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Article #82431Re: Is it getting harder to find new PC releases in your local stores?
From: jwb
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:55
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:55
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"Kyle Rodgers" <sd...@aol.com> wrote in message news:zeb1g.2979$Lm5.2806@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... >I live in Torrance CA (not exactly a small town) and every time a new PC >release comes out that I want (Tomb Raider in this case) it takes like a >week before the Best Buys and EBs have it. My local EB has delegated the PC >games to an old shelf in the back of the store. This game came out on the >13th and I still can't find it anywhere in my town. Yes. Tracking an anticipated game from going gold and shipping is largely an exercise in frustration. Best Buy always has it a week "late" (from my perspective), and EB is prettymuch just as bad. Ok, EB had Oblivion quick, but even then, they got 2 collector's edition and 4 regular for the PC - they got about 100 for the x-box 360. And *forget* anything but an A-List title getting there quick. It took my local EB about 3 weeks after release to get Knights of Honor (ok, it wasn't worth the anticipation, but still, 3 weeks?) Online delivery of these games can't come fast enough for me. I bought Gal Civ 2 that way, and it was great - I saw the game, I wanted it, and I was playing in an hour. The stores around me didn't get it for at least a week after release.
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