouced so I didnt wait and had to spend an extra 10$ at EB games. 
 
The moral of the story is, sometimes preordering games work.

So I went into my favourite store yesterday to buy Heavy Rain for the PS3, I want in there and when the clerk looked at me and said ''Its sold out'' I just stood there and asked him ''what do you mean?'' (in shock) he then told me that the game sold like hot-cakes and that they wont get another shipment until another 4 days. 
 
 
I have been hyped for this game since it was annouced so I didnt wait and had to spend an extra 10$ at EB games. 
 
The moral of the story is, sometimes preordering games work.

The real moral of the story is don't shop at Gamestop. Problem solved.

I just go to Walmart and they have stacks of games there on Tuesdays.

Yeah exactly, don't go to GameStop. There are so many places that have stacks of games.

I just pre-order on teh interwebz. Much more efficient, usually arrives about 2 days before the game is officially released in stores.

" The real moral of the story is don't shop at Gamestop. Problem solved. "

Oh, you must have gotten confused by the name of the store. See, they don't actually stock new games, just slightly used games. Like a pawn shop.

"Oh, you must have gotten confused by the name of the store. See, they don't actually stock new games, just slightly used games. Like a pawn shop."

Gamestop hate is funny. 
The ignorance is off the scale.  
I just went by our gamestop today and they still have tons of copies of Heavy Rain there, even if it sould well at the launch thingy they held.  
I didn't have it pre-ordered though, but still got the collectors edition and all the fancy soundtrack stuff, xmb theme and the episode-thingy. 
 
I guess it also doesn't hurt being good friends with the guy who runs the store here, but still :D

i usually use amazon when i pre-order games, since they usually have release date shipping, and it really doesn't matter what time it gets delivered. Kinda sucks that Yakuza 3 wasn't release date shipping since i preordered it with FFXIII

I love pre-ordering games. You are guaranteed to have it on release day, there are pre-order bonuses frequently, I'm guaranteed to get the collector's edition (I love those things) instead of having to try to hunt around for it. Also, I don't have to worry about driving from store to store to store if some place didn't get the shipment yet, or is sold out. Pre-ordering kicks ass. 

I rarely ever buy games new at launch but when I do I basically always preorder just because if I'm paying full price I damn well want the bonus (especially because they are actually worthwhile often times nowadays).