lol why do people pre-order media?

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#1 kajamo
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It's like the most pointless thing ever, I was buying a game today and they asked me like eight times if I wanna pre0order halo, gta, the movie 300.

I'm like uhh... i'm just going to buy it the day it coems out, and the guy just looked at me like you're right!

Like seriously, it's not like stuff sells out, and there are enough stores that carry whatever media I may want..

this is the most rediculous thing ever haha.

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#2 MickeyTheNinja
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Halo is the only game I pre-ordered mainly cause I want my freakin copy day 1. No chance of me not getting it.
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#3 Carbon_
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Because you get preorder goodies...
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#4 Billowix
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The reason people pre-order is because they are guarenteed a copy the day that media comes out, and yeah, a lot of things sell out. Halo 2 sold out, well, a week later there was alot of copies left over. Systems are sold out all the time. And they become hard to find, so pre-ordering is the best way to go.
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#5 gamerfreak13
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I usually pre-order the popular games. I live in a farily large city so things do sell out frequently. For example, a friend told me today that he couldn't buy Darkness because it was sold out still.
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#6 deactivated-5f89ab8e63049
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Yeh, preordering is pretty pointless, unless you get extra stuff or you're ordering something limited edition/likely to go out of stock (like the Wii at release).
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#7 kajamo
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it's the end of the worly...i must pre-order this videoooo gameee to make sure i can playyyyy it
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#8 Mikerules868
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it's the end of the worly...i must pre-order this videoooo gameee to make sure i can playyyyy it kajamo

if you can get a caope of Halo 3 legendary edition, day one with out waiting in line, i will be owned. untill then, stop posting

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#9 Radiozo
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I preorder so I dont have to keep track of release dates. Also I always shop games online so its nice to place all orders at once and then I dont have to think about it. I have preordered all the games im going to get this year.
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#10 kajamo
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[QUOTE="kajamo"]it's the end of the worly...i must pre-order this videoooo gameee to make sure i can playyyyy it Mikerules868

if you can get a caope of Halo 3 legendary edition, day one with out waiting in line, i will be owned. untill then, stop posting

be owned. I don't care about dumb sci fi shooters.

The only thing i would ever be to close to pre-ordering is GTAIV.

But I highly doubt that the streets will run dry, and it will be harder to get than a PS3 on launch day.

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#11 zero9167
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It's like the most pointless thing ever, I was buying a game today and they asked me like eight times if I wanna pre0order halo, gta, the movie 300.

I'm like uhh... i'm just going to buy it the day it coems out, and the guy just looked at me like you're right!

Like seriously, it's not like stuff sells out, and there are enough stores that carry whatever media I may want..

this is the most rediculous thing ever haha.

kajamo
:| media does sell out.
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#12 deactivated-5f033ecf40fed
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I do it so I know that I don't have to worry about having spending cash when it comes out, and I think it's a pretty valid reason.
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#13 gintheplacetobe
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Media never sold out? That's why it took me almost 2 weeks to find a store that wasn't sold out of GH 2?

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#14 Bryn5774
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I pre-ordered Halo 3 simply because im anticipating it to be a hard to get for about the first two or so weeks.

Other than that, only if i really really want something day 1, and i know its going to be hard to get will i pre-order it.
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It's like the most pointless thing ever, I was buying a game today and they asked me like eight times if I wanna pre0order halo, gta, the movie 300.

I'm like uhh... i'm just going to buy it the day it coems out, and the guy just looked at me like you're right!

Like seriously, it's not like stuff sells out, and there are enough stores that carry whatever media I may want..

this is the most rediculous thing ever haha.

kajamo

I smell a troll.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not everybody lives in a Podunk town and is unemployed. I preorder games because it is nice to get off of work around 6pm and be able to stop by gamestop and pic up the game and go right home and not have to worry about the game being sold out and having to drive to 3-4 stores to find it. I have gone without preordering a game before and Its sucks having to drive around to find it. Usually when games come out they are all gone by night time of the date of release.

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#16 Elementguy13
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lol same thing with harry potter book that just came out, people camping out overnight, went to my local supermarket the day it was released and they had about 100 of them stacked up loll.
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#17 limpbizkit818
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Because my local Gamecrazy only gets enough to cover pre-orders for their first shipment? Sounds like a good reason to me.
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#18 jacksheets
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I haven't pre-ordered a game in years and have gotten every AAA title the day it came out.
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#19 Duminakan89
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Does it matter if you do or don't, nobody is getting jipped either way, so its not a big deal.