not out here it doesn't, at my store you absolutely have to have a pre order, unless you work there (like me :)). we have been full on orders since last year.
The gamecrazy that i pre-ordered mine at is up to 500 pre-orders i believe
When halo came out they stopped pre-orders at 1k
so yea i'm glad i pre-ordered mine :D
hah, I dont need connections, me and Scar will have it at the same time, depending on if he gets it or not, we get the same games from the same places ;)
i will have mine (legally) before everyone else (at least in my area). We are not supposed to sell until 3/19/08 but I can take mine home on the 18th or 17th. :)
Doesn't placing a pre-order at Gamestop/EB get you a code for an "optimized" map of the MLG Convention? Whatever, that code will probably be out as soon as the game is anyways.