I went to purchase a copy of GTA:San Andreas today, which for those who aren’t aware is a very popular sequel in a series of blockbuster video games.
Electronic Boutique informed me that the shipment would arrive later that day. FutureShop on the other hand was more fun. The sales rep. was lying through his teeth! So I called up Futureshop with Skype to try to get him to say the same things again… and he did.
Unfortunately, the recording portion failed – only my voice was recorded, not that of the other person speaking.
But a few quotes:
GTA:San Andreas [for] PC was pushed back by XBox to tomorrow [June 8th]. The June 7th release date is the American release.
To which I replied that in the Canadian flyer, the release date was stated as June 7th. And of course, the true release date is June 7th: Its a simultaneous North American release.
That’s not to mention the fact that Microsoft/Xbox has no effect on the sales of the PC version. They aren’t the publishers. And you don’t seriously think that the other parties would miss out on THE day to sell their game now would they?
GTA:San Andreas is due out for tomorrow, not today….if you see any other stores selling it before then its illegal.
I told him about how it was advertised in PC Gamer and other publications as being a June 7th release. He just continued the same spiel.
But it isn’t his fault, because when I talked to the managers about this posing as an employee of Take-Two Interactive, they informed me that they were informed via email that the release date was to be tomorrow for Canada as well. This is a case of misinformation; one on the part of the higher-ups at FutureShop. A dissapointing one at that. Despite this, the FutureShop webstore also still claims that the product is available today.