LittleBigPlanet delayed? Nobody told Wal-Mart! |
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BY Mike Wehner October 21st, 2008 |
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I’m a videogame lover. As such, I take every announcement with a grain of salt. The most recent announcement to get the salt treatment was the delay of LittleBigPlanet. Now, having worked in retail, I knew that there was very little chance the game would be able to be recalled from ALL the stores it had been sent to, and so I began my hunt. What did I find? You may be surprised. It seems that two huge retailers seem to have missed the boat on the recall, namely Wal-Mart and Target. That’s right, I just picked up my copy of LittleBigPlanet at midnight here in my hometown. A quick phone call to all the surrounding cities’ superstores brought similar responses. It’s for sale, and that’s the truth. This has been your ThatVideoGameBlog.com public service announcement.
October 21st, 2008
at 12:48 am
*sigh*
I want to be in America!
LBP in America!
Early release in America
For a small fee in America!
October 21st, 2008
at 12:56 am
That’s AWESOME Mike.
October 21st, 2008
at 1:55 am
My god..I think Thom has successfully used the first person to reference West Side Story when addressing a videogame topic.lol. My hat off to you sir.
Also. Awesome job mike.
October 21st, 2008
at 1:59 am
I don’t think they have gooten their copies off play.com either because one of my friends pre-ordered it last week and got an email today saying its been shipped and he should receive it on the 24th
October 21st, 2008
at 1:59 am
Mike, thanks for telling me about Operation LBP on Twitter. When I saw that your attempt at nabbing a copy tonight went successful, I got out of bed and left for my Walmart.
When I got there there was an employee stocking CDs two aisles down. I walked over to the video game section and saw that there was a spot in the planogram for LBP. I was a little scared that maybe they already pulled the copies or opted not to stock them at all. I walked over to the associate and asked him if they had the game. That’s when he said: “Oh, yeah. Everyone else has been asking for Fable. What’s this one about?” I proceeded to try to explain, even though I knew my attempts would fail no matter how well I explained the game. I asked for two copies, was walked up to the front check out, paid and left. No problems at all. Was a piece of cake.
Thanks again!
October 21st, 2008
at 2:03 am
*gotten*
October 21st, 2008
at 2:05 am
Michael - No problem man, that’s the kind of info all 12 of my twitter subscribers are treated to! (Hint: That was a desperate plea for more people to follow me on twitter…)
http://twitter.com/MWehner_TVGBcom
In case anyone’s interested =)
October 21st, 2008
at 2:16 am
Sorry, I’m of Euro descent. Seems like “gotten” is an American an American dialect.
Furthermore “got” was poor word choice in and of itself, sounds un-educated. Either way, posting at 3AM doesn’t help.
Back on topic: Can’t wait to play the game. Friend doesn’t want a copy that I picked up for him, now I have an extra.
October 21st, 2008
at 2:27 am
Wow. I failed at that last post too, repeating myself and all. I think it’s time for bed.
October 21st, 2008
at 6:13 am
Thom is my new BFF. Also did they happen to be giving away PS3s at Walmart or Target?
October 21st, 2008
at 6:23 am
I’m so glad you got it! I expect updates!!
^_^
October 21st, 2008
at 6:50 am
I went to a Target in NJ, and they are no longer selling it. The sales clerk had a stack of them, went to ring it up, and it told her not to sell it. They listed a new release date of 11/17 for the game. Oh well, I missed the boat.
October 21st, 2008
at 8:09 am
i had gone out at midnight last night as well hoping to get the game and sure enough as i arrived to the electronics dept at walmart a lady had it on her cart to put out. i asked for the game, she rung it up and i left. my friend asked me to get him a copy but he asked after i had already left. i told him i would go by first thing in the morning before work, and when i got there they werent out on the shelves. i asked for the game and a lady told me they werent being sold but took one out of a drawer and tried to ring it up. when she scanned it, it said “not allowed.” i have earned a few trophies as well. psn id: hidefkill
October 21st, 2008
at 8:28 am
You only got it today, I had it since the 17th. The only bad part were the servers weren’t up that early so no online play :( PSN ID: wentle85
October 21st, 2008
at 10:16 am
is this in canadian wal-marts too?
October 21st, 2008
at 10:18 am
well i got it the 15th :p the server deal really is unfortunate. i need that 4x part in the dancer’s stage but i only have 3 controllers so i can’t collect all the prize bubbles yet. oh welll
October 21st, 2008
at 10:37 am
Well that’s odd, because I called my Walmart yesterday after a friend of mine showed me a pic that they had it at his walmart. But when i asked mine if they had it they said they would be getting it on the 11th of NOVEMBER! :S That is past the release date for any region. :\
I am going to go there today and see for myself though, I really want it!
October 21st, 2008
at 10:50 am
Ok well I live in Houston, Texas (US obviously). I called Blockbuster, Bestbuy, Walmart, Target, etc. All of them said the same thing, they have it but they had to send it back. FUCK!!! ;_;
I guess my stores are smarter then your stores, unfortunately.. Funny thing was how each store put it in their own words lol. “The game has been officially recalled for offensive content”, “Umm yeah it got recalled for everyone cuz it had some words in there not for kids to hear”, “Oh yeah! We have LBP! But its being sent back right now..” etc
>:(
October 21st, 2008
at 10:57 am
Babies get milk tainted with poison in China, and we’re protected from a game with a couple of lines from the Quran in Somalian no less. Considering some of Sony’s blatantly racist ads in the past, I’m surprised they even give a damn. Political correctness gone mad I say.
October 21st, 2008
at 2:27 pm
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9856825
does that say available in stores?! no it fucking doesnt!
October 21st, 2008
at 2:45 pm
I’ve had the game since last tuesday, before the recall
October 21st, 2008
at 3:11 pm
got mine at walmart also last night
http://ritpak.com/post/Got-Our-Copy-Of-LBP-Today!.aspx
October 21st, 2008
at 3:37 pm
somebody told Walmart in Canada.
at least in Vancouver Island!
damnit i was hoping for a lack of communication for my Canadian walmart…looks like we get shafted for an early release….
maybe in the mean time they can release those kcufing Canadian PSN cards!
i’ll just have fun with my rented copy of Dead Space!
still buying LBP & R2 !
Bioshock & Farcry 2 are rentals for me…
October 21st, 2008
at 3:48 pm
ahhhh i wish i had the uncensored version of LBP!
freedom of music
damnit…
October 21st, 2008
at 3:58 pm
After I read this article, I was in my car and on my way to Walmart so fast that I had to put my pants on in the car. And sure enough when I got there, there a an “empty rack” labeled LittleBigPlanet. I almost burst into tears. The first time EVER that my suckish Walmart, who’s never had a game until the week AFTER its release, has a game on the release date(technically before) its the game I’m most excited about. And on the equally “empty” rack next to it was the rack designated for Spiderman:Web of Shadows, the game that comes in second on my excitement meter and a another game supposed to be released today. Also a game that I had just finished asking about over the phone with Gamestop who said it would be available tomorrow. Needless to say I had to check out anywhere else that sold games within ten miles of my house, including Target, Circuit City, and even Blockbuster.[I didn't even bother with Gamestop since even before the delay they were planning on selling it Oct.22, devoting its true release date to Fable mania.] No luck whatsoever. And out of those three I had the least hope for Target. And rightly so considering they were out of both Soul Calibur IV and Metal Gear Solid 4. I guess the thing I learned from this experience was……. Never Give Up On A Game Retailer!!!!!!
October 21st, 2008
at 5:35 pm
Yeah for Little Niche Planet…!!!
I’ll wait until February when the 2nd-hand stores are in such surplus that they’ll be $10 a game!
October 21st, 2008
at 7:45 pm
i got mine at toy’s r us today in puerto rico and already i have trophies, the game is just awesome psn id roofy28.
October 22nd, 2008
at 12:53 am
Some copies of LBP arrived in Hong Kong a weeks ago.
October 22nd, 2008
at 6:52 am
folks oughta double check blockbuster, i went by walmart, target, cc, bestbuy, gamestop yesterday… nothing doing. no lbp. dropped by blockbuster on the way home and they had one copy for RENT (none for sale, appeared theyd already sold the couple they had). So i went ahead and rented it no problem. Game really is awesome, trophies at 12%! so go check blockbusters! if you can rent it, its just as good!
October 27th, 2008
at 4:59 pm
LittleBigPlanet launches, sequel in development
Source: http://letsallplaygames.com/?p=81
October 28th, 2008
at 1:09 am
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I made this blog about that subject:
in http://tinyurl.com/5t2jg6