07-08-2005, 05:15 PM | #601 | |
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honestly, i dont know. there are buyers that work in the corporate office that handle all of that. from what ive heard just asking/hinting around, i believe it is somewhere between $44-45 a game. now, that might change depending on how many we buy. For the whole company buying all the games, that might drop in price some and the buyers and EA make some deal. the only think i really know for sure is what sort of profit we make on used merchandise...most of that is pure profit. in theory each game goes through about 8 peoples hands, from purchase, to trade in, to purchase, and thus repeating the cycle. |
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07-08-2005, 05:16 PM | #602 | |
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I'm not sure what response you're trying to get, but I'll bet this isn't it: How would he know that I was lying about having the game early? Stores have broken street date. This is known. When I told him that I already had the game, I could have been telling the truth. How is he supposed to know that I don't have the game? If he's just fooling around with me by saying that I might get sued, more power to him. If he's making a joke, then it made me laugh. If he was serious, he looks like an idiot. What's the big deal? I intentionally went to mess with his head, and maybe he was trying to mess with mine. At least the comment I gave him could've had some truth to it. In that way, my joke was better. I certainly wasn't trying to take advantage of him, though. I wasn't trying to get the game early. I wasn't trying to get him in any trouble. I just asked for a strategy guide which had its original release date set for two days ago. After typing all that, I wonder why the hell I'm even defending myself here. Oh, well. If I come off looking like an idiot, so be it. It's not the first time.
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07-08-2005, 05:20 PM | #603 | |
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ok, its a major screw up for the LP issues involved. like i mentioned before, the customer knows we have the game. its just not good business sense to send a game that early, that the store has to "protect" for up to a week. usually, on big releases, we might get the game a day or two in advance, and thus, the LP issues arent as big of a deal. as for your question phillies...yes, the stores have plenty of stock. for examply, my store, we have around 160 pre orders, about half and half spread out between xbox and ps2. we have about 150 of both titles in stock. so, that is $15,000 worth of merchandise on ONE game...that is the screw up...we have to hold this amount of merchandise that everyone wants NOW for 5 days. |
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07-08-2005, 05:23 PM | #604 |
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ah, that makes sense. Have games ever been shipped this early before release date?
Interestingly, a number of stores I've approached are adamant that they have not received their shipment yet. It seems haphazard to me.
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07-08-2005, 05:26 PM | #605 |
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yes, the stores arent supposed to let on that they have the title...but of course this doesnt work real well as the smart consumer knows better.
i believe we had halo 2 a few days in advance, but not a week, some other major titles as well...and oh, for some stupid ass reason, we had batman in advance..cause everyone wanted that title! |
07-08-2005, 05:31 PM | #606 |
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Speaking of Gamestops, hollmt - when should I expect a call from them regarding my pre-order? I've never pre-ordered from them.
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07-08-2005, 05:33 PM | #607 |
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most likey ARIS (with the beautiful voice...ha) will call you on sunday. dont fall in love with her! you going to the midnight opening?
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07-08-2005, 05:36 PM | #608 |
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I can't - I'll be out of town - argh. Most likely will be there Wed morning.
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07-08-2005, 05:48 PM | #609 |
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Does anyone know if EB is offering the any game/$10 towards NCAA again this year? I'd love to unload 2005 and a couple other pieces of garbage I collected last year.
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07-08-2005, 05:52 PM | #610 |
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the store down the street from me said that they were. however, there are some exceptions to the list, and my guess (the EB employee wouldnt tell me) is that 2005 is on that exception list, as well as most other sports titles. they lose their value very quickly when the new year title comes out.
the exception list is supposedly on their website, and i subscribe to their newsletter as well, but have yet to find this exception list. |
07-08-2005, 06:02 PM | #611 | |
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07-08-2005, 06:10 PM | #612 |
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I specifically asked my EB Games about the "exception list" and they said they would take any 2005 sports title including NCAA 2005. They would not take any older sports games, and they have a 5 titles = free game deal. It might be the first time I ever trade in a game just because I want to unload NCAA 2005 and I can hopefully find 4 other older games that they will take.
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07-08-2005, 06:21 PM | #613 | |
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cool then! id unload 2005 if also if youre getting 10 bucks out of it. its a good deal, even if 2005 isnt worth 10 bucks to sell. |
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07-08-2005, 08:06 PM | #614 |
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Finally found it at a Target in Humble, TX. I was pretty happy, I stopped by this target every day after work. It is right on the way home. There was one XBOX copy sitting there. Noone was working in the electronics department, so I picked up the phone and called their operator. Someone came by to get the game for me.
Got the game and road right accross the street to the gamestop where I prepurchased my copy. This was in the Deerbrook Mall. The guy was like why do you want to cancel? I said, "because Target sold me a copy". He said bad target, and I said no good Target. He then asked me if I would like to put my 54 bucks towards another game or madden? I said, "NO WAY I'm buying from Target from now on they get their games in sooner." He asked me for a copy of my target receit and I told him no way. I'm so happy! |
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07-08-2005, 08:51 PM | #617 |
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Here's the Madden 06 Team ratings. (giggles about the ratings given to Indy's D)
Madden 2006: Every Teams Rating Announced NFC East Ovr Off Def AFC East Ovr Off Def Philadelphia 96 96 94 New England 97 92 96 Washington 77 82 74 NY Jets 81 86 76 Dallas 73 72 79 Buffalo 78 70 95 NY Giants 72 68 75 Miami 70 68 79 NFC North Ovr Off Def AFC North Ovr Off Def Minnesota 90 86 92 Pittsburgh 91 89 92 Green Bay 80 92 63 Baltimore 86 85 90 Detroit 78 87 74 Cincinnati 85 85 76 Chicago 73 70 76 Cleveland 61 62 60 NFC South Ovr Off Def AFC South Ovr Off Def Carolina 86 87 92 Indianapolis 90 99 68 Atlanta 85 80 87 Jacksonville 84 83 86 Tampa Bay 75 76 83 Houston 83 84 83 New Orleans 72 83 66 Tennessee 69 76 66 NFC West Ovr Off Def AFC West Ovr Off Def Seattle 86 89 84 San Diego 88 90 79 St. Louis 82 90 69 Kansas City 85 91 77 Arizona 78 78 79 Oakland 81 88 65 San Francisco 67 70 68 Denver 74 73 80 ©PSXsports.com
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07-08-2005, 09:11 PM | #620 |
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inform you of what mizzou? the gameplay, the street date, or the fact that a select amount of customers want to complain about stuff that most retailers are trying to control?
yes, i am an employee at GameStop, and others on this board are employees at other retail stores. and yes, i knew what my job would entail when signing my name. however, that doesnt mean i have to be berated for something out of my control. secret shoppers are everywhere. food, retail, hotels. you the customer, are the one who sign up for this sort of job and detail every thing we do in our store to make sure it is up to standards...that includes asking questions (which may be annoying) offering and upselling. again, yes i knew this when taking the job. to you and pumpy both on this one. the fact that some retailers are selling the game early is known. that they are doing it is wrong. i wasnt trying t single out any particular poster, and that is exactly why i didnt quote anyone. my point wasnt to offend, but to try to give a different perspective of what the employee is going through on these type of releases that everone wants RIGHT NOW. again, if EA hadnt sent the damn game so early to sit in our stores, alot of this would have been prevented. im not sorry i work in a game store. it is a great job, and 99% of the customers are awesome and you pay my salary. and im not pissing on the fans of the game, just giving another perspective on things. and yes, the 12th will come...i hope. |
07-08-2005, 09:22 PM | #621 | |
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This is the kinda of national crap I have to put up with as a Saints fan every year. The fourth worst team in the NFL? The worst team in the NFC? The Saints have been a talented underachieving 8-8 team for years, thats where they should be expected to finish. But just because of the distant past where we always sucked and because we are a small market team no one hears about, this is where we are picked, dead last. I expect the Saints are gonna finally not be a 8-8 team this year, for better or for worse. If it is for the better that this team finally breaks out of .500 land, I hope the Madden team feels pretty silly for making a playoff team the worst team in the NFC. Edit:I missed that San Fran is rated worse, thats something. (Only not.) Sorry got a little carried away there, feel free to return to your longing for NCAA. I hope at least 4 of my games are good for a tradein, I'm too poor for it now otherwise. Last edited by Tigercat : 07-08-2005 at 09:24 PM. |
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07-08-2005, 09:41 PM | #622 | |
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Good thing I switched to ESPN football last year. The switch player man in every EA football game in the past was the A button on xbox. Now they moved it to the B button like ESPN was. So get used to hitting b to switch your guys fellows. More to follow, I'm an online addict so first thing i'm about to do is take a game online. |
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07-08-2005, 11:33 PM | #623 |
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Running up the middle = slowdown Just like last year.
Running game overall is 100% better. The O line blocks and you can follow blockers. The option play is great. If this is any indication to what Madden's running game will be like we are going to be very happy people. QB's just hold down A which is speed burst to run with the ball. You don't have to switch out of pass mode like previous versions. Scrambling QB's are good, but if you play smart on D you can contain them. Impact players make some big plays, but it isn't arcadeish. |
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Two things.
1. As to the price of the games companies sell to retailers, they average anywhere from 36.50 to 45 dollars for the games that originally retail for 49.99. It really depends on how many copies you buy, and if you're a big retailer, how fast you want it from the publisher. Sometimes publishers will split the shipping costs with their bigger costs, to just charging mom and pop retailers the full shipping price. 2. Secret shoppers happen in every and any retail enviroment, including Best Buy, Circuit City. Anywhere they sell something that they own, there is a secret shopper. Sell a warranty at your retail location, you will be secret shopped. It's the companies way of making sure they make money. |
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Don't take my post as ripping on you, I can tell you take your job serious and to me that's a great trait to have.. I was just pointing out that nobodies really bitching, maybe moaning a tad.. but EA screwed the pooch on this one and I just don't understand if other stores are selling the game, why can't everyone else do it now? I know that's not your decision to make, again it's all on EA. To me, it seems like a perfectly executed marketing ploy. Maybe it's not, but this game is surely hyped probably more than any sports game in history and it sucks for retaliers like yours. |
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Well...a Target and another Toys R Us today with no luck. Even sent my wife in to give it a shot - ha!
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i going to best buy and going to give my vacation story. (cough cough)
i going to ask for the manager and ask him, if there a chance i can get NCAA 2006 because i wont be here on July 12 because i am going to europe for vacation. if he wearing a tie, i will compliment him on it before i tell my story. wish me luck |
07-09-2005, 02:24 PM | #632 | |
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The main problem I have is that it seems EA screwed alot of people here. I was the only one of my friends that "pre-ordered" to make sure I had the game on day 1. Well that freakin fell through. Now I'm the only one out of all of them without the damn game. Enough stores broke street, cough, comp usa, cough, wal-mart, cough, toys r us, cough, target, cough blockbuster,(all within a 50 mile radius of my house that I've seen just doing my usual shopping) that corporate at EB shouldn't screw the people that pre-ordered through them.
Of course, unlike the rest of this thread I haven't went in the store and bitched at all, I just informed them several places broke street in the area and asked when they were releasing the game. They replied the 12th(and threw in the fact that the game was boxed up in the back), and I walked out of the store. The only promise I can make of all this is I won't be pre-ordering any more games. If I hadn't I would already have the game. But I will say I have played 1 two player game before school yesterday and the game does infact rock.
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After my lunch i will be heading to best buy.
i be back in a little bit to tell you guys how it went at best buy with my story i will at least pick up the xbox console anything else i need to pickup with it? i sure hope Madden 2006 first impressions are as good as NCAA 2006 was. |
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07-09-2005, 02:39 PM | #636 |
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thanks Eaglefan27
i almost forgot i need to get the Action Replay for the Xbox too for the rosters updates .hopefully they sell it there too. is that pretty much what you use the action replay for. that cool the harddrive of the xbox you can save your games there. no memory card needed. |
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I tried Gamestop and this fat overweight sob pretty much lied to me in my face. I know for a fact they have the game on site because my friend's brother works there. I asked for the game and he said we dont have the game here when expect it sometime tuesday morning. I told him bullshit I know its back there so just give me the game so I can go home since the weather in Miami ain't looking to sweet. How about this fat bastard tells me I am messed up and don't know what I am talking about... lets just say I won't be going to gamestop for the game even though I preorder it.
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07-09-2005, 03:01 PM | #639 |
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christ, people need to settle down, its just a game
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Anyone traded in ESPN College Basketball 2K5 either for this or recently? Any clue how much I'll get back for it? I remember reading about basically any game being worth $10 for it, but didn't know if I'd get more for 2K5 since it's recent.
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07-09-2005, 03:57 PM | #644 | |
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Just called my local Walmart and the guy on the phone said he had it.
We'll see... on my way. |
07-09-2005, 05:28 PM | #646 | |
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If you trade it in at EBGames, you'll probably get $10 for it if you trade it in toward NCAA 2006 or Madden 2006. You're certainly not going to get more. The game sold for $20 when it came out. You probably wouldn't have even gotten $10 for it if you had traded it in two weeks after its release. I traded in four games today toward NCAA 2006, and the only one that was worth more than $10 was the latest Tiger Woods game. I got $15 for that one. The other games were Pirates of the Caribbean (wow, what a clunker that was), MLB Slugfest Loaded, and Guilty Gear X2: Reload. Each of those would normally get me about $4 or $6 each, but the promotion upped it to $10 on each of those. My four games got me $45 trade-in credit, and with the $5.44 I've paid in cash, I now have the game completely paid off! I'll be in line on Monday night to get my NCAA 2006.
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07-09-2005, 05:31 PM | #647 | |
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New Orleans Centre. My only concern about the midnight release was parking, but it's unlikely that any meter maids will be out, so I'll just park next to the Superdome. They're opening the doors at 11:30, and they'll start taking people's trade-ins at that time. When midnight hits, they'll start handing games out. I already told them that I intend to be the first one to get my copy. They'd better remember!
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