MaximumSpider
Banned
Just came back from my GameStop and ended up buying the last copy!
Sorry to all those I came before..
Sorry to all those I came before..
I pre-ordered from Amazon and my copy won't be here until Monday. Never had them miss a launch day delivery before.
Since we're sharing anecdotal evidence, here's mine:
I went into Grainger Games on Saturday (UK-based dedicated videogames store) and they had two full stands worth of copies of Bayonetta 2, split pretty evenly between the game on its own and the Bayo 1 + Bayo 2 package.
The two stands had previously been stocked with Sims 4 (on its release week) and Borderlands: Pre Sequel (on its release week), so they certainly seemed to be pushing it hard.
SonyToo!;135886102 said:My local Grainger's Games store (Dewsbury) also seems to be quite good at ordering niche games especially WiiU. They were the only store to stock new copies of W101 outside of the nearby cities of Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford.
I've yet to hear about a service as big as psn or Xbox live that has lost or disabled someone's games (that wasn't a result of a ban). Have you?Then you're going to have to worry about finding a purchased game.
That sucks. I got mine yesterday from Amazon. They're usually pretty good about it.I pre-ordered from Amazon and my copy won't be here until Monday. Never had them miss a launch day delivery before.
can't ship what isn't ordered. stores like gamestop under-order Nintendo stuff all the time.
Seems like one of the rare cases where preordering holds value beyond shitty bonuses.
I guess Nintendo can claim that Bayonetta 2 sold out, and still sell less than 100k.
Buy it on Amazon. It's in stock.
Both. Bayonetta 1 sold less than 1.5 million lifetime and that was after massive price drops. It only sold a couple hundred thousand at launch.
So Nintendo wasn't going to print 10 million copies to flood retail stores with stock. Nor were retail stores going to reserve 100 copies per store just to have them sit around waiting for a price drop, not when the Wii U user base is so small and with Bayonetta 1's sales history.
Well, in their defense the internet wouldn't stop saying the game would only sell 3 copies.
Someone update the board, we finally have a winner.
. I reasoned it will be rare and hard to find soon, price drop won't happen anytime soon.
like permanently? no way. It's just a little rough at launch.
Unless this edition with both games is a limited time thing and this first shipment is it.
If you want the game on launch day there is almost no reason not to pre-order or buy from an online retailer like Amazon.
Not cool, Nintendo. :/ Bayonetta 2 and Platinum Games deserves to have this game readily available. I usually don't get bothered by things like this and I knoww busineess is business but it's a shame.
If you want the game on launch day there is almost no reason not to pre-order or buy from an online retailer like Amazon.
this is true of pretty much any niche game.
ITT: People trying to convince themselves it was necessary to preorder a game that hundreds of thousands of copies were printed of. The game is immediately shippable everywhere.
Wonderful 101 goes for a whopping 20 bucks new on Amazon.
Should have complained to them. I did and I got next day shipping which got it to me today.I pre-ordered from Amazon and my copy won't be here until Monday. Never had them miss a launch day delivery before.
ITT: People trying to convince themselves it was necessary to preorder a game that hundreds of thousands of copies were printed of. The game is immediately shippable everywhere.
We got 2 in at the Target I work at. According to my systems we might not get another copy in. Glad I got mine.
i'm not convincing anyone of jack shit. i'm informing people of the actual process that happens, especially when a retailer doesn't want a whole lot of a particular thing.
tell me, how many units of bayonetta 2 do you think will move in the us in october?
IIRC, nintendo doesn't take retailer returns, so retailers order less.
tell me, how many units of bayonetta 2 do you think will move in the us in october?
Less than Hyrule Warriors in its debut month. This game will be easily attainable for the next year or two at least.
I showed my manager at work this thread and she busted out laughing. The conspiracies were worth the read alone lol.