[quote name='gunm']I think the official national release date was this week (15th or 18th), with only Gamestop/EB selling them early last week. Other CAGs report their BBs as having them in the back and not on the shelf, so that might be true for yours, too.[/QUOTE]
My first inclination when this thread appeared was that Best Buy was screwing up and selling it early, since the EB web site listed the release date as 11/18. So I'm thinking, it was probably just one store's mistake and mine won't have them on the shelf. Well, mine had it so I nabbed it.
After leaving Best Buy that day, I immediately stopped at Target and they had it on the shelf too (full price). I'm not sure what's up with the release date, but Capcom obviously ended up confusing retailers, with some thinking they could sell it right away and others thinking they should wait to the pre-conceived release date.
In hindsight, I'm guessing Capcom shipped early and meant for them to be put on the shelves right away. If you're a game publisher and your game's release date is in November or December, this is probably not the time of year when you want your product sitting in the back for a week before stores sell it.
I knew the price wouldn't last, so again I thank the OP for noticing and telling us as soon as possible. It sounds like a fair number of CAGers were able to score cheap copies of this great game. But I'm sorry to hear about those who actually went to best buy to get it, only to be denied by dumbass employees. That sucks and you deserved better.