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  • JLL84
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    • Sep 2007
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    #16
    Re: Midnight Release?

    Originally posted by SoullessGingerKC
    Cant you just go to walmart?
    Yeah in most cases, but sometimes you're at the mercy of the workers in the electronics department. Not all put the new releases out immediately. My GS always has a MNR, so I haven't tried Walmart personally, but this is what I have heard.
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    • cardinalbird5
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      • Jul 2006
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      #17
      Re: Midnight Release?

      Really? I just go into walmart around here, ask around midnight, they go get the game for me and I check out. I am out of there before 12:10 without people harassing me to to pre-order a game.

      Where do you guys live at? I live in Southern Illinois in smaller towns...
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      • JLL84
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        • Sep 2007
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        #18
        Re: Midnight Release?

        Originally posted by ratedmoney
        I dont think all the stores that show up on the list will do midnight release though. Its basically showing every store near you and it will load more stores if you choose so further out. Unless maybe if gamestop decided to do midnight release at all stores or something.

        Not true about showing all of them, I have 4 with in 15 minutes of me and it's only showing 2. Of course the closest one to me and the one I pre-ordered from is not on the list. Oh well, still getting that bad boy at Midnight if I can't score a early copy.
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        • m1ke_nyc
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          #19
          Re: Midnight Release?

          Originally posted by cardinalbird7
          Really? I just go into walmart around here, ask around midnight, they go get the game for me and I check out. I am out of there before 12:10 without people harassing me to to pre-order a game.

          Where do you guys live at? I live in Southern Illinois in smaller towns...
          Decatur GA. Im sure it could be as easy as you state but you could very well get the crew that tells you "someone is working on it" and your just standing around. My schedule comes out tonight, I so hope im off the 5th, shoulda requested off.

          Originally posted by JLL84
          Not true about showing all of them, I have 4 with in 15 minutes of me and it's only showing 2. Of course the closest one to me and the one I pre-ordered from is not on the list. Oh well, still getting that bad boy at Midnight if I can't score a early copy.
          It shows all the closest gamestops to me. Guess maybe they all are having it. Let me call, best way to know.

          EDIT: I apologize, just made calls and right away they been saying yes.
          Last edited by m1ke_nyc; 02-26-2013, 11:53 AM.
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          • JLL84
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            • Sep 2007
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            #20
            Re: Midnight Release?

            Originally posted by cardinalbird7
            Really? I just go into walmart around here, ask around midnight, they go get the game for me and I check out. I am out of there before 12:10 without people harassing me to to pre-order a game.

            Where do you guys live at? I live in Southern Illinois in smaller towns...
            I live in Dayton, OH. Like I said I've never done it personally GS is closer to me and has always done a MNR. Just going off of what I have heard about Walmart.
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            • cardinalbird5
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              • Jul 2006
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              #21
              Re: Midnight Release?

              Dayton, OH is probably a decent size City I imagine. Decatur, GA sounds like a rural town though? Anyways I live in a rural area and maybe that is the reason why. Walmarts are dead around midnight and I can always walk in and get any game I want, even call of duty.
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              • JLL84
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                #22
                Re: Midnight Release?

                The worker at the GS I pre-ordered from told me they were short of the threshold to do a MNR. She said their manager set a new minimum number of pre-orders to do a MNR. So it makes sense for it not be on the list. You're prob right all your's are doing a MNR. Either way it's likely we'll be able to grab a copy at Midnight.
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                • cardinalbird5
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                  #23
                  Re: Midnight Release?

                  Originally posted by JLL84
                  The worker at the GS I pre-ordered from told me they were short of the threshold to do a MNR. She said their manager set a new minimum number of pre-orders to do a MNR. So it makes sense for it not be on the list. You're prob right all your's are doing a MNR. Either way it's likely we'll be able to grab a copy at Midnight.
                  In other words, they're lazy. The gamestop I used to work at did midnight releases for every game!

                  Actually I just called them and they aren't doing one. So if it wasn't for amazon, I would be going to walmart again.
                  Last edited by cardinalbird5; 02-26-2013, 12:07 PM.
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                  • JLL84
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                    #24
                    Re: Midnight Release?

                    Originally posted by ratedmoney
                    EDIT: I apologize, just made calls and right away they been saying yes.

                    Nothing to apologize about, I would have probably assumed the same. I only knew because the lack of the GS right down the road from me being on the list. Glad to hear, because it sounded like a MNR wasn't happening. Thanks for the info.
                    Last edited by JLL84; 02-26-2013, 12:12 PM.
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                    • JLL84
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                      #25
                      Re: Midnight Release?

                      Originally posted by cardinalbird7
                      In other words, they're lazy. The gamestop I used to work at did midnight releases for every game!

                      Actually I just called them and they aren't doing one. So if it wasn't for amazon, I would be going to walmart again.
                      Laziness could be part, but from talking to the workers they were not happy about it. It sounded like someone got promoted to manager and is changing everything for the worst, can't say I've never heard of that one before, ha.
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                      • cardinalbird5
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                        #26
                        Re: Midnight Release?

                        Ironically, managers at gamestop usually know nothing about games. It is usually the assistant, 3rd key, and game advisers that are passionate about the games. I think the district manager has a say whether or not they can have a midnight release, but usually they leave it up to the manager.
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                        • nomo17k
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                          #27
                          Re: Midnight Release?

                          I have never been able to experience the excitement that is the midnight release of a game, so I've been pondering about actually going to one....

                          But with the game fully downloadable now from the PSN store, does it make sense to do this?

                          I might still just go there just to hang around (and I'd be disappointed by how quiet the even actually is... hahaha......)
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                          • royals852
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                            • Feb 2013
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                            #28
                            Re: Midnight Release?

                            Ive never seen a midnight release like one for madden. My gamestop had free hotdogs and drinks. Easily 100+ people showed up.

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                            • TGov
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                              • Mar 2012
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                              #29
                              Re: Midnight Release?

                              This is probably a silly question but here goes...
                              If you pre-ordered a game, do you have to get it from the same store(location) that you pre-ordered it???

                              Im assuming you do, this is my first pre-order ever so Im not to keen on these things...
                              Reason I ask is, the closest Gamestop to me isnt doing a midnight release but another one in my area is so I figured I'd ask...

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                              • royals852
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                                • Feb 2013
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                                #30
                                Re: Midnight Release?

                                Originally posted by TGov
                                This is probably a silly question but here goes...
                                If you pre-ordered a game, do you have to get it from the same store(location) that you pre-ordered it???

                                Im assuming you do, this is my first pre-order ever so Im not to keen on these things...
                                Reason I ask is, the closest Gamestop to me isnt doing a midnight release but another one in my area is so I figured I'd ask...
                                yepp. has to be the same store.

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