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Does anyone know if EB games or any other game stores are having midnight releases of the PSP when it comes out on the 24th? Just wondering if anyone from the stores or if anyone at all even knows.
Midnight release of the PSP?
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[quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol
[quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.
[quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
When Halo 2 shipped there were plenty of copies for anyone just showing up to buy. Only suppplies of the LE version were in doubt. The promotional fervor was worth encouraging to get that big first week so in turn they have bigger numbers for the press releases saying how big it was so why haven't bought an Xbox yet and gotten yours...
I saw news coverage for the event at a particular EB in LA where they had well over 100 people showing up for Halo 2. Over the course of the night there were several hundred people came and spent money, according to what the manager told me a few weeks later.
No one store is going to have anywhere near that number of PSPs to deliver. It just isn't going to be as much of an event for lack of product. It will be a good day at the till but not worth opening the store at odd hours.
The store where I have my order is in a fairly affluent neighborhood but last time I asked they only a bit over two dozen units pre-ordered.
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
When Halo 2 shipped there were plenty of copies for anyone just showing up to buy. Only suppplies of the LE version were in doubt. The promotional fervor was worth encouraging to get that big first week so in turn they have bigger numbers for the press releases saying how big it was so why haven't bought an Xbox yet and gotten yours...
I saw news coverage for the event at a particular EB in LA where they had well over 100 people showing up for Halo 2. Over the course of the night there were several hundred people came and spent money, according to what the manager told me a few weeks later.
No one store is going to have anywhere near that number of PSPs to deliver. It just isn't going to be as much of an event for lack of product. It will be a good day at the till but not worth opening the store at odd hours.
The store where I have my order is in a fairly affluent neighborhood but last time I asked they only a bit over two dozen units pre-ordered.
[quote name='gizmogc'][quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one
Another way to look at it is manaufacturing capacity. Sony has made press releases about having a million units available in the first month.
That would be minor for a DVD based product so long as there was sufficient demand. If EB had decided they needed 1 million units of Halo 2 just their stores and online business, Microsoft would have had little difficulty delivering that. At worst they might have to delay manaufacturing on some other titles for a few days but no sane publisher wanted to launch their Xbox game within a week before or after Halo 2, so no one is likely to be inconvenienced. Microsoft would have just said, "Yes, Sir!" and made it happen.
On the PSP it doesn't matter how many units a big chain thinks they can move on launch day. They aren't items coming off any of a dozen production lines that can switch which item they're producing on an hourly basis. That facility could be producing 12 differents games simultaneously, 2 games on 6 lines each, 3 on 4, etc. No problem supplying a highly anticipated launch.
That would be minor for a DVD based product so long as there was sufficient demand. If EB had decided they needed 1 million units of Halo 2 just their stores and online business, Microsoft would have had little difficulty delivering that. At worst they might have to delay manaufacturing on some other titles for a few days but no sane publisher wanted to launch their Xbox game within a week before or after Halo 2, so no one is likely to be inconvenienced. Microsoft would have just said, "Yes, Sir!" and made it happen.
On the PSP it doesn't matter how many units a big chain thinks they can move on launch day. They aren't items coming off any of a dozen production lines that can switch which item they're producing on an hourly basis. That facility could be producing 12 differents games simultaneously, 2 games on 6 lines each, 3 on 4, etc. No problem supplying a highly anticipated launch.
[quote name='iheartmetal'][quote name='gizmogc'][quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
How many units are in those shipments? The question whether there will be enough to create the kind of accessory buying frenzy that would merit having the store open at abnormal hours.
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
How many units are in those shipments? The question whether there will be enough to create the kind of accessory buying frenzy that would merit having the store open at abnormal hours.
[quote name='iheartmetal'][quote name='gizmogc'][quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I don't know how gamestop works but wouldn't it vary from store to store? Because at my EB, we're only getting enough to cover about 1/4 of the people who have already preordered PSPs in our system. But in another EB I sometimes work at about 5 minutes away, they're receiving more than they've got preordered because they managed to get way more preorders for systems+games than us...
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I don't know how gamestop works but wouldn't it vary from store to store? Because at my EB, we're only getting enough to cover about 1/4 of the people who have already preordered PSPs in our system. But in another EB I sometimes work at about 5 minutes away, they're receiving more than they've got preordered because they managed to get way more preorders for systems+games than us...
pimpinc333
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[quote name='vietgurl'][quote name='iheartmetal'][quote name='gizmogc'][quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I don't know how gamestop works but wouldn't it vary from store to store? Because at my EB, we're only getting enough to cover about 1/4 of the people who have already preordered PSPs in our system. But in another EB I sometimes work at about 5 minutes away, they're receiving more than they've got preordered because they managed to get way more preorders for systems+games than us...[/quote]
I say YMMV on this LOL
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I don't know how gamestop works but wouldn't it vary from store to store? Because at my EB, we're only getting enough to cover about 1/4 of the people who have already preordered PSPs in our system. But in another EB I sometimes work at about 5 minutes away, they're receiving more than they've got preordered because they managed to get way more preorders for systems+games than us...[/quote]
I say YMMV on this LOL
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From evreything I've read about the PSP launch and I'm read alot they will have one million PSPs day ONE! Check out ign,com for a good story about the psp launch. While alot of PSPs are going to get sold and they will sell out at EBs and gamestop but wal marts and targets should have plenty for at least a couple of days I bet.
[quote name='generalpatton71']From evreything I've read about the PSP launch and I'm read alot they will have one million PSPs day ONE! Check out ign,com for a good story about the psp launch. While alot of PSPs are going to get sold and they will sell out at EBs and gamestop but wal marts and targets should have plenty for at least a couple of days I bet.[/quote]
Do a bit of math, though, and the amount per store isn't that great for a high demand item.
EB list 2000 locations worldwide but I assume at least half are in the US.
GameStop too has at least 1000 of its 1500 locations in North America.
Target has about 1450 locations.
Wal-mart has at least 3000 between regular stores and Supecenters. (I'm going to assume warehouse stores like Sam's Club and Costco won't have the PSP until supplies are more regular.)
Another 900 stores for Sears.
Kmart claims 1500 stores but that might be a few days old, so I'll call them 1100 stores to pile together with Sears for an even 2K between them.
GameCrazy has 700+ stores
Gamerush I cannot find any numbers for quickly but considering their density in SoCal I'm going to assume they're on equal footing with GameCrazy, so call it 700 stores.
Toys R Us has about 650 stores still going.
That already brings us up to 10,500 probable locations selling PSP at launch. This no doubt leaves off many major retailers that I'm not likely to think of due to their not be national or in my region. That already gets us below 100 units per location in the best case scenario where the entire million is in the stores on the 24th.
Anybody have any likely retail chain to add to this list?
Do a bit of math, though, and the amount per store isn't that great for a high demand item.
EB list 2000 locations worldwide but I assume at least half are in the US.
GameStop too has at least 1000 of its 1500 locations in North America.
Target has about 1450 locations.
Wal-mart has at least 3000 between regular stores and Supecenters. (I'm going to assume warehouse stores like Sam's Club and Costco won't have the PSP until supplies are more regular.)
Another 900 stores for Sears.
Kmart claims 1500 stores but that might be a few days old, so I'll call them 1100 stores to pile together with Sears for an even 2K between them.
GameCrazy has 700+ stores
Gamerush I cannot find any numbers for quickly but considering their density in SoCal I'm going to assume they're on equal footing with GameCrazy, so call it 700 stores.
Toys R Us has about 650 stores still going.
That already brings us up to 10,500 probable locations selling PSP at launch. This no doubt leaves off many major retailers that I'm not likely to think of due to their not be national or in my region. That already gets us below 100 units per location in the best case scenario where the entire million is in the stores on the 24th.
Anybody have any likely retail chain to add to this list?
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Their will be plenty. The Game Rush stores in my area are getting 22 each. My store only has 8 reserved. So come midnight it'll be fast and clean. Also I was just informed today I'm working the midnight PSP shift, yay.
Toys R us in Times square didn't have to open ad midnight to sell Halo2...but they did. I suspect they'll do it for the PSP aswell.
It's a major rollout of an expensive consumer product, it's silly to think some stores wont try to capitalize on the word of mouth and news crews running around trying to get a scoop on a new product from a major multinational company like Sony.
It's a major rollout of an expensive consumer product, it's silly to think some stores wont try to capitalize on the word of mouth and news crews running around trying to get a scoop on a new product from a major multinational company like Sony.
[quote name='Alpha2']Toys R us in Times square didn't have to open ad midnight to sell Halo2...but they did. I suspect they'll do it for the PSP aswell.
It's a major rollout of an expensive consumer product, it's silly to think some stores wont try to capitalize on the word of mouth and news crews running around trying to get a scoop on a new product from a major multinational company like Sony.[/quote]
But did the TRU in Times Square have to turn away 99% of those who turned up hoping to buy? The hype and desirability of the product are not in question, it is the supply that is at issue.
With nine days to go none of the stores that had midnight events for Halo 2 in my area have placed ads in their windows for a similar event when the PSP launches. Probably because all of their units for that day are already sold. The manager at a local EB said he doesn't expect to have all of his pre-sales satisfied until well into April.
It's a major rollout of an expensive consumer product, it's silly to think some stores wont try to capitalize on the word of mouth and news crews running around trying to get a scoop on a new product from a major multinational company like Sony.[/quote]
But did the TRU in Times Square have to turn away 99% of those who turned up hoping to buy? The hype and desirability of the product are not in question, it is the supply that is at issue.
With nine days to go none of the stores that had midnight events for Halo 2 in my area have placed ads in their windows for a similar event when the PSP launches. Probably because all of their units for that day are already sold. The manager at a local EB said he doesn't expect to have all of his pre-sales satisfied until well into April.
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My Toys R Us said they were considering a midnight thing. He didn't think they would get many systems either for some odd reason.
[quote name='iheartmetal'][quote name='gizmogc'][quote name='pimpinc333'][quote name='epobirs']I don't think so. This probably isn't a good idea for a product in short supply. Why draw a crowd if you have to send most of them away empty handed?[/quote]
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I was told the same thing (live in Jersey) my concern was that i will be in Ohio on the release day. i just won the basic pack on e-bay so i know i will have at least one psp on launch.
I mean why would people be empty handed. They will show up if they pre-ordered and EB will get enough in to cover pre orders. SO why would a person show up to a special pre order only event if they didnt have it pre ordered.
P.S. I'll never say Pre order again lol[/quote]
2nd shipment people showing up when its only for the 1st.[/quote]
at gamestop weve been told that we will have enough for first and second shipment, so if you have a 2nd shipment reserved you should be getting one[/quote]
I was told the same thing (live in Jersey) my concern was that i will be in Ohio on the release day. i just won the basic pack on e-bay so i know i will have at least one psp on launch.
If a store manager gets 200 units and only expects to sell 100 he might very well concider doing something fancy like a midnight opening.
The Times square TRU does butt loads of buisness so it wouldnt suprise me if they get a buttload of PSPs to sell for launch day. And being that TRU didnt take preorders...
The Times square TRU does butt loads of buisness so it wouldnt suprise me if they get a buttload of PSPs to sell for launch day. And being that TRU didnt take preorders...
[quote name='Alpha2']If a store manager gets 200 units and only expects to sell 100 he might very well concider doing something fancy like a midnight opening.
The Times square TRU does butt loads of buisness so it wouldnt suprise me if they get a buttload of PSPs to sell for launch day. And being that TRU didnt take preorders...[/quote]
However those places that most prominently did have Halo 2 events were of the sort that do pre-sales. Around here it was just GameStop and EB stores. Nobody else I can recall saw fit to change their hours.
The Times square TRU does butt loads of buisness so it wouldnt suprise me if they get a buttload of PSPs to sell for launch day. And being that TRU didnt take preorders...[/quote]
However those places that most prominently did have Halo 2 events were of the sort that do pre-sales. Around here it was just GameStop and EB stores. Nobody else I can recall saw fit to change their hours.
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well knowing sony... they probably wotn announce anything until last minute if this is not a YMMV thing... I hope that most stores do this, paartially because the PSP launch will get more media and press.
[quote name='epobirs']D'oh!
Best Buy has 800+ stores
Circuit City amounts to another 600 possible PSP outlets.
So now we have 12,400.[/quote]
And 25 Fry's Electronics stores. 12,425 stores dividing 1 million units, although realistically far fewer than that number willa ctually be available on that day. Roughly 80 units per store but I'm surely missing a lot of Mid-West and Eastern retailers plus any number of online outlets.
Best Buy has 800+ stores
Circuit City amounts to another 600 possible PSP outlets.
So now we have 12,400.[/quote]
And 25 Fry's Electronics stores. 12,425 stores dividing 1 million units, although realistically far fewer than that number willa ctually be available on that day. Roughly 80 units per store but I'm surely missing a lot of Mid-West and Eastern retailers plus any number of online outlets.
If you're able to draw media attention you will. If they can get 1 million units in to high sale markets I don't doubt people will hear about midnight events. it might not be every store but it would be in a few key ones. Ones stores start getting their shipments we'll know for sure.
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Once upon a time, a man noticed a little hand-written sign at his local Gamestop saying they'd be open at Midnight for the PSP. He summarily ignored it since he don't care about the PSP anyway, and went in to pre-order Jade Empire LE. The end.
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.
[quote name='BlueWingX']Once upon a time, a man noticed a little hand-written sign at his local Gamestop saying they'd be open at Midnight for the PSP. He summarily ignored it since he don't care about the PSP anyway, and went in to pre-order Jade Empire LE. The end.
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.[/quote]
WTF? R you retarded.. wats does your post have to do with this topic...?
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.[/quote]
WTF? R you retarded.. wats does your post have to do with this topic...?
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I got a call from my GR where I preordered the game and they told me that they are having a midnight event and I can pick up my system @ midnight. What I think is weird is that they are only getting 5 systems....at least there wont be much of a line.
[quote name='epobirs']Oh yeah, KB Toys still exists in places. About 600 in the company profile but many are liquidation stores, so call it 400 that should be in on PSP sales for a total of 12,825 stores.[/quote]
There is Meijer located across the mid-west, it's like a wal-mart.
Theres about 150 stores listed.
SO total now up to: 12,975
I'm on 2nd shipment at ebgames, I'm just goin to cancel and pick 1 up at Game Rush @ MidNite....
There is Meijer located across the mid-west, it's like a wal-mart.
Theres about 150 stores listed.
SO total now up to: 12,975
I'm on 2nd shipment at ebgames, I'm just goin to cancel and pick 1 up at Game Rush @ MidNite....
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[quote name='Spoon_si'][quote name='BlueWingX']Once upon a time, a man noticed a little hand-written sign at his local Gamestop saying they'd be open at Midnight for the PSP. He summarily ignored it since he don't care about the PSP anyway, and went in to pre-order Jade Empire LE. The end.
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.[/quote]
WTF? R you retarded.. wats does your post have to do with this topic...?[/quote]
Well, the point of the post was that I saw a sign at my local Gamestop saying they were going to be open at midnight for the PSP release. I just decided to be silly about it. You didn't find it funny, and I had to see your avatar. In the end, we both lose.
Boy, that sure was a happy story, boys and girls.[/quote]
WTF? R you retarded.. wats does your post have to do with this topic...?[/quote]
Well, the point of the post was that I saw a sign at my local Gamestop saying they were going to be open at midnight for the PSP release. I just decided to be silly about it. You didn't find it funny, and I had to see your avatar. In the end, we both lose.
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I went to one of my local EBs and they said they were having a midnight party (this is at the one I did not pre-order at). Oddly, I overheard the workers saying that it would start at 11pm and they would have a competition fro people to play THUG2. Whoever would get the highest score in a 1 minute run would win a free movie... don't know if it's a UMD or DVD... but whatever.
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[quote name='WAJedi']The Best Buy I work at considered a midnight opening, but we weren't sure if we would have systems in on time to do this. Instead, we are opening at 8:00AM, which is two hours early.[/quote]
to be exact... from the sunday adds for BB: "Opening at 8:01 am"... so only a slight difference
to be exact... from the sunday adds for BB: "Opening at 8:01 am"... so only a slight difference
I think BB talked about opening midnight shortly after Gamestop announced they would, but they decided not to. So now it's Walmart, Gamestop, and some EB and gamecrazies.
I guess i'm down with walmart then hehe. too bad I won't be able to use that gift card..... I guess i'll use it on something else like games or god of war.
I guess i'm down with walmart then hehe. too bad I won't be able to use that gift card..... I guess i'll use it on something else like games or god of war.
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