Joystiq reports that Guitar Hero II supply problems are becoming prevalent to gamers in Canada and the UK. This has been confirmed by one of Joystiq's UK bloggers, who states, "I've tried about a dozen retail stores, [it's] harder to find than a Wii." Wow, that is hard to find. When reached for comment, Red Octane told Joystiq that the supply issues were purely a result of an "insane amount of demand" for the title. Furthermore, they note that there are still many retailers in the United States experiencing supply troubles as well.Red Octane's advice? Buy directly from the Red Octane store. If you just have to have Guitar Hero II (and honestly, you do), ordering from Red Octane may be your only hope. Be warned though, shipping costs are not cheap.
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5-04-2007 @ 6:08PM
Askzander said...
http://www.petitiononline.com/RiskXBLA/petition.html
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5-04-2007 @ 6:34PM
Ben said...
Don't I know it! I had my last exam on Wednesday and promised myself GH2 as a reward. I don't think I've got much chance of getting it for at least another week.
Might end up getting Earth Defence Force instead. Damn your eyes, RedOctane!
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5-04-2007 @ 6:45PM
Raffi said...
That's a LIE. All the stores that I have asked (various Best Buys and EB Games around the city of Toronto) have claimed that they have NOT gotten ANY shipments since the launch day. I bought the game then successfully, but I had a defective guitar (broken yellow button) and now I'm left with a raincheck, hoping the game comes in within 30 days.
There is a demand, but that's not the reason why there is no stock. They just aren't shipping any!
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5-04-2007 @ 6:45PM
rinks said...
God I love this game. Anyway, EB/gamespot/whatever was, of course, sold out, but Best Buy had a kiosk with tons of them. Don't know how long that lasted, but I found one when I finally bought it week after launch.
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5-04-2007 @ 6:51PM
CaptNink said...
Check out my blog post which inspired the original Joystiq article:
http://captnink.spaces.live.com/
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5-04-2007 @ 6:57PM
spamsphen said...
Typo :)
Buy from directly from the Red Octane store.
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5-04-2007 @ 7:16PM
Kenneth said...
Yes, while I got Guitar Hero II on launch weekend, my friend has been searching all over Edmonton and area with no luck. The other day we went to EB Games just to check and were told that they hadn't gotten any shipped to them since launch.
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5-04-2007 @ 7:19PM
Jazza said...
The Red Octane store doesn't ship to the UK.
Also, does anyone know when the controller on it's own will be available in the UK???
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5-04-2007 @ 10:14PM
Ian said...
Red Octane is full of shit. Futureshop and EB here say they haven't gotten any since launch.
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5-04-2007 @ 11:27PM
Jo Nike said...
I live in Canada and thats true I can't find it anywhere in Montreal. I buyed it used for 130$:|
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5-05-2007 @ 8:33AM
Jay said...
The shipment costs of the multiplayer bundle to Canada is now 45$us ! It was 17, then 28$ before ! No store here in Montreal received second shipment ... Its impossible to find
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5-05-2007 @ 10:48AM
Richard Mitchell said...
Oops. Typo fixed.
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5-05-2007 @ 11:37AM
Raffi said...
Jay, as far as I saw on Red Octane's website, any order bigger than 100 bucks gets free shipping. That makes the multiplayer bundle free shipping.
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5-05-2007 @ 4:48PM
Steve said...
I'm pretty much bored with mine now that I've finished it. I'm willing to sell mine for $100 in Toronto. Local PU only. First email address posted takes it a the stated price.
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5-05-2007 @ 5:06PM
Jay said...
that s for US only, raffi
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5-12-2007 @ 4:43PM
Alex said...
14.
I'll take it since I've been looking for these. And yeah, i'm in Toronto.
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