*look at all the farks I give.jpg*

Just enough to post?

If it was GTA V i would be impressed. But a store putting a product on the shelves someone sent to them to do just that? Meh.

I already have 4 copies.

Love Kmart hate fancy pants viduwwa games.



/Goes back to sitting on poach staring at nothing.

you realize if this is true, you could probably resell copies to people for the next week at double the price. Id be interested for that alone. Supply and demand and a healthy dose of impatience means money in the bank.

scottydoesntknow: inkblot: I already have 4 copies.

Pffft you noob, I'm already 11th Prestige


pffffft, you're the noob, noob....I have the prestige and the illusionist...so what now???

I used to work for FedEx in one of the next day air hubs and I would see a lot of boxes of games and DVDs with the sticker "do not display until xx/xx/xxx", but it was being shipped overnight 2 months before the release date. I never understood why companies would spend more money on overnight shipping for products that they weren't even going to sell for months.

This should be posted in the Business tab.
The facts that Kmart stores are in decline and the fact that they can't follow simple instructions are possibly related.

All the leaderboards will be reset on 11/8 anyway.

I'm going to see if I can get one. I never shop at kmart but I'm already giving my money to the beast (activision) so I guess it doesn't matter where I get it from.

Does anyone know if they would carry the PC version?

If they get fined for breaking street date, they might ahve to close another couple stores.

AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

This

\will be getting BF3 later this month
\\For the TOW MISSLES!!!

vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

I must have played with the wrong groups, last time I played a BF game you had players either Spawn, race to the vehicle, die, race for the same vehicle, repeat. Or snipe, die, go back to the same point to snipe, repeat. Rush in, die, rush in repeat.
I never found a room where anyone seemed to be playing tactically, wish I had.

vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

Because you have played MW3 to do a direct compare right?

vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

i'm definitely of the twitch-type

then again the first multiplayer games i played were Quake 3 Arena and UT99, both of which were even more spazztastic than CoD is

vinnydoz007: you realize if this is true, you could probably resell copies to people for the next week at double the price. Id be interested for that alone. Supply and demand and a healthy dose of impatience means money in the bank.

Heh - I had the same thought. Unfortunately, the Kmart near me figured this out and pulled the display about 30 minutes before I got there.

I was itching for a new FPS, to hold me over until TOR, I was leaning to BF 3 because it looks like SW: Battlefront. But I have no experience with the franchise or Modern Warfare.

Also no Xbox, just PS3/Wii. Will need to get a headset.

So...recommendations farkers? Thanks in advance.

(I missed these because DAMN YOU WoW! Clean for 7 months...Just going to replace one addiction with a new one, thanks Bioware...)

scottydoesntknow: TNel: vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

Because you have played MW3 to do a direct compare right?

If you've played any of the following games:

Black Ops, MW2, World at War, MW1, COD3, COD2, COD

You've already played MW3.

/Same game, different skins

Different developers. This is a new one to the series and they've actually made some fairly fundamental changes to the series, such as replacing kill streaks completely with pointstreaks instead, so now the game does more than just reward killing.

The multiplayer between CoD3 to MW1 is significantly different.

My cow-orkers are trying to get me to play BF3 with them. I'm sticking with COD though. I'm just not much of a fan of BF's gameplay. I'm way too twitchy and if my experiences with bad company 2 are any indication I'd just be frustrated as hell with BF3. Spawn, get sniped, spawn, run for a jeep, other player hops in it first and drives off with just him in the vehicle, get sniped, spawn, kill sniper, run for 5 minutes to get to objective, get sniped, spawn, try to shoot down the apache that's now raping our base, die, spawn, die, spawn die...yeah no thanks. I've been playing MW2 more in the past few weeks and aside from the occasional hacker I've been having a blast. Just runny gunny craziness. I guess that's just my gameplay style now.

TheWhoppah: This should be posted in the Business tab.
The facts that Kmart stores are in decline and the fact that they can't follow simple instructions are possibly related.

Did you RTFA? It was only about 85 words. FTFA:

"The games are marked incorrectly marked as for immediate release on the cartons..."

It's not some stockboy's problem to verify the manufacturer's written instructions against the possibility that the manufacturer made a mistake.

I can hardly wait until MW3 comes out so the quickscoping racist kids will start playing it and Black Ops becomes fun again.

I'm glad that everyone has their niche. Godspeed you BF3 guys, but I shan't be joining you.

If anyone wants to play UMvC3, though...

You know, for an industry so concerned about piracy, telling people who walk up with cash in hand wanting to buy a legitimate copy "yes, the game is done and it's in stock, but no, you can't buy it yet" sems pretty stupid.

Don't turn away paying customers and then act shocked if people get a pirated copy instead of waiting a week for the privilege of giving you their money.

COD 4 and MW2 were pretty amusing, but like many of you also said, just got a bit old. I still don't understand the MW3 vs. BF3 thing going on... they are different styles of FPS.

You like twitchy, fast paced kill fests? COD is your game.
Like vehicles & slower paced team warfare? BF3 is great.

Each game satisfies a different gamer. Heck, even both for the people with the money. I got friends getting MW3 just for the ability to go 'lone-wolf' a bit easier. I will stick to my BF3, thank you very much. Nothing makes me cackle with glee more than taking out a heli with my tank. NOTHING!

If it was Assassin's Creed Revelations, I'd be more interested.

/or even the Halo remake

AdamK: i'm definitely of the twitch-type

then again the first multiplayer games i played were Quake 3 Arena and UT99, both of which were even more spazztastic than CoD is

It took me a little adjusting to become good at BF2 after being used to UT99/2003, Quake 3 etc, but switching back and playing very well was not a problem.

They added team death match to BF3 so if you like those fast paced matches, they are there too. Really good to quickly get a gun tricked out.

The_EliteOne: I was itching for a new FPS, to hold me over until TOR, I was leaning to BF 3 because it looks like SW: Battlefront. But I have no experience with the franchise or Modern Warfare.

Also no Xbox, just PS3/Wii. Will need to get a headset.

So...recommendations farkers? Thanks in advance.

(I missed these because DAMN YOU WoW! Clean for 7 months...Just going to replace one addiction with a new one, thanks Bioware...)

The new Playstation branded headset that just came out is a good bargain. And whatever you do, buy the game for your PS3 and not the Wii.

AmazinTim: vinnydoz007: AmazinTim: Wait, people still plan on buying COD 4.3? Are they unaware that BF3 is out?

I spent several hours trying to convince my friends how much better BF 3 is. Unfortunately, people are too enamoured by COD's fast paced gameplay. They like getting 50 kills a match regularly. As opposed to playing a slower, more strategic, and IMO more entertaining style of FPS.

My friends and I are pretty like-minded gamers, I don't think any of us plans on buying MW3 as we've been playing that game for the last 4 years and it's gotten boring. COD is like the Madden of shooters with their franchise updates. Each iteration gives new maps, new perks, no gameplay tweaks. It's essentially a roster update. I honestly don't know anyone who plans on buying Mw3, everyone I've talked to is sick of the series... Enter: Battlefield 3.

This is the first Battlefield game I've owned and so far it's been the most fun that I've had in a shooter in a long time. The classes, the slow paced unlocks, and the rewarding teamwork means I plan on playing for quite some time. I played a Conquest match on Caspian Border where my buddy and I got in a dune buggy and just ran around capping objective for the entire game. We'd take one, hop in the jeep and zip off for the next one. We probably had 10 kills between the two of us and had double the points of the next best guy on the team who had 20 something kills.

Guess what, having an allegiance to a particular series means you're an idiot. All of these games are very similar to each other with slightly different mechanics. They're all retreads on a very established and familiar formula.

Gaming elitists are annoying, and need to get over themselves.

/playing BF3
/pre-ordered MW3

Grand Poohbah: I can hardly wait until MW3 comes out so the quickscoping racist kids will start playing it and Black Ops becomes fun again.

I'm anxious, because for the first few months there are hardly any cheaters. Even on the 360, people can mod their gamer profile data to have things like wall hacks, force map votes, etc. All you need is a USB drive and the ability to follow a DIY guide. In CoD kill cams it really shows when someone can see through walls, so at least there is that and you can vacate that lobby.

Used to be one of the perks of console gaming, no cheaters. Halo managed it decently until Reach(which farked up the game play and botched the security). Another annoyance is the advent of the keybaord and mouse adapters, and rapid fire controllers, giving that non-sanctioned gear buyer a supreme advantage.

Hopefully MW3 will be more like MW2 in that sure, there were glitches, but the actual hacking was kept to a minimum in normal matchmaking for a good while after release.(and if you did get into a glitched / jtag lobby, it was apparent right off, everyone shooting ac-130 rounds or something like super speed walking and map friction tweaks).

Black Ops plays more like Counterstrike does on the PC(hack fest) now and it became that way shortly after release.

acella: Guess what, having an allegiance to a particular series means you're an idiot.

No, it just means that other games don't suit your tastes. It has nothing to do with intelligence.

Don't pass over K-Mart so quickly if your looking for games.

I got a really good deal buying Dark Souls there when it came out on the 4th. The deal was buy any new game that week, get a coupon on your receipt for $20 off your next game purchase.

Went back and got Rage for $40... (Rage is awesome btw)

They also have a lot of things hidden on the shelf behind the new releases that you can't find at most other places. The just keep the inventory when it doesn't sell. All new and unopened.

It's really a good place to shop for games if your like me and support the devs by buying new.

bukketmaster: You know, for an industry so concerned about piracy, telling people who walk up with cash in hand wanting to buy a legitimate copy "yes, the game is done and it's in stock, but no, you can't buy it yet" sems pretty stupid.

Don't turn away paying customers and then act shocked if people get a pirated copy instead of waiting a week for the privilege of giving you their money.

You know, I read this and I thought that this post ignored all the perfect valid business reasons for street dates, from both the publisher, store, and consumer sides, and thought that if a pirate couldn't wait 6 days for the game to come out on the day it was scheduled for release they would probably pirate the game no matter what.

Then I read the Activision has asked for account bans on the consoles if people play the game they legit bought early because they stickered the games wrong when they shipped them.

So fark 'em. Pirate that shiat.

AmazinTim: scottydoesntknow: Broadcastdave:

Just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation. Almost had a derp moment, but I did a digital download last night. Figured with the ATI 6970 I picked up a few months ago, PC was the way to go+already have a headset+no need to go to the sote+64 players! Nice!

I suck right now, but played about 10 games. My best was 10k - 6 D, but most of the other games I had a negative K-D ratio. I'm leaning towards a support class with the big machine guns for suppression because I can't snipe for crap.

Oh also, it's soooo pretty, and I didn't even max out the gfx yet. Thanks Farkers!