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Local store GTA IV pre-orders
teach4food | 4:07 PM on 04.28.2008 12 comments




I just spoke to my local store regarding my pre-order of the GTA IV Special Edition and the
manager revealed that I was the only person to pre-order the Xbox 360 GTA IV Special
Edition. He went on to break down all the pre-orders for GTA IV for me.

Regular Edition
18 for the 360
18 for the PS3

Special Edition
1 for the 360
6 for the PS3

We were both surprised that the PS3 and 360 pre-orders were dead even but the Special
Edition orders were heavily weighted towards the PS3. I am really curious what the NPD will
reveal later regarding specific GTA IV sales per console.

Anybody else have numbers from their favorite store?

[p.s. The penguin is there because when I google searched "preorder madness" it gave me
the penguin, go figure]



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giraffywaffy's Destructoid Blog
My store has 53 regular edition 360's and 27 regular edition ps3s.
Then it boils down to 9 SE 360's and 3 SE Ps3's
brainderailment's Destructoid Blog
Just a matter of where you live I think. Here in Tennessee, not that many people are XBox fans, so all but two of my friends only own ps3s. The others own 360s.
Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
wow..that blows.

That's why I ordered off of Amazon. It just shipped a few hours ago.
kepler's Destructoid Blog
Ditto.

I ordered from Amazon UK and its on track to arrive on my doorstep tomorrow morning.
Pariah's Destructoid Blog
18? Are you kidding me? We have 250 reserves on the 360 regular alone. We live in a tiny ass town too. wtf?!
mix's Destructoid Blog
That is a tiny amount!
I'm hitting up Futureshop tonight at midnight so I can pick it up (PS3).
grassr00ts's Destructoid Blog
In about 4 hours im heading to my local gamestop to wait another 2 hours to get the game. PS3.

Interestingly i talked to one of the managers there, and he said that during the midnight release for Halo 3, his store did over 15 thousand dollars worth of business that night alone. I guess that's what happens when you live in a college town.
brainderailment's Destructoid Blog
@311grassr00ts, did I kill you in MGO once? My id is Raepgoblin in mgo.
teach4food's Destructoid Blog
The store is a video rental/game store and within 10 miles of it there are 5 Gamestops and two Best Buys and one Circuit City so I am not surprised that they don't have a ton of pre-orders but I still find the numbers interesting.

I assume in smaller towns you probably have less pre-order options hence numbers would be higher at each store.

@311grassr00ts, did they say how their pre-orders for GTA IV compared to Halo 3?
mix's Destructoid Blog
@brainderailment

I'm sure I head shot you some time. (MGO: saffron) I have a mean SVD...lol
grassr00ts's Destructoid Blog
@teach4food, no sorry i didn't ask him about that, probably should have, i imagine there will be a huge crowd, seeing as they told me i should get to the store 2 hours before midnight tonight. oh well it gives me time to study for my final tuesday at 2.

@brainderailment- more than likely, i haven't played the game for more than an hour or two, and i'm not great at it, i played a game that was set up by zombiekiller i believe, and so who knows. why do you ask?
razerangel's Destructoid Blog
Here in the UK the SE is online only, which they helpfully decided earlier this month. So a lot less people will get the SE over here.


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