Shame, shame EBgames.....

AVGWarhawk · 03-21-07, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

I, too, had problems with EB Games.

They still hadn't gotten my game in, so I called around. Turns out that a Gamestop just down the road not only got in a shipment of SHIV, but has so many that there are still many copies left. So, they're holding a copy for me for when I get off of work (less than an hour to go, w00t!).

It's incredible, though. Two stores that are owned by the same company, less than 3 miles apart. One has an abundance of copies even after pre-orders, the other with no copies at all.

Hey hey, here is a winner. Go ask the Gamestop folks in your neighborhood if they have it.

TriskettheKid · 03-21-07, 03:38 PM

Also, EB Games will refund the entire pre-order if you cancel.

So for those of you who pre-ordered with a lot, get your money back if you find the game. On principal, I will get my $10 back....unless I spot some great bargain games, in which case EB Games would win that round.

Nightmare · 03-21-07, 03:41 PM

Since my last post I decided to try calling the local EB and see what they say. The lady on the other end responded, "Our computer doesn't have a date for that title." Nice!

elite_hunter_sh3 · 03-21-07, 03:50 PM

bah i got night school

6-9:30pm est so instead of me calling and bugging ebgames im going to boring chemistry class... and wat also sucks due to budget cuts(thank you stupid government

) we cant have expirements!! i mean come on a chem class without labs???

bah, at least i got a field trip tommorw where i can waltz down to the eatons center downtown and check the bigger eb games there.

shawnyp420 · 03-21-07, 03:57 PM

Yup. Same issues here in Maine. We have 3 gamestop/EB stores in the area. I called all three. They were all VERY confused. The first place I called had never even heard of Silent Hunter IV. "Is that a PC game?" he says... Yah it is...."Nope, I'm not sure when we'll be getting it."

So I went on over to direct2drive.com and bought it there. It's downloading as we speak! WOHOOOO!! I should be playing by tonight.

Edit: Oh and by the way. All the "extra" content is also provided via a separate download. I'm looking at the cool posters, maps, and pullouts while the game downloads!

malkuth74 · 03-21-07, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shawnyp420

Yup. Same issues here in Maine. We have 3 gamestop/EB stores in the area. I called all three. They were all VERY confused. The first place I called had never even heard of Silent Hunter IV. "Is that a PC game?" he says... Yah it is...."Nope, I'm not sure when we'll be getting it."

So I went on over to direct2drive.com and bought it there. It's downloading as we speak! WOHOOOO!! I should be playing by tonight.

Edit: Oh and by the way. All the "extra" content is also provided via a separate download. I'm looking at the cool posters, maps, and pullouts while the game downloads!

Your going to be screwed though if you wanna play a mod. Even on the Direct 2 drive faq it says It's not us that doesn't support mods its the mod makers themselves that doesnt support Digital Downloads. Which basically means yeah you can't use mods. Patches are just as bad.

TriskettheKid · 03-21-07, 05:21 PM

***UPDATE***

So I just got back from Gamestop. Apparently, they misheard me on the phone and tried to present me with a copy of SH3. Needless, to say, I was less than thrilled.

Whilst paying for my copy of STALKER, which I also wanted, the manager also handed me a copy of the trial beta for the new LOTR MMO, for free. That was nice.

But what I found out was that Gamestop and EB Games had their games shipped via Ground, and not Air or Express. Thus, the stores SHOULD have it on Thursday.

But, he could have just had that information for Philadelphia. I'm sure it's similar all over the country, though.

NefariousKoel · 03-21-07, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

***UPDATE***

Whilst paying for my copy of STALKER, which I also wanted, the manager also handed me a copy of the trial beta for the new LOTR MMO, for free. That was nice.

I posted a few screenshots of closed beta LOTRO MMO in the "Other Games" section here. I'm sure quite a few people here don't play MMO's but I've been impressed with it. At least you can try it for free for a bit. I just wonder if it's Open Beta which starts on the 30th or if you can get in Closed Beta.

Nightmare · 03-21-07, 05:21 PM

The Gamespot I pre-ordered from just recieved their S.T.A.L.K.E.R shipment in. Since yesterday was the release/shipping day for it too, I'm begining to wonder if it is a distributor issue.

Anybody remember how the old game release days went? Most stores recieved their stock the night before so they were ready to go when they opened the following morning. Anybody remember when that all changed?

Biggs[CV] · 03-21-07, 05:42 PM

I just recieved the automated call from EBGames saying my copy of SH4 will be at the store tomorrow (Thursday). Disappointing, but its only one day delay.

fidget · 03-21-07, 03:54 PM

By and large, I don't think any large retail chains will have (or sell if they do) any copies anywhere in the coutry until tomorrow. I ran into the same issue with EB today. I had them do a $5 reserve for me but they didn't come in today. I feel confident that Best Buy will have them tomorrow since they are showing 3/22 as the release date on their web site. I'm cutting EB some slack since this seems to be the situation with all US retailers. The only people who seem to have copies in the US right now are those that ordered overnight from the UBI store.

TriskettheKid · 03-21-07, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fidget

By and large, I don't think any large retail chains will have (or sell if they do) any copies anywhere in the coutry until tomorrow. I ran into the same issue with EB today. I had them do a $5 reserve for me but they didn't come in today. I feel confident that Best Buy will have them tomorrow since they are showing 3/22 as the release date on their web site. I'm cutting EB some slack since this seems to be the situation with all US retailers. The only people who seem to have copies in the US right now are those that ordered overnight from the UBI store.

Again, I must point out that you CAN get the game in the US right now.

It really helps if you call what can be called a "flagship" store. You can easily tell if it's the case if the store is either:
1. Quite large
2. Sells lots of used games, possibly even PSX, N64, and DC games.

My local EB Games is not, but the Gamestop I called is. The Gamestop has plenty of copies.

So I suggest calling the larger retail stores in your area to see if they have it.

Nightmare · 03-21-07, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fidget

By and large, I don't think any large retail chains will have (or sell if they do) any copies anywhere in the coutry until tomorrow. I ran into the same issue with EB today. I had them do a $5 reserve for me but they didn't come in today. I feel confident that Best Buy will have them tomorrow since they are showing 3/22 as the release date on their web site. I'm cutting EB some slack since this seems to be the situation with all US retailers. The only people who seem to have copies in the US right now are those that ordered overnight from the UBI store.

That's not quite true. Several posters here in the forum have gotten their copies at Gamestop, even one person picked it up at Target. Target!? Come on!

I'm just irrated because the orginal launch date of the 13th was push back to make a "World Wide Release" date, so it got pushed back to the 20th. Now I'm being told my pre-order (paid in full, because I guess I'm a sucker) won't be in till Friday. That would make it a whole week later than some of the people from Europe on here recieved it (no ill will toward those lucky folks). I guess the thing I'm happy about is I didn't take an "sick time" off of work today...

fatty · 03-21-07, 04:22 PM

The OP sounds about right with what I was able to dig up at the EB I work at. It was not even listed in our system of upcoming releases at the time I checked

On behalf of EB, sorry everyone

Dizoak · 03-21-07, 04:39 PM

same thing happened to me today. AND it happened when Medieval 2:Total War came out; i had paid for the whole game in full...then got stiffed on the release date, and the day after (that day the guy said it would be in "tomorrow" which was 3 days after it was released). so i went to best buy instead and bought it there, and traded in my pre-order for some other stuff.

if PC games arent in demand, how come they keep making them?

03-21-07, 03:50 PM	#4
elite_hunter_sh3 The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,376 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	bah i got night school 6-9:30pm est so instead of me calling and bugging ebgames im going to boring chemistry class... and wat also sucks due to budget cuts(thank you stupid government) we cant have expirements!! i mean come on a chem class without labs??? bah, at least i got a field trip tommorw where i can waltz down to the eatons center downtown and check the bigger eb games there.

03-21-07, 05:42 PM	#10
Biggs[CV] Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 56 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I just recieved the automated call from EBGames saying my copy of SH4 will be at the store tomorrow (Thursday). Disappointing, but its only one day delay. __________________ "Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking."

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03-21-07, 03:38 PM	#2
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Also, EB Games will refund the entire pre-order if you cancel. So for those of you who pre-ordered with a lot, get your money back if you find the game. On principal, I will get my $10 back....unless I spot some great bargain games, in which case EB Games would win that round.

03-21-07, 03:41 PM	#3
Nightmare Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 210 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Since my last post I decided to try calling the local EB and see what they say. The lady on the other end responded, "Our computer doesn't have a date for that title." Nice!

03-21-07, 03:57 PM	#5
shawnyp420 A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Yup. Same issues here in Maine. We have 3 gamestop/EB stores in the area. I called all three. They were all VERY confused. The first place I called had never even heard of Silent Hunter IV. "Is that a PC game?" he says... Yah it is...."Nope, I'm not sure when we'll be getting it." So I went on over to direct2drive.com and bought it there. It's downloading as we speak! WOHOOOO!! I should be playing by tonight. Edit: Oh and by the way. All the "extra" content is also provided via a separate download. I'm looking at the cool posters, maps, and pullouts while the game downloads!

03-21-07, 05:21 PM	#7
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	*UPDATE* So I just got back from Gamestop. Apparently, they misheard me on the phone and tried to present me with a copy of SH3. Needless, to say, I was less than thrilled. Whilst paying for my copy of STALKER, which I also wanted, the manager also handed me a copy of the trial beta for the new LOTR MMO, for free. That was nice. But what I found out was that Gamestop and EB Games had their games shipped via Ground, and not Air or Express. Thus, the stores SHOULD have it on Thursday. But, he could have just had that information for Philadelphia. I'm sure it's similar all over the country, though.

03-21-07, 03:54 PM	#11
fidget Seaman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 42 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	By and large, I don't think any large retail chains will have (or sell if they do) any copies anywhere in the coutry until tomorrow. I ran into the same issue with EB today. I had them do a $5 reserve for me but they didn't come in today. I feel confident that Best Buy will have them tomorrow since they are showing 3/22 as the release date on their web site. I'm cutting EB some slack since this seems to be the situation with all US retailers. The only people who seem to have copies in the US right now are those that ordered overnight from the UBI store.

03-21-07, 04:22 PM	#14
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The OP sounds about right with what I was able to dig up at the EB I work at. It was not even listed in our system of upcoming releases at the time I checked On behalf of EB, sorry everyone

03-21-07, 04:39 PM	#15
Dizoak Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grid Reference CA Posts: 47 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	same thing happened to me today. AND it happened when Medieval 2:Total War came out; i had paid for the whole game in full...then got stiffed on the release date, and the day after (that day the guy said it would be in "tomorrow" which was 3 days after it was released). so i went to best buy instead and bought it there, and traded in my pre-order for some other stuff. if PC games arent in demand, how come they keep making them?