Last month, retailer GameStop began accepting “limited” preorders for the PlayStation 3, asking customers to put down $100 in advance for the system, with a modest expectation of eight units per store in most cases. Now it appears the largest gaming specialty chain in North America won’t be receiving even that many systems.
This isn’t much of a surprise but still burns. GameStop is even going as far as to “ask” their own employees to give up their pre-orders in order to relieve some of this stress. Could you forgive your boss after that?