Buzzer beater: PS3 units fall short at GameStop

The PS3 launch is already on Friday. It’s the last stretch of the ball game and GameStop/EBGames (playfully known here in QJ as “EBStop”) pulls a buzzer beater with an air-ball. [le sigh] While they were accepting a slim number of eight pre-orders per store last month, that number just might get slimmer.

A GameStop rep confirmed with GameSpot that they received allocation numbers from Sony and looking at the list, it seems as if there’s going to be a couple of unhappy pre-order-ers. He gave no specific number, however, of how many pre-ordered requests are going to be fulfilled.

At launch day, the company will fill orders depending on the sequence they were registered, and those that have pre-ordered but won’t get a console will still be compensated with a free used game or a DVD ticked at US $ 19.99 or less when they eventually do get the console. Here’s his statement:

We are beginning to notify our customers that our initial shipment of PS3 systems will not be what we expected. As this is not an ideal situation, we are asking employees to wait to purchase systems until the second shipment. We are anticipating having systems to cover reservations before Christmas.

The company is going to have a phone brigade to contact all the concerned individuals who would or wouldn’t get their system, so please, just wait patiently for the call. If all else fails, just contact your neighborhood branch, and please, don’t make a scene. Let’s not make it any harder for them. “EBStop” is already doing all the damage control they could, and quite frankly you can’t directly blame them for falling short of stock.

The PS3 launch is already on Friday. It’s the last stretch of the ball game and GameStop/EBGames (playfully known here in QJ as “EBStop”) pulls a buzzer beater with an air-ball. [le sigh] While they were accepting a slim number of eight pre-orders per store last month, that number just might get slimmer.

A GameStop rep confirmed with GameSpot that they received allocation numbers from Sony and looking at the list, it seems as if there’s going to be a couple of unhappy pre-order-ers. He gave no specific number, however, of how many pre-ordered requests are going to be fulfilled.

At launch day, the company will fill orders depending on the sequence they were registered, and those that have pre-ordered but won’t get a console will still be compensated with a free used game or a DVD ticked at US $ 19.99 or less when they eventually do get the console. Here’s his statement:

We are beginning to notify our customers that our initial shipment of PS3 systems will not be what we expected. As this is not an ideal situation, we are asking employees to wait to purchase systems until the second shipment. We are anticipating having systems to cover reservations before Christmas.

The company is going to have a phone brigade to contact all the concerned individuals who would or wouldn’t get their system, so please, just wait patiently for the call. If all else fails, just contact your neighborhood branch, and please, don’t make a scene. Let’s not make it any harder for them. “EBStop” is already doing all the damage control they could, and quite frankly you can’t directly blame them for falling short of stock.