Why do people pre-order GTA IV?

I can understand your excitment and anticipation for this game because I myself can't wait to get it but I don't see the sense in pre-ordering this game or any game for that matter based on experience. No game I ever wanted that was really popular was ever sold out.

The only reason I can think of pre-ordering a game is that they might not have money to buy it when it comes out, so they pre-order it when they have the money to do so.

I dont think it will be sold out, With the amount of money it is expected to make in the first week, they would most certainly need a lot of stock to fill the demand

GTA IV is going to be massive.......better to be safe than sorry. dazman31

That's the way I looked at it... I want this game on launch day no matter what, and I'll be in work from 8am to around 6pm the day it comes out. That's a lot of time for that game to sit on a shelf.

But I generally only pre-order games that are supremely important to me (i.e. GTA, Super Smash Bros Brawl), or if they have some kindof deal going on where I get free stuff.

All gamestop stores around here sell out but we also have several best buys and what not and they never sell out so I never preorder either._instinct_

Probably right, but my gamestop monkey told me if u don't preorder you probably wont't get it until june. That might be exaggerated, but the hype here is most impressive, so maybe it's quite the same with bbuy. Preorder makes me feel a bit geeky, but this one time, better safe, for i know i'm gonna buy it anyway...

I pre-ordered because, usually, they end up in your mailbox; yes I'm lazy.

[QUOTE="_instinct_"]All gamestop stores around here sell out but we also have several best buys and what not and they never sell out so I never preorder either.wide_ocean

Probably right, but my gamestop monkey told me if u don't preorder you probably wont't get it until june. That might be exaggerated, but the hype here is most impressive, so maybe it's quite the same with bbuy. Preorder makes me feel a bit geeky, but this one time, better safe, for i know i'm gonna buy it anyway...

Until June? Are you kidding me? All they have to do is burn it onto a disk. Name one game ever that has been sold out for over a month where you cannot find it?

They know there is great anticipation so they will be well prepared. They'll want to reach that 400 million in sales for the first week and they're not going to screw themselves by not shipping enough. Especially when all it takes is burning it to a disk. They'll ship a ton. There won't be any issue finding them after the first couple days. IF that.

I pre-ordered my copy because I wanted to get the Special Edition version, and at the time we had an extra 10% discount weekend at work, which meant that I could make a payment of roughly £45 for the SE instead of the standard RRP £59.99.

I also placed an order on MGS4 to save myself some cash in the long-run.

Until June? Are you kidding me? All they have to do is burn it onto a disk. Name one game ever that has been sold out for over a month where you cannot find it?

_instinct_

Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence LE. There weren't even enough to fill preorders, and there was no second production run.

Now for a game as huge as GTAIV, of course there's going to be plenty of copies around unless you wanted to get the LE.

[QUOTE="_instinct_"]All gamestop stores around here sell out but we also have several best buys and what not and they never sell out so I never preorder either.wide_ocean

Probably right, but my gamestop monkey told me if u don't preorder you probably wont't get it until june. That might be exaggerated, but the hype here is most impressive, so maybe it's quite the same with bbuy. Preorder makes me feel a bit geeky, but this one time, better safe, for i know i'm gonna buy it anyway...

wow, your gamespot monkey didn't exaggerate at all. He flat out lied haha.

I like to reserve games at Gamestop. Putting down $5 on a game isn't going to put me in the poor house. Plus, I appreciate the reminder call you get from them that your game will be in the next day. In fact, I just got that call for Mario Kar Wii. Double plus, I have experienced a game being hard to find. I really don't care to drive to 3 different stores to get a game.

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[QUOTE="_instinct_"]All gamestop stores around here sell out but we also have several best buys and what not and they never sell out so I never preorder either._instinct_

Probably right, but my gamestop monkey told me if u don't preorder you probably wont't get it until june. That might be exaggerated, but the hype here is most impressive, so maybe it's quite the same with bbuy. Preorder makes me feel a bit geeky, but this one time, better safe, for i know i'm gonna buy it anyway...

Until June? Are you kidding me? All they have to do is burn it onto a disk. Name one game ever that has been sold out for over a month where you cannot find it?

They know there is great anticipation so they will be well prepared. They'll want to reach that 400 million in sales for the first week and they're not going to screw themselves by not shipping enough. Especially when all it takes is burning it to a disk. They'll ship a ton. There won't be any issue finding them after the first couple days. IF that.

Right. I really couldn't name one game ever selling out for a month. Anyway, that's what they said, not what i believe. The thing is i simply forgot to mention the main reason for preordering it (besides being pathetically sure to play it the day it's released): getting it for cheap, by feeding sad gamestop with two games i'm just green sick of: Assassin's Creed and good ol' Oblivion...

I pr-ordered it because it came in the post today, days before 29th release! Installing it as I type :)chessboxer1

I though the game didnt have an install option...?

Just a quick note To UK users of PLAY.COM...they wont send you an email when its been dispatched

I just checked my PLAY.COM account and it was posted on the 24 :D

Why preorder....so when you have to go away this sunday and return this Friday you'll have the game waiting for you :D

I dont wanna go away this week grrr!

I pre-ordered because, usually, they end up in your mailbox; yes I'm lazy.

Cyberfairy

same lol mine gets delivered to my door usually a day or 2 before release when i pre-order.

I pre order mine from game.co.uk because i get money back from points earned on purchases, you get double points with a pre order. Im gonna buy the game anyway so i might as well get something extra for it. Also games often arrive earlier than the release date and they are deliverd to my house so i dont have to go out to the shops after my nightshift and deal with queues of people picking up their copy.

The games cheaper online too than it is instore so after looking at all these positives i cant seem to find a negative which leads me to ask why not pre-order a copy?

[QUOTE="chessboxer1"]I pr-ordered it because it came in the post today, days before 29th release! Installing it as I type :)gekidami

I though the game didnt have an install option...?

Yeah it installs automatically, you don't have a choice, takes quite a while too.

to have the piece of mind knowing you will beguaranteed a copy of the game no matter what.

and not like theres anything to lose form pre ordering

I can understand your excitment and anticipation for this game because I myself can't wait to get it but I don't see the sense in pre-ordering this game or any game for that matter based on experience. No game I ever wanted that was really popular was ever sold out.

The only reason I can think of pre-ordering a game is that they might not have money to buy it when it comes out, so they pre-order it when they have the money to do so.

p2250

We pre-order because we choose to.

I can understand your excitment and anticipation for this game because I myself can't wait to get it but I don't see the sense in pre-ordering this game or any game for that matter based on experience. No game I ever wanted that was really popular was ever sold out.

The only reason I can think of pre-ordering a game is that they might not have money to buy it when it comes out, so they pre-order it when they have the money to do so.

p2250

People also Pre-order games to know they only have to go to one store to find the game. I hate having to go to multiple stores to try and find a game.

Pre-ordering=convience if you want a game.

Also Collector's Edition's and Limited Edition's most the time are just for pre orders. I never personally get a collector's or limited, but there are a lot of people out there that like to get the collectors or limited for every game they buy.

Do you not think the makers of the game would know how popular it its and make sure there is plenty of stock on launch day