Every system I've bought new, I've gotten ON Launch Day. My DC< I preordered it at TRU and picked it up after work. Had to pay 199.99, but I got to play NFL2K and that was all that mattered.
My PS2: I preordered at a local shop about, oh, 14 months before launch day. :D I'm glad I thought ahead.... I got Madden..and Onimusha..but that's about it...
My GBA: already have it, but I HAD one preordered
My SNES: again, launch day at EB
What about you guys? ARe you launch day poeple? or do you wait for the deals.????
SnoopDogg
05-11-01, 05:43 PM
DC yes, PS2 waited till last month.
MWoody
05-11-01, 06:10 PM
No on everything but the PS2, which is odd, because it didn't have a great starting line-up.
Oh, well. Someday, I can tell my grandkids, "When I was a boy, I had to wait 14 hours outside a wal-mart in the freezing cold and rain to get a game system." Damn wipper-snappers.
:)
seeyouauntie
05-11-01, 08:26 PM
Nope. But I am thinking of changing that by preordering a GBA. Only5 bucks at Toys R Us. I can handle that.
Thunderball
05-11-01, 10:04 PM
LOL @ telling your grandkids about waiting outside of Wal mart. :D :D @ me being the only jackass here
Josh H
05-11-01, 11:31 PM
Only system I've gotten at launch was the N64. I'll probably pick up a Gamecube at launch too. I got my Playstation when Final Fantasy VII came out. I got my Dreamcast a couple months after launch. When I was younger I got both the NES and SNES a year or two after launch.
Liquid Death
05-12-01, 09:02 AM
I've only bought a DC at launch - for $200, it wasn't a bad deal at all. I was heavily debating the PS2, but when it came out, I just didn't have any cash. Still haven't bought one, coz of the lack of quality games (and the wealth of $10 DC games I recently bought :)
Keyser Soze
05-12-01, 03:52 PM
I'm even <B>worse</B>... I'm a Japenese launch day person!
I usually pick up the 'original' Jap version of the units months before they even hit the US shores.....
This does have its advantages (even though it's very expensive)!
I have the original PS2 which came with the 1.00 drivers that lets me play NTSC US DVDs on it.
Prices I've paid (before trading in stuff for consoles):
$649.99 PS2 back on March 24 (launch day in Japan)
$699.99 My Dreamcast (yea, that one still <I>stings</I> a little!
-eek- Luckly, I have a good job that lets me spend a little extra when I really want to! -eek-
-keyser " I gotta stop doing this" soze
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gcribbs
05-13-01, 03:59 AM
No. I wait and look around for games I like or if i find a deal then i might jump on it. I also do not like waiting in line.
The only time I ever did wait in line for a new release in the game field was for Diablo 2. I waited in line until the UPS driver delivered the games went in and got my prepaid copy. I was playing it right away :D
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