SIGH... What Time are you going to Gamestop?

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#1 GarysLaptop
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I hate having to pick up these games at midnight but whatever. What time do you show up usually so you dont have to wait like you did for GTA IV?

It wasn't to bad actually. I had got to Gamestop at 11:30 and had GTA IV installed by 12:34 am that night.

But this one is PS3 exclusive while GTA was multi-platform. Think there will be more people or less?

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#2 _Classic_Gamer_
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5 o'clock in the morning. Where ya gonna be? Outside on the corner!
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#3 mgkennedy5
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Hmm. I would wait until 8am the next morning...unless you REALLY want it a few hours sooner. I think it will be less busy cause one platform vs 2......
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#4 deactivated-5cc24faac533d
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Heh, I work until 10. Im just gonna go over to the Gamestop, hang around for a few hours, play some demos, pick up MGS and go home.
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#5 anewperfectday
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I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.
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#6 deactivated-6075a5c511e8b
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Since I'm at b-ball camp all day my bro will probably go and get it for me before I get home.
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#7 CJL182
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I'll probably get there at like 8 in the morning. My store isn't opening for midnight release. =(
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#8 Ace_The_Ace
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I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.anewperfectday

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!

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#9 Choco_Taco
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5 o'clock in the morning. Where ya gonna be? Outside on the corner!_Classic_Gamer_

:lol: Its been awhile since I heard that song..... Anyways, I'll be at my local store around 11-11:30. I'm not trying to hang out to long, especially with this great Washington weather we're having right now:|

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#10 TrevCubsOr21
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I'll probably get there at like 8 in the morning. My store isn't opening for midnight release. =(CJL182
Bummer
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#11 gamer_marrik
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I ussually wait a week or two for insanely popular games, because im not willing to drive to multiple stores, its just not that important to me.
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[QUOTE="anewperfectday"]I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.Ace_The_Ace

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!

u know the comming soon display boxes?

remove the coming soon part.... and stick on a back cover.... wasnt that hard was it?

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#13 VVatson
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No one really owns a PS3 around here, I'll probably just show up at midnight and won't have to wait too long.
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#14 footfoe2
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Im going at 7 or 8 in the morning the on thursday, i reserved it.

Well when i reserved the game they said they were out of the regular copys and i got one of the last collecter's ediion. For GTA i just walked in there during the day. so i think there will more people for MGS4 as crazy as that sounds

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I'm the master of time.....ZOMG!
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#16 footfoe2
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I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.anewperfectday
Dude your not going to get it untell next week. if you haven't preorded it or go to Bestbuy at 5 and waiting till midnight
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#17 nightshade536
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Im gonna go thursday around lunch on my way home. No sense in getting at 12 and then staying up all night.
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#18 Ace_The_Ace
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[QUOTE="Ace_The_Ace"]

[QUOTE="anewperfectday"]I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.xxgunslingerxx

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!

u know the comming soon display boxes?

remove the coming soon part.... and stick on a back cover.... wasnt that hard was it?

That would work in theory, but then we would have to print box art for 3,000 games. And we would need 3,000 game cases. And 3,000 Box Art saved into the computer. If you haven't noticed, the back of the promo boxes isn't the the same as what the real game has so that's another 3,000 game backs. Then multiply that by 3,700 GameStops and your looking at an unreasonable solution.

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Thursday morning.
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#20 rockguy92
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I want to go to Circuit City for the free strategy guide.
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#21 rockguy92
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[QUOTE="anewperfectday"]I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.Ace_The_Ace

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!

My Gamestop has glass cases.

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#22 Matt-4542
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Ill be sleeping at 12 :)

Anyway, I'll be going to pick up MGS4 at 9:30 AM on Thursday.

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#23 Matt-4542
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[QUOTE="Ace_The_Ace"]

[QUOTE="anewperfectday"]I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.rockguy92

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!

My Gamestop has glass cases.

As does mine. Game cases and hardware are all about the store but they have the new games sealed in a big glass case behind the cash registers and the used games through different file cabinets.
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I'm getting off of work at 10, picking up my buddy, then heading to walmart to wait for the release! Its the only store in my area doing a midnight launch =(
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#25 Illmaticnyj
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leaving my house tomorrow at 9:30pm to get inline for the midnight release.
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#26 rockguy92
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Does anyone know how reliable the ad for the free strategy guide at Circuit City is?

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#27 jay_rock_
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Well my mother work right next to gamespot and I pre-order my copy so I know I getting one,sad thing is that I have to wait until the afternoon to play it but man its finally here all the wait....
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#28 Zoso-8
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I ordered mine next day shipping online, so mine should be waiting for me when I get home from work. I figure I've been waiting for months and months, I can wait a few more hours and catch some sleep. Can't wait though.
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#29 falconclan
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Well I'll be out there 11:30ish PM (as I have a job.) My question is, will they be able to supply the demand of the special edition? The MGS3 nightmare came to mind. I could have one of the rarest SE's in history, but Kojima didn't make enough to supply me even though I preordered. :(
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#30 RMANPOWER
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Does anyone know how reliable the ad for the free strategy guide at Circuit City is?

rockguy92

Bring the ad with you or tell them to look at the ad. They'll give you the ad, but if they ran out tell them that you want a rain check on that guide.

I buy alot of stuff from Circuit City (cause they have good deals when you buy new games), so let them know what it comes with.

I also want to buy it from them too, but have it pre-ordered at Best Buy. Which I won't be able to go because I work graveyard shift.

My wife will be picking up MGS 4 when she gets out of work.

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#31 xFullSurfacex
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I'm going to be there at 10:00 P.M.

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[QUOTE="rockguy92"]

Does anyone know how reliable the ad for the free strategy guide at Circuit City is?

RMANPOWER

Bring the ad with you or tell them to look at the ad. They'll give you the ad, but if they ran out tell them that you want a rain check on that guide.

I buy alot of stuff from Circuit City (cause they have good deals when you buy new games), so let them know what it comes with.

I also want to buy it from them too, but have it pre-ordered at Best Buy. Which I won't be able to go because I work graveyard shift.

My wife will be picking up MGS 4 when she gets out of work.

Yeah they gave me a rain check when I bought COD4 for COD3.
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#33 shaunchgo
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My wife usually picks up my game's on release day while I'm at work. She takes our 2 year old to the mall quite often, so it makes sense.
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#34 C_BozkurT_C
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early afternoon...
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#35 wooooode
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There will be less people for sure. MGS4 wont sell half of what GTA4 did. But I pre-ordered at my local Game Crazy and they only had like 70 pre-orders so there not doing a midnight release.
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#36 nonshuhlahnt
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well im going to go there today to see how many people they expect to come, and how many people usually come for midnight launches. and judging by that i will chose a time to arive.
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#37 mazing87
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Not @ midnight. I have never wanted to wait on a line at midnight for any game. As much as I love the MGS series and can't wait to get my hands on MGS4, I can wait for the game tomorrow afternoon.
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#38 C_BozkurT_C
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Not @ midnight. I have never wanted to wait on a line at midnight for any game. As much as I love the MGS series and can't wait to get my hands on MGS4, I can wait for the game tomorrow afternoon. mrvic87
exactly how I feel. but for some reason, I really don't feel that excited for this game. I think it's because MGS3 was a letdown for me:?
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Does anyone know how reliable the ad for the free strategy guide at Circuit City is?

rockguy92
i think its pretty reliable. they honored the free gift card with gta4. i'm actually gonna use it to buy mgs4.
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#40 finalstar2007
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I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.anewperfectday

haha i agree :)

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#41 d0njuan
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Prolly around 9pm or earlier. I wanna get the 80 GB PS3!
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#42 hiryu3
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I just ordered mine from game$t0p with a guarantee to get it tomorrow. No midnight lines for me.
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[QUOTE="anewperfectday"]I'm never going to gamestop. I hate preopened games considered "new". Not all new games are opened but I had problems with gamestop and I believe waiting till midnight to pick up a copy of a game is a waste of sleep. Just wait for the next morning or the following day.Ace_The_Ace

So do you have a suggestion for anti-theft? Speak now, I would like to know. GameStop is a specialty store that are small so giant glass cases don't work. You have to gut a game to put out because people steal stuff all the time. At my GameStop, people steal empty boxes, imagine if there were games in them! They would all be gone!



Put one or two empty cases out to show you have stock, keep sealed cases behind counter.
Or just buy online like MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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#44 ikwal
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Why do you "have to" go to the midnight launch? If you're worried you won't get a copy just preorder it...
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#45 nish2280
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gamestop isnt in Singapore
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#46 marterikster
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I aint going, ill just sit back and wait for it to be delivered
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#47 bigburd
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dont really have anything better to do at midnight so why not, i dont have to be at work on thursday till 10 am so ill at least get a couple hours of playtime in.