So a friend of mine and I decided to mosey on down to EB Games early yesterday morning to pick up preorders for the Nintendo Wii, which will be officially released on Nov. 19. It turns out we should have moved at a faster pace than a mosey.
When we arrived, there were already more people in line than preorders available. As a matter of fact, I think the guy in front of us was the last to receive one of the little cards that said he was entitled to one. At first, my friend and I were downtrodden, knowning that if we’d been there a little earlier we could be assured that we’d be playing “Twilight Princess” at the earliest possible date. Instead, we have to risk not getting one from the first shipment, and that could mean a week or two delay, totally unacceptable.
But upon further reflection, my friend and I decided that we were glad that there was a demographic of losers — all looked in their late 20s, maybe 30s, stilling fighting acne, still convinced that army jackets are cool, and still probably living in their parents’ basements — that were one notch above us on the übergeek ladder. (I am aware that this insult is being flung on a blog, and I’m aware that that is ironic.) So F you EB Games, and F every other nerd who had more foresight than we did.
Besides, Wal-Mart will start selling them at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 19, and EB Games doesn’t open until 10 a.m. So we shall have a full 10 hours of Wii-ness before you even get yours. Ha!
< /rant >
surprisingly, more people have bitched about the playstation 3 than the Wii (”why don’t you guys have anymore preorders?”). which is completely absurd, figuring the PS3 will cost about $300 more than the Wii, and will be about 85% less cool than it also. but, screw both of them.
i’ve got a 360, and i’m fucking happy with it.