Gta4 Pre Order Shortage

nevaeh-2die-4

I was in GameStop today asking could I pre order gta4.
They said that they may not have enough copies.
The people that pre order will basicaly not be guaranteed a copy on launch
I also went to game and it’s booked out.

I put a tenner down for it in GameStop (Stephen green). He said get her early to guarantee

Mr Bloat

Well, I've had mine pre-ordered in a Gamestop in Cork for a good while now. I'm unlikely to get there to collect it before 5.30 on launch day. Heads will roll if there isn't a copy available for me!

Edit: Thanks for the heads up, though!

event

i havent pre ordered anywhere

i live between dundalk and drogheda so should be able to get it between

gamestop, smyths, argos, xtravision, tescos

there is one of each of them in dundalk and drogheda, so i reckon it should be ok

nevaeh-2die-4

Im only going to gamestop cause i wanna trade in some games, by the looks of it, most places that take pre orders are selling out

L4Flare

I pre-ordered mine in Zavvi last week in the Blanchardstown Centre for the 360. THey were doing an offer (dunno if they're still doing it) but you pay a deposit of 5 euro and pre-order GTA4. But you also get 3 months of Xbox Live for free!

RAIN

Weve heard this so many times about new releases and its never happened. Its just away to get people Hyped and in to but it on launch day so they can try and Beat Halo3 record. Saying all this i will be GUTTED if i dont get a copy in the first few days.

thebman

Still availalbe to preorder on gamesnash:
http://gamesnash.ie/catalog/product_info.php?pName=grand-theft-auto-iv-x360-&osCsid=8160de9de038006d9f1aebbd274ca0ea

They don't sell if they won't have the stock so it'd be taken off the site before they won't have enough copies for people basically so it probably means a false shortage rumour.

Helix

im confident of strolling in off the street and getting a copy should i bother getting it on launch day to be perfectly honest

johnny_ultimate

Pre-booked one in my local Smyths last week just to be safe (didn't cost anything to book) and they didn't say anything about shortages, so hopefully will be OK.

Likelihood is it will still be available somewhere on launch day, but if any game will sell out it'll be this (or Wii Fit, but that will probably be to a different demographic). I'll be up early on the 29th to get it regardless - lucky college is finished by then.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

brim4brim wrote: »

Still availalbe to preorder on gamesnash:
http://gamesnash.ie/catalog/product_info.php?pName=grand-theft-auto-iv-x360

They don't sell if they won't have the stock so it'd be taken off the site before they won't have enough copies for people basically so it probably means a false shortage rumour.

At the risk of sounding like we are hyping this ourselves - I promise we are not !!! ....

Believe it or not we sold out of our initial allocation and it took some amount of dealing ( involving a lot of GTA style threatening of suppliers etc ) to source more stock. We are 100% sure that this game is going to sell out on release day - we don't expect our updated order to meet demand on our own site but we are holding back some copies for general release on the day. - This is actually a precaution in case there are any shortages on our own deliveries. We don't want to let anyone down who has pre ordered off us.

There is another release to the retailers in mid may which I am sure will satisfy the demand by then but as far as we can see there is not enough copies available to meet demand on launch day.

xanthor

Must Panic Book with deposit immediately!

tvnutz

xtra-vision have stopped taking pre books as well but I wouldn't really worry. Companies like Xtra-Vision and Gamestop have to get a certain amount of prebooks so that Microsoft will give them good allocations on future releases. It was the same with Halo 3 when i worked in Xtra-Vision,stopped prebooks after about 25-30 but got 70 copies in for launch day and another 20 a few days later. I'm playing a dangerous game though because I am just hoping to go in and pick one up on launch day.

corcaigh07

remember san andreas. this is easily just as big a release. that is all.

Melion

I wouldnt be surprised if thats true. GameStop in Belfast alone have 700 pre-orders.

CyberWaste

How much is the normal game going to be in gamestop anyways? And are they doing the special edition one like this http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/3423258/Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-Special-Edition/Product.html?dpr=132836

ShaneU

buying it in tesco myself, it'll be cheaper too.

Benzino

Gamesnash.ie wrote: »

At the risk of sounding like we are hyping this ourselves - I promise we are not !!! ....

Believe it or not we sold out of our initial allocation and it took some amount of dealing ( involving a lot of GTA style threatening of suppliers etc ) to source more stock. We are 100% sure that this game is going to sell out on release day - we don't expect our updated order to meet demand on our own site but we are holding back some copies for general release on the day. - This is actually a precaution in case there are any shortages on our own deliveries. We don't want to let anyone down who has pre ordered off us.

There is another release to the retailers in mid may which I am sure will satisfy the demand by then but as far as we can see there is not enough copies available to meet demand on launch day.

Any word on getting any more special editions in stock? :(

Unearthly

All a marketing ploy tbh

On launch day if you end up in one of the stores like HMV etc the place will be flooded with them

Sad Professor

Well Gamenash have themselves another customer. I was gonna wait and chance it on release day and while I expect there'll probably be plenty to be had I don't want to risk it.

Unearthly

Gamesnash i've only heard of till tis topic and they look great if they do what they say. Ordering from UK etc sites take ages, but getting it the next day sounds excellent.

Bros123

Unearthly wrote: »

All a marketing ploy tbh

On launch day if you end up in one of the stores like HMV etc the place will be flooded with them

I really don't know about that!
I searched Cork city for San Andreas on release day.
I really would be going with gamesnash for those who haven't booked as they guarantee you get it on release day if you pay for priority postage.

I'd prefer to be playing the game than gambling on a marketing ploy.

Unearthly

I had a choice of every shop in dublin city for San Andreas if I remember correctly.

Bros123

Unearthly wrote: »

I had a choice of every shop in dublin city for San Andreas if I remember correctly.

Well I hope you are right so everyone gets it,but I wouldn't be leaving it to chance!

Burning Eclipse

ShaneU wrote: »

buying it in tesco myself, it'll be cheaper too.

Tesco ftw. They're pretty good for price. Remember the Halo 3 launch, didn't they have if for €46 or something excellent like that. And nobody thinks of buying there, so they almost always have what you're looking for.:)

thefinalstage

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Tesco ftw. They're pretty good for price. Remember the Halo 3 launch, didn't they have if for €46 or something excellent like that. And nobody thinks of buying there, so they almost always have what you're looking for.:)

Shhhhhhh!

Julez

thelastangryman wrote: »

Shhhhhhh!

Haha, I know giving the secret away. Didn't wanna let anyone know in case you scumbags buy my copy but they had a load of GTA advertisements in Tesco Bloomfields in Dun Laoghaire, thats where I'll be poping down on tuesday morning.

McDermotX

Bros123 wrote: »

I really don't know about that!
I searched Cork city for San Andreas on release day.
.

True,
but the thing to remember is that with this release, there are two platforms going to be flooded with copies rather than just the PS2 back in the day..
I do remember a couple of places selling out of San Andreas in Dublin, so its not unheard off, but back then the PS2 was far more prevalent than the 360 is these days..

Wouldn't think anyone will have an issue getting a standard copy at the first shop they go to, if so I'm sure they'll find it around.......lot of dual platform owners as well out there, and I doubt many of them will be buying two copies..

djkeogh

gonna throw caution to the wind myself and try strolling into the shops around launch and see if I can pick up a copy.

the corpo

are tesco usually pretty good about putting a game on sale at midnight of release day? clarehall is my local and i can't imagine they're that arsed about such things

Random1

i highly doubt you'll have much trouble getting a copy. maybe a few stores will sell out but only the minority. its one of the most highly anticipated releases over the past few years & stores im sure will have hundreds of copies each. the whole pre-order thing is just a scam so they already know the guaranteed minimum amount of stock they need plus all the extra they're going to buy. not to mention the probably put your deposits in a big old bank account & earn interest on it!

CyberWaste

How much is the normal game going to be in gamestop anyways? €60? €70?
And are they doing the special edition one like this http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-...tml?dpr=132836

Captain Chaos

the corpo wrote: »

are tesco usually pretty good about putting a game on sale at midnight of release day? clarehall is my local and i can't imagine they're that arsed about such things

Well they didn't have Halo 3 on the shelves when Gamestop did the midnight release in Clarehall.

ShaneU

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Well they didn't have Halo 3 on the shelves when Gamestop did the midnight release in Clarehall.

If I'm in work on the monday i'll make sure the game goes out in tesco artane.

Riesen_Meal

ShaneU wrote: »

If I'm in work on the monday i'll make the game goes out in tesco artane.

Good man Shane, hold one for me, pre-ordering is for steamers!!!

mayway

Oh Lord! Pre-ordering may indeed be for steamers but any clown who believes that they will get a copy of GTA IV without having pre-ordered it will be in for a VERY disappointing day tomorrow.

You'll be waiting for at least 2 weeks if you're lucky.:)

DingDong

Well if any one is stuck for a copy of GTA I'll sell mine for the low low price of 573 euro plus vat and if you pay cash I'll do it without the VAT
But seriously I can't see their being a shortage for this game

TheDoc

argos stores only had capability to reserve this morning, which is completely pointless but your best bet

50 copies came in for each platform in my store

wasnt even one person qing this morning

got mine dieing to play

Lex_Diamonds

Ad in todays Metro, GTA IV €40 in Tesco. Is the Dun Laoighre Tesco open 24 hours? My local one (Merrion) is ****e, they only have PS2 shovelware and Dora the Explorer on DS.

faceman

im so so mad right now.

I pre ordered the special edition a few weeks ago over the phone with Game HQ. All was fine and dandy. Got worried when the thing didnt turn up today so i checked my order status online. Low and behold no order in the history.

Game made a feck up and didnt put my order through when i originally called them.

Im so :mad: right now.

Anyone know anywhere i can get a copy at this stage?

Vikings

faceman wrote: »

im so so mad right now.

I pre ordered the special edition a few weeks ago over the phone with Game HQ. All was fine and dandy. Got worried when the thing didnt turn up today so i checked my order status online. Low and behold no order in the history.

Game made a feck up and didnt put my order through when i originally called them.

Im so :mad: right now.

Anyone know anywhere i can get a copy at this stage?

Blanchardstown shopping centre - no shortages there.

Ri_Nollaig

mayway wrote: »

Oh Lord! Pre-ordering may indeed be for steamers but any clown who believes that they will get a copy of GTA IV without having pre-ordered it will be in for a VERY disappointing day tomorrow.

You'll be waiting for at least 2 weeks if you're lucky.:)

picked it up in GAME in cork, no pre-order, not a problem
comes with 500 ms points and 1 month extra for xbox live too, handy out.

bigpoppa

sauntered into harvey normans picked up a copy for 56 euro. all my mates did the same, no problem getting any copies in south dublin

um7y1h83ge06nx

The Asian version is region and for sale on Play Asia.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dw-49-en-70-2hcw.html

I'm not in a big rush with it as I have an exam coming up so I'll wait for it.

Works out at about €37-38 with a $5 off coupon.

Mr E

Think twice about that, Super Sonic.

This won't be terribly useful to Americans or PS3 owners, but anyone in Europe looking to score a cheap imported copy of GTA IV (or anyone in Australia looking to score the uncensored American version) should know that the 360 version of the game's been region-locked by the publisher. I only point this out because, over the past twelve months, nearly every single major 360 release has been region-free, meaning Take-Two joins MTV (ie Rock Band) as two of the last publishers to still make the decision to restrict the international sale of their games.

http://kotaku.com/385029/360-gta-iv-is-region+locked

um7y1h83ge06nx

I checked it out.

Very strangely, but this has been confirmed by various good sites including Play Asia, only the US version of GTA IV is region locked to PAL 360's, Asian version is fine.

koneko

It's €40 in Tesco so if you can find one with stock that's surely better than importing.

VG+ are the best source for region info, and they say GTA IV is *not* region free:

http://vgplus.blogspot.com/

um7y1h83ge06nx

koneko wrote: »

It's €40 in Tesco so if you can find one with stock that's surely better than importing.

VG+ are the best source for region info, and they say GTA IV is *not* region free:

http://vgplus.blogspot.com/

The Tesco option is definitely the best but GTA IV + Exams = Failure, so at least this will keep me on the straight and narrow.

EDIT: VG+ stock the US/CAN versions and that is region locked for PAL areas, just in case some do end up importing.

Scruff

Noe Prehistoric Theme wrote: »

I checked it out.

Very strangely, but this has been confirmed by various good sites including Play Asia, only the US version of GTA IV is region locked to PAL 360's, Asian version is fine.

Did you ever buy it of play-asia? Still havent got it myself, just wondering if it someone got the asian ntscj version and if it actually does work or not.

halolma

Anyone looking for a Copy of GTA for €30(pre-owned) ?

Have to say getting bored of it, too busy playing GRID and UEFA EURO 2008!