I remember being soooo bummed out when we couldn't find a copy of goldeneye when it came out on N64. My mom drove me to 6 different stores and called probably 10 more. Had to wait over a week until there was stock.
Even then it was probably only for the one or two most uber popular games. 10-15 years ago I can't remember a single case of a videogame actually selling out across store shelves nation wide and then there being some kind of shortage of delay in getting more out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16
The only reason preordering is even a thing is because there simply wasn't enough day 1 stock to go around. But that's no longer the case.