Gamestop Not Taking Wii/PS3 PreOrders Yet

Next Generation is reporting that Gamestop has declined to take preorders for the Wii and PS3, on the grounds that they don't know how many units will be available at launch. They're apparently trying to avoid a repeat of last year's problems with the 360's launch. From the article: "Analysts also inquired what would happen if PS3 launch quantities fell short of expectations. '[Last year,] the 360 in short supply had an effect of freezing the market,' said DeMatteo. 'But if you look at it, there wasn't anything new. I mean, there weren't any new platforms out there, so the 360 was the newest thing in the last four or five years. This year, there will be a Wii and there will be a 360, so I can't believe that it will have the same kind of impact that the 360 [shortages] had.'"

Comments

GameStupid

[The_Pariah]

What a snare preorders are.... I pre-ordered a 360 thru GameStop 6 months in advance, and they told me I wouldn't be in the first release group on their order. So I said 'screw that' and went to ShopKo and grabbed a Premium Bundle and only waited in line for 2 hours. Then, 3 months after the release, GameStop calls me to tell me my 'pre-order' is in. This is after the fact that Best Buy had units on the shelf at a steady rate.

Re:Is anyone?

[StupiderThanYou]

Toys'R'Us in Australia is taking preorders for both. When I got my Wii preorder a couple of weeks ago, there were about 20 on the list for Wii, three for PS3. Kind of interesting, especially when the PS2 really anihilated the GameCube here.

Here's the skinny for those interested

[fujiman]

Projected #Wii available at launch: 5.5 Million Projected #PS3 available at launch: 1.0 Million

Chances of getting PS3 without questionable ethics: slim Chances of getting Wii: 5.5 times slim (stout?)

Bah! No playable Wii at Leipzig GC :(

[Knuckles]

I got my hopes up with the Wii announcements due on the first day (industry-only) of the Leipzig Games Convention, bought tickets for the first public day and took off a day from work. Only to find out a little later that there will no playable machinese (German). NINTENDO, I WANT MY Wii!!