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Pre-order now to avoid disappointment: GameStop's GTA IV promo
10:12 AM on 04.02.2008, Nick Chester 56 comments

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While Rockstar may be done revealing Grand Theft Auto IV footage -- having just released their fourth and final trailer -- GameStop still wants your five dollars. And what better way to make you drop to your knees and open up your wallet than a promo filled to the brim with spankin' new and hot GTA IV footage?

The trailer shows off quite a bit of Liberty City that we haven't seen already, and this is probably the most "alive" looking we've seen Rockstar's game in action. Well, I've seen it looking pretty alive -- I was at Rockstar's office yesterday going hands-on with the much anticipated title, so keep your eyes peeled for some of my fancy impressions later in the week. 

So, who's already pre-ordered now? Was it to avoid disappointement? We hate being disappointed.


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Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 04/02/2008 10:20
@ qwerty:

I played it yesterday and no, it's not really a huge laggy mess. I can't speak on how buggy it is, since I didn't play a final version of the game.
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gotdurnrite at 04/02/2008 10:20
I absolutely refuse to pre-order games. There is always some super store that has a shit load of whatever game comes out. And if they don't I can wait a couple of days, it won't be the end of the world.
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Necros at 04/02/2008 10:24
Yeah, as soon as I get the money up, I'll be preordering from Amazon, just for the free, useless license plate.
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keyrat at 04/02/2008 10:27
I'm preordering because the Gamestop is 20 minutes from my house while the Best Buy is 40 minutes.
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bipolar beers at 04/02/2008 10:27
i preordered mine back in june on ps3 at best buy. they better have my shyt come april 29th
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XivGNP at 04/02/2008 10:32
I preordered mine a good 6+ months ago when it was supposed to be coming out in October...AND i'm taking a few days off work around 4/29 so I can do the midnight release and just chill with it. Question is, do I become the supersucker and go for the Super Ultimate Limited Shitcrazy Duffel Bah edition?
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B-Radicate at 04/02/2008 10:34
I just pre-ordered this on Sunday when I picked up RSV2 (talk about a huge buggy laggy mess!) after reading IGN's huge interview with two of the designers. It just got me so pumped I hadda pre-order.

Plus, I got a free poster and some gamer pics for a game I knew I was gonna buy anyway. Although not as cool as what Amazon offers, it's still something for free. I'm not a swag whore, so it was good enough for me.
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Surf314 at 04/02/2008 10:36
I'm nervous about it, I'm not really ready to pony up 5$ until I get the final word and what it is like.
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Quest at 04/02/2008 10:45
can't wait for it :)
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tkyy at 04/02/2008 10:47
Nice topic. But I don't think I'll ever regret this purchase
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Pariah at 04/02/2008 10:48
Special Edition and strat guide bought and paid for. Now the wait begins. I am such a whore.
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BS3 Owner at 04/02/2008 10:51
I'm waiting till the beggining of May to Pick up my humble copy. I believe that there will be a somewhat shortage... In america.

( Who knows though? I thought the same about SSBB, never happened... )

Besides I know this sounds like blasphemy but I never really went GaGa for the GTA series. More of an addition to the game library than anything else for me; this one is.
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DrXym at 04/02/2008 11:01
Preordering is for suckers. Gamestop know this which is why they cultivate the hype and panic that if you don't you won't get a copy.

More sensible people buy their games elsewhere, or simply wait a few days for supply and demand to level out.
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Revolt in Colour at 04/02/2008 11:07
I don't pre-order many games, but I pre-ordered this. My small college town only has 4 places to buy games: Gamestop, an indie shop, Wal-Mart, and Meijer. The indie shop always sells out quick, as do both Wal-Mart and Meijer. So i pre-ordered it from Gamestop.

Can't wait. And from everything I've read/heard, the framerate/lag issues from the earlier, pre-delayed build are gone.
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Gangles at 04/02/2008 11:10
I seriously doubt that supply will be an issue. I don't pre-order on principle anyways.
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JJ Rage at 04/02/2008 11:18
I pre-ordered from Blockbuster Video, being that I work there and get a discount. We're supposedly giving away an 8x10 framed picture of GTA4's protagonist.

Supposedly.
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wonky360 at 04/02/2008 11:21
Pe-ordered online and got 1000ms points and a voucher booklet from HMV (uk)
Seemed to good not to do, I have never pre-ordered before but if a retailer is throwing money around, hey who am I to argue.
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wonky360 at 04/02/2008 11:23
jesus I cant spel
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Revolt in Colour at 04/02/2008 11:23
I wish there were good pre-orders for this.

I don't want a license plate or picture. MS points at least have value.
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mrlokievil at 04/02/2008 11:37
I pre-ordered the PS3 special edition at gamestop. I don't understand why people don't like pre-orders. My copy is guaranteed to be in the store the day it comes out and I don't have to rush to get it.
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wonky360 at 04/02/2008 11:41
here is the HMV(UK) offer: £39 + 1000 points.
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/navigate.do?ctx=12;6;53;-1&pPageID=1962
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Timmeh at 04/02/2008 11:51
Is this trailer from the retail version? I hope not as there seemed to be frame rate dips every time something was happening. Hope they haven't beefed up the graphics at the cost of introducing choppy, inconsistent frame rates. : /
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operationivy at 04/02/2008 11:52
i wasnt planning on pre ordering this,but the other day i was at EB games up here in cold canada, and i was trading in 3 360 games. they would either give me 30 bucks or icould preorder gta4. of course i decided to get gta. bitchig. im retty excited aout it now. anyone know much about the episodes on the 360? how much in $$ or ms points?
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mistic at 04/02/2008 11:52
preordered mina a long time ago :-)
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Anviltongue at 04/02/2008 11:59
I'm not too big on preordering, except for Persona 3: FES, and I only preordered that because Atlus has a history of shipping small quantities.

Everything else I just pick up at Best Buy or Wally's World.
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teach4food at 04/02/2008 12:09
No point in pre-ordering unless there is some rare collector edition. Even then you can just wait. I didn't pre-order SSBB and was able to pick it up with no problems at a GameStop 48 hours after its release even though they said I wouldn't be able to get it potentially for weeks.
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foredaddy at 04/02/2008 12:11
Preordered from the fine folks over at Amazon.
Weee License plate!
...
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daewootech at 04/02/2008 12:16
Allready Pre-ordered, full pay.

before i went i asked if they had slots left, he told me he didnt know, and that he's just gonna keep taking orders until the computer doesnt let him. this happened to my co-worker on i think assassins creed, and when he went to pick it up they sold out already. i hope that doesnt happen to me.
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HarassmentPanda at 04/02/2008 12:17
I won't be pre-ordering, but I'm sure I'll get around to playing it eventually.
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daewootech at 04/02/2008 12:18
OH yeah and "teach4food" there is a special edition, which is the one i got, however its not necessalary super rare.
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Cheeburga at 04/02/2008 12:38
Fuck gamestop, i'll go get it from wal-mart.
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teach4food at 04/02/2008 12:47
@ daewootech-Does the Special Edition come with a cat sized car jacking kit? My cat is tired of wearing his Halo helmet around the house and wants something new.

@ Cheeburga Walmart-yuck!

I'll get GTA, it is the only game my wife can tolerate, she likes the music. I don't think she is aware of the other aspects.
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XivGNP at 04/02/2008 13:13
@ teach4good - The special one at Gamestop comes w/an art book, soundtrack CD, safebox, and a rockstar duffel bag.

And honestly, while I totally understand all the reasons why one wouldn't preorder a game, if you normally shop at a brick and mortar store that's not hard to get to, and you KNOW you're going to want to play the game the second it's released, AND since it costs no extra money, there's no logical reason not to slap down $5. No shame to say I have about 15 games preordered myself...I know for sure the GS I used to work at that I still go to is doing a midnight release for GTA4, too, so i'm looking forward to not doing crowd control (suckas)
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Rainbowblack at 04/02/2008 13:17
Pre Ordered my Duffel bag edition a month ago
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Polish Hill at 04/02/2008 13:28
I'll probably be preordering off Amazon but won't be playing for a while since my finals are May 5th to the 9th :(

Ah well.
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king3vbo at 04/02/2008 13:35
I preordered it
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brucie97 at 04/02/2008 13:38
Yup got my preorder in about a month ago for my PS3
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SantanaClaus89 at 04/02/2008 13:40
I preordered this game last night from Gamestop.com and got overnight shipping. I've never pre-ordered a game before in 18 years of gaming, but I can't stand the horrible thought of not being able to find this game anywhere for a month once it's released, so I took the plunge.
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brainderailment at 04/02/2008 13:44
Was that the Hardee's thickburger voice?
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mix at 04/02/2008 14:17
I'll wait to pick it up.

I have yet to find any game that comes out as hard to find. Hell SSBB was everywhere on day 1 I could have bought 20 copies of it at Walmart alone.
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Android8675 at 04/02/2008 14:38
... or I could just buy the game when it comes out somewhere else. Do people really still pre-order video games?
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Release82 at 04/02/2008 14:54
"Since GTA will be launched on both the main consoles, the PS3 and the 360, sales are projected to be at 360 million in the first week alone." from this article.

Im pretty sure Take Two is going to produce a lot more copies that for a game this big. No need to pre-order.
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kawitchate at 04/02/2008 15:27
wow, a decent gamestop commercial (even though i'm sure it was R* produced). isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
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TrailerParkJesus at 04/02/2008 15:29
No need to preorder this. It's not like they'll run out right?
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niakori at 04/02/2008 15:32
Preordered from Amazon since last year. Waiting is for the patient and I'm not Time's bitch.
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RobotsAlive at 04/02/2008 15:33
put that up on www.consolepatrol.com i gotta say it has this really cool vibe. so many characters. this game is going to take up alot of my free time.
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Samit Sarkar at 04/02/2008 16:08
The last game that I pre-ordered was Madden 08, and that was only because Best Buy was running a deal where you’d get $10 off any other game $29.99 and up if you pre-ordered Madden. Ironically, I ended up getting rid of Madden 08, and I still play Warhawk to this day.

But my point is that I haven’t had trouble finding games at Best Buy (aside from Rock Band, which had limited stock everywhere), so I’m not going to bother pre-ordering. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of copies to go around.
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Nick Chester at 04/02/2008 17:22
I like how this turned into a "pre-ordering games sucks/doesn't" thread. :D That wasn't my intention. I always found the "Pre-order now to avoid disappointment" thing that Rockstar does to be hilarious. Having dinner with some Rockstar folks last night, Ron was saying he heard that GameStop's pre-orders for GTA IV were breaking some record, and I suggested that maybe it was because people wanted to avoid disappointment. Everyone laughed. It was good times.

Really, that's the only reason I used it in my subject!
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