Potential Wii and PS3 Gamestop reserve info???

Written by Dan Zuccarelli

Wednesday, 27 September 2006 20:40

[I'm gonna go ahead and update this here and say that pre-orders will most likely happen closer to Monday than Friday. We've had a couple of comments here and over at kotaku some seemingly informed sources that say the meeting will begin on Monday and run through the next few days. So while the info may come to light on Friday, it's more likely the stores will get all their shit together and then take the reserves. I'd expect to hear something early next week.]

Maybe possibly we may hear some potential information about reserves sometime on Friday. How do I know this? I went to my local Gamestop this afternoon, and they were hanging up signs for the Wii and PS3. So I figured I'd throw the question out there. "Any news on taking reserves?"

The manager tells me there's a manager/owners meeting in Texas on Friday where they'll find out how many units each store is getting, so if there's to be pre-orders it should happen soon thereafter. It's unconfirmed of course (except for the meeting, I did confirm that with another Gamestop) but what the hell, we'll throw it out there and see what happens. She's never flat out lied to me before, so maybe this is how it's going to shake out. We'll see.

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written by donsimus, September 28, 2006

Friday will be too early. We aren't getting allocation numbers at conference, and conference isn't over till monday. Very good change that preorders will start the week after though. If you really want one.. people who preorder a WII or PS3 game will automatically be notified the second we start reserving the systems.

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written by James, September 28, 2006

We should know something more when our MGR's come back from the meetings in Grapevine, Tx. We already told people (the regulars who come in) to check back next week for possible new info.

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written by Playfeed, September 28, 2006

Rumor: Gamestop Wii & PS3 Pre-orders Coming Next Week

According to the website "bits bytes pixels sprites" (what, you couldn't find a shorter domain name??) some folks have talked with Gamestop employees and found out that there will be a nation-wide managers/owners meeting this Friday,...

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written by Brad, October 04, 2006

I talked to a sales person at my local Game Stop and he said that they are only getting 10 units of PS3s and will not be doing any resers on them due to the low numbers. He did say that the Wii would have enough that they would reserve those for folks who wanted them. Looks like for PS3 it will be first come first serve guys...