Gamestop taking Playstation 3 game pre-orders
The hype machine for Playstation 3 is gathering speed, and eager retailers are joining in, hoping that another new console release will provide a boost to sales. Gamestop recently listed a number of Playstation 3 games on its website for preorder. Thirty of the titles are predicted to hit shelves by the start of October 2006, with an alleged release data for Metal Gear Solid 4 of December 2006. Wishful thinking?
It's common knowledge that pre-ordering a game only benefits the retailer. Very few games sell out in the first few days, and it's almost certain that whenever the Playstation 3 actually launches it will be actual consoles, not games, that will be in short supply.
Unless the retailer is giving you something impressive in return, there's no reason to pre-order a game that may not release on the expected data, and may not even release at all. I remember pre-ordering Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, but when it eventually released, months late, I didn't go in to pick up a copy: by that time I knew the game was going to be awful.
That ambitious list of releases in full:
October 1st, 2006:
- I-8
- Condemned: Criminal Origins
- Dark Sector
- Devil May Cry 4
- Dirty Harry
- Dog Tag
- Eyedentify
- Fifth Phantom Saga
- Fight Night Round 3
- Formula 1
- Gundam World
- Heavenly Sword
- Killing Day
- Killzone 2
- Metronome
- MotorStorm
- NioH
- Possession
- Project Delta
- Psychopath
- Scarface: The World is Yours
- Spider Man 3
- Stranglehold
- Tekken
- The Darkness
- The Getaway 3
- Theseis
- Vision Gran Turismo
- Warhawk
December 1st, 2006:
- Metal Gear Solid 4