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GTA V Pre-release Discussion - ***DO NOT POST SPOILERS*** (Mod warning in first post)
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A pre-order means they hold it for you. If they dont have enough they cant take any more pre-orders. Simple as. No need for the scaremongering.
Actually it's not as simple as that. You have to understand the behind the scenes goings on and the fact that the local store doesn't necessarily know the exact amount of stock they will actually have until a few days before the launch. In a large chain scenario there is one central head office buying in stock on behalf of the chain and then allocating that stock out to each store. The kicker comes when head office get told by the publisher actually we are allocating 70% of your order to you with the other 30% to follow one week later (if you still want it) as there are stock shortages across the supply chain and we can't make enough. Suddenly the local stores are told they aren't getting as much stock as before. This rarely happens to be fair but with a game like GTAV - the most sought after game in these consoles history where manufacturing is hardly keeping up with pre order demand (the inflated virtual figure !) this stock IS being allocated.
It's not uncommon for store managers to inflate their pre order stock (tell head office more is ordered) so they can get extra stock into the store for general sale. Now that sounds counter intuitive - if they order extra stock surely that means no shortage ! but no, what can happen is that some flagship stores could be prioritised for stock at the expense of smaller stores, overall requests for stock from head office are more than head office has so they then allocate that out as a percentage leaving some stores with enough stock for their actual pre orders and some stores with not enough. Similarly enough going back to head office buyers more stock than is actually needed can be requested from the publisher knowing that there will be allocations / shortages and they try to land on the money as such.
The whole thing is akin to a big game of poker, full of bluffs smoke and mirrors. It's no surprise that some stores could / have in the past ran out through no fault of their own to be fair. It's that uncertainty that I can assume rumours like were mentioned earlier spring out from. I wouldn't like to be a manager of a chain store at the moment myself. Stress city for this.
Ninja edit: Just to be 100% clear I'm not saying for a second that any particular store or chain are currently over subscribed on pre orders. I'm just saying it's not as clear cut as stores taking pre orders / not taking them when their stock is gone.0 -
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splashthecash wrote: »I foresee myself eating directly from tins of beans, unshaven and wearing tissue boxes on my feet three weeks from now...
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Pageant Messiah wrote: »Actually it's not as simple as that. You have to understand the behind the scenes goings on and the fact that the local store doesn't necessarily know the exact amount of stock they will actually have until a few days before the launch. In a large chain scenario there is one central head office buying in stock on behalf of the chain and then allocating that stock out to each store. The kicker comes when head office get told by the publisher actually we are allocating 70% of your order to you with the other 30% to follow one week later (if you still want it) as there are stock shortages across the supply chain and we can't make enough. Suddenly the local stores are told they aren't getting as much stock as before. This rarely happens to be fair but with a game like GTAV - the most sought after game in these consoles history where manufacturing is hardly keeping up with pre order demand (the inflated virtual figure !) this stock IS being allocated.
It's not uncommon for store managers to inflate their pre order stock (tell head office more is ordered) so they can get extra stock into the store for general sale. Now that sounds counter intuitive - if they order extra stock surely that means no shortage ! but no, what can happen is that some flagship stores could be prioritised for stock at the expense of smaller stores, overall requests for stock from head office are more than head office has so they then allocate that out as a percentage leaving some stores with enough stock for their actual pre orders and some stores with not enough. Similarly enough going back to head office buyers more stock than is actually needed can be requested from the publisher knowing that there will be allocations / shortages and they try to land on the money as such.
The whole thing is akin to a big game of poker, full of bluffs smoke and mirrors. It's no surprise that some stores could / have in the past ran out through no fault of their own to be fair. It's that uncertainty that I can assume rumours like were mentioned earlier spring out from. I wouldn't like to be a manager of a chain store at the moment myself. Stress city for this.
Ninja edit: Just to be 100% clear I'm not saying for a second that any particular store or chain are currently over subscribed on pre orders. I'm just saying it's not as clear cut as stores taking pre orders / not taking them when their stock is gone.
I worked in one of... let's just say one of those big chain stores for too ****íng long, and there was never an issue with preorder stock. If the shop took x amount of prebooks, it received x amount of stock, no fuss.
You're correct in saying that flagship stores would receive a greater percentage of the company's stock, but only for free sale, never to the detriment of another store's preoders. I was behind the till for GTA IV's and CoD: MW2's launches (and as an aside, I feel genuinely sorry for anyone working GTA V's launch) - they felt like two of the longest days of my life they were so busy, but all preorders were covered.
There was literally one instance where they had trouble securing stock with the vendor on a niche title, and two lads were left waiting a few days for their preorder, but as much as I dislike my former employer, I will say that they always came good on their prebooks.0 -
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I'll add this to lighten the mood,
Although GTA IV had its moments (that fecking cousin) it was still a great game.
Goodbye GTA IV
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