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24th, 15th. I can see how they got confused.

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The receipt shows that he bought a strategy guide and the photo looks like it too, not a game!

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HA! Idiots. You know someones gonna get the shit stick for this.

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http://the7gamers.com/2007/08/14/bioshock-early-release/

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Clayboy, that is not the guide. The receipt says $29.99 or whatever because if you buy Madden at T R' U you get any other game half off. The receipt just says "Bioshock", and that is WAY too small for for a book. Compare its height to the Madden box.

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@2: No it doesn't. The photo above was cropped. Go look at the original story. The purchaser also used a promo to get it for $30 instead of $60. Its the game, not a guide.

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It has to be a game, if you look on the Bioshock box it says NTSC. A strategy guide doesn't say that.

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dodgy Toys are anUs

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it's true...saw the story on joystiq at 9:30...was at my Toys R Us at 10:30 and picked up the last copy. The lady said they were flyin off the shelves...

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Original picture posted here:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/1126069559_a8ef1c975e_o.jpg

It's CLEARLY A GAME NOT A GUIDE clayboy.

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Nice job Duo.

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Thanks! The cashier said that the box they were sent in didn't have a "Do not release until..." sticker on them, like they usually do so they just put them out.

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Back from 2003 to 2004 I worked at Toys R Us in the 'R' Zone as the World Leader. (Lead associate.)
I remember coming in at noon one particular day and I received a phone call almost immediately after clocking in. It was a customer asking if there were any more copies of DOOM left on shelves.
I was puzzled for a moment what the customer meant; I knew DOOM wasn't supposed to be sold for another two weeks. I'd told the customer that DOOM was street dated for a specific date, but he insisted that his roommate had just stopped up not but an hour before and got his copy.

Suddenly I realized what associate had worked the opening shift that morning (A careless, balding 18 year old kid named Andy), spun around, and sure enough.. I saw two standard copies of DOOM and four limited edition DOOMs already in the glass case behind me. Two copies had been sold already!

I told the customer that TRU had sold that copy by accident, and that it was street dated.
I grabbed the remaining DOOMs off the shelf as well as something else I can't remember..ANOTHER broken street-dated game Andy had shelved..and as I did so, I received ANOTHER call..this time from Activision!
I was actually fearing for my job at that point, regardless of the fact that I personally had not sold the two DOOM copies. I'm not sure if it was Activision themselves on the phone, or a lawyer representing them,(Or some customer posing AS Activision) but he wished to speak to me directly and essentially threatened court action if the DOOM copies were not pulled from shelves. Before he got any farther I'd made sure to tell him I was fully aware of the mistake the previous associate had made, and I had the copies already in hand to set back in the stock room.
That little crisis was averted, but Toys R Us constantly breaks street date like that due to the fact that nine times out of ten, the associates in that department could care less about video games. Those that do care are constantly given the short end of the stick in that regard!

A little heads-up to gamers; stop into your local TRU a day or two before a game is supposed to be sold and you might just get your copy early. The shipment boxes almost ALWAYS have big orange 'do not sell before' stickers plastered on the sides, but most stores break down and destroy those boxes weeks before street date. Odds are you might just find that one associate that isn't aware of street date, and you could end up with getting your game on before your buddies!

-Don't try that with Halo or something big; street date is widely known for those titles. Nintendo typically doesn't even SHIP games until street date because of this; the first DS shipment of systems didn't arrive until the day TRU was to sell them. That had a lot of Nintendo fanboys lining up and worried until the last minute!

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Toph/Magic...Insightful...as always.

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Haha thanks man

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@2: it's a wee small for a book, isn't it?

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i want this pretty damn bad,
but i just got a reward zone coupon for $30!
So looks like BB gets my business. bastards.

"24th, 15th. I can see how they got confused."
and in the US it's releasing on the 21st, 24th is everywhere else.

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That above pic of the Bioshock product is 100% the game. Check out the groovy prism colors on the box art, yo.

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Yeah, let's all post about it and show pictures so that those of us with lives can't go get it later. Thanks internet.

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Just called my TRU in toledo, oh, they have 5 left, theyre holding one for me to pick up on my lunch break.. friggin' A...

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