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Don’t preorder video games

“Sorry, we’re out of stock. They probably will be everywhere.” So the cashier at EB Games told me last weekend when I went to pick up my copy of the new Fire Emblem. And she was right. Two Best Buys and one London Drugs later, I returned home empty-handed. I get it — it’s a popular game, we’ve been waiting for the localisation for a whole year, etc. Still, it stung not to be able to own a copy on release day. Of course, I could have just pre-ordered it. But here’s the thing: pre-ordering games is the worst. And…

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