Rumor mongering about Gamestop

Even after the release date for the Wii was announced, big profile video game dealers have yet to allow reservations on the new system.

A new poster has surfaced on the web basically saying that a customer will be able to reserve a Wii or a PS3 by trading in $50 gamebucks worth of used games. This in turn is requiring that customers are actually spending an extra $100ish on the systems as the amount of games required for that much gamebucks is fairly large.

The kicker here as that this doesn't even guarantee a system at launch, it merely gives you a spot on a list, so when they get to your number you can get a system.

Currently this is only confirmed in Guam and Hawaii, hopefully this doesn't hit US shores because this blatantly ass-holery of this company makes my blood boil. How full of themselves are they? I won't even touch on how their policy for trading in games is sticking it to the gaming industry, but now they are attempting to violate the anuses of their customers as well.

I'll be calling the local Gamestop today to see if the system is reservable and if so by what means. In turn I'll update here and let everyone know.

\\drew