<![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> im so glad were not taking preorders at game anymore. all weve been getting from our regional manager for the last 2 weeks is figures on how many preorders were ment to be getting.....

its bad enough weve got 3 big release weekends comeing up (mario cart, then wii fit, then gta) with out having people bitching because we cant get them a compy of a game they are too young to buy.....

PaddyStardust

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I pre-ordered it from www.zavvi.co.uk. They have this deal that if you pre-order it you get 3 months of live free. That's cool, so I pre-order it...2 hours later I get an email saying they have run out and they are ordering from their supplier...

Aw well, I'll just wait

Burneout

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Pre-ordered it at GAME about 2 months ago, and thank god I did. They've stopped taking pre-orders from last week.

Thing is, I bet you any money you'll be able to walk into Morrisons, Texco, Asda, etc. and just buy the game there. NOBODY ever thinks about buying games from supermarkets, so they tend to have them in stock.

Ixistant

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I had ordered it from amazon for £35. But then HMV were offering 1000 ms points so I canceled and went with them instead. Which means I get the game for the value of £31.49.

About 12 people I know with xbox's have pre orderd it most of them didn't pre order Halo 3. So I can see why they might be running out of pre orders.

parisv

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: San Andreas did pretty well when it was released over there so I wouldn't be suprised if it even hit's number 1 let alone get in the top 10

el_rezzo

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Sony will benefit from people importing GTAIV for the PS3, I know a few people following the same route as me. Region free FTW.

el_rezzo

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @CaptLtrl: me too!! im walkin outta ebgames with all the goodies in the duffel bag provided in the preorder like a pimp:D

zanzibarlegend

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @reptile168: sorry dude. you post is bordering on fanboi. GTA4 will be enjoyed by all. who cares if MS doled out 50 mil for DLC? its not like PS3 won't be getting the game. lighten up.

zanzibarlegend

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Tepoz:

It's because they are trying to maximize profits by not ordering any more than they have to. It's their way of staying competitive with the large, big box chains.

But it's annoying that instead of doing, you know, RESEARCH, they want us to do their jobs for them. Thus, I just go to Best Buy and avoid the headache. They always have most every game first day with no sell out issues anyway.

But with GTA4, I am having my doubts. I might have to preorder, I don't know.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Glad I preordered mine a few weeks ago!

Cannot wait for this game, it's going to be awesome :)

r3n

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Pre-ordered the special edition with the horde of extras. I want allll of it :D.

CaptLtrl

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Cruithne: I'm beginning to wonder if I should pre-order :(

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Tepoz: Well DUH.

Who's willing to bet it hits #1 in Japan at least once? Any takers?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Its definately true, but I doubt all pre-orders are going to be collected. When I went in to buy GoW:CoO they offered 10% extra on all trade-ins if, and only if, I pre-ordered GTA4, when I protested saying that I had no interest in it what-so-ever, they informed me that I had no obligation to buy and this 10% offer applies until the game comes out.

Now with Rock Band pushed firmly out of my grasp, hours of senseless mayhem and destruction doesn't sound too bad. I just hope I can collect my pre-order.

mysteryboy2k

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> In the unlikely event that you can't get this on opening day...would waiting a week kill you? Toughen up, people.

Islandkiwi

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I've already preordered from Best Buy, got a free map. Im curious about one thing; are they printing the Xbox 360 version on a hd-dvd?

imageburn13a

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @bubuli: They still have to actually produce the discs you know. A huge game like this I can see selling out no matter what. Unless they printed 7 billion discs.

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> i call BS on this claim. think about it: we are no longer in an era of catridges...it's not like publishers lose money on overproduction of disks like they lost money on overproduction of cartridges...not to mention the amount of time to produce disks...

*hugs pre-order ticket for GTA4*

bubuli

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR US BRITS.

Speshul_K

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Bwahahaha! Pre-orders make Cola happy. Happy, happy, happy.

Cola82

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> this is going to sell more than HALO 3 because its on both platforms

Coops89

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> how the hell can they be low on GTAIV if the damn game isn't out yet? Hell has T2 even started printing the game yet? Oh and screw this for now, I'll wait for the PC version.

Rebelphoenix83

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @reptile168: Microsoft didn't do anything to secure GTA, Sony didn't give Rockstar the money they asked for to be exclusive, so Rockstar made it multiplatform. All MS did was pay 50 million to get exclusive DLC.

360 version is going to sell great, so will the PS3 version. Europe favors the PS3 in majority of territories, it's simple as that.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @reptile168: Like they did for the majority of their exclusives, bt ferociously throwing money around.

peewee27

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> it'll be sad if it succeeds on the PS3 because CLEARLY, Sony's boss said (before the launch of PS3) that they DO NOT need GTA and that GTA is finished.. Let's just hope that it'll push console sales for the 360, where Microsoft actually put efforts to secure GTA.

reptile168

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @NeoStarr:
in France Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 on PS3 was out of stock in the 2 first weeks.

nodirt

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Our UK chums really like their GTA4 and PS3 together.

Perhaps it's time for a group hug.

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @ goldwings: To a certain extent your initial comment was correct, a lot of gamers in this country show brand loyalty toward Sony. On the other hand those loyal to the 360 are FEROCIOUSLY loyal...

shab

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> EA, should have paid more for T2...now sit in the side line and cry cause you can't have T2.

nxp3

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I pre-ordered with Play.com just over a year ago.

I've heard that soon they will stop taking pre-orders soon.

Mr.C

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Well I pre-ordered mine about 2 years ago with Play.com, so if they give me any shit about not having enough copies I'll be really pissed.

photoboy

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @shab: Ah touché

goldwings

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I preordered mine the other day at Target, you get a free GTA 4 skin for the 360 or PS3

ghnvt

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @NeoStarr: Well, think about it for a second. What other PS3 game (exclusive or not) that's come out was a big as GTA IV is?

ShirtGuyDom

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @ NeoStarr: It seems to be the opposite here [of late anyway.

shab

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @NitrousO: yeah same, whenever there is a new game, on release day i always go into GAME and they've got loads of copies in that glass cabinet and tones more in the back

Maxilicious

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @ goldwings: No, we don't love Sony. However, we do hate consoles that fail at the drop of a hat....

shab

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> So I'm guessing they already have their unit allocations. That, or they're just playing it safe and stopping preorders at a reasonable number.

ShirtGuyDom

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Not to start another console war, but wouldn't this be the first time a PS3 game won't be easily available to customers on release day? It seems (at least here in Canada) that every time a new game comes out, the XBox version sells out while the PS3 version fills the shelves.

NeoStarr

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I bought a 360 today from Zavvi because I got so worked up about GTAIV. I'll be going back in to preorder GTA and get the 3 months Live Gold membership next week I think. Hopefully though this might make me jump into action at the weekend.

Though Xbox360 Pro + Halo3, Mass Effect, PGR4 and Lost Odyssey for £210 get in.

cocomo

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @shab:
I didn't even know Blockbuster offered pre-orders. Do they actually sell you the game?

jambe

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> This is what Microsoft have to be careful of. Sony selling its system means that MS failed to get them all in their side, but of course it IS the UK we're talking about. Don't they love the Sony brand?

goldwings

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I called in at my local Blockbuster on my way home, and they have stopped taking pre-orders on the PS3 version. Obviously it's anybodys guess as to whether the game is selling more on the PS3, or Blockbuster ordered less of the PS3 version...

shab

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Grand Theft Auto always has a street date, and will be put out on the 29th. Of course there will be a midnight release at various stores too.

ps. Crazy UK.

jynxycat

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> O noes, this will force Rockstar to...print more copies!

Is that even possible?

Islandkiwi

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Will it be one of those cases where its in stores on the 29th or its shipped out on the 29th?

Nexus6

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Accordion: Jesus I remember doing shit like that. Since back home we would always get so screwed over with shipments and such.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @NitrousO: Exactly. There were so many extra copies of Brawl laying around every store I went to on the release day.

mike566

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> This doesn't surprise me, I nearly didn't get San Andreas because it was pre-ordered out about a month before release. Luckily I knew a guy who worked at HMV and managed to get a copy from there on day 1. I was prepared this time and preordered it a month ago.

GodBen

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Hearing this confrirms my happyness that I am a stock holder in Take Two...Sucks for the Brits though. Thats why many stores offer pre-orders...should wait around to get such a big game.

ShtickYoMaMa

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I remember buying the very last copy of Vice City in Birmingham on launch day.

the last game i ever bought new without pre-ordering, calling up stores all day is not fun at all.

Accordion

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @Cruithne: Yeah same here, preordred a week ago, and if this is true then i am all the happier for it. cant wait.

yojimbo32

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Thank God I preordered last week.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Guess DLC isn't that important.

Eddy666

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Hmmm, hardly surprising really. Especially with Game offering Microsoft points with all 360 pre-orders. All will be ok in the end though. I haven't pre-ordered GTA yet and to be honest I'm not going to, I've got too much of a games backlog as it is, so I'll wait.

It'll be tough for those who are desperate to get the game on release day, but it's nothing for those that aren't too bothered about waiting an extra week.

All will be ok. After all, the chances of the game sucking are practically nil...

Lord Vetinari

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> @PapaBear434: That's the thing that's weird. Gamestop always has a problem of never having enough copies of popular games in stock but Best Buy never seems to have that problem unless they are limited editions. Limited editions usually sell out everywhere no matter the chain.

Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I need to reserver this immediately I think. I can't decide If I want to get it for playstation or xbox. All my friends will be on xbox, I recon that is the best way to go.

Mr Fortitude

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> This isn't a ploy - my local Gamestation stopped taking pre-orders a week ago :(

coffeehair

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> "It's the kind of good sell-out news that's either drafted by the marketing department at Rockstar Games or designed by some clever ad men to ramp up pre-orders"

I wonder which it could be...

jambe

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I have the incredible feeling Ill still be able to walk into Frys the day it releases and buy just like I always do with games that are "going to totally sell out".

NitrousO

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> No matter what, even with the split in consoles, I believe GTAIV is going to sell in the Halo 3 levels on the 360.
[vgchartz.com]


Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> GTAIV, I will have some good times with you.

Saint Anima

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I normally deplore preordering any games, because it just encourages Gamestop to, via their dead-inside employees, keep badgering me inccessantly about "Do you want to preorder anything. ANYTHING!? ANYTHING AT ALL PLEASE PREORDER DO OUR JOBS FOR US PREORDER NOW!"

But I just might do it with this one, for the sole purpose of it actually selling out. It may just happen this time.

/probably just go to Best Buy anyway...

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> I never buy from there anyway. Amazon all the way. The other ones all overprice. £45 for Uncharted? Fuck you, GAME. Amazon sold it for £35 since day 1.

/rant

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Wow, this truly is GTAIV month.

BlazinNoni

]]> <![CDATA[UK Retailers Running Low On GTA IV]]> Damn I hope for my case this doesn't reflect US preorders. I won't be able to preorder Gta 4 until this weekend.

lifeinthefridge

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