Gamestop Pokemon Conquest Release Date

[Carbondog]

So I went into my local Gamestop and I asked about Pokemon Conquest. He said that it comes out 6-28. Nintendo's Twitter said its available today (6-18) and Gamestops website says 6-19 (http://www.gamestop.com/ds/games/pokemo ... est/100555). Is there a reason for the release confusion? I always thought the release date is the release date, not the earliest available date.

[CrispyGoomba]

It came out today. The GameStop guy could have misread the date or something. And the most likely reason why the website list it as June 19 is because that's for buying online (I guess, otherwise I'll look stupid saying that).

My advice: Go back and confront the man at GameStop

OR

Buy it at another place like Best Buy or Wal-Mart

[Fluffernutter]

I was just at my local (and by local I mean less than 2 miles away, because I live reasonably close to at least 3 Gamestops lol) Gamestop yesterday to put down a reserve so I could get that free code or whatever for PowerUp Rewards. When I asked if it would be in today, the 18th, which I thought was the release date, he said the 19th is what was showing, and that it should be in by the 20th (although I feel like the 19th is in their system as the street date because it SHOULD be shipping today). Regardless, I'm fine with an extra 2 or 3 days, but I have no idea why the 28th was thrown into the mix. I would definitely try back tomorrow or Thursday at the latest, and you should be golden.

[Steel Diver]

So I went into my local Gamestop and I asked about Pokemon Conquest. He said that it comes out 6-28. Nintendo's Twitter said its available today (6-18) and Gamestops website says 6-19 (http://www.gamestop.com/ds/games/pokemo ... est/100555). Is there a reason for the release confusion? I always thought the release date is the release date, not the earliest available date.

Today was the ship date, I also had the same problem. Though I just got a call saying it will be in tomorrow afternoon. This also happened to me when I went to pick up a pre-ordered a copy of Kirby Mass Attack (good game by the way ).

[sdsichero]

It came out today. The GameStop guy could have misread the date or something. And the most likely reason why the website list it as June 19 is because that's for buying online (I guess, otherwise I'll look stupid saying that).

My advice: Go back and confront the man at GameStop

OR

Buy it at another place like Best Buy or Wal-Mart

Gamestop here charges $34.99 for the 29.99 game. Best Buy's website give it a $29.99 price but says it is available on 6/25.

Really weird.

[Carbondog]

I went back and asked another guy and he said that Nintendo removed the streetdate yesterday and they were free to sell them as soon as they got them in. About a week or two ago @NintendoAmerica on twitter said it was availiable 6-18, so I guess Gamestop dropped the ball. I did get a pre-order text that said it would be availiable today (tues) in the PM. Hopefully they will have it this after noon!

Having $29.99 games at $34.99 sucks, Target also does this with most Pokemon games for the first couple of weeks. They usually do this to curb demand at the start or just to rake in the $. I wish they wouldn't do this, but what can I say it works!

[Broken_Cartridge]

Looking for a Gamestop that has it and you don't want to actually go to the store or call them to find out? http://www.gamestop.com/browse/storesea ... sku=181776 go to that url and type in your zip code.

[MisterOpinionHead]

what's the point in preorders at gamestop if we don't get games on release day? nintendo sends them the games in advance, so they should be shipped to stores ahead of time. they charge a $5 premium above other stores, so i think they can afford a separate fed ex shipment rather than delaying so they can throw everything into one tuesday shipment. customer service has eroded to the point that Gamestop has trained some people into thinking that they are doing us a favor by stocking and selling us products.

[Broken_Cartridge]

what's the point in preorders at gamestop if we don't get games on release day? nintendo sends them the games in advance, so they should be shipped to stores ahead of time. they charge a $5 premium above other stores, so i think they can afford a separate fed ex shipment rather than delaying so they can throw everything into one tuesday shipment. customer service has eroded to the point that Gamestop has trained some people into thinking that they are doing us a favor by stocking and selling us products.

I like that you think everything is so easily changeable with shipment. Gamestop specifically plans their UPS shipments around Nintendo's (and other companies) street dates. Why? Because if they have an employee that breaks a street date Gamestop can get sued by said companies for selling their product early. Sure Nintendo may have tweeted that "hey it's available 6/18", but Gamestop as a company didn't find out that Nintendo was ok with them selling it before the previous street date until that day. You cannot expect them to be like "Oh street date changed, let's magically make the shipments that are already going out to move quicker". It's the same reason that Best Buy still doesn't have it.

Pre ordering games is not about the company doing you a favor, but about you doing a favor for the company. In return Gamestop is constantly trying to give as many bonuses as they can for pre ordering. If you're going to buy a game anyways, why not put a couple bucks towards the price to guarantee your copy from the first shipment and also get bonuses for pre ordering the game. Gamestop will be giving away to their PowerUp Rewards members (even the free card version) Emolga, Riolu, Scyther, Lapras, and Pikachu as a pre order incentive. If you pre order and pick up the game before the 26th you will get the codes printed on your receipt (as a PowerUp Rewards member)

If you don't like Gamestop then don't shop there, but saying "Waaa, they charge five whole more dollars and didn't speed up the process" is ridiculous. If you have that big of a problem with the company then just wait longer for Best Buy or Amazon and get it through them.

[Carbondog]

Its very frustrating to put all your good faith in a certain store only to have them not have it on the street date. Walmart is notorious for playing dumb "Duhr, Games only come out on Wednesdays, Duhr." I had issues with my local Target in the past, waiting in line before the store opens just to find that they didn't get Guitar Hero World Tour full band kit and coming back that after noon to find they got it in UPS. Which is why I try to find shops that have actual gamers that anticipate new games, are as excited as I am to play them and care enough to know what the street dates are. This is only the first time Gamestop has let me down as far as pre-orders go.

[Fluffernutter]

Broken_Cartridge This

what's the point in preorders at gamestop if we don't get games on release day?

Have you considered that perhaps some people might put down a pre-order, because they know they won't be able to make it to the store to pick up the game on release day and simply want to ensure getting a copy from the initial shipment one or two days after it hits shelves? Just a thought

[MisterOpinionHead]

when i preordered the game, it said release day was the 18th, not the 19th. And i'm not sure why customers should be helping gamestop to further maximize their profits beyond paying a $5 premium. As for preorders, gamestop spent nothing on the pokemon one nintendo put those codes in the game specifically for retailers and they cost nothing. I would also be interested in knowing how much interest income gamestop earns from all that preorder money. the only reason i shop at gamestop is because they systematically drove small stores out of business in many regions.

[Broken_Cartridge]

when i preordered the game, it said release day was the 18th, not the 19th. And i'm not sure why customers should be helping gamestop to further maximize their profits beyond paying a $5 premium. As for preorders, gamestop spent nothing on the pokemon one nintendo put those codes in the game specifically for retailers and they cost nothing. I would also be interested in knowing how much interest income gamestop earns from all that preorder money. the only reason i shop at gamestop is because they systematically drove small stores out of business in many regions.

I don't know what the case is with this game but if it didn't say "SD 6/18" next to it in their computer system, and that it only had 6/18 it means that that is the day that the game will be shipped. Again, if you don't like a price at one store, go to another. You're seriously still complaining about $5? I understand that you don't want to pay it, but the solution is simple. Don't buy it at Gamestop if it bothers you. In retail there will be stores that charge more then others on certain things and lower on others. It's the way it works, and again, if it bothers you go buy it somewhere else. Every customer can do that, but again, this is how retail works.

Concerning pre orders, those codes I mentioned are not in the box. There are codes that Nintendo is supplying (I believe it's for a Dratini), but the codes that I listed off are not given out by other retailers. It's something that's printed on the receipt for customers who have a PowerUp Rewards card. Codes are universal, though, so if someone places the codes online then everyone will have it for their games. Regardless, my point is that Gamestop DOES give you things for pre ordering games, and that the Pokemon I mentioned are not given out by other retailers or packed in the game.


@Carbondog as I mentioned before sometimes (especially with DS games) there is a communication problem that goes around. If you ever look at a list of games coming out, and the game doesn't have "SD" (for street date) next to it, that means that the date listed is when the game will be shipped. Nintendo had not supplied Gamestop (and other retailers) with a proper Street Date on Pokemon Conquest and that is the reason why you had to wait one more day to get it. Gamestops do have them now.

[sdsichero]

I don't know what the case is with this game but if it didn't say "SD 6/18" next to it in their computer system, and that it only had 6/18 it means that that is the day that the game will be shipped. Again, if you don't like a price at one store, go to another. You're seriously still complaining about $5? I understand that you don't want to pay it, but the solution is simple. Don't buy it at Gamestop if it bothers you. In retail there will be stores that charge more then others on certain things and lower on others. It's the way it works, and again, if it bothers you go buy it somewhere else. Every customer can do that, but again, this is how retail works.

I'm not sure why you are defending Gamestop so much. The release date was known for a while, it didn't just exist when Nintendo sent out their email reminder.

I do feel that $5 is a lot comparatively ($5 more for a $500, not bad; $5 for a $30 game, that's a chunk). I guess how you view their pre-order "service" depends on how you view what a business exists for. If it is to do you a favor, I guess you can pay the extra $5 (for Pokemon, not for every game that is new for some reason). If it is that stores exist to serve you ("the customer is right!"), then $5 is a rip-off. I see it as a blend frankly. Stores exists to make a profit and to provide a good service so that customers go there. I lean more toward the latter.

[Mike_Intellivision]

I pre-ordered, got my text on Monday (June 18) and picked up Tuesday (June 19).

As for Gamestop's computers/street-dating, it has an issue sometimes.

As for the price, Gamestop does sometimes charge $5 premiums on games and I usually avoid it. To be honest, because Pokemon games usually have a built-in premium, I did not realize that I made that mistake. However, since it is backordered at Amazon and Best Buy and out of stock on-line at Wal-Mart and not listed at Toys R Us -- as well as being out of stock at the local Best Buy and not listed for store sale at Wal-Mart, I probably made a wise decision to ensure that I got the game by pre-ordering from Gamestop.

Mike from Morgantown

[Broken_Cartridge]

I don't know what the case is with this game but if it didn't say "SD 6/18" next to it in their computer system, and that it only had 6/18 it means that that is the day that the game will be shipped. Again, if you don't like a price at one store, go to another. You're seriously still complaining about $5? I understand that you don't want to pay it, but the solution is simple. Don't buy it at Gamestop if it bothers you. In retail there will be stores that charge more then others on certain things and lower on others. It's the way it works, and again, if it bothers you go buy it somewhere else. Every customer can do that, but again, this is how retail works.

I'm not sure why you are defending Gamestop so much. The release date was known for a while, it didn't just exist when Nintendo sent out their email reminder.

I do feel that $5 is a lot comparatively ($5 more for a $500, not bad; $5 for a $30 game, that's a chunk). I guess how you view their pre-order "service" depends on how you view what a business exists for. If it is to do you a favor, I guess you can pay the extra $5 (for Pokemon, not for every game that is new for some reason). If it is that stores exist to serve you ("the customer is right!"), then $5 is a rip-off. I see it as a blend frankly. Stores exists to make a profit and to provide a good service so that customers go there. I lean more toward the latter.

Nintendo didn't have proper communications with retailers about a release date. It's the reason why all retailers are having issues. With that aspect I'm defending everyone.

Don't get me wrong, I completely support everybody and their views that they make, but it's the way retail works. Any retail company puts out prices based off of what they think they can sell it at and still make a decent amount of money. Sometimes retailers sell it for a little less then what everyone is pricing the game at, and sometimes retailers price it a little more. It's the way things go around. Gamestop priced a Pokemon game for $5 more because they believe that they'll be able to still sell it at that price. My real argument isn't saying "Yeah go to gamestop and pay $5 extra" It's really just saying that I don't understand the complaining. It's the way the business works. If you don't like the prices from one place (or just don't like a company in general) go to a different one. Is that really so hard?

And yeah, if you were dying to get the game I'd say the choice wasn't a bad one, Mike_Intellivision. It was $5 more then the other companies, but no clue when they'll get them in stock. However, anyone who is willing to wait for the game, and doesn't like the idea of paying $5 more, by all means, wait for it and save yourself some dough.

Again, just making myself clear. I respect everyone's opinions. I'm mainly just making these comments that are supportive for Gamestop because I don't get the complaining over price when, in retail, prices will be higher or lower depending on where you go. Sometimes the prices are the same at Gamestop, sometimes they're lower, and sometimes they're higher. This is true for all of retail. When you find something cheaper at a different store...just go there.